The tables are turned: Someone interviewed me!

It’s a Mann’s blog with multimedia journalist Karen Mann from Wayne Sutton on Vimeo.

Thanks so much to Wayne Sutton, the brains behind the blog Local Conversations, for interviewing me! He's a cool guy with a great blog, and really challenged me to think about what I'm doing with this thing. He's especially challenging to make good on my vague idea to have a rock show at a local club in honor of this blog's 5th anniversary. I'm going to look into it and will let everyone know when it finally happens.

New Megafaun .. same as the old Megafaun

OK, count this as a classic Karen Mann brain fart: I was somehow under the impression that Megafaun's new CD was, uh, new. Turns out it's a re-release of their self-released CD from last year. Brad Cook from Megafaun says: "actually....the guy at Table of the Elements wanted to release that one as is.....so no new recording. We are working on a follow up as we speak....." Now, the reason why I didn't do anything with this CD when Grayson first gave it to me was that, until I heard them live, Megafaun really didn't do much for me. But seeing them live left me amazed. I can now appreciate the beauty of this CD, but if you haven't seen them live, you really haven't heard them at their best. 

Two-day rock show in Carrboro this weekend

Just got this from Ron Liberti on Myspace:

Nick and I are having a two day party this weekend at track and field
in carrboro this weekend.
it is a celebration of our displacement due to a rent hike.
music and art , friday and saturday night, free, 8pm.
friday.
bringerer
blag'ard
hazarai
caltrop
transportation

saturday
bastard sword
monsonia
curtains of night
in the year of the pig
black taj

Weekend catch-up

OK, sorry for the short post, but I'm playing catch-up from the weekend. Joe Swank & the Zen Pirates (above), and The Cartridge Family, both put on good shows Saturday night at Slim's. The highlight of the evening was when Cartridge Family's Greg Rice sat in with Joe Swank for a few songs. The first two videos are from that pairing. First is a cover of Lynn Blakey's “Slip So Easily (The Beauty of 23)” and the second is “I Killed All My Friends Last Night” by Dave Schultz. The third video is Cartridge Family's "So Much". See more photos here.

Chapel Hill Schoolkids to close

The Indy has the story:

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A188182