West

Staff shots from Terminal West Gig with Big Freedia.

Terminal

Coupla friendly fans grams from Terminal West w/ Big Freedia.

Dookie Warm Up

Dookie training sesh for Big Freedia

Corndawg

A thoughtful perspective from Robo Thug on Corndogorama 2012:

This Sunday will mark the seventh year I have played Corndogorama - really an institution in Atlanta Summer festivals and I really want to thank Dave Railey for bringing it back. What is really great about Corndogorama and sets it apart from the other festivals is that it really has the feeling that one guy is behind it, who loves the experience and really does his best to make it an informal and fun experience. So many festivals out there feel so detached from the music and excitement that should be in the air at these events, more like an outdoor shopping mall with some bands playing in a tent at the end of the street. So I'm glad Dave is back, bringing the depravity and absurdity that is Corndogorama, which has always been one of the most memorable events of the Summer.

I believe this year the bands will play inside the EARL, which I think is the best scenario since the heat and rain variables are taken out of the equation, the sound will be great, and it will be a perfect environment to enjoy both the music and insanity that surrounds this event.

Here is an old post I did of past Corndogoramas, and I'm still looking for scans of all the lineups of every year if someone can send them to me. Some bands that I have noted related to posts on this blog are of course Skin Jobsfeaturing Rick Moore of Barrel, Rebar,Galanas:Cerdd, Copa Vance, Home of the Wildcats, The Wayne Williams, Lay Down Mains, and several others I am forgetting, Mysourri who did include Cade Lewis from Chocolate Kiss on bass, but I'm not sure if he will be playing in this lineup, The Meeks Family featuring Brooks Meeks fromThe Close, and of course Noot d' Noot with many connections to this blog. So in total I have played Corndogorama 4 in 1999 (with Chocolate Kiss), Corndog 5 in 2000 (with Chocolate Kiss), Corndog 6 in 2001 (with Chocolate Kiss), Corndog 12 in 2007 (with Sonn Av Krusher), Corndog 13 in 2008 (with Noot d' Noot and Sonn Av Krusher), and Corndog 14 in 2009 (with Noot d' Noot and Judi Chicago).

Here is this year's lineup:

Saturday, July 31st
12:30am-1:30: Speakerfoxxx
11:30pm-12:30: Snowden
10:45-11:15: Sealions
10:00-10:30: Pls Pls
9:30-9:55 (side stage): Moodrings
8:30-9:30: special guests
7:30-8:15: Stallone
6:45-7:15: Abby Go Go
6:15-6:40 (side stage): Glen Iris
5:45-6:15: The Liverhearts
5:00-5:30: Skin Jobs
4:00-5:00: CORNDOG EATING CONTEST
3:30-4:00: Hip to Death
2:45-3:15: Mysourri
2:00-2:30: Ray Dafrico
1:30-1:55 (side stage): Mack Messiah12:45-1:15: Virginia Plane
12:00-12:30: TBD

Sunday, August 1st

10:15-11:30: Noot d' Noot

9:45-10:10 (side stage): Christ, Lord

8:45-9:45: Dead Confederate

8:00-8:30: Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires

7:15-7:45: The District Attorneys

6:45-7:10 (side stage): The Meeks Family

6:00-6:45: The Villain Family

5:15-5:45: The Hindenburgs

4:30-5:00: Iron Jayne

4:00-4:25 (side stage): Blake Rainey

3:30-4:00: Matt Hudgins & His Shit Hot Country Band

2:45-3:15: Chickens & Pigs

Bragg Jam

Bragg Jam 2012
Calling all middle Georgians!  Meet us in Bibb County for the Bragg Jam!!!

Illusion Delusion

Here's a video Kid Pyramid shot for The Rinse's Illusion from the Major Arcana on a lovely spring day, just outside his home.......

Come Let Your Balls Swang

Seriously.  Blowfly is damn nasty.  Remember when you left your 2 Live Crew in the tape deck and your mom pressed play?  Or that time she threw out your Pearl Jam CD 'cause Eddie Vedder says the f-word?  I imagine if she'd caught you listening to Blowfly, everything else would indeed be a harmless little fuck.  She'd be through the roof!  But when the smoke cleared, she'd be gettin' down to one of the most gettin'-downest motherfuckers in the get-down.  In the 60s and 70s, Blowfly was recording funky party music as Clarence Reid, writing million-sellers for R&B's superstars, and dickin' around afterhours singing hyper-sexual parody versions of the hits of the day.  Pretty soon, he realized that when it all boils down, the world needed somebody willing to stop singing about romance, and start singing about ass.  Thank the Lord for that. 

Come check out the legendary Blowfly and his band, as well as your personal party pilots Noot d' noot and the Fantastic 4-Ize.  Bring your ass down to 529 in East Atlanta Saturday, July 14.

Independence

There shall be another Ponce Explosion this Sunday in the Book House parking lot.  Indeed.

Clermont

This Thursday (June 28), Noot d' Noot and Gun Party will share the stage at the Clermont Lounge, providing the soundtrack for what's sure to be a night filled with the kind of debauchery that you don't even want your friends to know about.
$8. 9 p.m. The Clermont Lounge, 789 Ponce De Leon Ave. 404-874-4783.
More info:

5 Reasons to come to the Clermont Tonite

5 Reasons to to the Clermont as selected by Gun Party:

5. Because on June 28th of 1997 Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, and we are planning a reenactment.

4. Rock ‘n' Roll (good or bad) and strippers (good looking or hideous) always go well together. Plus, you can listen to music, drink excessively, and watch strange porn alone at home or in public at the Clermont. Keep in mind, at the Clermont, someone else does the cleanup.

3. None of us have ever been in the Back Pockets.

2. You might not have another opportunity in the near future to wake up deaf and pantless in a parking lot with a voluptuous stripper on one arm and the regurgitated remains of a 4 a.m. Majestic burger on the other while we clean the throw up off of our cupcake.

1. Everyone will enjoy a complimentary room at the beautiful Clermont Hotel where you will definitely get laid. But, in the off chance that you do not, contact any band member for a prompt, discrete, no-holds-barred appointment.

Cribs with Dookie Platters

Gramstaroids

Sprang-A-Lang

We'll be performing at the Kirkwood Spring Fling this weekend.

Dream

Thud