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OPENING SHOT

Sarah Jaffe at Dan’s Silverleaf on Oct. 6, for the DVD/CD release of The Way SoundLeaves a Room. Photo by David Minton.

For Denton singer-songwriter Jessi James, just about anything that piques her fancy

is fodder for a song. Take her first band, for instance. Novaak, the now-defunct alternative dream-pop project she shared with

Blake Panter, was a nod to one of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous, icy blondes, Kim Novak. Her Novaak tune “Piewacket” is a tribute

to the black cat in another Kim Novak film, Bell Book and Candle. Story by Lucinda Breeding

COVER STORY

NOVEMBER 2011VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3

Courtesy photo/James Forbs

Publisher Bill Patterson

Managing Editor Dawn Cobb

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Features EditorLucinda Breeding 940-566-6877

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Contributing Writers Megan

Radke, Cody Robinson, Alyssa Jarrell

Photographers David Minton,

Leah Gray, Cody Robinson

Designer Rachel McReynolds

On the cover Courtesy photo by

James Forbs

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Reproduction or use, without permission, of

editorial or graphic content in any manner is

prohibited. Little d After Dark is published

monthly by Denton Publishing Company, 314 E.

Hickory St.

opening shot >> 2

good dates >> 4

editor’s note >> 5

try this at home Cellphone holder carved

into a log. >> 6

party people >> 7-9

the alchemist Brain Matter. >> 11

work the room Airlock Studios. >> 16

sketchy stuff >> 19

flavor junkie >> 20

the buzz Caffeine, jams and food. >> 22-

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>> you can come home again Bach Norwood doesn’t have a record to shop around just

yet, but the University of North Texas graduate means to make music worth listening to on repeat. If

that music isn’t exactly jazz, it’ll either be informed by jazz or be its kissing cousin. He’ll be return-

ing to Denton after a long absence for a Nov. 9 show at Dan’s Silverleaf.

cornfed boys and girls A small band of Denton’s most dedicated musicians had been toying

with a local version of the television variety show Hee Haw for years. You read that right. There is a

proud contingent of Denton musicians — some of them not just musicians, but hipsters — who have

fond feelings for that 1970s-era television shown, and plan to produce D Haw in its honor. >> 17

THE ELEMENTS

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NOVEMBER 2011

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MUSIC at Denton venues MUSIC at UNT MUSIC elsewhereSTAGE & SCREEN

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My Peristroika screening, 7

p.m. Free. UNT. The

Wombats, the Postelles,

Static Jacks, 7 p.m. $14.Granada Theater. Brad

Leali Quartet, 7 p.m. Free.Sweetwater Grill &Tavern. The Stone Foxes,

the Mighty Orq, 8 p.m. $8.Dan’s Silverleaf.

James McMurtry, Jason

Isbell and the 400 Unit, 7

p.m. $15. Dan’sSilverleaf. Captured! By

Robots, 10 p.m. $8-$10.Rubber Gloves. Sacco

and Vanzetti, Savage and

the Big Beat, 10 p.m. Free.Simone Lounge.

Don Giovanni, 3 p.m. $15-$35. Lyric Theatre. Dave

Barnes, Andrew Ripp, Levi

Smith, 7 p.m. $16-$27.Granada Theater.

Don Giovanni, 3 p.m. $15-$35. Lyric Theatre.N'Awlins Gumbo Kings

Christmas CD Release Party,

7 p.m. Free. SweetwaterGrill & Tavern. Cafe desArtistes by Sundown

Collaborative Theatre, 8

p.m. $8-$10. GreenSpace Arts Collective.

Hajime Yoshida/Evan Weiss

Quartet, 7 p.m. Free.Sweetwater Grill &Tavern. One O’clock Lab

Band, 8 p.m. $10-$15.Winspear PerformanceHall.

Telegraph Canyon, the

Wheeler Brothers, 10 p.m.

$7-$10. Lola’s.

Thanksgiving Pablo and the Hemphill 7,

Sally Majestic, the Raspas,

10 p.m. $6-$8. Lola’s.

