Crib Notes

With the ink still drying on their recently-signed, four-album deal with Virgin Records, the Constellations make a pit stop at the crib tonight before returning to their tour through the midwest and other spots on the map. A couple of people have asked me why the hell (!) the Constellations didn’t make CL’s recent Best of Atlanta issue. And it’s a valid question. The band shot out of the blocks since dropping Southern Gothic last year, and they’ve crafted a potent, unexpected indie-pop sound considering the cats that comprise the local supergroup of sorts, including members from Trances Arc and Snowden.

Expect tonight’s show to double as a homecoming celebration, featuring the premiere of the Constellations’ new video for “Perfect Day.” Special guests include Falcon Lords, Future Shock and Prince Presto. $10. 9 p.m. Sat., Oct. 10. Lenny’s, 486 Decatur St. 404-577-7721. www.lennysbar.com.

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TUESDAYS WITH MORONS

“It’s where the weird turn pro.”

That’s how Dangerous Move’s legal counsel Brian 3000 puts it. “But,” he adds with a Jeff Spicoli stoner laugh, “I’m pretty sure I just stole that off a spring break t-shirt.”

It’s like a ski lodge in the center of Atlanta. A pizza place with no red wine. It’s in an odd shaped, flat iron building off 10th Street, and it just may be the cheapest place in the city to get shit-faced.

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For today’s Roll Call we call out Elijah Jones from The Constellations.

Describe yourself in 3 words?
Anti American Idol (but pro Velvet Teddy Bear).

Who — dead or alive — would you most like to meet?
George W. Bush so I could give him a purple nurple, or at least a wet willy.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Pete Wentz, and any man, not living in Alaska, who wears furry boots.

What song do you wish you had written?
“I Don’t Want to Grow Up” by Tom Waits.

Elvis Costello, or Elvis Presley?
In a fight to the death, the King obviously, he knows Kung Fu.

LP, CD or MP3?
Cassettes don’t scratch or skip, and you can’t illegally download them.

If you could start one trend what would it be?
Bring back the bar room sing-a-long, but not “O Danny Boy” more like “Love in Your Mouth” by Kilo Ali.

If you could end one trend what would it be?
The recession.

With whom would you like to play spin the bottle with?
Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, and that chick from Hanson. MmmBop.

“Felicia mp3″

The Constellations play Sloppy Seconds at MJQ/the Drunken Unicorn on Sat., April 11. Free. 9 p.m. 736 Ponce de leon Ave.

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