A Moment Of Noise

Once upon a time they were threatening and scary. Now, I guess its time for the Sex Pistols to enter their “Fat Elvis” phase…

It’s an all-Atlanta tribute to Mr. Bob Dylan tonight at the Five Spot! Upwards of 15 to 20 Atlanta bands are gonna be playing their favorite Dylan tunes in a one-time-only event as a benefit for PAWS Atlanta.

A few of the participants: All the Saints, Georgia Fireflies, Warm in the Wake, Lindsay Rakers Band, DQE, Hardly Darlings, Rick Richards, Magnapop, Dead Confederate, Rolling Thunder Revue, and many, many more!

Criminal Records is going to be on-site selling all manner of Bob Dylan titles, including the new “I’m Not There” soundtrack (the likes of Cat Power, Sonic Youth, Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Jeff Tweedy and tons more covering Bob), the just-released “Dylan” compilation, and the new DVD of Bob’s Newport Folk Fest performances from the ’60s.

There’s also going to be free stuff galore and a costume contest, where the winner gets a Bob Dylan CD catalog! Over 40 albums! You’ve gotta come dressed as Dylan or something Dylan-related to be qualified to win that.

The Five Spot. 1123 Euclid Avenue in Little Five Points.
Doors: 7:30pm // Show begins at 8pm sharp!
$10, proceeds go to PAWS Atlanta

Presented by Stomp and Stammer, Criminal Records, Columbia Records, and the Atlanta Brewing Company

In checking out this installment of PTF, you might get the impression that NPR and I are BFF…

Radio Without Borders features live performances recorded at Austin NPR station KUT. This mp3 link will score you an episode featuring a tune by Okkervil River and a performance by one of the greatest songwriters to ever shoot a man in self defense, Billy Joe Shaver.

NPR’s All Songs Considered has been rocking the live concerts lately. Need proof? Then download this here mp3 and dig Spoon recorded live at the 9:30 Club in DC recently. It even features an interview with the band after the live set. Also, there’s a New Pornographers (with Neko Case) live show available for streaming at this page. Speaking of The New Pornographers, All Things Considered aired a review of their latest disc– it goes without saying that critic Meredith Ochs dug it.

More NPR Goodness: Fresh Air recently did an interview with the always interesting Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters and a few days before that, did a feature on Fiery Furnaces (it’s a couple minutes in).

Please enjoy some light reading while listening!

UPDATE 10/30: NPR.org and All Songs Considered have made the mp3 of the New Pornographer’s live concert available right here.

Even more shocking than the fact that Dylan drives– Dylan drives an Escalade!!

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Just freaking awesome.

This guy who goes by the handle StSanders over there on teh YouTubes takes video of the various Guitar Gods and overdubs some less than stellar fret work over the original solos. He drops in some other sound effects and the result is comedy– sweet, sweet comedy. Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Clapton, and a few others have all gotten the treatment, but the following example featuring Jake E. Lee tearing it up while Ozzy acts like Ozzy had me laughing so hard I almost peed myself:

[ Thank you, Wired ]

You can (sorta) hear a cut from R.E.M.’s next album in this trailer for Anderson Cooper’s forthcoming documentary ‘Planet in Peril.’ The show looks like it might be good, but the song doesn’t exactly rock. At all. Still keeping my fingers crossed that the new disc doesn’t turn out to be another mid-tempo snoozer, but this isn’t a good sign.

The Brunettes are on tour to support their cool new SubPop CD Structure and Cosmetics, and they are playing at The Earl tonight. You oughta be there! Here’s a bunch of other Brunettes tour dates for good measure, in case you live somewhere else or want to plan a Fall vacation…

Oct 9 2007 9:30P The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 10 2007 12:30A Tasty World Athens, Georgia
Oct 11 2007 10:00P Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 12 2007 11:30P Thirsty Hippo Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Oct 20 2007 9:00P CMJ music marathon - Bowery Ballroom NYC, New York
Nov 1 2007 7:30P The Windmill London, London and South East
Nov 2 2007 8:00P Water Rats London, London and South East
Nov 3 2007 8:00P Phonem by Miller Festival Istanbul
Nov 7 2007 8:00P Star and Garter Manchester
Nov 8 2007 8:00P Snafu Nightclub Aberdeen, Scotland
Nov 9 2007 8:00P The Beat Club - LATE SHOW!! Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 10 2007 8:00P TBA Edinburgh
Nov 13 2007 8:00P Point Ephemere Paris
Nov 14 2007 8:00P Tivoli – De Helling Utrecht
Nov 15 2007 8:00P Studio-K Amsterdam
Nov 16 2007 8:00P Haus73 Hamburg
Nov 17 2007 8:00P Schokoladen Berlin
Nov 20 2007 8:00P D:qliq Luxembourg
Nov 21 2007 8:00P Recyclart Brussels
Nov 22 2007 8:00P Samba Resille Toulouse
Nov 24 2007 8:00P Teatro Verdi Maniago
Nov 25 2007 8:00P Mattatoio culture club Carpi
Nov 28 2007 8:00P The Croft Bristol, Southwest
Nov 30 2007 8:00P Speakeasy @ Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dec 1 2007 8:00P Whelans Dublin, Dublin
Dec 2 2007 8:00P Roisin Galway, Galway

While we’re on the subject, we also have older Brunettes titles, like Mars Loves Venus and When Ice Met Cream in stock.

And here’s a cool new video from Structure and Cosmetics:

Classic Bootleg Series Vol. 21: The Ramones - The Palladium, NYC, New Year’s Eve 1979 — get it now at That Truncheon Thing!

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