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November 12, 2004
Federal Reserved
I'm DJing at The Federal once again this Saturday night. Without Halloween or an election or a WXYC webcasting anniversary as a tie-in, I may feel oddly theme-less. But perhaps that's for the best, it'll be nice to try to get back to basics. In lieu of any specific music/DJing details, I'll use this space to plug the new menu at The Federal instead. They just put in a brand new stove a few weeks back and from what I hear their new chef Andy Magowan has been going to town with it. A couple weeks back I had a plate of tasty fried green tomatoes as an appetizer and a pretty amazing main dish of shrimp & tasso (spicy Cajun ham). It was almost as if Crook's Corner had found its way to downtown Durham!
Speaking of Andy Magowan, music fans who were around this area in the mid 1990s may remember him not as a chef but as the bass player for Chapel Hill bands June and The Starry Wisdom Band. Magowan is still playing bass, now with local instrumental sextet Malt Swagger. Malt Swagger's contribution to the new WXYC compilation Bandwidth is one of my favorite songs on the whole CD. "Binger" is a strangely haunting soundtrack-y groove distinguished by its eerie violin sounds and mysterious vibraphone. Download this free mp3 (5.79 MB) and check it out for yourself. I am told that Malt Swagger have a really great double album in the works for next year....if "Binger" is representative of what's to come, I'll definitely be watching out for it.
Posted by Tim at November 12, 2004 01:37 PM
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Binger is excellent! Very original and interesting. Just what I would expect from people who would hang around with Mark Cunningham. Ask him about the Dough Heads, if you ever have the chance.
I will definitely be buying the new Malt Swagger album. Congratulations, Swaggerers, on writing such a cool song! Hope you're proud of yourselves!
Posted by: Verge Manyen at January 1, 2005 07:30 PM