A German court has ruled that the Zappanale, a festival celebrating the music of Frank Zappa, does not violate the trademark held by Zappa’s widow Gail. The Frank Zappa festival
While making our way to the Variety Playhouse to bear witness to Perpetual Groove’s sold-out show in Atlanta last Saturday evening, I was struck by the flurry of activity taking place outside the venue. Drum circles, blown glass vendors and teens from area high schools greeted us as we approached the front door. It had been a few years since I last caught the band and was honestly unaware how much their fanbase had grown.
[All Photos by Megan Case]
Located roughly 70 miles from the band’s homebase in Athens, Saturday’s show was somewhat of a homecoming. Taking the stage just after 9 p.m. and showering each other at center stage with talcum powder, the band manned their respective positions and we settled in for three-hour-plus show.
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[youtube]db_7Lr5Rb3Y[/youtube] Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator)
As we pop our collective cork on a new (read: better) era, we want to take this opportunity to pound the table a little on behalf of Joe Pug. Make no mistake; Joe has received no shortage of fawning via the media, such as this career grenade from Jason Killingsworth of Paste: “If you want to read the actual endorsement, touch the Braille stretching up my arms. Twenty years from now, lazy journalists will compare every halfway decent songwriter to Joe Pug. Mark my words.”
Still, Joe Pug really emanates the fitting spirit of cautious optimism for the new administration, so we invited Joe for a chat about his incredibly well-received debut EP
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Ryan Dembinsky: I read somewhere that the seven songs on the Nation of Heat EP
Joe Pug: The play took place in rural North Carolina on the jobsite of an unfinished house. It only had three characters… a surly carpenter, an affluent journalist, and an 18 year-old girl. I never had any actors in mind. To be frank, it really wasn’t a good play. The resulting album is much better. Maybe that’s why the play never saw the light of day.
READ ON for more of Ryan Dembinsky’s interview with Joe Pug…
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