1) Cobra Starship plays a sold-out show at Vinyl.
2) Collin Kelley reads from his debut novel, Conquering Venus, at Outwrite.
3) Summer Falls opens at Whitespace Gallery.
4) The Savannah Disputation continues at Theatre in the Square.
5) Sick Puppies play the Loft.
(Photo by Matthew Salacuse)
1) The Heritage Arts Festival celebrates the African diaspora at Underground Atlanta.
2) Creative Loafing gets down and dirty at the Best of Atlanta Voting Party.
3) Zachary Steele and Joshua Corin discuss Anointed: The Passion of Timmy Christ and Nuclear Winter Wonderland: A Tale of Nuclear Terror, Kidnapping, Gangsters and Family Values, respectively, at Decatur Library.
4) The Coca-Cola Film Festival continues at the Fox Theatre with Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
5) WCLK-FM (91.9) hosts a Michael Jackson benefit concert at Vinyl.
(Photo by St. John Photographics)
1) Nightmare of You plays Vinyl.
2) Essential Theatre performs Ice Glen at Actor’s Express.
3) Draw + Decal continues at Mudfire Gallery.
4) Personal & the Pizzas play the Earl.
5) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince continues in area theaters.
(Photo courtesy Nightmare of You)
James Joyce, underground record keeper
A self-described librarian of rock, 33-year-old Joyce posts long-lost songs, photos, fliers and anecdotes from Atlanta’s underground music scene on his blog, Beyond Failure. He also has played with a bunch of Atlanta bands over the years — most recently with psych-funk collective Noot d’ Noot.
CL: How did you come up with the idea for Beyond Failure?
JJ: I’ve probably been in 20 bands or so. And I’m kind of by nature an archival person. I’m kind of a librarian.
That’s a rare combination for people in bands.
I think it’s because I’m a drummer. I’m just more systematic in the way I think and the way I organize myself. I’m more organized than a lot of my bandmates. Everyone has moved 100 times, and nobody has their old records, their old tapes, old flyers, old pictures. They started contacting me and asked if I had any of the old recordings, because theirs were all gone.
So I started digitizing all these old demo tapes, old records and seven-inches and stuff. And I started posting them up on this blog, rather than just emailing them to everybody.
Then I started posting stuff by bands I was friends with at that time, in the ’90s. I really like their music, and it’s really hard to find a lot of their stuff. Everything local is out of print. It’s good to just collect a lot of that stuff and make it available, for historical purposes. Because otherwise, you won’t be able to find it.
(Lots of links to long-lost recordings, after the jump.)
It’s the day after Christmas.
You’re burned out from family, bummed about receiving Sudoku books for presents, and feel awkward watching the family dog run around in holiday sweaters. So what do you do? Drink and dance! But with who? Why, fellow Atlantans, silly goose! Especially ones who blog, design and develop.
Creative Loafing, along with Peach Pundit, Tondee’s Tavern, Pecanne Log, Asian Cajuns and a host of other local blogs and web outfits, is sponsoring the 1st annual Unwrapped: Atlanta Web party on Dec. 26 at Vinyl. The party’s organizer is local blogger and web maestro Tessa Horehled — the woman behind music blog Drive A Faster Car and #atlgas.
Half of all proceeds will go toward the One Laptop Per Child, a nonprofit that hopes to provide the world’s poorest children with a computer and all the educational benefits it can offer. Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. (Visit Drive A Faster Car to purchase advance tickets.)
Drinks, dancing and music begins at 8 p.m. and lasts until 2 a.m. Horehled is DJing and Birdpony Photography will capture souls all evening. It’s a good idea and a good cause.
Parking and MARTA details follow after the jump.
1) Kingsized and El Vez perform at Variety Playhouse.
2) Oakhurst’s Harmony Park hosts BBQ, Blues and Bluegrass Festival.
3) Gone with the Wind, Dr. Zhivago and 2001: A Space Odyssey are playing at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with scores by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Turner Classic Movie Night.
4) Taking Off: The Atlanta Printmakers Studio opens at the Art Institute of Atlanta.
5) Fishhawk, To Whom and Almost Heroes perform at Vinyl.
(Photo by David Stuart)
1) Tilly and the Wall perform at Variety Playhouse.
2) Damaged Virtues: A Cry From Within, a play about unethical medical experimentation on enslaved African-American women, opens at Atlanta Fulton Central Library.
3) Tony Bennett performs at Chastain Park Amphitheater.
4) Atlanta Botanical Garden hosts Cocktails in the Garden: Lilies and Lemon Drops.
5) Ours, Plain Jane Automobile and God or Julie perform at Vinyl.
(Photo by Jaime Warren)