Salim Nourallah, the Apache

5, Kevin Aldridge and the

Appraisers, 10 p.m. $6-$8.Lola’s.

Evidence, music of

Thelonious Monk, 7 p.m.

Free. Sweetwater Grill &Tavern.

UNT Brass Band, 7:30 p.m.

$8-$10. WinspearPerformance Hall.

The Ringy Garcons, 9 p.m.

Banter. Seven O’clock Lab

Band, Six O’clock Lab Band,

9 p.m. $4. UNT. Spooky

Folk, the Migrant, Jacob

Metcalf, 10 p.m. $7. Dan’sSilverleaf.

The Help screening, 7 p.m.

Free. UNT Union.Sweetwater Jazz Quartet fea-

turing Jim Riggs, Neil Slater,

Ron Fink and Lou Carfa, 7

p.m. Free. SweetwaterGrill & Tavern. Youth

Lagoon, Porcelain Raft, 9

p.m. $7-$10. Dan’sSilverleaf.

Fine Arts Series: Sarah

Vowell, 8 a.m. Free-$20.UNT Union. UNT

Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m.

$8-$10. WinspearPerformance Hall. Kate

Voegele, Parachute, 8 p.m.

$15-$18. Dada. Five

O’clock Lab Band, Three

O’clock Lab Band, 9 p.m.

$4. UNT.

Latin Jazz Lab, noon. Free.UNT Union. VanillaFace

Jones, 6 p.m. Love Shack.The Sounds, Natalia Kills,

the Limousines, Kids at the

Bar, 7 p.m. $18. GranadaTheater. Cafe des Artistesby Sundown Collaborative

Theatre, 8 p.m. $8-$10.Green Space Arts Col-lective. Bone Doggie and

the Hickory Street Hellrais-

ers, Levi Cobb and the Big

Smoke, Mockingbyrd

Station, Brumley & Gardner,

9 p.m. $6. Andy’s Bar.

Don Giovanni, 8 p.m. $15-$35. Lyric Theatre. Cafedes Artistes by Sundown

Collaborative Theatre, 8

p.m. $8-$10. GreenSpace Arts Collective.Jesse Dayton, 10 p.m. $10.Dan’s Silverleaf. The

Knux, Jordy Towers, Stella

Rose, 10 p.m. $10-$13.Lola’s. Paul Slavens, 10

p.m. Simone Lounge.

Cafe des Artistes by

Sundown Collaborative

Theatre, 8 p.m. $8-$10.Green Space ArtsCollective. CF Concert

Series: Rhett Miller, Sarah

Jaffe, the O’s, 8 p.m. $25-$75. Granada Theater.The Octopus Project, 8 p.m.

$15-$17. KesslerTheater. Eleven Hundred

Springs, 10 p.m. $10-$13.Lola’s.

Zebras, noon. Free. UNTUnion. Cafe des Artistes by


Theatre, 8 p.m. $8-$10.Green Space ArtsCollective. Morrissey, 8

p.m. $39.50-$49.50.McFarlin Auditorium. The

Von Ehrics, 8 p.m. Andy’sBar. The Dark Side of Oz, 9

p.m. $8. Dan’s Silverleaf.Pterodactyl, 9 p.m. $5-$7.Hailey’s Club. Jacob

Metcalf, the Migrant, Chris

Johnson and Tamara Cau-

ble, 10 p.m. $6-$8. Lola’s.

This Will Destroy You,

Sundress, Botany, 7 p.m.

$15-$25. GranadaTheater. Don Giovanni, 8

p.m. $15-$35. LyricTheatre. Cafe des Artistesby Sundown Collaborative

Theatre, 8 p.m. $8-$10.Green Space ArtsCollective. Indian Jewelry,

Prince Rama, Darktown

Strutters, New Fumes, 9

p.m. $10-$12. RubberGloves. Nicholas Altobelli,

11 p.m. Banter.

Cafe des Artistes by


Theatre, 8 p.m. $8-$10.Green Space ArtsCollective. Pinkish Black,

Vulgar Fashion, 9 p.m. $1-$3. Rubber Gloves.

