Degenerate Press (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} degeneratepress) wrote,@ 2009-04-01 17:37:00 |
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As goes communication, so goes Degenerate Press
LAST BLASPHEMY
I did some bunch thinking on our brief vacation. In the 16 years of Degenerate Press efforts I’ve been on the leading edge or shortly behind it. When I started Degenerate Press there was no internet as we know it. I started producing zines on actual paper (remember that stuff? They used to make it out of TREES. Weird!)
When email became widely available I moved to that.
When the web became the Next Big Thing I built Ear Plugs for Atlanta. I’m pretty sure it was the first web site dedicated to local bands.
Degeneratepress.com grew out of the old Ear Plugs site, expanding to the point where now I couldn’t do a major overhaul without taking a month off work.
Then I started with LiveJournal. Then MySpace. Then FaceBook.
When I got back from vacation I sorted through the spam and found this:
"Please be advised that your hosting account for degeneratepress.com is due for renewal on 06/20/2009.
Total Amount Due (in U.S. Dollars): $119.40
To continue your service for another year, please remit your payment before the above date by using the following link..."
These days every band has a web site of one sort or another. The weekend after we got back from vacation we hit the Star Bar and within 24 hours people had already posted pictures and reviews.
The new “web 2.0” technologies are taking the place of old fashioned HTML. There hardly seems any point in overhauling the old site, even if I COULD take a month of to do it. I have to keep on the current technologies for my job, so I may as well keep on it for Degenerate Press efforts.
So beginning tonight, Degenerate Press is going all FaceBook, all Twitter. Hell, I hardly write more than 140 characters on my reviews as it is, and with FaceBook people can post responses to my occasional rants and blurry photos.
Appropriately enough, our final old HTML review brings us back full circle: Dragline played the first ever Degenerate Press Summertime Blast back in the dawn of time. The Penetrators were also scheduled to appear but had some car trouble and couldn’t get there until the cops had shut us down. And we covered the resurgence of Atlanta’s garage scene, perhaps peaking with The Woggles and The Forty Fives some 10 years ago.
http://www.degeneratepress.com/vault/20
And our first all-Twitter/Facebook experience will be another band that played that first party – we’re off to Drive By Truckers tonight, backing up Booker T.
So if you haven’t already, sign up for Twitter and/or FaceBook and search for Degenerate Press. And stop looking at DegeneratePress.com. I’m going to let that one slip when the bill is due and spend the money on the T-bird instead.
Speaking of, you can also check out my progress on the Thunderbird at the drive in on Wednesdays. I should have a massive new tiki head installed in April sometime and possibly even the body and paint work done soon. If you’re hankering for a mid-week social affair and/or movie, it’s that time – weekly Drive Invasions start April 8, with voting for our first outing on April 3. Email Suellen at driveinvasion@comcast.net if you’re interested!
And speaking of bands from our early years, Catfight is reuniting for one night only for a show at the Clermont later this month. Heed the final call of the prophets!
PROPHESY
April 1, Wednesday
Booker T and the DBT’s, Drive By Truckers at Variety Playhouse.
The Plaza is screening a local animation flick called Jon’s Arm tonight.
April 2, Thursday
Neko Case at Variety Playhouse, with Crooked Fingers. Sold out.
Can Can, Niagara Mowhawk, The Killer & The Martyr at The Earl.
April 4, Saturday
Coathangers CD release show at The Earl. Chopper, Predator open.
April 9-12, Easter weekend
Frolicon, an adult sci-fi/fetish/party convention at the Sheraton Gateway. www.frolicon.com
April 14, Tuesday
This month’s Splatter Cinema at The Plaza features Nightmare on Elm Street 3, 9:30PM.
April 16-25
Atlanta Film Festival. www.atlantafilmfestival.com
April 16, Thursday
The Found Footage Festival at The Plaza.
April 17, Friday
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers at The Star Bar.
All the Saints at The Earl, with Hollow Stars.
