Blowout
WTF?
Drive-by interviews with Blowout acts ask, 'What's the, um, facts?'
Published: March 2, 2011
Besides being a band from Detroit featuring local superstars, what exactly is the Conspiracy of Owls? Yeah, I don't know either, but my best guess is that the band moniker is a similar reaction to the suppuration of owls stuck to every-other-indie-thing circa 2004. For reference, see Portlandia's "Put a bird on it!" skit. First read this:
What song of yours would you want played as the credits of a film. What's that film and why would it work?
We feel that "Ancient Robots" should have been the theme to Robocop. Kinda like, "Hey Grandpa, I mean Robocop, why don't you and C3PO go play some shuffleboard or something." It would work because topical humor is so hilarious.
What's your best city slogan for Hamtramck in 2011?
"Hamtramck: The only place in Detroit where the cops are kinda dicky." Oh wait, forgot about the Wayne State police. Nevermind.
Which Detroit music legend would you add to your group, and why?
Edgar Winter. Oh, shit, I guess Edgar Winter isn't from Detroit.
Who's the best artist/band (other than yours) playing Blowout?
There's a lot of talent this year at the Blowout, so we plan on making it to every performance at every bar for all three days. You say it's not possible? We say bring it, you turkey.
What Blowout bar bathroom is best for a hasty drunken tryst?
Well, it used to be JAG, but due to the growing popularity of glory holes, it has become too hard to decide. —Travis R. Wright
Saturday, 10 p.m. at Gates of Colombus Hall.
Butt Babies Alex Leonard-vocals, drums; Greg Ahee-vocals, guitar; Scott Davidson-bass
Visit their website and you'll find weird art and some weirder tunes. So who the hell are the Butt Babies?
What song of yours would you want played as the credits of a film. What's that film and why would it work?
Alex Leonard: We don't think our music would be appropriate for a film. There are people who score films professionally and we think it should be left up to them.
What's your best city slogan for Hamtramck in 2011?
Home of the diving-board Pope
Which Detroit music legend would you add to your group, and why?
My dad says Eminem. He also said Aretha Franklin because she's fat as shit.
Who's the best artist/band (other than yours) playing Blowout?
Damned Dogs, Human Eye, Secret Twins, and Terrible Twos.
What Blowout bar bathroom is best for a hasty drunken tryst?
I'm pretty sure I heard a guy getting a blow job in the Atlas Bar bathroom, they ran in there, locked the door, and didn't come out for five minutes. We're headlining Atlas Bar for a reason. —Brett Callwood
Saturday, 1 a.m. at the Atlas Bar
Robin Goodfellow
Onstage, they put pyramids on their heads and look like some sort of cult. Offstage, well, they talk like they're a cult. Meet Robin Goodfellow.
Nathaniel Francis Burgundy IV (Vox Humana/Music of The Spheres); A. P. "Thrice Great" MacKinnon (Prisca Theologia/The Emerald Tablet)
What song of yours would you want played as the credits of a film. What's that film and why would it work?
"The Five Points" from our second EP could be played in conjunction with the 1922 silent Swedish occult documentary Haxan, though I'd prefer it played backward to reveal our backmasked message extolling the cuisine of Taco Bell.
What's your best city slogan for Hamtramck in 2011?
Hamtramck: The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Sucka.
Which Detroit music legend would you add to your group, and why?
Suzi Quatro circa 1973, because — look at her!
Who's the best artist/band (other than yours) playing Blowout?
The Detroit Party Marching Band, for sure.
What Blowout bar bathroom is best for a hasty drunken tryst?
Whichever has the fewest STDs floating around, I suppose. I think you'd have to do some fumigating first. —Brett Callwood
Thursday, 10 p.m. at the Mars Bar
The Grateful Dads
Featuring MT's very own Chris Handyside — he who co-founded the Hamtramck Blowout — the Grateful Dads have one of the cutest monikers in all of Blowout. Rumors that people tour the country with the Dads and get high in the parking lot are greatly exaggerated.
Michael Meade-vocals; Chris Handyside-drums; Jude Closson-guitar; Eric Wedge-bass; Mike Enright-guitar; James Hanks-trombone, vocals; Matt Twomey-sax, vocals; Jim Michalak- vocals, percussion; Dale Gaden-percussion
What song of yours would you want played as the credits of a film. What's that film and why would it work?
Chris Handyside: King Usznewicz's "Surfin' School" over the end credits of Jesus Camp just to lighten the "oh, WTF was that?!" mood.
What's your best city slogan for Hamtramck in 2011?
Hamtramck: A Meat and Potatoes Kinda Town.
Which Detroit music legend would you add to your group, and why?
Mick Collins, 'cause he knows how to slay a cover song and can sing like a lion.
Who's the best artist/band (other than yours) playing Blowout?
Toss-up: Greg Cartwright or whatever the Scrummage guys are doing!
What Blowout bar bathroom is best for a hasty drunken tryst?
The one at Small's locks, right?
Saturday, 9:40 p.m. at Skipper's
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