Archive for September, 2006

Just got home from Beirut at the variety playhouse. Great show — it’s just too bad there were so few of us there to enjoy it! I knew before that these guys were ‘young’ (the lead is 19), but it didn’t really hit me until they came on stage. Here’s a photo from their site:

Crazy! Well anyways, you probably weren’t at the show. So here’s what you missed:
Postcards from Italy
Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)

cheers

Greetings folks,

We’re nearing the end of the month, which means your October concert calendar!

1 – Gnarls Barkley at the Tabernacle. If you don’t know these guys yet, I can’t do much for you… buy a ticket immediately, and I’ll see you at the show.
4 – DJ Shadow @ the Roxy. Seminal hiphop dj. check out ‘endtroducing…’
the selmanaires @ lennys.one of my favorite atlanta bands.
6 – Girl Talk @ Decatur Social Club. crazy crazy djs. this is the DSC that you should not miss.
7 – Black Lips @ Drunken Unicorn. great atl band. kinda post-punk, whatever that means.
13 – elans birthday! also, dfa dj tour @ the earl. these guys were the force behind pushing the rapture into the mainstream (and by the mainstream, i mean the bizarre underground world we all like to call home)
14 – mstrkrft @ mjq. dude & producer from death from above 1979 will spin some shit. it’ll be nutso.
19 – To a T MODA Exhibition opening. elans got some shirts, as well as clints pecan pie couture line.
20 – broken social scene @ variety.
the selmanaires @ the 10 high.
21 – decatur beer fest!
portastatic @ the earl. decent enough indie band.
22 – etta james, james hunter @ the tabernacle.
26 – Criminal Records 15th anniversary party @ Variety (Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Elf Power, & “Special Guests”…)
Alejandro Escovedo @ the earl.
27 – the decemberists @ the tabernacle. these guys have been a favorite band of mine for years now. they put on a lovely show.

more updates at upcoming.org

hints of what’s to come…
nov 17 – chris thile @ variety
nov 22 – jamie lidell @ the earl (buy tickets now! this *will* sell out)
dec 1 – lady sovereign @ the loft. great hiphop/dance lady from the uk
dec 8 – blind guardian @ the roxy (my favorite german metal band. ever. )

much love & see you at the show,
tolar

at the local tonite, the entire bar broke out into the ‘peanut butter jelly time’ chorus.

Samson:

we’ll miss you

…is teh hotness.

[thanks to tv on the radio for the link]

if anyone has a copy of the ‘philosophical statement’ to which mr rogers refers, please send it along! thanks

that’s right, you gotta work to stay on top of this shit.