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Advance Notice: The Week in Happening 3/15-21

Mid-week you are advised to be more creative than to stumble into the nearest crappy Irish themed bar.  I mean, really.

Mon – 3/15

  • I Was Totally Destroying it / Mobley / En Serenade @ Local 506 – $5

Tues – 3/16

  • Dexter Romweber (solo) @ The Cave – $TBA
  • Music Trivia Night @ The Pinhook – Win a round, win a pitcher. Enough said. $FREE!

Wed – 3/17

  • Unknown Hinson / Blood Red River @ Berkeley Café – Unknown Hinson, a musician, performance artist (?), and the voice of Early on the Squidbillies, is a total nut. See: this.  Wednesday night there’s going to be a sideburn and beehive contest at the show, which is enough of a reason in itself to advertise it. I mean, right?  $15
  • Fruit Bats  / Blue Gient / The Singleman Affair @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 at the door
  • St. Patty’s Day with Penny Prophets / Randy Whitt’s Celtic Celebration @ The Cave – $TBA
  • St. Patrick’s Day Mug Night with Waylandsphere / The Oatmeal Conspiracy / Triple Wide @ The Pour House – $6

Thurs – 3/18

  • The Black Lips / Box Elders @ Cat’s Cradle – …because even though that one guy spits loogies in the air and catches them in his mouth, at least he doesn’t pee on stage anymore (as my friend Austin warned me one time). Oh and also because they make great gritty rock’n’roll. $10 adv / $12 day of the show

Fri – 3/19

  • The Mercury Program / Fin Fang Foom @ Local 506 – $8
  • Dance Party to Benefit Choice USA @ The Pinhook – $5

Sat – 3/20

  • Billy Sugarfix / Anna Bullard / John Harrison / Houston Brothers @ The Nightlight – $TBA
  • The Rosebuds / Mount Weather @ Cat’s Cradle – $10 adv / $12 day of the show ((editors note: This show has been canceled.))
  • Athens Boys Choir / 8 inch Betsy / Pink Flag / Pariah Piranha @ Local 506 – Should you be confused about who Athens Boys Choir is this video is a decent primer. $7
  • Dance Party to raise funds for sending people to the Human Rights Conference at the Hague @ The Pinhook – $5

Sun – 3/21

  • Deerhunter / Schooner / Free Electric State @ Cat’s Cradle – $14 adv / $16 day of the show
  • Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Dale Ann Bradley, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass @ Raleigh’s Meymandi Concert Hall – $40-$50 for PineCone members, $45-$55 public

Where else?

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Gimme Five! Stuart Edwards of Old Bricks

old bricks A gutturally honest new addition to the local scene, the music of Old Bricks combines splintered narratives, fragile vocals, and a cobweb-cluttered aural-field of effects and drum bursts.  Centered on the confessionally-tinged songs of Stuart Edwards and filled out with the help of Andy Holmes, the music is a bewitching blend of art and ache.  Though the project initially cut teeth in Nashville, it’s found its legs here nearer to their homesteads in Rocky Mount.

Thus far, they’ve released one EP and now, to our great luck, a debut LP collection of tunes, Farmers (available for preview over at IndyWeek).   If you really want to see what these guys are up to, you can catch them live (along with The Daredevil Christopher Wright and The Tender Fruit) at Slim’s in Raleigh on Friday, March 12th.

And now, five questions and five answers:

1. If your band were a president, who would it be?

Teddy Rooseveltteddy roosevelt

2. When did you decide it was time to share this music?

Never planned on not sharing it

3. Describe the perfect midnight snack.

cereal

4. Who/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?

tv on the radio

5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (how ’d that turn out?)

NBA star-dream died in sixth grade

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Even if that was a abbreviated,  be sure to toss a high five at the Old Bricks when you catch ’em out. And check back next week!

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 3/8-14

Break into the spring with a show or four.

