With a Talisman

Mathis Hunter - Gathering the Hopeful Gamblers from Petrichor Inc on Vimeo.

Filmed and animated by William R. Potter and Stephen Key during the September floods here is the video for "Gathering The Hopeful Gamblers", from a female dream.

Soft Opening Hits The Streets

Soft Opening is now available in yer local Atl record retailer. National release date is March 23, 2010. Check the Crib Notes for further investigation.

SOFT MF OPENING

Noot d' noot's very own Bimbi Garraux (performing as Mathis Hunter) has finished recording your 2010 psyche-rock opus, just in case you were wondering where it was. Check out the poster/album cover by Squanto (what a babe!) and be at the EARL March 5th for a helluva time.

Rumor has it Petrichor Inc is putting the final touches on the video for the album's lead single, Gathering the Hopeful Gamblers. Even more rumors have it that Stephen Key, head animator at Petrichor, will be celebrating 30 years on this blue marble come March 5th. Get got damn down!

Sincerely Yours-
Dookie Platters the Boots Knockin Panty Dropper.

Oh, here's some more press I wrote if you like reading...

Atlanta musician, art historian, and purveyor of fine goods Mathis Hunter(born Bimbi Garraux) has put together a solo record that may just surprise you. Sure, you were around for Seventy Spacebird, all the way until the Good Friday Experiment shot through your brain like the bottom of a pail breaking through. You watched him sit in the studio and on stage for a stint with the Selmanaires. These days, you've been known to drop your inhibitions (and your pants) at a Noot d' noot show or two. But this here SOFT OPENING record delves into that cannibinoid-infused corner of your psyche that you forgot existed.

Come on out to the EARL and witness this briskness while your lady gets freaky on the dancefloor. Mathis Hunter performs tracks from his solo effort, SOFT OPENING (Shakedown Records), alongside a grip of Atlanta's familiar rock n roll melted faces.

Shout Out to All Our Exes

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Upcoming Sessions

As for Noot, the band will be back in the studio on February 20th at The Living Room to work on the follow up to last year's "Cash For Gold." The group has enlisted super-producer Ed Rawls to engineer the record. Other than "Fingers Like Steeples," all Noot tracks have been engineered by the group themselves, so we can expect a drastic change in the sound of this LP.

The material will be culled from the tunes featured in the band's live performances over the last year, and therefore may more closely resemble the Noot d' Noot live experience. More info as we have it. And hopefully, a Soft Opening test press tomorrow.

Funk Gets Stronger

Its hard to imagine if there would've been a Noot if it hadn't been for all the years of sitting in the cafe and asking Cozy what every other record was. What better way to spend Friday and Saturday Nite than with some good records all the way turned up. After doing it since the about the time the Q opened its doors, Cozy and Rico ended their run last Friday Nite. They'll be taking the funk to Pals Lounge starting this Friday, Feb 5. Dig it.

Inkwell

Tom Cheshire and Dry Ink speak w/ Bimbi about the upcoming release of Soft Opening H E R E.

A-bomb-enable Funk Mane

According to a recent survey, Ca$h for Gold has been awarded the "funkiest album of 2009" award. Much appreciated. We'll be back in 2010 with another dookie platter o' funk. Summer time is always the right time. If you wanna finish out the week w/ the funk, its Nice and Naasty at the Ballroom on thurs, Cozy on fri at the Q cafe, and Saturday Nite at 529 w/ Noot d' Noot and Grip Plyaz!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Bananas Foster

Jah Scorpion would like to send some special birthday wishes today to Belmont "Bananas" Foster, our spiritual adviser and Shakedown Records label magnate. We hope this message finds you well.

"Do they ask me what pleasure I find on the sea? -

Why, absence from land is a pleasure to me:

A hamper of porter, and plenty of grog,

A friend, when too sleepy, to give me a jog,

A coop that will always some poultry afford,

Some bottles of gin, and no parson on board,

A crew that is brisk when it happens to blow,

One compass on deck and another below,

A girl, with more sense than the girl at the head,

To read me a novel, or make up me bed --

The man that has these, has a treasure in store

That millions possess not who live upon shore."

Hard In The Paint

We're hoping we can get back in the studio w/ Grip before the show, but we will surely be jammin' big and goin' hard in the paint at the 529 Jan 16th.  Check out "Retail Girls" for a preview.

Soft Opening

Shakedown has a March 5th street date for "Soft Opening." This is the first solo release for Mathis Hunter, who has performed w/ Noot d' Noot, The Selmanaires, and Good Friday Experiment.  The album crossfades 90's British and 60's Californian Psychedelia and then splices it with the waay down yonder funky rhythms you've come to expect from Shakedown Artists. Recorded by MH at home and at The Living Room, the album features guest spots from members in the above mentioned groups as well as players from Judi Chicago, The Tom Collins and others.

The album release show is at The Earl on March 5th, and the bill will also feature The Selmanaires and Noot d' Noot.  Tickets are available H E R E from Ticket Alternative.

Wealth Reform

Just when you thought it was over, Noot Deejays are back in action this Saturday Nite.  Get Ready, Get Ready. 

Cold Duck On Ice

One last post for the year.  This is a team up for the ages...nearly to the effect of the Clark/Duke Project. See you at the UNICRON.

Noot d' New Years Gala Holiday Spectacular and Possum Drop

Man, seems like yesterday I was at MJQ on New Years Eve 1999.  Tickets include Champagne, though not sure if its Cold Duck.  Bring in the new decade proper.

Take It (Speak) Easy

Noot live from Speakeasy 6, August 1, 2009.  Who's missin?