Stomp and Stammer

When they aren’t too busy mocking the recently deceased (google «Ria Pell Stomp and stammer») or the still-​living-​but-​more-​successful (google «Jim Stacy Stomp and stammer»), Jeff Clark and David T. Lindsay and their band of merry men spend their time bitching about creeping socialism in music and cinema. Here is a direct quote from David T. Lindsay’s recent review of «The Nut Job», a computer-​animated kid’s movie:
«Throughout this movie, there’s this cardinal, a small red bird who is always lingering, listening, watching. Sometimes he’s in the background; sometimes he’s perched on Raccoon’s shoulder. And if you take a closer look at his face, between beak and breast his markings distinctly form a pattern of an Old World boxed mustache.
He is the epitome of Joseph Stalin.»
I would recommend it as a last-​ditch toilet paper substitute, but the newsprint might be a little rough for all but the toughest of browneyes. Best to just ignore it until it goes away, like a rash.

About two years ago, I wrote: «The irreverence of [Stomp and Stammer] reminds me of that of Creem Magazine of Detroit of the 1970s and 1980s, but not as silly.»
I have reconsidered. It IS as silly as the old Creem magazine. Quality has remained consistent for about 15 years. Unlike Rolling Stone, the editorial staff take their subject matter seriously, but they don’t take themselves too seriously. And in its own way, it is 20 times more offbeat.

While Stomp and Stammer is a pretty comprehensive guide to Atlanta’s music scene, with a thorough show calendar and decent insight into the band’s that play our fair city, the politics of this publication’s writers are kinda icky (conservative to the point of irritation) and the opinions expressed are overstated (much like the political views, one can only presume) in such a way that it’s pretty blatantly obvious that they just do this to ruffle people’s feathers. It’s a shame, because you can see these guys have taste; they’d just rather spout some nonsense to get a reaction. Oh well. Good thing it’s free.

One of the several free monthly magazines I pick up on a regular basis, S & S is one of the most informative sources for what’s going on in the Atlanta and Athens music scenes. It’s also one of the funniest.
The News Leak section consists of blurbs on various music industry news. I usually bust out laughing everytime I read it. The author pulls no punches. One of my must read sections is David T. Lindsay’s Caught on Film. Somehow, through literary origami, he turns even the most innocent childrens’ film and focus group-​produced Hollywood pulp into reasons to spout anti-​liberal gibberish that is so extreme I can’t tell if it is his real opinion or a brilliant satire of right wing paranoia.
There’s the obligatory concert listings as well as sales charts for local record stores such as Criminal Records and Ella Guru. There’s even listings for television appearances for local artists.