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Jun 2nd, 2011 By:
Anya99
What’s more Retro than watching a classic horror movie at the drive-in? Lucky Atlantans will get that rare opportunity this Sunday June 5 when the annual ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONSTER BASH invades the Starlight Six Drive-In, one of the country’s last remaining drive-in movie theaters. Even better, the eerie all-day extravaganza also features a frightening fantastic line-up of bands, a Miss Monster Bash contest, vendors of spooky merchandise, custom hearses and not just one but three Japanese horror classics, GODZILLA 2000 (1999), HOUSE (1977) and RINGU (1998). Gates open at 10 AM, live performances start at 2 PM, the movies roll from dusk into the wee hours of the morning, and for those who want to party all weekend, there’s even a Monster Bash Pre-Party on Saturday night (June 4) at the Star Bar with even more bands.
ATLRetro caught up with Shane Morton, the Silver Scream Spookshow‘s Ghost Host with the Most Professor Morte, musician (Super X-13/Gargantua/etc.), painter, tattoo artist, SFX artist, actor, all-around horror Renaissance man, and one of the mad masterminds behind ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONSTER BASH for a scary sneak preview…
How did the ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MONSTER BASH get started?
Billy Messina, Ben Armstrong and Tim Dolph of Netherworld fame were the original mad scientists that brought this thing to life. Atlanta’s horror community deserves its own horror-themed DRIVE INVASION! they would always contact me for help in the rock ‘n’ roll dept. Billy and Ben are just too busy with netherworld—in my opinion, the greatest haunted house attraction in the world—so Tim, Jim Stacy [Starlight manager/ Palookaville mastermind/Greasepaint/AM Gold/etc.) and I took it over four years ago.
Professor Morte sings with the Silver Scream Spookshow band at Monster Bash 2009.
What’s the band line-up this year, and why should we be excited about it?
This is a great rockin’ line up this year with something for everybody! Spooky Partridge is a fun family band—[as in] Addams Family, ha!—that play a lot of punk covers along
LUST. Photo courtesy of Barb Hays.
with cute originals. The drummer is just a li’l kid, but he’s already one of the best in the city with all the stick spins and showmanship kicking already. It’s amazing to watch! Radio Cult is also a very visual band—almost like a fem-fronted ‘80s Van Halen! Big fun and way over the top! LUST needs no intro as they put on legendary and hilarious shows! [see ATLRetro’s Kool Kat interview with Barb Hays for more about LUST]. I love these gals like sisters, so it’s always a pleasure to have them on the bill. The Brimstones are New York City’s greatest spooky garage band. Trust me, when you see Justin’s Farfisa [organ] solos while in a headstand, you’ll know why they are so famous! Super X-13, ‘nuff said. This line-up of music is gonna tear your face off and rip up the pavement!
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Category: Kool Kat of the Week | Tags: 3D, 7 Stages, 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Addams Family, Adult Swim, AM Gold, Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse, Barb Hays, Barbilicious, Ben Armstrong, Billy Messina, Brimstones, Dear God No, Drive Invasion, drive-in, Gargantua, Godzilla, Godzilla 2000, Greasepaint, Haus Von Dracul, Hausu, horror, horror movies, House, Inframan, J-horror, Japanese monsters, Jim Stacy, Johnny Rej, kaiju eiga, Lust, Mastodon, Miss Monster Bash, Monster Bash Pre-Party, Netherworld, Orga, Palookaville, Plaza Theatre, Professor Morte, Radio Cult, Ray Harryhausen, Ringu, Rob Thompson, Robot Monster, Rock n Roll Monster Bash, Shane Morton, ShelterBox Japan, Silver Scream Spookshow, Smog Monster, Spooky Partridge, Star Bar, Starlight Drive-In, Super X-13, Tim Dolph, Toho Kingdom
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May 31st, 2011 By:
Anya99
Lots going on this week & still catching up after a Bubba-licious holiday weekend, so expect a few updates as the week goes along…
Monday May 30
Every Monday, find out if Kingsized and Tongo Hiti lead singer Big Mike Geier will croon a tune or two for tips during his second week as Monday night’s celebrity bartender at newly opened Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Parlor. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam.
Tuesday May 31
Grab your horn and head to Twain’s in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 PM. Notorious DJ Romeo Cologne spins the best ‘70s funk and disco at 10 High in Virginia-Highland. Catch Tuesday Retro in the Metro nights at Midtown’s Deadwood Saloon, featuring live video mixes of ’80s, ’90s, and 2Ks hits.
Wednesday June 1
Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Frankie’s Blues Mission and Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck bring on the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack and Northside Tavern respectively. Dance to ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s hits during Retro in the Metro Wednesdays presented by Godiva Vodka, at Pub 71 in Brookhaven.
Thursday June 2
Spanky & The Love Handles brings the blues to Clarkston-based Kathmandu Kitchen & Grill‘s Thursday free concert series. Listen to Tongo Hiti’s luxurious live lounge sounds, as well as some trippy takes on iconic pop songs, just about every Thursday night at Trader Vic’s. Party ‘70s style with DJ Romeo Cologneat Aurum Lounge. Breeze Kings and Chickenshack bring on the blues respectively at Northside Tavern and Fat Matt’s Rib Shack.Bluegrass Thursday at Red Light Cafe presents Country Fried Karaoke Night with Red Light All Stars Band.