Mon – 3/8

Tues – 3/9

  • Mount Moriah / Sandwitches / Filthybird @ The Nightlight – Heather McEntire may bounce around genres (Bellafea – Rock / Un Deux Trois – Pop / Mount Moriah – Country), but damn is she good at it. $5

Wed – 3/10

  • Stars of Track and Field / Simple @ Local 506 – $6 adv / $8 at the door
  • Wolf Nipple Foofarah: An Acoustic Group Musical Happening @ The Pinhook – Bring along your acoustic instruments and prepare to jam. All skill levels welcome. $FREE!

Thurs – 3/11

  • The David Wax Museum / The Daredevil Christopher Wright @ The Pinhook – $5
  • Jim Avett / Amelia’s Mechanics / Carolina Roadkill @ The Pour House -Yes, that Jim Avett or those Avetts. $6 adv / $8 at the door
  • Spirit Family Reunion / Whiskey Smugglers @ The Cave – $6
  • Danielson / Ortolan / Ben & Vesper @ Local 506 – $10 adv / $12 at the door

Fri – 3/12

  • The Morning Benders / Miniature Tigers / Acrylics @ Local 506 – The Morning Benders make fun, addictive, pavement-lite pop rock. I’ve had their record Talking Through Tin Cans on sporadic rotation since I stumbled on this gem of a video sometime two summers ago.  Pro-Tip: go to this show.  $10
  • Pierced Arrows / Shit Horse @ The Cave – To quote the Cave,” Pierced Arrows, the Portland-based trio comprised of legendary members Fred and Toody Cole of the seminal punk band Dead Moon and drummer Kelly Halliburton are coming.” No joke. Advance tickets are on sale now. $10

Sat – 3/13

  • Mega Haiti Benefit Dance Party featuring: Scientfiic Superstar / Anamanaguchi / Sabre Pulse / Henry Home Sweet (UK) / Starscream / Virgo 9 / Barron / DJ Yammy @ The Nightlight – $5 suggested donation
  • Dexter Romweber Duo /Hank Sinatra / Killer Filler @ The Pour House – $8 adv / $10 at the door

Sun – 3/14

  • Patrick Street @ The ArtsCenter in Carrboro – Legendary Irish musicians join forces and show off their virtuosity for the betterment of everyone-in-earshot’s coming St. Patrick’s Day.  $25 / $23 for ArtsClub members

Anywhere else?

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Gimme Five! Katharine Whalen

katharinewhalenWhen it comes to local musicians that need little introduction, vocal luminary and founding Squirrel Nut Zipper, Katharine Whalen is perhaps tops on that list.  She’s done her share of musical adventuring, storming with the Zippers through some raucous fusion of Delta blues, Gypsy jazz, Klezmer and beyond and musing the possibilities of 60s’ pop, trip-hop beats, and torch songs on other personal projects.  So, it’s not so much introducing her that’s the trick as it is unraveling the layered and experimental sounds that crowd her musical catalog.

With her latest outfit, Lucky, Whalen turns the page once again, this time toward surf-tinged rock’n’roll thick with 4-part harmonies and pop melodic sense.  The cast of characters  for this venture is rounded out by Will Dawson (of The Squirrel Nut Zippers), Ken Johnson, Darrell Young, and Steve Newton, and if you’re lucky you’ll catch them out live as they ramp up to a debut release due sometime this spring.

And now all that’s left are the five hardest questions in faux business:

1. If your band were a sitcom, what would it be?the-andy-griffith-show

The Andy Griffith Show.

2. When did you decide to start this new project?

I heard the first version of the song “Lucky” in a trailer behind “The N Club” in Greensboro before a snz show about 3 years ago. It was a punk-rock song originally, and I thought it would make a great country song.  We stole the rhythm section of our favorite bar band and the rest is history.

3. Describe the last time you felt really lucky.

This past month, when I was snowed in for 3 days with my family and lots of supplies (and cats) and I wrote 4 songs.

4. Who/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?

Mr Tater the Greatest Music Maker Alive, Tasha Tudor, Dare Wright, and John Steinbeck.

5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How ’d that turn out?)

Veterinarian.  I do have a lot of several cats.

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Be sure to check back for the next furious five question assault to hit the blogosphere.  Keep tabs on Lucky shows and their upcoming release here.  And be sure to give Katharine a high five when you see her!

