Menstruation Fun Cave

On Wednesday March 7, 2007 there was a show at AC Temple.
Who was there:

U CAN UNLEARN GUITAR: Guitar hero from Huntsville, AL threw down a few songs in the AC Temple music room. I learned that Andy sells engineering supplies to all of those space cadets up there. Then I unlearned that. Highlight of the show was definately the "Margaritaville" cover. U CAN UNLEARN GUITAR is like going to a family barbeque and then seeing your drunk uncle throw down some riffs, and as a kid, in that moment, he seems just about as awesome as Hendrix.
CHARALAMBIDES: From Texas, but not in the Enron GWB sort of way, more in the Jandek dreamscape sort way. This show reminded me of some dreamy Cocteau Twins vocals with a little bit of Acid Mother's Temple and even Les Razilles Denudes' more Velveteen guitar stylings. Also has the added bonus of being a psych duo, which makes you want to fall in love out in one of those deserted cow pastures way off U.S. 79.
HOLLOW BUSH: Birmingham's own blood brothers Roger of Macronympha and BrYan. This was by far my favorite HOLLOW BUSH show so far. HOLLOW BUSH is definately as noisy as Yellow Swans and I think they would play about that loud if you let them. Parts of it remind me of Half Man/Drawings of Patient O.T. era Einsturzende Neubauten. Highlight for me was the best clarinet-featured-in-a-noise-band I have ever heard. You can get their tape at the
Link to Hanson Records site. HOLLOW BUSH is HN151.
THEM NATIVES: AC Temple band-in-residence played their show in the attic while audience listened to an amp in the living room. They sometimes sound like a less melodic Animal Collective three chord, standing drum, chanting blend. Highlight of the show: when people get really into playing in an attic that is the highlight of the show. The highlight of every THEM NATIVES show for me is when they throw down that crazy Menstruation Sisters stuff.

And speaking of the MENSTRUATION SISTERS: "Ma" is really an awesome record. What was I doing in 2006 when I wasn't listening to "Ma"? Oh yes, I was hiding in the woods thinking deranged "Ma"-related thoughts.

Coming up:
NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY AND THE HOWLING HEX this Sunday, Mar. 11! @ Bottletree. Doors open at 9PM. In case you have been living in a cave for the past few years (which is forgivable, no hate for cave-dwellers), Neil Michael Hagerty keeps putting out quality stuff. Which record is your favorite? You have until Sunday to tell me.

Also this Sunday:
EXTRAORDINAIRES (Philly) and SMALL FRAMED BOY (Atlanta) @ AC Temple (1709 12th street south); Wow did you ever think that you'd move to Alabama and want to see two awesome shows on the same night? I didn't. On Sunday it's almost sacreligious. (P.S. I hear this show will be followed by a parade up Red Mountain to caves)

And in keeping with today's menstruation-cave theme: I just remembered how much I loved that movie "VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS". It is a 70s-era Czech new wave film (like all of my favorite films) about a girl who gets her period and discovers her womanhood Alice in Wonderland style. Got to burn that.

Next Friday, March 16th, 404 Noisefest at Eyedrum in Atlanta: Somehow I tried to get TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A. (TLASILA) to play in Birmingham and then T. Smith charmed me into driving two hours to see him play in Atlanta at the 404 Noisefest. It should be a good time, especially since JARBOE is going to playing as well as MUGU GUYMEN and other Southern delights. (Cross your fingers for some good experimental food recipes. Jarboe's Gumbo?) So I want to put together a carpool of people who want to go with me, because gas is expensive and I saw the Al Gore movie.

Also, you can download old TLASILA album's from their blogspot:
TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A. blodder

And last but not least, I have to put at least one art thing in this post and today that will be "THE FREE STORE". A bunch of RISD grads (you may have seen a couple of these kiddos in those EXPERIMENTAL PEOPLE videos from the 2006 Whitney Biennial and the interweb) put together this site where you can buy their art and music. What would you do if you arrived in a gentrifying Providence in 2000 with big rainbow dreams only to watch Fort Thunder be transformed into a Safeway? You could either make post-gentrification Providence-aesthetic-wannabe art or you could do what these guys did and make post-apocalyptic sippin' on sippers' Dumberland art and just it bring it full circle back to Caroliner Rainbow and the Residents.
THE FREE STORE