It’s a Friday to help your friends. Whether you’re in Murfreesboro [The Darfur benefit show at YEAH] or in Nashy [The Glenn Danzig babies] you should go out tonight and throw your money towards something worthwhile. You know it’s true.
PRETTY GNARLY
Photo by Bekah Cope
Check this shit out! Our fave babes just did a nice little interview with Village Voice, and we gotta say, reading it brings a little tear to our eye. We’ve been watching them grow for the last million years and they’re finally start to get some of the recognition they deserve. Forget the Paramores and the Kings of Leons, JEFF is the best band we could ask for to represent our Nashville. Check out the interview here [Which also features a picture from our photog Bekah Cope. Way to go Bekah!]
We’ve only got a few shows left for the 2009 radio season so we’re really kicking out the jams for all the shows. Be sure to tune in every Thursday from 3-4PM on 91.1 WRVU for our show. Today, a couple called in on their drive across country and told us we were cracking them up and playing the best shit they’ve ever heard. They sounded like Fred and Toody Cole.
A BIT STRANGER [12.03.2009]
Those Darlins // Hung Up On Me
Times New Viking // City On Drugs
Red Transistor // Not Bite
Mars // Helen Fordsdale
Mentally Ill // Tumor Boy
The Greusomes // For All I Care
The Crumbs // Live at Glenn Danzig’s
Television Personalities // 14th Floor
The Petticoats // Allergy
The Curse // Shoeshine
Meemaw // Cancer of Society
GG King // Drug Zoo
Buzzer // Cool Feeling
Skrewdriver // 19th Nervous Breakdown
Real Estate // Atlantic City
White Wires // Goodbye Girl
School Jerks // Stray
The Perverts // I Am Doctor
Tammy Wynette // Stand By Your Man
BADDEST BULLIES AROUND
I know we talk about So-Cal bands pretty often around here, but despite School Jerks’ early 80s southern Cali-punk sound, they’re actually from Toronto, Ontario. The dudes have got a killer 7″ out on Riff Raff Records [It’s one of our favorites from the year] and have another one slated to come out before 2010 on Cowabunga! They’re about to head out on a quick 10-date tour and, duh, Nashville is one of their stops. They’ll be playing Glenn Danzig’s House on December 16th with The Cannomen, The Crumbs, and another band to be announced later on. Get stoked!
School Jerks – Stray [mp3]
School Jerks – Passed Out [mp3]
:: School Jerks
:::: The Cannomen
:::::: The Crumbs
:::::::: TBA
@ Glenn Danzig’s House
$5 – All Ages – 8PM
You can pick up their 7″ here.
BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR
This flyer rules.
So it’s over a month away, who cares, we’re still mega-excited for the first month of the new year [New decade. Spring Break ‘010!] Between this show and the Failures show [we’ll talk about that later] and some other great shows lined up, we’re starting to think that 2010 is going to be one of the best years this town has seen in a while. Nazi Dust and Slave Scene, two Tampa bands, are gracing Nashville on January 9th at Little Hamilton alongside MLU, Brainwreck, and Frosty. You can thank the boys over at SAFG for this one. Seriously. Thank them big time.
:: Slave Scene
:::: Nazi Dust
:::::: MLU
:::::::: Brainwreck
:::::::::: Frosty
@ Little Hamilton
$TBA – All Ages – 9:30
I guess we’re gonna try and go weekly with this one. Here’s a new Shreditorial from our buddy, Daniel, about the Internets and Gods and deaths.
Shreditorial #2
Exclusive Gods Online:
So, with all this access to information, we have a lot more problems than establishing a metaphysical class system based on access to information! All the Gods are sick! They are on their death beds, tombs, paupers graves, and sarcophagi. No one knows what to do because there is no beginning or end to Information Superhighway 61, and we keep moving forward forever, even if it’s not a direction.
Ages ago, people used to be isolated and be able to create whatever crazy phantasy they wanted and try to force it on reality through violence. Now, the internet is blowing the cover of demagogues worldwide, while killing innocent Gods. Now, individuals each have their own crazy bourgeoisie ego phantasy, but they think outwardly or aggressively forcing it on other people is “wrong”. Maybe Animal Planet should make a show called God Cops.
People either need to not be aware that they impose their models on the lives of others, or do it ruthlessly and demand respect for it. That is what a hero is. If we are trapped in our individual worlds of isolated illusion we need something that is real outside of ourselves to bring us together. It cannot come from inside because that is where your isolated sea of neurotic insanity traps you in headphones. And that is too subjective, and its objective if you didn’t make it up.
The internet makes charisma a sham because everyone knows they can make a Google. So no one is impressed by spectating each other anymore, even if your a Gods. Now everyone is bored watching, but doesn’t want to do anything because they are trapped in their land of illusion without some Gods to say, “Hey, you’re right about everything.”
On that note, I just want to say Gods, “You totally shred and have never told me I was wrong, or if I was, I learned a lesson that ultimately made me right as usual.” I’m sorry the internet is making you die like Tinkerbell. Gods, you are strong like a sick child and I am proud of you.
Get off the cross,
Daniel Pujol
Stay tuned for next week’s. It’s a real doozy. THE SHREDITORIAL!
NEEDY INDEEDY
It’s officially December, which means it’s OK for you to get all Christmas-y and stuff. The Glenn Danzig boys are giving you a great opportunity to get into the spirit this weekend with their own benefit show. Apparently they’ve encountered some significant damages to their house equipment over the last few months: broken mics/cords, busted drums/cymbals, empty pockets/stomachs, you get the idea. The show features So Jazzy, Cy Barkley, Diarrhea Planet, and Daniel Pujol. With special guests, Ben Steine’s Money. Glenn Danzig’s House has definitely become our favorite new place to catch shows, and we know they’ve got some pretty big shows lined up for the new year, so we’d really like to urge alls of yous to go out on Friday and pitch what you’ve got to the guys and tell them how much you love them. Nashville’s Dead <3 Glenn Danzig’s House.
:: Daniel Pujol
:::: Cy Barkley
:::::: Diarrhea Planet
:::::::: So Jazzy
@ Glenn Danzig’s House
$5 – All Ages – 8PM
ESTA BIEN, SOMOS JUDIOS.
LOS NASSIS
Just try to look past the offensiveness for one second, OK? Yes, they wear klan masks and, yes, their name is reminiscent of some pretty terrible shit, but we can’t not talk about this music. These 5 hoodlums from Puebla, Mexico are shelling out some ultra raw, minimalist, synth-infused punk. Sort of like a Spanish Spits or something, except maybe sloppier and drunker? OK, definitely sloppier and drunker. And scarier? Maybe people will stop fearing chupacabras and start fearing these guys. We can’t tell if they’ve had any releases come stateside, but apparently they’re on Vagina Records. A band called The Nazis who wear klan masks and put out records on Vagina Records…. Los Nassis, your shock factor attempt is through the roof, but it’s teetering on being bottom-shelf-6th grade-humor. So watch out! Check out a track below.
