“You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” by Bo Diddley

Interview with Ashley Schick (Straw Hat Press)

File this set under CT25 .I58:
“In My Book” by Speed The Plough
“People Do It All The Time” by Stereolab

Continued interview with Ashley Schick

File this set under Z701 .C597:
“When The Book Ends” by Faded Paper Figures
“Go Places” by The New Pornographers

Interview with Alison Valk (Georgia Tech librarian)

File this set under QL937 .V3:
“Weedking” by Guided By Voices
“Glue” by The Gerbils

Credits: “Fool in the Rain” by Led Zeppelin

“Smoke” by Ben Folds 5

Mailbag: “Tweezer (Reprise)” by Phish

Stay tuned for the next Lost in the Stacks, “Specialty Book Shops” on May 24th!

• Mai Tai Thursday with Agent 45 – Trader Vic’s – Thu 5/16/13
• St. Paul and the Broken Bones – EARL - Fri 5/17/13
• Funky Vinyl with DJ Cozy Shawn – 97 Estoria – Fri 5/17/13
• Adrian Younge and Venice Dawn (backing Ghostface Killah) - Terminal West - Sat 5/18/13
• Rhythm and Booze with Agent 45 – El Myr – Sat 5/18/13 (monthly!)
• Kebbi Williams presents Music in the Park – Wren’s Nest – Sun 5/19/13
• Quincy Jones – Fox Theatre – Thu 5/23/13
• Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics, Heavy Chevy, Agent 45 - Terminal West - Fri. 5/24/13
• Atlanta Jazz Festival – Piedmont Park – Sat-Mon 5/25-27
• Hall and Oates – Chastain Amphitheatre – Thu 5/30/13
• Hot 8 Brass Band, Wasted Potential Brass Band - EARL - Tue 6/4/13
• Deep Funk with DJs Agent 45 & Buscrates - the Sound Table - Thu 6/6/13 (monthly!)
• Noot d’ Noot - EARL - Fri 6/7/13
• Mai Tai Thursday with Agent 45 – Trader Vic’s – Thu 6/20/13 (monthly!)
• Rhythm and Booze with Agent 45 - El Myr - Sat 6/29/13 (monthly!, but flipped the week here)
• Living Colour (Vivid 25th Anniv. Tour) – Variety Playhouse – Fri 7/19/13
• Shuggie Otis – Terminal West - Fri 10/11/13

Be sure and check us out every Thursday night from 11pm to midnight, listening live at 91.1 FM WREK in Atlanta or streaming at wrek.org for your chance at tickets to some of these shows!

Ex Cops – “James”
Islands – “Can’t Feel My Face”
Mikal Cronin – “Better Man”
Terry Malts – “No Big Deal”

Pure X – “Voices”
Felix – “Oh Thee 73″
Soft Reeds – “Pregnant Actress”

Neutral Milk Hotel – “Up and Over We Go”
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists – “The Stick”
Thee Oh Sees – “Devil Again”
Allen Clapp & His Orchestra – “Life Before the Breakdown”
Giant Drag – “We Like the Weather”

Caribou – “Bowls”

Listen to the archive HERE!

1. Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz              Sweet Mother
2. Tama                                                              Koko
3. Angelique Kidjo                                              Awan N’la
4. Dur-Dur Band                                                Dooyo
5. Oliver Mtukudzi                                              Magumo
6. Zaïko Langa Langa                                        Bomwana
7. Femi Kuti                                                       The World is Changing
8. Nicodemus f/ Ismael Kouyate                       Sun People (Intro)
9. Bongos Ikwue & Double X                             Ochombolo
10. Sonny Okosuns                                             Mother & Child

• Black & Tans – Scythian
• One More Day Above the Roses – Gaelic Storm
• Minstrel Boy – Enter the Haggis
• Captain Ward – Tempest

• Welcome Poor Paddy Home – Dervish
• The Dirty Glass – Dropkick Murphy’s
• Whiskey in the Jar – Dubliners
• Men of Harlech – Welsh Guards Band
• If I Ever Leave This World Alive – Flogging Molly
• Oro Se De Bheatha Bhaile – Dubliners
• Helmethead – Great Big Sea
• One Last Drink – Enter the Haggis
• The Rising of the Moon – The High Kings

• This is a Rebel Song – Sinead o’Connor
• The Wind that Shakes the Barley – Dead Can Dance

• Down in Dixie – Arthur Smith and Benny Martin
• Gum Tree Canoe – The Roys
• Long Black Veil – Johnny Cash
• He Rambled – Charlie Poole

• Tennessee Waltz- Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Shady Grove – Ricky Skaggs
• Down in the Valley to Pray – Tod Phillips
• Pretty Polly – John Hammond

• Mother’s Last Word to Her Son – Washington Phillips
• Blue Sky Boys
• Hello Darlin’ -Conway Twitty
• Bible By the Bed – Cadillac Sky

• If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again – Blue Sky Boys
• Pedal Tone Dance – Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra of Excited Strings
• Angeline the Baker – David Grier

• Sally Gooden – Charley Patton

(Original Headhunter) Bill Summers and Jazalsa

Second weekend was the pick for our crew. The Jazz Fest runs for 7 days over two weekends at the end of April and beginning of May every year. In its 44th year, the Festival is attended by hundreds of thousands from far reaches of the globe for its rich cultural cornucopia. To think that its just a celebration of jazz or even just music would be a gross miscalculation. Local food vendors, cultural and historical exhibits, a burgeoning artists market, oh, and twelve stages of music from the world over provide a delightful bounty for the senses. It’s truly an experience to behold and one I’ll be making sure to have again and again.

Vernon Reid of HeadFake

And when the festival ends around 8pm each day, the fun just begins as festivalgoers descend on the various restaurants, watering holes, and stages throughout the Crescent City. We had a rigorous agenda peppering food stops at Coop’s, Cochon, Verti Marte and more between our concert lineup which included sets by Lettuce, Soulive, Kermit Ruffins, HeadFake (with Doug Wimbish, Will Calhoun, Vernon Reid and Corey Glover), Lee Fields and the Expressions, Zigaboo Modeliste, Living Colour, and the very last Monday night at the Maple Leaf, after 13 years, by Papa Grows Funk.

Blurry pic of Papa Grows Funk warming up for their second set

This latter show packed Oak Street and included an outdoor crawfish boil and live art by Frenchy in a venue so extremely packed that I pretty much had my chest against the back of the person in front of me. It was tight, sweaty and very difficult to move around, but it was still pretty awesome.

Live rendering of Papa Grows Funk created by Frenchy

Sorry that this is a post report of the Jazz Fest, so you’ve missed this year’s, but there is always next…

“Pretty Words” by Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Interview with Justin Rent (Georgia Tech Institute Communications) and Ashley Schick (Straw Hat Press)

File this set under QD462.6:
“Do You Want To Get Heavy?” by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
“Heavy Soul” by The Black Keys

Continued interview with Justin Rent and Ashley Schick

File this set under Z250:
“I’ll Write and I’ll Draw” by Woody Guthrie
“Letter Shapes” by They Might Be Giants
“Written in Reverse” by Spoon

Continued interview with Justin Rent and Ashley Schick

File this set under HM132 .C6249:
“I Don’t Know What To Say” by The Magnetic Fields
“A Guide to the Outdoors” by The Heligoats

Credits: “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails

“Everybody Everywhere” by New Order

Mailbag: “Into The Void (Sealth)” by Soundgarden

Stay tuned for the next Lost in the Stacks, “Bookmaking II” on May 17th!