Profile: Crab Louie

"Crab" Louie Warbour aka Dash Sprinkle - this ‘n that.  Voted “most likely to own a hot tub” two years running in his junior high yearbook superlatives, Crab Nasty makes it a point to smooth out his entire life on the r n’ b tip. Rarely seen with shoes that require laces, but always found at the front and center of the jam. Specialties include: darts, arrangements, bird calls, bass and drums.

So Nice You Watch It Twice

This vimeo version has better audio. We also got some info on the artists who made the video: 

"Steven Key did the animation at 24 frames per second with 250 drawings for the hands turning into a stegasaur scene alone. Steven and Will Potter who make up Petricor Inc. edited and shot "Steeples" utilizing After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Ballentines, and Super Sour Diesel over 4 days in LA with a limited ($0) budget from Shakedown Records."

Noot d' Noot - Fingers Like Steeples from Petrichor Inc on Vimeo.

Dry Ink

The man, the myth, Tom Cheshire had a little sitdown (via the innanet) with Noot (well, maybe just Bimbi) for his online rag, Dry Ink.  You can get a little insight and foresight into "Cash For Gold" which will be unleashed on Saturday, June 20th at The EARL if you click H E R E.

Band Practice

is something that happens sometimes for Noot.  Usually with this steez:

Cash For Gold

Test pressings are currently being monitored for quality control.  Stand by.

Fingers Like Steeples

A Steven Key/ God Trilla Joint:

Just Jam It In

This is where the FREE Good Times are this weekend.  With GG King, Crab Louie, and myself on hand, there is slight potential for a Mishap Of Technology one off reunion.

If you wish to get an early start on swapping your Gold For Cash, check out Creative Loafing's:  The Mixt A Vol 1 Compilation featuring "Fingers Like Steeples" from our upcoming 12", in stores June 16th.

97 Estoria is located at 727 Wylie St., just beyond the Krog St. tunnel in Cabbagetown. 404-522-0966.

Baby, baby.

Finally somebody mentions rap music in one of these.

A Real Playa, Not no Slouch

Jah Scorpion makes music, makes babies, makes remedies, makes history, and makes the news. Sehen Sie sich sein Mixtape.

They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

Our main man Born has a new show called "Relief" at the spot that birthed Noot into the world.  Go to Beep Beep Gallery  before May 3rd and have your synapses rerouted.  

More Cluck For Your Buck

This past Saturday, Noot celebrated National Record Store day at Criminal Records.  Evidence can be found here in a clip of the new tune "The Occasion" coming out June 16th on the new 12" Cash For Gold. Kim Glenn threw up this here rendition of "Neighborhood Clucker" from last year's Goofer Dust LP.  For further inquiries, Lillian did a brief interview with the fam H E R E.  Noot gives thanks to Criminal for all its love and support thru the ages!

Sunlight At Midnight

Chris Cunningham's book of letters, Sunlight At Midnight, Darkness At Noon is now available.  Hardcovers are sold out, but the softcovers can still be found complete with an audio soundtrack featuring the voices of the two authors, some Dream Sanitation Sci-Fi, some Bimbi cut-n-paste, and some Dr. Kinje squankin'.  More information is available H E R E.

woah chick woah chick woah.

April 18th, 2009, a wonderful time for weekly worship of Saturn, Sweet Peas. Services commence at 4 PM, live against the back wall of that seminal shop Criminal in celebration of all those who peddle and push sonic reproductions. Many of our and your close associates will be pumpin' up the jams all day and designer jeans will surely be half-off, if you catch my drift.
Launch forward to 8 or 9PM when the doors swing open at ye Smith's Olde Bar with y'all's truly opening for lyrical assailants Collective Efforts. Baby, it's you.
Close out your evening with some old fashioned Science Fiction in the Cafe at MJQ. The dranks are heavy and the turntables get wobbly, but do not fall. We like to start songs right about where the bass kicks in and end them just before the fade out, so if you like to mash it up, but not necessarily mash-ups, this is your type of party. Most of this weekend's playlist was written by none other than Vettius Valens hisself. Free passes to get in, just holler via dookieplatters@gmail.com.

Shakedown Records Revival

Cheers everybody.  This is Bohannon aka Belmont aka "Bananas" Foster signing into the Noot blog for the first time.  Way way back in the day, I brought synthesizers, 4 String SG's, a camera, and brownies to these Noot boys jams.  Back in the days when they called themselves Seventy Spacebird and Beale Street Green, before finally settling into the name Good Friday Experiment for the better half of a decade.  We put together a handful of releases on Shakedown Records, and its time to revive this moniker.

Over the next few months, we hope to digitally reissue some of the early Shakedown releases which are experiencing their tenth anniversary.  We will do so here on the Noot blog, so as to consolidate our innanet affairs.

The real news is, a vinyl release is on the way from the newly revived Shakedown.  Noot has submitted their new works. Originally conceived as a 12" single for their live set standard "Fingers Like Steeples," the record has grown into 30 minutes of club banging mayhem.

That's right, "Cash For Gold" is in B'more as we speak.  Test pressings are being cut.  Tue, June 16th is the street date and the record release show is going to be at the Earl on Sat June 20th.  Ile' Tambor will call the spirits and the list of A-town DJ's is narsty:

Leb Laze

Gnosis

Cozy Shawn

Brett Eclectic

Dookie Platters

House Of The Drum

We don't call him Skins for nothin'.  Aside from all the patterns woven across Noot music and leading his own group Ile' Tambor, Skins Malone custom crafts his own drums.  Drums from all over the world and drums in all sizes.  Seems as of late he's been hangin' with the houngans and churning out quite a few
new instruments.  To your left you may be witnessing the world's smallest functioning conga drum, complete with goatskin head.  Above a handpainted shaker.  On the right, a set of large wooden bongos roped tuned with African cow skin heads.  And below, a traditional style Japanese Chu-Daiko Drum.  Skins made this taiko drum from French Oak with two cow skin heads that are securely fastened with a double row of 3/4" black nails.  Can you imagine the nasty bass tones that emanate from this drum?  Skins has set up an online shop where you can find these one of kind elegantly crafted pieces.  Check out his Online Store.