Crib Notes

Who are you?
Ben Trickey!

Describe yourself in three words.
Shaky nervous sort.

Who — dead or alive — would you most like to meet?
I would love to have a few beers with Tom T. Hall.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Rush Limbaugh or Randi Rhodes, they’re both ridiculous.

What song do you wish you had written?
This list goes round the block, but today I’ll say “Papagallo” by the Mountain Goats or “The Night” by Morphine.

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Oh, Elvis Costello for sure.

LP, CD or MP3?
I really hope this LP with high quality download takes a hold of all music.  I love vinyl records and the ritual of listening to music that way.  I want people to see that the leak they just downloaded instead of buying the record is some crappy compression that can destroy subtleties in especially quiet records.  Ever heard a mp3 version of Springsteen’s Nebraska?  It’s destroyed.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
More old man bars in the perimeter.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Musicians who think they’re geniuses. Oh, and movie remakes.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
That’s easy, my fiancée.

“Prize Fighter” mp3

Ben Trickey plays the Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge with Rick Dang on Thurs., July 23. $5. 9 p.m.

(Photo courtesy Ben Trickey)

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On Sat., May 16 Fringe Factory sets up shop at the Highland Inn Ballroom one more time before heading off to Europe. In other words there won’t be another Fringe Factory until the end of July.

Anna Kramer and the Lost Cause are scheduled to perform. This weekend, and before and after the set the Lost Cause DJs, as well as resident FF DJs Viki V ans Suzy Q are on-hand to spin records as well.

$7. 9 p.m. Anna plays at 11:30 .p.m.

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Valerie Culkin – Booking – Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge
My Mixtape

1.  The Kinks – “Yes Sir, No Sir”
2.  Buena Vista Social Club – “Chan Chan”
3.  Don Chambers – “Back in the Woods”
4.  Fleet Foxes – “Tiger Mountain Song”
5.  Weezer – “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”
6.  Bruce Springsteen – “Hungry Heart”
7.  Animal Collective – “My Girls”
8.  Built to Spill – “Liar”
9.  Death Cab for Cutie – “Someday You Will Be Loved”
10.  Bob Dylan – “The Times They Are A Changin’”

My favorite local act is Howlies.  This trio originally from Florida just played the Ballroom for Fringe Factory last month.  I’d never heard them before and was completely blown away.  These guys have so much energy and you could tell they were having the time of their life. It’s so refreshing to see a straight up rock band who seems so genuine about the music they are playing and I felt kinda like I was watching them back in the early ’60’s, when rock n’ roll was a pure and a fun thing to do. I wouldn’t be surprised if these guys took their project very far.

(Photo courtesy Valerie Culkin)

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Dust-to-Digital and AM 1690 present
An Evening with Art Rosenbaum featuring performances by:
Tony Bryant — Fourth generation Georgia blues.
Earl Murphy — Missouri fiddling by a 92 year old master
George Gibson — Old time Kentucky banjo and songs
Plus special guests: Around the Globe Sea Chantey Singers from Athens, Ga.

Sat., April 4. $10 8 p.m. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge, 644 North Highland Ave.

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Tonight Atlanta garage rock mainstay the Forty Fives play a live set at the Fringe Factory at the Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge.

The standard fare of ’60s rock and roll dance party records will be spun by DJs Suzy Q and Vikki V as well as Kurt Wood and Adam Renshaw.

$7. 9 p.m.  The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. 644 North Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.

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The Vernal Vinyl Equinox record show comes to the Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge on Saturday, March 21, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $3 entry. Dealer tables are available for $20. The bar will be open and DJs will be spinning records. If you’re interested in buying, selling, DJing send an e-mail to Shannon.

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It’s the last Saturday of the month again, which means it’s time for another installment of the Fringe Factory .

Fringe Factory returns to The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge tonight to present the Reverberation DJs from Houston, Texas.

Come dance off your Thanksgiving leftovers with DJ Psychedelic Sex Panther and DJ Andrew Lee as well as your regular Fringe Factory hosts DJs Suzy Q and Vikki V for an ATL meets Tejas dance party extravaganza.

Local band electro/experimental rockers Recompas (featuring Travis Thatcher from Judi Chicago) will be performing as well.

Cover is $7 and things will get started around 9 p.m. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge.

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