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Sad Dads Launch Best Kickstarter Ever, Promise to Break Up if They Don't Meet Goal
"We don't have jobs because we're artists. The more unemployed we are, the more artistic we are. But you have jobs. You can help."
Thus begins the desperate plea at the heart of the new Kickstarter campaign from Sad Dads, the enigmatic local band/"supergroup"/performance art spectacle that refuses to quit.
Unless they fail to meet their $500 goal, that is.
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Live Review: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden at Aaron's Amphitheatre
A friend of mine once told a funny story, a through-the-grapevine anecdote about someone's mom running into a mohawked Trent Reznor at the neighborhood Kroger or whatever and a bashful Rez explaining that the hairdo was "for the kids."
These days, Reznor's fashion choices are honestly pretty MOR for a man who penned the lyric "hard line bad luck fist fuck"—shorts, muscle shirts, the occasional tasteful bit of leather—and his audience is no longer so much "the kids," but rather those kids who grew up with his nihilistic shut-in anti-anthems, kids now pushing 30, 40 years old but still eager to fist-pump along with steadfastly antisocial tunes like "Gave Up."
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New Green Gerry LP Coming Soon; Watch a Video for 'La La Lonely Maria #1'
Though songwriter Gerry Green now resides in Los Angeles, he got his musical start in Athens, wowing crowds around town with his psych-tinged folk-pop and helping to establish the volatile local arts collective Birdhouse Collection before splitting for the West Coast.
As Green Gerry, Green has released two stellar LPs, 2010's Odd Tymes and last year's King Baby (Flagpole review); both showcase the songwriter's ear for strange melody and not-of-this-world lyricism.
Now, local video company Dominar has released a very dirty (you'll see) music video for "La La Lonely Maria #1," a pop-forward King Baby tune.
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Watch a New Video from Pinecones
Not Pinecones.
The wonderful mystery that is Athens/Atlanta four-piece Pinecones only grows thicker and more irresistable every day. The band is basically Jon Hamm's beard in rock and roll form.
Here is a new music video for the studio version of "Sleep is Forget," a tune that first surfaced on the excellent live cassette Plays Cosmic Hits.
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Georgia Theatre Sold to Group of 'Silent' Investors
Scott Orvold, Drew Beskin and Wilmot Greene
After weeks of rumors suggesting a deal was in the works, Georgia Theatre owner Wilmot Greene tells Flagpole he has sold the iconic downtown music venue for an undisclosed sum to a group of anonymous regional investors operating under the name Agon LLC.
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Win Tickets, Dinner for Two: Manchester Orchestra Plays Georgia Theatre Wednesday
Atlanta alt-rock powerhouse Manchester Orchestra plays the Georgia Theatre Wednesday, Aug. 6, in support of its recently released LP Cope. (See this week's Flagpole for a feature story on the band.)
We're teaming up with the Georgia Theatre to give away a pair of tickets to the show, as well as dinner for two at the Branded Butcher's restaurant on the GATH rooftop. To enter, tell us in the comments below why YOU deserve the prize. We'll choose a winner Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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The Weekly Three: Spoon, The Unicorns, New God
Spoon
This week's new discoveries from the great beyond:
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The Whigs Cancel GPB In-Studio After Pressure From #SaveWRAS
Georgia Public Broadcasting may have commandeered the WRAS 88.5 airwaves as planned, but the organization is still facing protests from those involved in the Save WRAS movement, which formed in opposition to GPB's controversial takeover of Georgia State University's student-run radio station.
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