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 3/1-7

Chin up, cheer up, go see something.

Tues-Fri – 3/2-7

  • Spring Awakening @ DPAC – This groundbreaking rock musical based on an 1891 German play but retooled by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik (yes, that Duncan Sheik) won 8 Tony awards (including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score) and pretty much changed my life. Go. $25 – $70

Tues – 3/2

  • Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore / Lizzy Ross and the Little Bear that Barks @ The Arts Center in Carrboro – Two Kentucky boys and rising stars join forces (along with producer Yim Yames) to make beautiful music for an important cause–namely to raise awareness about the horrible destruction of our landscape through the use of mountaintop removal coal mining.  Learn more about MTR mining and what you can do to help end it here.  $13 adv / $15 day of the show

Wed – 3/3

  • Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt / The Shakes / Mad Happy @ The Pinhook – If that first name throws you, allow me to explain by saying they are signed to David Byrne’s label, and you can read about them in The New York Times.  Better now? $5

Thurs – 3/4

  • Big Fat Gap / Feeding the Fire / Rocket Surgeon @ Local 506 – $FREE!
  • Ben Davies and the Jetts / Inspector 22 / Gross Ghost @ The Nightlight – $5
  • The Graveyard Fields / Alcazar Hotel / Come Hell or High Water @ The Pinhook – $5

Fri – 3/5

  • Brian McGee and the Hollow Speed / John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff @ The Cave – $5
  • North Elementary / Aminal / Caustic Casanova @ The Pinhook – $5

Sat – 3/6

  • Spring Break Forever: Jenny Owens Young / Bess Rogers / Allison Weiss @ Local 506 – $8 adv / $10 at the door
  • Nightlight’s 7th Anniversay Party! featuring Future Islands / Wizzerds of Rhyme / Dj MothersBrothers / DJ Family Vacation @ The Nightlight – $?
  • Django Haskins / Austin Lucas / Mary Johnson Rockers @ The Pinhook – $5

Sun – 3/7

  • Cymbals Eat Guitars / Bear in Heaven / Freelance Whales @ Local 506 – $8 adv / $10 at the door
  • Cross Canadian Ragweed / Reckless Kelly @ Lincoln Theatre – $20 adv / $25 day of the show

Anywhere else of note? Let us know.

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Gimme Five! Juan Huevos

treasurebathcoverThe likelihood of telling a story about a cancer-surviving butcher who spends his free time throwing down beats and spitting rhymes is, I would think, incredibly rare, like bleeding, bright pink filet minion rare.  Puns aside, it’s also the incredible true story of Juan Huevos, a hip-hop madman who’d probably rather be known for his stage presence than his medical history or side occupation.  The only problem with that being that it’s hard to separate that dim past from his gregarious stage presence and bright recording future.  Anyone can struggle, but only certain people can come out of something like that vowing to party and providing the soundtrack.

That aggressive creativity has so far produced two full lengths (2008’s MC People Magazine and 2009’s Treasure Bath), an EP (Golden Shower: High Class Demos), and a fliptape (which he describes as an evolution of the mixtape). On the latest, Treasure Bath, Huevos shines at his most earnest yet—which for him translates as a dizzying display of beat-conscious bravado and wit with a healthy dose of self-awareness thrown in.  He’s as likely to offend with dirty jokes, as he is to stun with the intimacy of his reflections. Mostly, he provokes— humor, disgust, amusement, thought, dancing.  On record and live, he is nothing if not present, in the moment, and in your ear insisting you party while he supplies the tunes.

And now the answers to these five mind-boggling questions:

1. If your music were a fashion accessory, what would it be?
Larry Blackmon from Cameo’s red codpiece because I’m cocky but I blush easily.  Can’t I be shy, too?

2. What does it mean to be a briefcase rocker?
Being a Briefcase Rocker means you are going to find yourself in crev situations on a regular basis, which can be a curse or a blessing depending on your mood.  But the best part is having people all over the world that you get to collaborate with, play shows with, party with, crash with … some of whom you may have never even met in person until that moment.  We got a lot of talented artists in the crew who deserve serious attention, I’m stoked to be in their company.