SUNDAY MONDAY

The Help screening, 7 p.m.

Free. UNT Union. Purity

Ring, Bethan, Peopleodian, 8

p.m. $7-$10. Dada. Tera

Melos, Babar, Roy

Robertson, 9 p.m. $8-$10.Rubber Gloves. Dan

Deacon’s Wham City

Comedy Tour, Paul Slavens,

9 p.m. $7-$10. Dan’sSilverleaf.

Fem Flicks: Body Typed: 3Short Films on Media andPhysical Perfection, 4 p.m.

Free. UNT. Nine O’clock

Lab Band, Eight O’clock Lab

Band, 9 p.m. $4. UNT.

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Here We Go Magic,

Sundress, Matthew and the

Arrogant Sea, Manned

Missiles, Botany, Ethereal

and the Queer Show, 4 p.m.

$15-$17. Hailey’s Club.Stephen Bruton tribute, 7

p.m. $10. Dan’sSilverleaf. Nobunny, Hot

Times, the Stuffies, 9 p.m.

$7-$9. Rubber Gloves.Unraveler, Raging Boner, 10

p.m. $6-$8. Lola’s. Seryn,

Gold Beach, Jessie Frye, 10

p.m. $7-$10. Dan’sSilverleaf.

John Oates, the Treelines,

Robert Gungor, 7 p.m. $22-$24. Hailey’s Club. Tim

Reynolds, TR3, 8 p.m. $15.Dada. The Felice Brothers,

Gill Landry, 10 p.m. $17-$20. Dan’s Silverleaf.Shapes Stars Make, Gold

Beach, 10 p.m. $8-$10.Lola’s. Cory Morrow, 10:30

p.m. $12-$16. Billy Bob’sTexas.

Kyle Redd, 6 p.m. LoveShack. Owen, Baruch the

Scribe, Sammy Strittmatter,

7 p.m. $15-$17. Hailey’sClub. Ra Ra Riot, Delicate

Steve, Yellow Ostrich, 7 p.m.

$16. Granada Theater.Russian Circles, Deaf

Heaven, 8 p.m. $12.Rubber Gloves. Whiskey

Folk Ramblers, the Demigs,

AM Ramblers, 9 p.m. $6.Dan’s Silverleaf. Scrote,

Branden Harper, 10 p.m.

Banter.

Four O’clock Lab Band, Two

O’clock Lab Band, 9 p.m.

$4. UNT. Mates of State,

Generationals, Smile Smile,

7 p.m. $16. GranadaTheater. Fred Eagle Smith,

Brent Best, 8 p.m. $15.Dan’s Silverleaf.

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She’s got brass

L ance Yocom, the head cheese atSpune, knew of Denton’s JessiJames for years when she and

Blake Panter put the band Novaakthrough its paces.

“After seeing the band perform twice, itwas clear Jessi had a great voice andsomething special to offer,” Yocom said.

James is a clever young woman withsophisticated taste and chutzpah. Itwould take some brass — er, ovaries — tojoin producer Roger Greenawalt at Southby Southwest to sing Beatles tunes whilethe producer strummed along on theukulele.

Little d After Dark is mad for thefolksy, earnest music Denton is known forright now. What excites us about James’new solo project, Bethan, is that it bor-rows easy melodies from pop, reticentnuance from chillwave and the literarychops of the beat poets — read our cover

story for yourself to see just how creepythe story of “Katie K” can feel.

— Lucinda Breeding

ALYSSA JARRELL is the woman behindthe Denton blog Pink Antler Cakes. She’san adventurer in the kitchen and is happyto pioneer Little d After Dark’s new FlavorJunkie feature. She’s also enthusiasticabout supporting local businesses. Shelives in Denton with her husband, Ryan.

MEGAN RADKE is obsessed with musicand considers being able to combine musicand journalism nothing short of a dreamcome true. She has a bachelor’s in journal-ism from the University of North Texas,and her feature stories and photos havebeen published in the Denton Record-Chronicle and on MyDallasMusic.com.

