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Gimme Five! Mark Holland of Jennyanykind

After 10+ years as a band, Jennyanykind called quits on their ramshackle Americana in 2003. The core of the group, brothers Michael and Mark Holland, turned to new interests.  For Mark that meant trading his drums for guitar and writing a batch of blue and roots-influenced tunes–for a time as Mark Holland Rhythm Force or thSongster, soon as a duo called Applesauce.

Just last year, Holland and his brother decided to hit the restart button on Jennyanykind. With everything moving apace, Holland’s having to pull creative double-time. But can this fearsome songwriter handle the five hardest questions in faux business? Find out for yourself after the jump.

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Advance Notice: The Week in Happenings 9/19-25

 

Here because you can’t be trusted to know where to find the good stuff every night of the week.

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Gimme Five! Daniel Lawrence and Kenny Jones of Supreme Fiction

It’s likely you’d expect a band with a song called “Zombie Bride” to be either scrapping at the dredges of metal or playing at some slap happy comedy schtick. Lucky then that Supreme Fiction has come along to shake things up. On the aforementioned song (as well as a wealth of others), this Chapel Hill brood creates music with a melodic punch, literary ear, and emotional bent.

The band (Daniel Lawrence, Kenny Jones, Kemp Watson, Bryan Reklis, and Tim Fenwick) will celebrate the release of their newest record, Berliners, on Thursday, September 29th.  But first, can a few of their own, handle this five question throw down? Find out for yourself after the jump.

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SPOTLIGHT: Neon Indian


Neon Indian will perform at Local 506 on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 9:30 p.m.
The band is the brainchild of Mexican-born Alan Palomo, whose 2009 debut record Psychic Chasms helped in introducing a genre that summoned a very unique electro-mangled sound.

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SPOTLIGHT: After the Revolution

From left: John Paul Middlesworth, Jess Jones and Jack Prather. Photo by Jonathan Young

After the Revolution, by Amy Herzog, opens Deep Dish Theater Company’s 11th season, running through Sept. 17 at University Mall.

The Josephs are a family of activists – radical, strong-willed and happier arguing Marxist politics than facing the effects they have on one another.

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SPOTLIGHT: JAWSfest IV


Longtime Station bartender Danny Miller is a big-time Jaws buff, an avocation he likes to share with friends, and has so for the past three years. Sunday, Sept. 4, The Station will be host to the fourth annual JAWSfest, featuring local music through the afternoon and early evening, followed by screenings of Jaws 1, 2 and 3. The Swang Brothers get things swangin’ at 3, followed by Phatlynx, The Bad Checks and Blood Red River. Cinema commences at 9. You’ll also be treated to Narragansett Beer (Capt. Quint’s beverage of choice) specials, along with $5 bellinis, Bloody Marys, mimosas and screwdrivers. There’s no cover. Dive on in.
(There’ll also be T-shirts on sale, featuring Miller’s own custom artwork and printing – same as you see on all those JAWSfest posters.)

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ART NOTES: In the Galleries

“I absolutely love myself” by Morag Charlton

At FRANK this month, the Dining with FRANK exhibit opens, celebrating the dining experience while elevating it to an art form and featuring tableware, furniture and paintings that relate to and explore dining. An opening reception will be held Sept. 9 from 6-9 p.m., and the September and October Thursday Salons will feature cookbook author Diane Daniel and food writer Sheri Castle, as well as director Ray Greenfield, who will discuss how the dining experience has been explored in Hollywood films.

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Time to throw on the blues

Photo by Alex Maness

There’s something energizing about September. With the school year fully underway and our town filled back to capacity, the community is all abuzz with activity.

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FAUNA: The Back-To-School Spider

by Mary Parker Sonis

We all know and recognize this spider. This is the spider that is properly known as Argiope aurantia, and better known as the garden spider or “writing spider.”

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True stories, through the prism of a mighty imagination

by Vicky Dickson

Those folks who wonder how a prolific writer like Clyde Edgerton keeps coming up with story ideas got some insight from his recent reading and book signing at the Barn at Fearrington, when he told the audience that his “experience, my observation and my imagination go into the making of a fictional story.” In other words, a lot of the stuff he writes about comes straight from his own life.

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THE EATER: Congrats, Carrboro


by Kirk Ross

A belated woo-hoo! to the Carrboro Farmers’ Market for being listed among the top markets in the country in Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food. Carrboro shared ink with markets in the somewhat larger towns of New York, San Francisco and Seattle.