Hey Augusta Friends! Next Friday

5 bands, 5 bucks. Turf War, The Agenda, Grape Soda, Mermaids, & Five Eight. a night of rock and roll mayhem in the Garden City.

SATURDAY, ATHFEST

SATURDAY @ GO BAR!

a night of garage rock mayhem from
THE AGENDA!
&
THE MATT KURZ ONE

Hey Augusta

The Agenda and our friends Turf War will be rocking the Soul Bar in Augusta, GA on Saturday May 8th. it's our first time back to the Garden City since August. looking forward to this one.

Hey Athens

Friday, Feb 5th @ Go Bar. the Agenda and American Cheeseburger will be rocking the place for free. come out and have some fun.

The Agenda - "Only The Young Die Young" EP

besides writing this blog (poorly) i also sing in a band (poorly) and my band recorded a 5 song demo EP back in November. it is of the punk garage rock variety as i am a guy who grew on a healthy diet of the Ramones.

tracklisting
1. black knees
2. danger, danger love!
3. i just wanna know your name
4. suicide city
5. only the young die young

if you give a fuck here's a link here to download, for free.


apparently some folks have had trouble with the divshare link. here's a megaupload link that might work better. download.

Bye Week

I'm taking advantage of Auburn's bye week and the Falcons plummet of doom to record new jams with my band, so posting may or may not happen much this week. so if you want F-Bombs and angry rants you might have to search for some message boards.

also i wanted to post a link to this online article for the Flagpole (here in Athens) written by Jeremy Henderson of the War Eagle Reader about the Rise or The Closet of the Hipster Football Fan. it's a pretty funny concept and pretty dead on and also there quotes from that guy who writes HEY JENNY SLATER and me as well as a few other. it's a good read if you happen to be an indie rock nerd who has ever been on tour with your band during football season and had nearly come to blows with a bandmate about turning the radio to the football game so that you could listen.

Agenda Show Next Saturday In the Garden City

Los Agendas will in Augusta next Saturday night doing battle with our friends Turf War. it's gonna be a whole lot of boys trying to pretend they are either in the Stooges or the Replacements. which should be a drunken good time for everyone there. if it were Masters Week then Tiger Woods would show up, but it's not...so instead hopefully the city of Augusta will come out and say hello.

2Morrow Night Kids, I Bring Forth More Rock

show starts around 10:30 tomorrow night at the Caledonia. we're the 2nd of 3 bands. faces will be melted off by our rocking and rolling. come out, get drunk, have fun.

Reminders Of The Self Promotional Kind

next Wednesday in the lovely little town of Athens my band, The Agenda, will be playing a show at the Caledonia with a little group from New Jersey that i really like called Titus Andronicus. i saw them open for Ted Leo and No Age last year and they are awesome live. the best way i could describe them is that they sound like if you mixed The Pogues, Pavement, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band in a blender together. it should be a fun show, come on out...it's not like there's anything to watch of Wednesday night anyways.

Titus Andronicus

Another Shameless Reminder About This Weekend

Hey look mom, they put me on the cover of a magazine.


the FLAGPOLE wrote a nice article about the Kindercore Records/ Owl Scooters music festival this weekend. (Thurs-Sat for all the kids keeping score at home.) tons of awesome local Athens/Atlanta bands plus you might win a scooter. this is mostly gonna result in me being drunk for 4 days straight instead of just 2. such is life.

BACK 2 SCHOOL BASH 2009

Hey Athens/Atlanta/People Who Ain't Got Shit To Do This Weekend:

Kindercore Records and the new Owl Scooters are putting on a 3 day festival this weekend in Athens, GA at the Caledonia Lounge and 40 Watt from Thursday September 17th through Saturday September 19th. it'll be a 3 day party and Owl Scooters is going to be giving away 2 scooters for free to some lucky person. my band The Agenda! is playing the Thursday night show at the Caledonia. come out and get drunk and enjoy some great local music.

the lineups for each night

Thursday Sept 17th has been dubbed the ROCK NIGHT @ The Caledonia

Turf War (sloppy powerpop/punk from Augusta, GA)
GG King (Atlanta garage punkers. former members of the Carbonas)
The Matt Kurz One (one man rock and roll band of awesome)
The Agenda! (some band of assholes)
Je Suis France (Athens/Atlanta lo-fi masters of party rock)


Friday Sept 18th has been dubbed the POP NIGHT @ The Caledonia

Werewolves (Athens new indie pop young guns)
Mark Mallman
The Gold Party (Athens Brit-pop inspired Glamrockers)
Grape Soda (Athens psychedelic organ and drums pop duo)
Masters Of the Hemisphere (Athens Indie Pop legends reunited)

Saturday Sept 19th is the BIG NIGHT @ The 40 Watt

Allison Weis (Athens based singer songwriter)
Venice Is Sinking (Athens indie rockers)
Ruby Isle (dance rock trio)
The Young Sinclairs (Viriginia based 60's inspired jangle rockers)
Still Flyin' (San Fran ska/reggae tinged popsters)
Maserati (instrumental titans of rock)

ANOTHER SHAMELESS PLUG

shameless plug for my show tonight. come out tonight if you can. fun times.

it's not like you got shit else to do in Athens tonight.

