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Decompositions
INK 19
May 2008
I
love the DIY ethos in entertainment. If you really need five weeks in a
studio to record one song, you're not focused on the right elements.
David "Zeus" Henderson gets right to the heart of the issue with a
20-song, self-produced DVD. Mr Henderson hangs out in Atlanta, and over
the past 30 years he's shot slightly grainy, yet arty, super-8 films of
old, industrial Atlanta and set them to his own "twisted pop" style of
hooky guitar and drum songs. The music grows on you with repeated views
-- I can now tap my toes along to "Steel Mill" and spot landmarks along
I-75 driving sequences in "Misses Me." Old pictures of places I've been
always entertain, and I've spent enough weekends in Atlanta to notice
buildings that weren't built when I first visited.
We
don’t think of Atlanta as an industrial city, but there are enough
pre-war brick buildings and wooden water towers to remind you that this
is a city where more happens than changing flights and battling kudzu.
Henderson's music feels like a Vulcan mind meld of the Beatles, REM,
and Arthur Lyman, and his visual tastes tend toward stream trains,
tracks, and a faded, lost feeling of a time and place where hard work
was rewarded with a stable, if unglamorous, life-style. "Slapping
Houses" may be the most theatrical example, with a cartoon farmer who
looks like he escaped from an Electric Six video bemoaning the spread
of suburban sprawl as he and his pig deal with I-285 and that new
Wal-Mart. I think that's Mr. Henderson's main story, and I sympathize
while my toes are tapping.
Carl F GauzeCL's Picks For The
Week's Best Shows
October 4, 2006
Creative Loafing
PIZZAPALOOZA:
Veteran musician David "Zeus"
Henderson is once again bypassing the tired ol' club
scene and presenting another Pizzapalooza music festival
at the Athens Pizza Express on Clairmont Road. You know
the one. It looks like an old Arby's building. He's
offering a solid lineup, especially considering the
admission price (free). Check out this stellar buffet!
Gerard McHugh & the Crafties (1 p.m.), Scott Haycock
(2 p.m.), an Elvis tribute by Charles Grimes (2:30 p.m.),
Pizzaland (3 p.m.), What The ...? (4 p.m.), the Shut-Ups
(5 p.m.), Orange Hat (6 p.m.), and the Cogburns (7 p.m.).
Free. 1-8 p.m. Athens Pizza Express. www.myspace.com/pizzapalooza. -- LVS
CD Review
Orange Hat " Ponytail"
EAR
CANDY
December 2005
Review by Ronnie
Orange
Hat is back! Well, maybe not with a full-length CD, but
the 4 songs on PONYTAIL are truly a pure adrenaline jolt
for the listener who wants to reach power-pop psychedelic
nirvana in a mere 4 songs! Gone are the authentic
'60s-sounding keyboards of Kenny Howes, and while I
really miss those, the added guitar of Lee Flier more
than makes up for their absence. In fact, Lee's
Beatlesque guitar fills and leads pushes Orange Hat's
music to a new level to a sort of Merseyside-psychedelia.
"Snooze Button" has a solo John Lennon meets
solo George Harrison psychedelic vibe that is really
cool. Of course there are the trademark clever Orange Hat
lyrics. This CD really makes you salivate for more from
Orange Hat!
The packaging merits special
mention with a 3-D cover reminiscent of the Stones
"Satanic Majesties" and a scratch-and-sniff on
the back! Who says the good old days of great packaging
are gone?
Rating:
4 and 1/2 (out of 5)
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