Infintesmal BBQ V / guest column

The following is the debut of an occasional column covering art and music in Jacksonville, Florida. All words and text by H. Yates


Hey there Roofless readers, Honkatonk Yates here dispatching news from the dark side of Florida: the side closest to Georgia. The unfortunately named Infintesmal BBQ V took place here Saturday night at the Devil’s Playground, a multi-functioning art space in a half abandoned pier. I’m not sure how Infintesmal Records managed (or decided?) to misspell infinitesimal for four straight barbecues but I’ll chalk it up to the phlegmatic attitude that pervaded the event.



The menu was the shit: 2 kegs of reliably delicious Bold City Brew, free cheeseburgers, and free cake. And the night started off just as dependably, with someone calling me an asshole. Some guy, who drove from Winter Haven or somewhere to play drums in some band that sucked enough to not mention their own name for me to reprint for all ya’ll, called me a fucking asshole because I didn’t take a picture of his foot.

Here’s your foot, dick:



The two person Spider + Octopus sounded sorta like The Mountain Goats, but that was easy to forgive when the lady was playing accordion, a barebones drum set, and singing all at the same time. Really made me want to whip out my washboard and saddle on up alongside.



I asked one of the attendees what they thought of the noise band that played afterwards, National Dairy: “Yeah, okay, but not better than the surprise veggie burgers.”



Since the food was a focal point, it only made sense that the bathroom be the backdrop. You see that ominously lit plywood fort someone leaned together back there? That was the can. There was a face-sized hole in the right wall.

Whatever, it was a fun night.

New live footage from Self & Other's U.S. tour. Get stoked for their valiant return to South Florida.






New music video from Rare Fruit for the song "Someday we'll be cool old people" from their self-released demo.

Aason Hibbs has started hoola hooping again!

rare weather / rare fruit

rare fruit
Miami is in the throes of a fantastic cold front. This is a rare glimpse at what many parts of the world call "seasons" and the novelty makes the shift that much more pronounced/enjoyable. Plus, it's chilly enough to encourage seldom used autumn accessories, but the temperature never actually drops to slicing, miserable cold. Just cool, man. Cool.

Rare Fruit (1/4 of psych/hip-hop unit Space Voodoo Crystal) has a pretty cool, fall-in-Florida demo that goes well with the breeze rushing through your open windows. It's 6 pleasant tracks, each constructed upon an analog / digital collage equally melodic and abstract. You've got some ambient soundscaping ("Unique styles nobody knows"), you've got some friendly melody (the acoustic guitar on "Echolocation" is a major highlight) and repeat listens reveal some cleverly recurring motifs. In the more abstract moments, there is a bit of crunchy distortion, but it's an overall chilled-out endeavor.

Rare Fruit - Demo

cryptic transmissions

A recent communiqué from the ever tenebrous Controlling Human, leads to the following digital basement.

this page is a live audio and video broadcasting site for a basement that is located in portland, oregon. sometimes the broadcasts will just be live music/sound, other times there will be video. sometimes the transmissions will be rehearsed, scheduled, and planned. sometimes the transmissions will be random and spontaneous. tune in at anytime of the day or night to see if something is going on in the basement.

Just tuned in and no visuals yet but an interesting soundtrack: white noise (sounded like field recordings?) followed by some high-pitched squeaks/squawks and then for the past few minutes a rock/folk (well, now it's noisy techno) playlist streaming DJ style. Not sure where this is going to go, but certain it'll only get weirder.

round 2

At the end of September, Aaron Hibbs (Sword Heaven / Noumena / Twink Bully / Rage Against The Cage) attempted to break the world record for consecutive hoola hooping. He was unable to go the 120 hours necessary and rumor has it he will be making another attempt shortly, possibly as soon as this weekend. You can find updates on Aaron's quest, as well as pictures from attempt #1, here