3. Describe the last time you totally jammed out to a song.
I was working on a song with Missy Thangs and we were laying down keyboard parts.  We were super hype on what we were coming up with and we couldn’t stop bopping around.  We haven’t worked on the song since, but we were dancing our asses off.

virgin_suicides4. Who/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?
I think most of my influences and inspirations are painfully obvious.  Once, in 1999, I wrote a poem about Kirsten Dunst.  I had just seen The Virgin Suicides and I thought she was super cute.  I wanted to send it to her.  Maybe i can post it on her Facebook page?  Just kidding, I’m over it.  KD doesn’t do it for me anymore.

5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How ’d that turn out?)
For a week I wanted to be a professional football player.  I was a Chicago Bears fan and I wanted to be like Walter Payton.  Seeing as how he raps and dances in the video for The Super Bowl Shuffle, I guess it came true.  Even if I look more like Steve Fuller.

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Check here for more on Juan Huevos’ music and upcoming shows.  And please, do give the man a high five when you see him!

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/22-28

See you there.

Mon – 2/22

  • Leslie and the Lys / Christopher the Conquered @ Local 506 – Please send a representative and wear your best gem sweater. There’s no way Leslie Hall won’t win you over with her craft talk.  How many hints do I have to drop? Just click my hyperlinks and go to the show, already. $9 adv / $11 at the door

Tues – 2/23

  • Cage the Elephant / As Tall as Lions / Morning Teleportation @ Cat’s Cradle – $14 adv / $16 day of the show

Wed – 2/24

Thurs – 2/25

  • Old-Time Jam @ The Nightlight – Round up your best guitar slingers and banjomen for the first of what will hopefully be a monthly gathering of picking and grinning on last Thursdays. There’s apparently free ping pong too.  What’s not to love? $FREE!
  • State Radio / Big D and the Kids Table / Cobalt and the Hired Guns @ Cat’s Cradle – $15
  • Lucky / Birds and Arrows / Mandolin Orange @ Local 506 – Mandolin Orange will throw down their cheery old-time licks, Birds and Arrows will float on top a gauze country haze, and Katherine Whalen’s Lucky will pop/rock you till you’ve had your fill of fun.  Ain’t a bad way to spend an evening. $7
  • Tender Fruit / Nervous but Excited / Humble Tripe @ The Pinhook – $5
  • The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour featuring Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling and Russell Malone @ Carolina Theatre – $42-45

Fri – 2/26

  • Wooden Toothe with Wild Wild Geese @ The Cave – Wooden Toothe’s the next in that lovely line of bands slamming together punk brash and country wailing with just the right touch of indie rock-we’recoolerthanyou.  Lord bless ’em. $5
  • Sam Bush / Missy Raines and the New Hip @ Cat’s Cradle – $20 adv / $23 day of the show
  • Americans in France / Whatever Brains / Invisible Hand @ The Nightlight – $6

Sat – 2/27

  • Felix Obelix CD Release Party! with The Strugglers @ The Nightlight – $8 (with free CD!)
  • The Whiskey Smugglers / Aminal / Saint Solitude @ Local 506 – $6
  • John Harrison / Doug Keith @ The Cave – $5
  • Second Annual Tisch Brain Tumor Center Benefit featuring The Moderate, John Pringle and Trances Arc @ The Pour House – $10

Sun – 2/28

  • North Mississippi Allstars / City Champs @ Cat’s Cradle – $16 adv / $18 day of the show

Anywhere else?

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Gimme Five! Reese McHenry of The Dirty Little Heaters

dirtylittleheatersSpend any amount of time listening to The Dirty Little Heaters and you’ll see why their new record heralds them as The Champions of Imperfection. This quartet’s ferocious garage rock sound is an expert balance of fever and fervor built on ragged riffs, charging percussion, howling vocals, and (a fairly new addition) zealous keyboard runs.  The music is as sincere as it frayed, which in a way mirrors the band’s own evolution.

