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8May/090

Fountain Square Music This Weekend

Radio Radio has The Handcuffs, Sam Vicari and Red Light Driver on Saturday night. Red Light Driver has 50% Playboy Psychonaut content, so I can personally endorse them.

Deano's Vino has the Shirtless Biddles tonight and Acoustic Catfish tomorrow.

The Fountain Square Theater has Swing Thing for its Friday Night Swing Night event, and there's live jazz at Maria's Pizza tonight as well.

Finally, the Templars of Doom metal festival has a wrap-up party Sunday for the all-ages crowd at the Murphy Building. The lineup includes Krallice, Christ Beheaded, Coffin Worm, and Heavy Lies The Crown. They didn't list a time or cost, but I assume you can follow the loud tones and bring some extra cash. Enjoy.

7May/090

New Podcast Up, and New Playboy Psychonauts Event

The new IMN podcast is up - download it here or listen at the site or WFYI.

Also, Fez Fest is just a few short weeks away, and the Playboy Psychonauts are geared up for . . . whatever it is we do. Mostly, we play strange music and wear fezzes, which is why we're perfect for this event. Also playing are The Dockers (Fezcore!), Vinyl Shriner (alterna-fez), and The Lord of the Yum-Yum (need more information on his fez, but I'm sure it will be stunning. More info here - see you there!

4May/090

A Couple of Fascinating Interviews

This first comes from Okayplayer.com and tackles the "Where Are They Now?" question for former Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard. Based on the article, I've got an album and musical to catch up on, plus some more solo material in the future. Good to hear.

The second is this interview with hip-hop artist DOOM, which addresses not only some upcoming material but the controversy over alleged performances by "imposters" instead of the real article. The quote that struck me is:

Impostor would imply that the character. I liken it to this: I'm a director as well as a writer. I choose different characters, I choose their direction and where I want to put them. So who I choose to put as the character is up to me. The character that I hired, he got paid for it. There's no impostor.

So he's not denying that someone else was inside the mask - he's just saying that the act was true to the DOOM character and fit in with the artistic vision. Given that hip-hop is such an individual music live (many times, it's just the artist and a backing track), I found it fascinating that he'd expand the performance aesthetic to include actors playing a role. Not that all performers aren't playing a role in some way (even in hip-hop, where "realness" is prized above all), but that he'd expand it into additional performers for the same role. Definitely a ground-breaking step, at least in theory. Many folks reported that the shows were . . . less than stellar, which is a problem in itself.

1May/090

Fountain Square Music This Weekend

Oh dear Lord, if there's only one show you need to see this weekend, it's tonight at Radio Radio. Unknown Hinson plays, and you'll never get a better chance to see the world's preeminent rockabilly vampire guitarist. Ever. Like he even needs to be a rockabilly vampire - he's just that good. Toss in the aforementioned undead status, though, and you've got a good evening's entertainment. Saturday, Radio Radio has Bigger Than Elvis. But I think they'll only let you in if you go see Unknown Hinson. 'Cause otherwise, they don't need you around. Seriously.

Deano's Vino has the Travellin' Hillbillies tonight and Brian Hodge tomorrow night.

Big Car Gallery has Pons tonight as part of their First Friday gallery opening.

Finally, there's jazz at Maria's Pizza tonight from 7 to 9. Enjoy!

And seriously, Unknown Hinson. Go.

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