the dotmatrix project

photo by Justin Reich

The Movie Show, a radio program about movies which runs from 7-9pm Tuesday nights on WUAG 103.1fm in Greensboro, North Carolina, is putting on a film series that runs on the first Wednesday of every month.

Created as a way to get Triad residents excited about the great cinematic viewing alternatives taking place in North Carolina, The Mixed Tape Film Series is a love letter to people who enjoy great movies.

Like a mixed tape, the series will feature an eclectic line-up of films, carefully selected by Mike and I. We spent hours drafting and editing this list down to a core of films we think people should enjoy a great deal. The best part is that many of these titles are ones that few people have had the chance to see on the big screen in 35mm.

So if you’re looking for cheap admission, drink specials, and a film retrospective that will never rip you off with crude digital projections of DVD’s, check us out. All of our regular screenings take place at the Carousel Luxury Cinemas (1305 Battleground Ave.) on the first Wednesday of every month, plus a special Halloween Double Feature on October 30.

Check out the film line-up here.

We just announced the album release over at our DMP Google Group (feel free to join), so download it while it’s still inexpensive over at Amie Street.

As always, we’ll release the full album, with free downloads, to Last.fm in the near future.

photo by John Leonard

photo by John Leonard

photo by John Leonard

photo by John Leonard

Tom Beardslee wove together a beautiful, soulful solo set and then Possum Jenkins stepped up and absolutely tore the roof off. After two encores and a posse of fans throwing their PBR’s sky high, PJ left the room a buzz, wailing and wanting more. I’m going to post the encore tracks as soon as we mix them down.

Killer.

A huge thanks to the media crew who participated tonight — particularly Jason Pierce for stepping up last minute and filling in as the third filmmaker. And from the look of John Leonard’s shots above, I think we might have raised the quality bar once again.

And while it might not seem like a huge number elsewhere, I counted over sixty people in the back bar at one point during PJ’s set. It was a friggin’ sauna back there, but everyone seemed to be having a great time nonetheless.

Look for the albums soon.

Photo by Tanya Peterson

Josh Neas and I had a blast rapping about DMP, talking ConvergeSouth and listening to some of the live tracks by veterans of the project on his Wednesday night, 6pm to 8pm show on 90.9FM WQFS.

Check it out:

Poster by Justin Reich.

She’s wise and sexy, even if she is a bit of a mess.

I’ll be hanging out with Josh Neas on his Indie Rock Mayhem show (WQFS - 90.9 FM) this Wednesday evening at 6:30pm — talking some DMP, playing a few tracks from our live albums and pimping this Thursday night’s Possum Jenkins w/ Tom Beardslee show.

Give us a shout @ 336-316-2444 at the station and come on out to the show. It’s free, you know.

I’m heading over to Guilford College later today to chat it up with Kathy Clark during her Worker’s Playtime slot on 90.9 WQFS.

We’ll talk some DMP and spin some tracks from the live albums we’ve been recording. If that interests you, pop on over around 12:45pm.

Saturday night @ The Flat Iron.

photo by chuck johnson

We have some really dumb “throwing out the baby with the bath water” laws in Greensboro, NC. My favorite example is the outlawed use of skateboards downtown.

The city legislated a ban of certain types of recreational transportation from operating in a certain area of downtown. Apparently, the city council views skateboarders and roller skaters to be in the same category as graffiti and broken windows when attempting to deter criminal offenses.

But with rising gas prices and weak public transportation options, wouldn’t you think the city would be supportive of all alternative means of transportation? Instead, they operate with blunt strokes, where the ends justify the means.

How about ratcheting down the buzz kill level to simply stopping kids from grinding on property other than their own? No matter, Chuck Johnson is on the case now.

Btw, if a cop rolled up on me riding that scooter, I’d piss myself laughing.

If you’d like to support the band, you can download the album at Amie Street for $1.43 (that price is moving up) or download the album for free from Last.fm.