teeth mountain members make Judge Judy appearance

Thanks to resident CourtTV expert James Friley for pointing out that Kate Levvitt from Baltimore weirdo band Teeth Mountain made a classic appearance on Judge Judy this week, claiming charges against a guy who threw multiple TV sets on her poor (now deceased) cat.



Teeth Mountain played in Lexington at The Void Skateshop last October w/ Hair Police in conjunction with Boomslang. Super awesome heavy tribal drone psych with crazy videos. If you're not familiar with the band, get there, they rule. I don't care if the JJ stunt was fixed, this somehow makes me a bigger fan of theirs. Great publicity stunt, dudes!

One World Film Festival begins this week

Now in its 12th year, the 2010 Lexington One World Film Festival begins this Thursday, February 28, with the Academy-award winning Japanese film Departures. Through the end of March, a different film will be shown each Thursday at the Kentucky Theatre and each Sunday at the downtown library theatre.

Films were chosen to stimulate discussion and increase understanding about issues regarding race, identity and ethnicity. They range from poignant to uplifting to humorous. All films are free and open to the public.

For a schedule of films click here; for a descriptions of the films that will be shown, click here.

weekend picks

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19
Gallery Hop!

• J. Todd Dockery and Bruce Burris at Gallerie Soleil (363 W. Short St.)
• Opening reception for Dingfutzer (art by L.A. artist Justin Christopherson) at LOT (527 E. 3rd St.), 7-11 pm. Featuring DJs Sa-riot (yours truly) and L-Bizzle.
• Kisses at the Gate - painting inspired by local poets (+ live reading from Holler Poets) at Sisohpromatem (651 West Short St.)
  
• Bluegrass Printmaker's Co-Op presents The Process of Printmaking at ArtsPlace (161 N. Mill)
  

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20

• DorkBotLex #11 at Reynolds building Room 101, 5pm
• Cross/Soft Openings/The Gudwalls at The Void. 8 pm, all ages ~heavy garage psych~
• The Ravenna Colt CD Release Party at Natasha's ~ new alt-country/folk project headed by My Morning Jacket member Johnny Quaid

ATP initial line-up

Almost forgot that All Tomorrow's Parties New York (September 3-5; Labor Day weekend) was announcing its line-up today!! Naturally, it's pretty tasty so far. MOST SUPERIOR FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD? Highly likely.

The guest curator for Sunday, September 5 is director Jim Jarmusch, whose most recent movie, 'The Limits of Control,' has a KICK-ASS heavy-drone soundtrack, featuring SUNN0))), Boris and Earth (Brian Jonestown Massacre and Raekwon are his picks so far - Raekwon being Wu-Tang member, and having performed on the soundtrack to Jarmusch's film Ghost Dog, one of my favorites). I'm sure he'll be announcing some sweet additions soon.

OTHER CONFIRMED ACTS:

• Iggy & The Stooges - Performing Raw Power
• Sleep - Performing Holy Mountain
• Mudhoney - Performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles
• The Scientists - Performing Blood Red River (First Ever U.S. Show!)
• Sonic Youth
• Explosions In The Sky
• The Breeders
• Fuck Buttons
• The Books
• Papa M
• APSE
• Raekwon
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre
  

This is the third year ATP has shared its festival with North America. (Maybe someday in the future they'll give the midwest a little love? Eh?)

In the meantime, check their website for more info about ATP New York and all kinds of European shows I'm green with envy over.

In other fun festival news ~ BOOMSLANG 2010 is in the early planning stages :) Stay tuned for more details in the next month or so.

Ear X Tacy owner addressing 'potential changes'

As you may have heard, Ear X Tacy owner John Timmons is addressing the future of his 25-year-old Louisville music store at a press conference right now. To follow live updates, check out @wfplnews on Twitter....

The press release foreshadowing the press conference can be found at Backseat Sandbar.