Radical Georgia Moderate

Because it’s less work, I’ll just repost my Twitter tweets and cell phone photos (of varying quality) from tonight’s Of Montreal concert at the Variety Playhouse. Night Moves was the first opening band, followed by Grand Buffet, then Of Montreal.

• rustytanton In the variety playhouse, going to try to save seats for herb and kim about 5 hours ago from web
• rustytanton Opening band 1 sucks…the lost backstreet boy got a mac and made his 1st garageband loop! about 4 hours ago from web
• rustytanton Amber just scolded me for guffawing between songs when it was quiet and everyone could hear…mean? maybe..but deserved about 4 hours ago from web
• rustytanton Kim says they sound like the castrated beegees about 4 hours ago from web
• rustytanton Grand buffet is on now..amber hates them, I think they’re sort of funny about 3 hours ago from web
• rustytanton Grand buffet just plugged ron paul ‘probably the only candidate w/o snakes in his heart’ ..now I hate GB too about 3 hours ago from web
• rustytanton Beatles playing through the speakers during intermission about 3 hours ago from web
• rustytanton Of montreal on now..slick, loud, high energy about 2 hours ago from web
• rustytanton sent photos to flickr, battery almost dead, g’night about 2 hours ago from web

Today is the day to Bum Rush the Charts. What’s that mean, you may ask? Here’s the explanation from their site:

Podcasting gets little respect from traditional media. To them we’re little more than a joke, than amateurs. What they don’t understand is that podcasting is more than just a delivery mechanism - it’s a social movement. People are sick of the watered-down, cookie-cutter content that networks and record companies expect us to enjoy. People are tired of watching friends and loved ones get sued by record labels who only care about profits and nothing else, not even the artists they supposedly represent.

We want and deserve more. On March 22, 2007, we’re going to change that with your help.

We can do better. We can match and exceed the reach of big media, corporate media, labels, and the entrenched interests. On March 22nd, we are going to take an indie podsafe music artist to number one on the iTunes singles charts as a demonstration of our reach to Main Street and our purchasing power to Wall Street. The track we’ve chosen is “Mine Again” by the band Black Lab. A band that was dropped from not just one, but two major record labels (Geffen and Sony/Epic) and in the process forced them to fight to get their own music back. We picked them because making them number one, even for just one day, will remind the RIAA record labels of what they turned their backs on - and who they ignore at their peril.

I already purchased the track. The song sounds like a U2 rip-off to me, but I think the cause of striking fear into the music industry is totally righteous. So think of it as taking one for the team.

h/t Jeff, Grayson

Cross-posted on my Georgia Podcast Network blog

Justin Timberlake on 14th Street
Originally uploaded by rustytanton.

On our way back from Starbucks on 14th Street, we walked by Justin Timberlake. I stopped to take his photo and she asked “who the fuck is that?”

Be careful ordering tickets. I’m usually on top of things, but I managed to miss some sort of asinine “opt out” bullshit when purchasing tickets for a recent show at the Roxy–I called Rolling Stone customer service and was told that the subscription was through Clear Channel, and further that the subscription itself was accepted when I purchased tickets. There was apparently some sort of opt-out nonsense on the confirmation page that said I agree to a 26-issue subscription at about $13–and if I wanted to opt out, I had to send them a copy of the confirmation page?

It’s not the $13 that I’m upset about, it’s the deceptive marketing. No surprise, coming from the dim bulbs at Clear Channel. I’m also pissed that I let one get by me. Apparently I have to read all the long-winded nonsense on their pages because of the POSSIBILITY that there might be some sort of implied agreement that I must opt out of, all because I want a pair of tickets. When did this become acceptable?

Ironically, the first link I find on Google when I search for ” ‘clear channel’ ticketing ” is this Rolling Stone piece about how Clear Channel is taking the entertainment out of radio. How appropriate, now they’ve learned to take the just-buying-a-pair-of-tickets out of just buying a pair of tickets.

new weezer album out
plus they’ll be in atlanta on saturday if you can find a ticket

I’m in love with Dusty Springfield’s voice right now.

UPDATE: Damn, can’t a guy just mooch a free webhost’s bandwidth? Assholes. Now I’ve been forced to mooch someone else’s bandwidth.