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U sually around this time ofyear I get to work on myChristmas list. There was a

time when this meant setting aside morecash than I could spare and setting off toshop for parents, stepparents, siblings,their children, in-laws and friends.

Even for the most thoughtful of shop-pers this means at some point when eithertime or money (or both) runs short, some-one is going to end up with some off-the-shelf bathroom gift set, or one of thoseprewrapped blankets that are really cozybut for some reason only cover half of anormal adult. Not that I’m knocking thosethings. I would not at all be offended ifyou were to give me a bag of peppermint-scented foot care products. I’m sure mywife would appreciate anything thatencourages me to scrub my giant monkeyfeet.

And if you ever find one of those supercozy blankets long enough to cover a tallman while he naps on the couch, let meknow. I am a professional napper and Ilike to keep an eye out for accessories thatcan help me reach new heights.

Anyway, somewhere along the way Ilearned that a more DIY approach to giftgiving was not only less expensive, it ismuch more personal and appreciated.

On a particularly thin year, I foundmyself in the garage two days beforeChristmas with no ideas and very littlecash. I found myself staring at a pile ofoddly shaped firewood. One of the giftshewn from that pile of wood was a littledesktop iPhone stand. All it took was a lit-tle drilling, a little sanding and a finish oftung oil. I liked it so much I made one formy own desk as well.

When giving gifts, keep in mind it reallyis the thought that counts. So while you’remaking your super awesome and person-alized gifts this holiday season, remember:I already have an iPhone stand.

CODY ROBINSON is the production director atthe Denton Record-Chronicle as well as alocal musician. He’s never met a power toolhe couldn’t use or a warranty he couldn’t void.His e-mail address is [email protected].


but please don’t sue me >> by cody robinson

It’s better than bad — it’s good

Don’t hold this up to your ear

Directions

1. Select the piece of wood

you’d like to use. For this exam-ple, I’m using a wedge-shapedpiece of wood meant for barbe-cue smokers. It’s usually a hard-wood like oak or pecan, and willlook good with a tung oil finish.

Grill wood is also usuallyshorter than traditional fire-wood, so it saves you from hav-ing to cut a piece down to size.Try to avoid pinion wood unlessyou prefer that mosquito-candlescent.

2. Take the drill and 3/4-inch

paddle bit and drill four holes (ahalf-inch to 3/4-inch deep)across the top/center of thewood, as close together as youcan get them. Angle the drillslightly to the back so yourphone leans slightly away fromyou when it’s in the stand.

Remember, the average cell-phone is only about 2 1/2 incheswide, so don’t space these holestoo far apart.

3. Use the hammer and chisel to

clean out the excess wood from

between each of those holes. You

should have smooth, straightedges at the front and back anda somewhat flat surface at thebottom. (You’re carving a log; itdoesn’t have to be perfect).

4. Find the approximate center

of the slot you’ve just made for

your phone, and drill anotherhole with the 3/4-inch bit, thistime all the way through to thebottom of the log. Be sure tohave a piece of scrap woodunder your log as you’re drillingthis hole. The bit has to comeout of the other end, and yourcoffee table isn’t the best place tosee what happens when it does.

5. You’ve got a pocketknife,

right? If not, stop what you’re

doing and go buy one. I’ll wait.

You can’t be handy if you can’teven open a package of batterieswithout ruining your semi-re-spectable kitchen knife collection.

OK, here we go. With thepocketknife you’ll need to carvea few finishing touches.

First, sit your phone in thestand. If you can’t push thatnifty button on the front you’llneed to carve a notch in thefront/top of the log for access.

OK, now take the phone backout of it.

Next, take the USB chargingcable, USB end first, and threadit down from the top of the logthrough the hole to the bottom.Where the connector meets yourphone, on either side of the holethrough the center, you’ll needto carve two notches to allowthat end of the connection cableto rest in.

At the bottom of the log, to-ward the back you’ll need tocarve one more notch to allowfor the cable to be under the logwithout keeping it from restingflat on the desktop. Again, takethe cable out before cutting thenotches. Those things aren’tcheap.