These Durham based rockers have faced their share of tumult, going through near break-ups and lineup changes that have left lead singer Reese McHenry as the only stalwart of the original lineup.  Despite that quaking beginning (or perhaps because of it), the current crew— McHenry, keyboardist Doug White, drummer Dave Perry, and bassist Rob Walsh— have clearly decided to channel their creative energies into a caterwaul of rock. Lingering frustrations are dispelled in song, minor aggravations are howled, and love is laid bare with the same vehemence some would ascribe to hate.  In short, this is a band that demands, not asks, for your attention and you can give it to them this Saturday, February 20th at the Local 506 when they celebrate the release of Champions of Imperfection along with local rockers Red Collar and Pink Flag.

And now the five most troublesome questions Reese McHenry’s faced in at least five minutes:

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1. If your band were a breakfast cereal, what would it be?
I hope Lucky Charms because that would be magically delicious but the truth is this band is more like Wheaties drowned in whiskey.

2. When exactly did rock die and what are The Dirty Little Heaters doing about it?
We all know that Starship killed rock and roll.  How one band can fall from Surrealistic Pillow/White Rabbit to Knee Deep in the Hoopla/We built this City is seriously beyond me.  As a band we struggle and truly try  to write the greatest songs on the face of the earth -  being a balls heavy rock band comes naturally. Hopefully we’ll be able to write really good songs before we get to “We Built This City” – but we’ll see what happens.

3. Describe your feelings toward Kiss.
I desperately love Kiss!  Kiss was the first band I really took to by my own volition – and I first liked them by physically seeing a copy of the record Kiss Alive 2 that my friends older brother had. If there was ever a movie about my life that moment, when I was 7 years old, would be the pinnacle (because it led me to this set of questions, see?).

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Seeing the live pictures of that band and the blood (I now realize fake but then…) truly blew my mind. I complained until my mom bought it for me and –  the booklet!  The Tattoos!  Now, mind you, I had yet to hear any music from Kiss.  I put every tattoo on, covering my arms, and put side 1 on the turntable.  My life was transformed.  My mom made me wash my tattoos off before dinner (still unforgiven by me) and I would not answer to anything but Beth from then on.  My grandma called me Beth until the day she died – not always but as a nickname.  I still listen to and love this record.  I defend my love of Kiss quite frequently.

4. Who/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?
Rob loves Lady Gaga and Karaoke – this whole band really loves (or will sing) karaoke.  My favorite kind of music is 50s and 60s pop but I really am drawn to anything with a catchy chorus.  Rob likes early 90’s grunge and Doug was influenced by Prog/Noise rock.  We all listen to Supertramp at top volume in the van and we talk about food incessantly.

5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How ’d that turn out?)
I always wanted to be a happy rocker.  I am a happy rocker.

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Catch Reese and the rest of The Dirty Little Heaters at the release show for their new disc Champions of Imperfection this Saturday, February 20th at the Local 506 and be sure to give ’em a high five while you’re there.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/15-21

No excuses, just plenty to do. Get on it.

Mon – 2/15

  • “The Love Hangover” @ The Pour House – Get over your Valentine slump with a lineup featuring Caitlin Cary & Matt Douglas, Sara Bell & Phill Cook, Alexandra Day and Hunter MacDermut, Karen Kletter & Aly Khalifa, and Rachel Hirsh & John Booker. $7

Tues – 2/16

  • Harry Connick, Jr. @ DPAC – $48-95

Wed – 2/17

  • American Aquarium / John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff @ Local 506 – $8
  • Dean & Britta “13 Most Beautiful People: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” @ Reynolds Theater – $28 / $24 / $5 for Duke Students

Thurs – 2/18

  • Laura Veirs and the Hall of Flames / Old Believers / Cataldo @ Local 506 – With a heralded new record and one hell of a track record as one of Portland’s smartest troubadours, it’d be a shame to skip seeing Miss Veirs in action. $9 adv / $11 at the door
  • Transmography / La Snacks / K_niv_es @ The Cave – If you like your music one part experimental one part early 90s post rock, then this is the lineup for you and they’ve come all the way from Austin just to prove it. $5

