I know where I'll be on Friday...

Stomp and Stammer (a local Atlanta/Athens magazine) will be celebrating it's 11th Anniversary this Friday (11/30) at The Variety Playhouse with a showcase of some of Atlanta's best bands including The Black Lips, Deerhunter, Snowden, and the Selmanaires. Tickets are on sale now via Variety Playhouse website.

Burn To Shine: Vol. 6: Atlanta

On July 29, 2007, Mastodon, Deerhunter, Black Lips, Snowden, the Selmanaires, Shannon Wright, The Coathangers, The Carbonas, The Liverhearts, The Mighty Hannibal, Delia Gartrell, and the All Night Drug Prowling Wolves performed one song each at 54 Moreland Ave. in Atlanta as part of the Brendan Canty (Fugazi) & Christoph Green DVD series, "Burn To Shine". The DVD series, which documents a particular city's bands performing in a space slated for demolition, has already completed similar sets in Washington (DC), Portland (OR), Seattle (WA), Chicago (IL), and Louisville (KY). Much thanks to Chad Radford for posting pics of the Atlanta set (all of the above photos were taken by Chad).

You can purchase Vol. 1-3 via the Trixie DVD website as a bundle package (with a reduced price) now. No word yet when Vol.4 (Seattle), Vol. 5 (Louisville) or Vol. 6 (Atlanta) will be released, but you can bet I'll first in line when they are.

Trixie DVD / Burn To Shine - website

CORNDOG-O-RAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, what do I like more than putting copious amounts of mustard on my corndog? Listening to copious amounts of great bands while wiping said mustard off of my lips. That must mean it's time for CORNDOG-O-RAMA!!!! Most indie-music lovin' Atlanta/Athens residents are well versed in the ways of Corndog-o-rama, but things have changed slightly folks. Corndog-o-rama will be held at Lenny's Bar instead of The Earl this year. Why the change? Not sure. I AM sure that a copious amount (my word-o-the-day) of corndog-lovin' hipsters will be quite irritated. Hopefully this next bit of news will sooth those hipsters' dispositions. Fuckin' Mastodon will be playing the last night!!!! Yes, in addition to the...copious amount...of amazing local/national acts such as Snowden, The Selmanaires, The Winter Sounds, The Life and Times, The Hiss, The Coathangers, Silver Lakes, Fiend Without a Face & many, many more...fuckin' Mastodon will be rocking your face off!! I love summertime.

CORNDOG-O-RAMA
July 12-15 @ Lenny's Bar
3 stages (Main, Side and Outdoor)
$35 for 4 day pass

Checkout the official Corndog-o-rama website for the full schedule. Buy your tickets here. Get directions to Lenny's here.