April 18, Saturday
Tongo Hiti at Trader Vic’s as part of the 75th anniversary series, with the usual Dames Aflame, Monkeyzuma, etc. $8.
“Born to Thrill, a tribute to Lux Interior” at the Ice House. Bunch of local rockabilly types performing Cramps tunes.
Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Gentlemen Jesse & His Men, NOBUNNY at The Earl.
April 21, Tuesday
If you want to be stunned by a truly awful film The Plaza is showing The Room again tonight.
April 23, Thursday
Catfight! at the Clermont Lounge.
April 25, Saturday
This month’s Silver Scream Spookshow features Invasion of the Saucer Men. Kiddie matinee at 1PM (young’uns free), late night show at 10PM, with pre-movie musical theater meets mad science, burlesque, etc.
May 7, Thursday
Charles Walker & the Dynamites with Betty Harris at The EARL.
May 8 and May 9, Friday and Saturday
Blast-Off Burlesque does “The Big Stimulus Package” show at The Icehouse in EAV. Advance tickets available at http://www.scifi-a-gogo.com!
May 9, Saturday
The Dexateens at The Earl.
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer perform tunes from Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind at The Fox, unplugged style.
May 15, Friday
The Liverhearts, Allnightdrugprowlingwolves, Dan Sartain at The Earl.
May 23, Saturday
This month’s Silver Scream Spookshow brings The Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D back for those what missed it the first time. Don’t miss it this time! Kiddie matinee at 1PM (young’uns free), late night show at 10PM, with pre-movie musical theater meets mad science, burlesque, etc.
May 29, Friday
Uknown Hinson at The Earl.
June 7, Sunday
Monster Bash at Starlight Drive In.
June 13, Saturday
X returns to Variety Playhouse. You ever go to a show thinking, “Wow, never thought I’d get the chance to see ______. This is a once in a lifetime chance and I’d better jump on it!” then the band keeps coming back over and over and you wonder if maybe you should go again because THIS might be the last time?
June 27-28
Corndogorama. Rumor has it they're moving back to EAV.
July 3-12
Camp Drunkalot.
2014
World Cup Soccer in Brazil.
LAST BLASPHEMY
I did some bunch thinking on our brief vacation. In the 16 years of Degenerate Press efforts I’ve been on the leading edge or shortly behind it. When I started Degenerate Press there was no internet as we know it. I started producing zines on actual paper (remember that stuff? They used to make it out of TREES. Weird!)
When email became widely available I moved to that.
When the web became the Next Big Thing I built Ear Plugs for Atlanta. I’m pretty sure it was the first web site dedicated to local bands.
Degeneratepress.com grew out of the old Ear Plugs site, expanding to the point where now I couldn’t do a major overhaul without taking a month off work.
Then I started with LiveJournal. Then MySpace. Then FaceBook.
When I got back from vacation I sorted through the spam and found this:
"Please be advised that your hosting account for degeneratepress.com is due for renewal on 06/20/2009.
Total Amount Due (in U.S. Dollars): $119.40
To continue your service for another year, please remit your payment before the above date by using the following link..."
These days every band has a web site of one sort or another. The weekend after we got back from vacation we hit the Star Bar and within 24 hours people had already posted pictures and reviews.
The new “web 2.0” technologies are taking the place of old fashioned HTML. There hardly seems any point in overhauling the old site, even if I COULD take a month of to do it. I have to keep on the current technologies for my job, so I may as well keep on it for Degenerate Press efforts.
So beginning tonight, Degenerate Press is going all FaceBook, all Twitter. Hell, I hardly write more than 140 characters on my reviews as it is, and with FaceBook people can post responses to my occasional rants and blurry photos.
Appropriately enough, our final old HTML review brings us back full circle: Dragline played the first ever Degenerate Press Summertime Blast back in the dawn of time. The Penetrators were also scheduled to appear but had some car trouble and couldn’t get there until the cops had shut us down. And we covered the resurgence of Atlanta’s garage scene, perhaps peaking with The Woggles and The Forty Fives some 10 years ago.
http://www.degeneratepress.com/vault/20
And our first all-Twitter/Facebook experience will be another band that played that first party – we’re off to Drive By Truckers tonight, backing up Booker T.