Fri – 2/19

  • Dirty Little Heaters CD Release Show with Red Collar and Pink Flag @ Local 506 – $7
  • SWASO / Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies @ Cat’s Cradle – $5 adv / $7 day of the show
  • The Punch Brothers @ Reynolds Theater – Apparently sold out but worth tracking down a ticket to see Chris Thile and his new best mates tear down some bluegrass in proper fashion. $32 / $24 / $5 for Duke Students

Sat – 2/20

  • Bull City / The Dynamite Brothers @ The Pinhook – $5
  • Carrboro Home Brew Fest featuring The Whiskey Smugglers, Popsie’s Field, Lizzy Ross and the Little Bear that Barks, and Black Swamp Bootleggers @ The Nightlight – Head out to sample the very best of what Carrboro’s home brewmasters have to offer and hear some local faves kick it into gear while you ramble. $10 suggested donation

Sun – 2/21

  • Dark Star Orchestra @ Lincoln Theatre – A primer for those who have never heard of these guys, they recreate Grateful Dead concerts solo for solo, note for note, flub for flub. American Beauty reignited, indeed.  $20 adv / $24 day of the show

See you out there! (and where else?)

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Gimme Five! Reid Johnson of Schooner

schoonerDeparting from its lofi beginnings as a four-track project by lead singer/songwriter Reid Johnson, Schooner‘s music has blossomed since its 2003 debut.  Through their growth, the band (currently: Reid + Billy Alphin, Chris Badger, and Maria Albani) has ostentatiously dreamed up arrangements that alternately tap into a sort of swooning shoegaze Americana and a bratty thrash at the edges of modern college rock.  The lyrical compliment has remained equally as adventurous.  Languid one minute and ferociously sincere the next, tunes like “Trains and Parades” and “Pray for You to Die” are addictive as much as they are elusive.

On their newest EP, Duck Kee Sessions, the Schooner crew ups the ante once more, retaining the woozy vintage undertones but adding spooky pop vibe.  They’re also giving it all up, donating all the proceeds from their new tunes to the totally worthy cause of fighting cancer with CyTunes.org— a website built to honor their dear friend and local music fanatic, Cy Rawls.  Though Cy may have lost his battle with brain cancer, the music community has rallied around his memory to offer up exclusive downloads to raise money for cancer research.  The Duck Kee Sessions is the latest, but definitely not last, offering and it’s available for download right now. You can also join Schooner (+ The Popular Kids [comedy by the Rosebuds’ Kelly Crisp], VeeLee, and Erie Choir) for a release party on Feb 19th at the Pinhook.

Great music, a great cause, and now five greatly perplexing questions:

1. If your band were an incarnation of Madonna, which would it be?

Chronologically it would be “Like a Prayer” but “Borderline,” “Holiday,” and “Lucky Star” are my favorite songs, therefore I’d have to go with the original article “Madonna.”  Plus she was involved with Basquiat at the time for crying out loud.

theduckkeesessions2. What made you/when did you decide to release the newest Schooner music on CyTunes?

After having this EP recorded and sitting around waiting to be released, I felt like CyTunes would be the most meaningful place for it.  I was good buddies with Cy; we used to play basketball together and do sketch comedy in “The Popular Kids” comedy troupe that would perform at Kings Barcade.  Giving the music to a cause felt right, especially after working with a sweetheart like Jerry Kee on the recording.

3. Describe the last dream you can remember.

I keep having the same theme going on lately where instead of walking I’m able to jump and float/swim through the air.  I can hop up on a roof, over a tree, etc, but can’t seem to move terribly quickly.  Every time it happens I can’t decide if it’s a frustrating condition, or if it’s an amazing skill–all I know is that I’m the only one operating by these rules.  Analysis is appreciated.

4. Who/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?

Not sure if these would necessarily surprise people, but I’m a Reggae fan, I dig on some Don Ho, and I like noise/anti-structured music, most notably when it is created by acoustic instrumentation.  Also, being an NC State fan is a big influence as it teaches you the meaning of loss and suffering.

