Check It Out

Friday night, Missy and I headed out to the OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY to attend the TEEN ZINE SECTION LAUNCH PARTY. Missy was a SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER at the event and WEREWOLVES (sans me) played an acoustic set of songs. Before heading out to the library, Missy put together a bunch of GOODY BAGS that were going to be raffled off at the party. Each goody bag had a copy of her book, PERSONAL CHARM, several copies of her zines, a bookmark, and a collection of one inch buttons that she designed...



By the time we got there, the PIZZA AND ZINE-MAKING PARTY was in full swing. We had just enough time to say "hi" to our friends before Missy had to take the stage. Our friend Lonna, who coordinated the event and is also a librarian at the library, interviewed Missy along with our friend Katy, who also makes zines. During the interview, Missy and Katy talked about how they got into making zines, why they love zines so much, and why it's important for teens to have access to zines. They also talked about how teens could go about making zines of their own...









After the interview, Lonna gave us a quick after-hours tour of the library while the band set up and sound checked:















After the tour, we checked out the temporary ZINE READING LOUNGE while everyone else was waiting for Werewolves to perform. It doesn't look like much, but there are actually over 100 TEEN-FRIENDLY ZINES stuffed into that little magazine rack...









Before heading back into the auditorium to see Werewolves play, we checked out drawings that were left on the zine-making table in the lounge...































Lonna and Katy:



Missy and Jay:



Missy and Jean:



Missy and Kamron...Kamron was one of our favorite kids that we saw that night. We really dug his hat! Anyways, we were happy that he won one of Missy's goody bags in the raffle at the end of the night...

Punk & Crunk

Tuesday night I played trumpet with WEREWOLVES....we played a show at the PLUSH PALACE here in Athens, with GRAPE SODA, SPRAYNARD, and SPOONBOY. A ton of people came out, which seemed kinda crazy for a tuesday night. The kids crammed into the house to see us play while a good many more stayed out on the porch to listen while basking in the relative coolness of the night. Inside, we sweated it out to an energetic set and an even more energetic crowd. So much fun! Hard to imagine, but I think the crowd was twice as big as the last time we played at the Palace. By the time we were done, the walls were dripping with moisture and the room felt like the center of a beehive...I wondered how many hot sweaty shows before the carpet of PLUSH DOLLS on the ceiling turned into a moldy mess...













If you get a chance, please check out the BANDCAMP PAGE for Werewolves HERE...you can listen to our songs and download some tracks, or even purchase actual cds. Needless to say, I'm proud to have played on these recordings!

Look..I rocked so hard, I broke a couple of cymbals (is that what they call 'em?) off my FUNKY MONKEY TOY TAMBOURINE...



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Weekend Wind-Down #117

Last night, our band, WEREWOLVES (I play trumpet in the band), played a house show at the PLUSH PALACE here in Athens - so named because the ceiling in the living room is lined wall-to-wall with STUFFED ANIMALS. Eventually, the walls on all three sides of the "stage area" will also be covered entirely with stuffed animals, making sort of a plush-lined cave. We played with new K RECORDS artist, GENERIFUS, who is on tour from Olympia, Washington...





Wyatt and Jay of WEREWOLVES...check out the WEREWOLVES' BAND CAMP PAGE HERE. You can listen to our music, download free tracks, or buy merch...yay!



Patrick of Werewolves...Patrick also lives in and runs Plush Palace...



FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Becoming a finalist in the John Fluevog Shoe ad contest...please vote daily HERE this week! Help me win!
RAOUL - Missy becoming a finalist in the Fluevog ad contest...VOTE FOR HER AD!

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Not getting to visit the bunnies...
RAOUL - Having to cancel Oreo's speed dating appointment due to bad weather.

FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - When Nilla ran as soon as I showed her the new brush I got her.
RAOUL - Werewolves closing out the night with our improvised cover of Rebecca Black's "Friday"

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - "VOTE!"
RAOUL - "Skank Sinatra"

FAVORITE MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - The wheat toast from brunch at The Grit.
RAOUL - Potatoes simmered in tikka masala over rice for din din.

THREE THINGS ON YOUR TO-DO LIST FOR THIS WEEK?
MISSY - Vote, vote, and vote! (and do my Wii fit).
RAOUL - Basically, the same three things I was supposed to do last week.

FAVORITE CHILDHOOD STUFFED ANIMAL?
MISSY - Flinny my squirrel puppet.
RAOUL - We had this plush Snoopy that I liked a lot...

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - I just listened to Helium.
RAOUL - Werewolves, Mark Robinson, Yellow Fever, Chicken Lips, Cause Co-Motion, Sebadoh, Strong Arm Steady, Beans, Anti-Pop Consortium, Aesop Rock, Chok Rock, Flying Lotus, Squarepusher, Seefeel, Blue Note Records' "Blue Break Beats" boxset.







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