So if you haven’t already, sign up for Twitter and/or FaceBook and search for Degenerate Press. And stop looking at DegeneratePress.com. I’m going to let that one slip when the bill is due and spend the money on the T-bird instead.
Speaking of, you can also check out my progress on the Thunderbird at the drive in on Wednesdays. I should have a massive new tiki head installed in April sometime and possibly even the body and paint work done soon. If you’re hankering for a mid-week social affair and/or movie, it’s that time – weekly Drive Invasions start April 8, with voting for our first outing on April 3. Email Suellen at driveinvasion@comcast.net if you’re interested!
And speaking of bands from our early years, Catfight is reuniting for one night only for a show at the Clermont later this month. Heed the final call of the prophets!
PROPHESY
April 1, Wednesday
Booker T and the DBT’s, Drive By Truckers at Variety Playhouse.
The Plaza is screening a local animation flick called Jon’s Arm tonight.
April 2, Thursday
Neko Case at Variety Playhouse, with Crooked Fingers. Sold out.
Can Can, Niagara Mowhawk, The Killer & The Martyr at The Earl.
April 4, Saturday
Coathangers CD release show at The Earl. Chopper, Predator open.
April 9-12, Easter weekend
Frolicon, an adult sci-fi/fetish/party convention at the Sheraton Gateway. www.frolicon.com
April 14, Tuesday
This month’s Splatter Cinema at The Plaza features Nightmare on Elm Street 3, 9:30PM.
April 16-25
Atlanta Film Festival. www.atlantafilmfestival.com
April 16, Thursday
The Found Footage Festival at The Plaza.
April 17, Friday
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers at The Star Bar.
All the Saints at The Earl, with Hollow Stars.
April 18, Saturday
Tongo Hiti at Trader Vic’s as part of the 75th anniversary series, with the usual Dames Aflame, Monkeyzuma, etc. $8.
“Born to Thrill, a tribute to Lux Interior” at the Ice House. Bunch of local rockabilly types performing Cramps tunes.
Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Gentlemen Jesse & His Men, NOBUNNY at The Earl.
April 21, Tuesday
If you want to be stunned by a truly awful film The Plaza is showing The Room again tonight.
April 23, Thursday
Catfight! at the Clermont Lounge.
April 25, Saturday
This month’s Silver Scream Spookshow features Invasion of the Saucer Men. Kiddie matinee at 1PM (young’uns free), late night show at 10PM, with pre-movie musical theater meets mad science, burlesque, etc.
May 7, Thursday
Charles Walker & the Dynamites with Betty Harris at The EARL.
May 8 and May 9, Friday and Saturday
Blast-Off Burlesque does “The Big Stimulus Package” show at The Icehouse in EAV. Advance tickets available at http://www.scifi-a-gogo.com!
May 9, Saturday
The Dexateens at The Earl.
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer perform tunes from Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind at The Fox, unplugged style.
May 15, Friday
The Liverhearts, Allnightdrugprowlingwolves, Dan Sartain at The Earl.
May 23, Saturday
This month’s Silver Scream Spookshow brings The Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D back for those what missed it the first time. Don’t miss it this time! Kiddie matinee at 1PM (young’uns free), late night show at 10PM, with pre-movie musical theater meets mad science, burlesque, etc.
May 29, Friday
Uknown Hinson at The Earl.
June 7, Sunday
Monster Bash at Starlight Drive In.
June 13, Saturday
X returns to Variety Playhouse. You ever go to a show thinking, “Wow, never thought I’d get the chance to see ______. This is a once in a lifetime chance and I’d better jump on it!” then the band keeps coming back over and over and you wonder if maybe you should go again because THIS might be the last time?
June 27-28
Corndogorama. Rumor has it they're moving back to EAV.
July 3-12
Camp Drunkalot.
2014
World Cup Soccer in Brazil.
