Hacks, yesterday, or maybe the day before that, or even possibly the day before that (who…the…hell…knows? The days, they blur) gave you a huge laundry list of ways you can spend your Labor Day Saturday if you, like he and I, are cornbreadin’ it up (aka in the southeastern United State.. And don’t look at me in that tone of voice).
One thing that he neglected to mention was an event that I tried to book his overachieving ass for, and couldn’t.
That’s right-I can’t even pull strings and get Hacks.
However, the remainder of what’s been put together, in part with us here at Res and in part with our good friends Wordsmiths Books, who have quickly carved out a brand as one of THE coolest little (and I use little figuratively, the place is huge) hangouts in the city of Atlanta, and who constantly strive to bring creative, forward-thinking entertainment (for free, nonetheless). Next Saturday, September 1st, the lot of us have assembled a little something that’s being called “futureTense”: from 7-8 P.M., a handful of Atlanta’s foremost bloggers are gather to discuss the future of media. This isn’t some sort of Grad School anally serious “flickr will change the world” panel, though-in fact, its’ purported purpose is to be the exact OPPOSITE of that.
The real draw, though, is that, following the panel at about 9 P.M., Res Mag favorites One Hand Loves The Other are going to be playing that gorgeous, intimate space. For Free.
To whet your appetite, and to remind you of exactly how damn GOOD the sweeping, orchestral electro-pop of One Hand Loves The Other is, take another nibble, in the form of “Rubbernecker Nightingale”, from the feast that is their self-titled debut album:
One Hand Loves The Other: Rubbernecker Nightingale
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It’s that gorgeous repeated chorus of “Cellophane/Seraphim” that will grab you at first, but the end, when the sonics collapse a little at a time around vocalist Lou’s choirboy-like angelic statement of “i. don’t. know. how. to. be. what. you. need”, is what will light the candle in your heart.
Don’t miss. Next Saturday, Sept 1st. One Hand Loves The Other as part of futureTense at Wordsmiths Books. Granted, there’ll be no Deejay Hacks-but since when could Hacks sing like a Backstreet Boy kidnapped by Ellen Allien?
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