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Category: This Week in ATLRetro | Tags: 10 High, Andrew and the Disapyramids, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Tattoo Festival, Aurum Lounge, Barebones Betties, Bareknuckle Betties, Big Mike Geier, Biters, Booze, Breeze Kings, Brimstones, Callanwolde, Chickenshack, Classic Chastain, Clermont Lounge, Clutters, Cool Breeze, Country Fried Karaoke, Danny Mudcat Dudeck, Deadwood Saloon, Dia De Los Muertos, Drunken Unicorn, Dungeon Family, Dusty Booze & the Baby Haters, Eddie's Attic, Electromatics, Fat Matt's Rib Shack, Fernbank, FishHawk, Forty-Fives, Francine Reed, Frankie's Blues Mission, Godzilla, Graveyard Tavern, Hawley, Hi-Test, Highland Inn Ballroom, House, Hymn for Her, I Want Whisky, Jerry Farber's Side Door, Joe Gransden, Johnny McGowan, Jonny Lang, Joshua Longino, Kadense, Kathmandu Kitchen and Grill, Killer and the Savage, Kingsized, Loysville Atlanta, Lust, Martinis & Imax, Mc45s, McPherson Struts, Modern Paranoia, Monkees, Monster Bash, Nathan Nelson, Nick Longo, Northside Tavern, Professor Morte, Psychobilly Revival, Pub 71, Radio Cult, Red Light All Stars Band, Red Light Cafe, Retro in the Metro, Rev. Andy, Ringu, Rock n Roll Monster Bash, Rocket 350, romeo cologne, Sacred Heart Tattoo, Shane Morton, Silver Scream Spookshow, Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room, Six Shot Revival, Spanky & the Love Handles, Spooky Partridge, Star Bar, Starlight Drive-In, Super X-13, Swing Night, tattoo, The Earl, Tongo Hiti, Trader Vic's, Twain's
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Apr 8th, 2011 By:
Anya99
Friday, April 8
Mike Geier and one of the lovely Dames Aflame.
Kingsized swings, lounges and rock and rolls the Star Bar in that wondrous way that only “Big Mike” Geier can. Master mandolin player and one of the fathers of bluegrass music, Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder play Variety Playhouse. Alex Lattimore brings jazz, R&B and a light touch of blues to Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX. Joe Gransden and Kenny Banks jazz up Twelve at Atlantic Station.
Film Love‘s Yoko Ono: Reality Dreams short film series concludes with a free screening of Bottoms at 8 PM at Emory University‘s White Hall Room 206. Ono’s most notorious film literally reveals the backsides of several hundred “saints of our time. All Film Love events are curated by recent Kool Kat Andy Ditzler.
Saturday April 9
Celebrate the 19th birthday of The Highlander with a free concert by musical masters of the circus freak show, Greasepaint, featuring Atlanta’s own insane clown posse of Puddles, aka Big Mike Geier (Kingsized), and the Reverend Uncle Laffo, aka Jim Stacy (Grand Moff Tarkin). Also on the bill is Super X-13, featuring Shane Morton (Gargantua, Silver Scream Spook Show) on bass in a big hair wig and crazy Ultraman-inspired jumpsuit (well that’s the whole band actually)!
Cuba’s greatest rumba ensemble for more than 50 years, Los Munequitos de Matanzas proves “without rumba, there is no Cuba, and without Cuba, there is no rumba” at GSU’s Rialto Center for the Arts. Legendary ’80s industrial/ experimental rock band Savage Republic revs up The Earl. Better Than The Beatles pays tribute to the Fab Four at Jerry Farber’s Side Door. DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno.
Sunday April 10
Tinkerbell (Yetter) flies with Peter Pan (Ciaran Joyce). Photo credit: Ed Krieger.
Tom Gentry & Co. serve up the blues at “dunch” between 1 and 4 PM at The Earl. And today is the last day to catch KOOL KAT Emily Yetter starring as a precocious, politically incorrect Tinkerbell in J.M. BARRIE’S PETER PAN under the big tent at Pemberton Place, next to the World of Coca-Cola.
Ongoing
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec died in 1901, but it’s not a stretch to say that his vibrant posters and prints of showgirls, nightclub stars and the café culture influenced the 20th century romantic view of Paris and still inspire today’s burlesque performers. The High Museum of Art’s dynamic new special exhibition, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND FRIENDS: THE IRENE AND HOWARD STEIN COLLECTION, runs through May 1. Also at the High through May 29 is the MOMA-organized HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE MODERN CENTURY, another blockbuster exhibit showcasing a photographer and photojournalist who captured on film many of the seminal moments of the 20th century from World War II to the assassination of Ghandi, China’s cultural revolution to civil rights and consumer culture in America.
Tune back in on Monday for This Week in Retro Atlanta. If you know of a cool happening we’ve missed, send suggestions to ATLRetro@gmail.com.
Category: Weekend Update | Tags: Alex Lattimore, Andy Ditzler, Atlantic Station, better than the beatles, Big Mike Geier, Bottoms, Clermont Lounge, Cuba, Emily Yetter, Emory University, Fernbank, Film Love, Greasepaint, Henri Cartier-Bresson, High Museum of Art, Highlander, Jerry Farber's Side Door, Jim Stacy, Joe Gransden, John Lennon, Kenny Banks, Kentucky Thunder, Kingsized, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Peter Pan, Rialto, Ricky Skaggs, romeo cologne, Rumba, Savage Republic, Shane Morton, Star Bar, Super X-13, The Earl, Tom Gentry, Toulouse-Lautrec, Twelve Hotel, Variety Playhouse, Yoko Ono
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