Hey Athens, Next Friday Get Your Face Rocked

Friday Aug 14th @ The Caledonia. The Agenda and The Dumps. come for the garage rock and the falling on the ground and silliness. stay for the brutal metal onslaught. for the 10 people in America who ever liked The Agenda, you will be happy to know we've actually written new songs and will be debuting them at said show. should be a fun night, come out and get your rock on.

i know Auburn started practice. i'm sorry i haven't been blogging about football. i promise my profanity laced rants and stupid attempts at humor will return soon.

Space + Pop = Spacepop?

this is the video for Mark Mallman's new jam "Invincible Criminal"...currently it is my job to pimp said video out to the internets...also i happen to think it's a pretty awesome pop song that sounds like what it would be like if Elton John and that band The Darkness had a baby together...or something. so yeah, watch it...love it...repost it elsewhere. thanks.

Hey Athens, If You Ain't Doin' Nothing Saturday Night Come Down to Go Bar.

i'm DJing Saturday night after the band Music Hates You plays. i'll be playing nothing by 70s & early 80s hardrock (Bon Scott era AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Rainbow, Hawkwind, lots and lots of Thin Lizzy, and probably some Sabbath). come out, get drunk, and pump your fists to the best riffage of all time. should be fun.

Positive Vibes Friday: I Want To Rock Yr Face Off!!!

...and so it has come to this. this weekend as my old band THE AGENDA! is about to play our first live show together in five years during the KINDERCORE records showcase (our old record label) on Saturday Night as part of Athfest 2009. we're the opening act of a 5 band bill...which is def for the best as the longer we waited to play the more wasted we'd all be. there are few things i have ever enjoyed more in my life than playing live music in front of humans and i fully intend to lose my fucking shit and possibly break a bone (i've got broken ribs from my old antics) or throw out my back (BEING OLD IS STUPID). and let's be honest, who doesn't like a little blood on the dancefloor at a rockshow? if you don't know, my band is pretty much just loud, energetic, ridiculous garage punk, heavily influenced by bands like The MC5, The Ramones, The Stooges, Mudhoney, and the Kinks all mashed into one big dumb ball of punk noise....but trying to describe it is kinda pointless when you can just listen for yourself.

Start The Panic - Agenda!

for a visual representation of the typical Agenda show i give you this:

anyways if you are planning on attending Athfest this year and you're in the mood for some dumb as hell garage rock then come out to CINE' and see us play. we're scheduled to start at 10:15 and our set will be over in less than 30 minutes. and hey the FLAGPOLE has us listed as one of their bands "Not to Miss" during Athfest 09...and when has the Flagpole ever steered you wrong? but i must warn you, the link features a picture of a 24 year old JR Suicide with a terrible haircut that makes me look like the lost Hanson Brother.

once the Agenda has destroyed our equipment and left a trail of chaos in our wake you should stick around and catch a few of the other bands as well. Grape Soda will be playing their spacey dub-rock, The Young Sinclairs (who fucking rule) will become your new favorite band with their 60's/Byrds influenced pop, and then cartoon rockers the Buddy System will close out the night with their completely fun mix of animation and pop...

plus i'm performing a super-secret song with them at the end of the night that should turn Cine' into a riot. the words: Party, Hard, & Andrew WK are my hints for you.

so anyways Athens, GA...i wanna see you there on Saturday Night.

Hey Athens

my old band THE AGENDA! is playing our first show in 5 years in a few weeks. we're the opening band of the Kindercore Records Showcase @ CINE' (that's the arthouse theater downtown) during Athfest 09 on June 23rd. the show is supposed to start at 10.

i think all of that info is correct.

anyways if you love things that are dumb/simple/drunk then come out an enjoy some old dudes trying to recapture their youth and playing loud obnoxious garage rock like it's still the year 2002. if anything the potential train wreck is worth it...also you get to see me roll around on the floor and jump off shit like a maniac and possibly hurt myself, all for the love of rock n' roll.

It's like riding a bike

The Agenda...now older, fatter, balder, and with beards.

so after 5 years of inactivity, my old band THE AGENDA is calling it a comeback...or at least an attempt at a comeback and entering into the whole rock n roll circus, again. we had our first band practice together in over 5 years and i suddenly remember that singing is actually kinda difficult, especially when you haven't done it in a long ass time. right now my voice is somewhere between sorority girl and throat cancer survivor after two hours of doing my best Iggy Pop and Mark Arm impressions. also trying to remember lyrics to songs you wrote when you were 23 and 24 is like way hard when you are 30 and havent heard any of them in half a decade. and they only have like 12 wors per song...short term memory loss is a motherfucker! regardless it's good to be back with a band again as i've definitely gotten bored and old in the last several years.

anyways we are playing Athfest at the end of this month and then possibly an out of town show or two before another show here in September. so if you are in the Classic City and wanna watch me roll around on stage and act like a 16 year old then come out to Athfest and enjoy the trainwreck of awesomeness that will be Agenda Reunion 09!

thank god i have something to do until football season starts.

Another Reminder About This Friday

Hey Athens, you are invited. this Friday to the Caledonia for CRUNK N' DISORDERLY Part 2

3 bands (Cassevetes, Night Moves Gold, and Excalibrah)

with myself & kenniebloggins spinning the best of 70s punk, 90s gangsta rap, and Southern Crunk jams for your lame honky ass outside on the patio all night long.