5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How ’d that turn out?)

reidminussoundWhen I was a kid I’m pretty sure I wanted to either be a professional baseball player or draw for a living.  When I was about 11 years old I got hit in the head by a wild pitch, therefore ending the “don’t think too much at the plate” era and thusly my amazingly promising baseball career (not sure if dry humor comes across in print).  I pursued the drawing thing some, taking some design classes at NCSU, but I was way too ADD to commit my life to such an immersive course of study.  However, I’ve been playing music forever and writing since I was a teenager, so I think I’ve got a pretty good thing going.

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Be sure to stop in round about this time next week because you never know who’ll be up next.  And if you make it out to the show on the 19th (and you really should) by all means give Reid a high five if you see him.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 2/8-14

Much to do. Much to see.  Potential for heart warmth or ache mid-week for our Heels and at the end of the week for ourselves when that holiday I dare not name makes everyone a little crazy.  Here’s hoping for happy hearts and making it out to as much of this madness as possible.

Mon – 2/8

  • Soihadto / It is Rain on my Face @ Local 506 – Soihadto features the lead stylings of none other than Ace of Cakes master goofball Duff Goldman. Worth it. $8

Tues – 2/9

  • Galactic / T Bird and the Breaks @ Lincoln Theatre – $20 adv / $25 day of the show

Wed – 2/10

  • UNC vs. Duke Live on the Big Screen @ Local 506
  • The Small Ponds / Laura Cortese @ The Cave – The Small Ponds are Caitlin Cary (founding member of Whiskeytown, Tres Chicas) and Matt Douglas (singer and songster for The Proclivities). This is I think enough said. $5
  • Holy Ghost Tent Revival / The Woes / The Moneynotes @ The Pour House – $6 adv / $8 at the door

Thurs – 2/11

  • Simplified / Cool Kid Collective @ Local 506 – $8 adv / $10 at the door
  • Brandi Carlile / Amy Ray’s Rock Show @ Cat’s Cradle – Apparently this is sold out, but if you’ve ever seen the Brandi Carlile Band take it on the road you know it would be worth standing outside to wait for unused tickets. $25

Fri – 2/12

  • NC Comedy Arts Festival
    • @ Local 506: Comics and Chords  -> Comics: Chris Fox (Greensboro, NC), Trent Bowles (Raleigh, NC), Ghuffran Ali (Chicago, IL), Carolyn Castiglia (New York, NY) / Chords @ 10:00: Proof (John Walker, Greg Eyman, Jeramy Lowe, Mike Salmon) and The Torch Marauder – $10
    • @ Cat’s Cradle: featuring Edie Brill and Mike MacRae – $13
  • UNC-CH MFA Collaborative Art Show featuring Multi-media Installations / Videos / DJ’s! @ The Nightlight – $FREE! (runs 6-9 pm)
  • Demolition String Band / The Moaners / Pneurotics @ The Cave – $5
  • Drive-By-Truckers @ Lincoln Theatre – $22 adv / $25 day of the show / $40 two night pass

Sat – 2/13

  • Carolina Brewery 15th Anniversary Show featuring  The Mugs / Graveyard Fields / Butterflies @ Local 506 – Here’s your chance to catch our friend Josh Kimbrough and his band of Butterflies in action with the added bonus of hearing the newly formed Graveyard Fields and Carolina Brewery’s Brewmaster Jon Connolly’s rockin’ rag tag of southern rockers The Mugs. $7
  • Mardis Gras at the Pinhook! featuring The New Town Drunks / The Kinksmen / The Squares / Children of the Horn + a dance party @ The Pinhook – $5
  • Drive-By-Truckers @ Lincoln Theatre – $22 adv / $25 day of the show / $40 two night pass

Sun – 2/14

  • The Foreign Exchange @ Cat’s Cradle – $20 for individuals / $18 each for couples purchasing a pair of tickets
  • Wanda Jackson / The Lustre Kings @ Berkeley Café – Here’s your chance for Valentine’s Day With The Queen Of Rockabilly, an honest to God Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, and one hell of a lady. $15 adv / $15 day of the show

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