6. OK, that wasn’t so hard.

With all of the notches and holesmade, just give the whole log aslight sanding. After that apply alittle tung oil finish to the ragand rub it on the log (or brushon polyurethane if you prefer),then let it dry for a couple ofhours. I usually do two or threecoats, especially on rough wood,but go with your gut.

Materials

small piece of wedge-

shaped firewood

drill

3/4-inch paddle/

spade bit

small wood chisel

a sharp knife/blade

tung oil finish and an

old rag

80-grit sandpaper

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denton harvest festival >> by leah gray



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Credits

Magnum Octopus, Rubber Gloves, June 2011. Photo courtesy of Chris Considine. The HopeTrust, Andy’s Bar, October 2011. Photo by Cody Robinson. Curvette, Hailey’s Club, April 2011.Photo by Cody Robinson.

Magnum Octopus

The Hope Trust

Curvette

little d after dark’s great big shindig >> by david minton

Patio at Dan’s Silverleaf

A crowd gathers on the back patio at Dan’s

The Treelines

Bad Design

Sami Mayfield, left and Lasie Frasier


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The drink 1/3 ounce Irish cream1/3 ounce peppermint schnapps1/3 ounce melon liqueur

Mix melon liqueur and peppermint schnapps inbrandy snifter or any glass with a wide base. PourIrish cream on top.

So you say that sounds disgusting? So you sayyou’d have to be crazy to try it? Well, maybe thisdrink isn’t for you. Maybe this drink is for the wist-ful wanderer sitting beside you, sick of the beer andthe usual cocktails and the candy-colored shots thatlook like they were pissed out by a unicorn on anacid trip. Or maybe this is just the pantry-clearingexperiment for those among us with a few too manymostly empty bottles of liquor. No matter what, it’s aconversation starter — “What the hell are youdrinking?” — and really, ain’t that the point?

Special thanks to bartender extraordinaire Maryover at Dan’s Silverleaf for mixing us up this abomi-nation.

The tunesWhile you’re sipping, listen to these artists: Fergus

& Geronimo (indie pop oddballs who aren’t afraid tomix things up, given their obvious taste for R&B,soul and rock ’n’ roll records of decades past),Warren Jackson Hearne & Le Leek Electrique (darkballads steeped in drama and death, but nowHearne’s gone electric with a rock-solid full bandbehind him, plus horns), New Science Projects

(primitive, foot-stomping rock ’n’ roll descendedfrom the real folk blues, made by a gang smearedwith bloody-looking “war paint” — the most zombi-fied band in town, by far).

Photo by David Minton


F or Denton singer-songwriterJessi James, just about anythingthat piques her fancy is fodder

for a song. Take her first band, for instance.Novaak, the now-defunct alternative dream-popproject she shared with Blake Panter, was a nod toone of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous icy blondes, KimNovak. Her Novaak tune “Pyewacket” is a tribute tothe black cat in another Kim Novak film, Bell Bookand Candle.

James’ latest learning curve has been as steep and exhilarat-ing as Novak’s plunge from the mission belfry in Vertigo. Herlatest project — a solo indie-electronic effort called Bethan —was picked up by Spune, a Dallas-Fort Worth-area recording,booking, production and artist development company thathas a stable of Denton acts on its roster.

“Spune had booked Novaak for shows, and I worked withthem in that capacity for quite a while,” said James, who paysthe bills as a project coordinator for a Dallas web design com-pany. “Last spring I met [Spune head honcho] Lance[Yocom] on a more personal level. It really started fromthere.”

James was born near San Angelo and graduated from theUniversity of North Texas in 2008 with a degree in communi-cations studies. She seems groomed for a respectable, WestTexas-approved path. But music has been a habit, and movieshave given the musician room to risk imagination. Jamestends to get hooked on time periods, and can obsess aboutwomen of the past. At least that’s what her creatively smittenproducer says.

Significant seeds were planted last year at South bySouthwest, the yearly film and music festival in Austin. Shemet music producer Roger Greenawalt, >> Continued on 14

by lucinda breeding >> features editor

Courtesy photo/James Forbs

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Continued from 13 >>

VAGUEIs our heroine creeping down adark hallway? Or is she gettingall subliminal on us in this trackthat tips a hat in PJ Harvey’sdirection? James’ alto is full,and against the lub-dub ofGreenawalt’s synth beat, sexy.“There are no rules/there’s noschool for this,” James half-sings, half-groans. “A kiss isnot a kiss/when somethingdoes not exist, but it hurts likethis/a kiss is not a kiss/like amagic trick gone awry/but Ididn’t die.” Sometimes, thesweetest discoveries are madein dark alleys. The first lady of“Vague” has encounteredsomething troubling. She has-n’t put up her dukes, but shehasn’t run away, either.“Vague” is suspended in thatsplit second before dopaminespikes the medulla and thebrain is doped with adrenaline.Bethan ends with a dare, “cutme/cut me/cut me.”

BAD VALENTINEGreenawalt starts this tunewith simple ukulele notes. Thebass comes in, all down in themouth. Then come theMotown-inspired “whoa-ohs”in pretty three-part harmony.James sings the part of a lonerwith a stalker. “When I see it’syou/on the avenue/Oh, I justwanna hide,” she sings beforebeing more direct. “Sorry for allthe confusion/Baby, don’t mis-understand/You make me sodisillusioned/Just acceptyou’re not my man.”Greenawalt’s echo-chamber,downbeat chords put a spoilon a song that is reminiscentof the Supremes.

KATIE KBethan is very, very happy withKatie, who “got away on aTuesday afternoon.” The up-tempo drums take the song ona sort of bumper-car tripthrough the tune. The heroineof the song has gone crazytrying to look like she’s got herproverbial crap together.Niagara Falls is Katie K’s desti-nation, but whether she getsthere in one piece is up to thelistener to decide.

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAYThis 1950s-inspired beach bal-lad was the product of freeassociating, James said. But itseems to be plucked straightfrom the fussy air in our bustedeconomy, lyric-wise. “Thesearch for meaning/is mean-ingless/stress for nothing/andlose it all anyway,” Jamessings while a sleepy promdoo-wop band shuffles behindher. It’s more mournful than“Earth Angel,” with the reverbwe’ve heard in Foster thePeople’s “Pumped Up Kicks.”Bethan sees “roses on thetable and chocolate in yourmouth/You had enough and itall goes south,” and ends witha repeat of — is this a threat ora promise? — “I’ma sendmoney through your finger-tips.”

Track for track: Chapter 1:Sounds like: Sandra Dee ditched the Big Kahuna and went off to meet her own needs and make her own damned mistakes. A threatening surf might be included, but Bethan is notthe sweetheart we reckoned on, and this is no sappy soundtrack for Tammy Tell Me True.

who is credited for discovering BenKweller and who worked with the Pierces.Greenawalt was in Austin to do a repeatof his famous musical marathon, “TheBeatles Complete on Ukulele.” The feat ofendurance lines up roughly 60 singers tohelp strum and sing through the 185-songBeatles catalog. James met Greenawaltthrough a mutual friend, Jazz Mills ofCowboy and Indian.

“I was singing in an unofficial show, andRoger heard me,” James said. “I ended upsinging three songs for his ukulele per-formance.”

Greenawalt said that of all the musi-cians who sang for his Beatles show atSXSW, James was a standout.

“She was my favorite,” he said. “Sheblew me away. She was poised, confident,attractive. I liked her look. She was rock-ing black leather, which is different thanwhat she’s doing these days. But I wantedto spend more time with her, wanted tohear her sing some more.”

“After he heard me sing, he said, ‘If youhappen to be in New York, let me know,’”James said. “Well, I was in New York for aweek that September. We wrote five songstogether that week.”

start out as one thing and end up anotherby the time we were finished. ‘BadValentine’ is the most personal of thesongs we did. He sat down with theukulele and said, ‘Sing something,’ andwhat came out was ‘Bad Valentine.’”

Greenawalt called the pair’s time in thestudio fun. He found James’ exactingnature a creative turn-on, too.

“I like her quality control,” he said. “Shewon’t let anything through unless it’sgood. She’s a real tough cookie. There’s noway she’s going to say everything’s won-derful. She listens to everything and if shedoesn’t think it’s good, it’s not going onthe record.”

James insists that she’s not a story-telling sort of songwriter, but she’s got aknack for theater. There’s still a hint ofHitchcockian intrigue in her persona, stillthe vintage dresses and precise black eye-liner in the singer’s latest press photos.But there’s a fresh new bohemian free-dom, too. The same nostalgia blends withthe same brooding poet influence in allfour tracks available for curious fans.

Bethan bills its sound as alternativenoir, or melodrama. Its foundation is elec-tronic. Deep blips are offset by bell andchime effects.

“That’s just what I >> Continued on 19

Greenawalt pressed James to get lyricson the page quickly, and for his part, hewasted no time making “abstract, littleelectronic” sound pictures or starting toplay and pushing James to just startsinging.

“Roger’s not some kid exploring,” Jamessaid. “He’s a seasoned professional.”

Greenawalt said working fast andintensely is his method.

“I look at it as a practice. Like a doctor,”he said. “A surgeon doesn’t do surgerybecause he’s inspired to do it. It’s what asurgeon does. He looks at it like, ‘Today,we’re doing surgery.’ I think that you get towork and four or five hours later, youshould have a song at the end of it. Andthen maybe do it again after dinner. It’s apractice.”

One of the songs they wrote was“Vague.” Before they settled in to work,James and Greenawalt went to an operato get the creative juices going.

“When we got together and started talk-ing about how I write, I told him that I’mkind of vague,” James said. “I’m very open-minded about what I write, and I wasreally nervous about writing for him, andto perform. A lot of my writing tends to beabstract. I’m not going to have a life expe-rience and regurgitate it as a story.Usually, I want to communicate one idea,one feeling. So I told him a lot of time it’sdifficult to communicate because all of myideas are kinda vague. Roger stood me infront of a microphone and said, ‘Startsinging.’”

The track was named “Vague” andseethes with the kind of frustration thatcomes from undefined relationships andthe sting of unfulfilled, unrequited yearn-ings.

Where Novaak’s sound traded on sur-prising dissonance (think Tori Amos’ psy-chotic break via piano on “Icicle”) book-ended by positively pretty vocal phrases,Bethan’s music has a surer footing — andstronger melodies — but is bathed in abrooding nostalgia. Greenawalt’s affinityfor the Beatles is evident, but he letsJames define the emotional and psycho-logical tenor of the songs.

“It all happened extremely organically,”James said. “The song structures would

BETHAN ON STAGE10 p.m. Oct. 28 at Dan’s Silverleaf. Doorsat 9 p.m. With Xanopticon and headlinerZola Jesus. $12-$15. Nonsmoking venue.danssilverleaf.com, spune.com/bethan,facebook.com/bethanmusic,facebook.com/novaakmusic


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bach norwood >> by lucinda breeding

Bach Norwood doesn’t have arecord to shop around justyet, but the University of

North Texas graduate means to makemusic worth listening to on repeat.

If that music isn’t exactly jazz, it’ll eitherbe informed by jazz or be its kissing cousin.

“I’ll tell you this: I’m not doing this forthe money,” Norwood said by phone fromNew Orleans. “I’m doing this because Ihave to. That said, the best thing I can dois connect with an audience. As an artist, Iwalk that line of reaching people and sat-isfying my own artistic — what’s theword? — kind of like a need, or a want ordesire. I’m walking that line between con-necting with the audience and growingmy own creativity.”

Norwood earned a degree in bass per-formance from UNT’s jazz studies pro-gram. He spent time in sweat-inducingclasses that attract some of the best emer-ging jazz musicians in the world. He sangbass with Paris Rutherford’s Jazz Singersfor two semesters. But before coming toDenton to study at UNT, Norwood stud-ied classical trumpet for three years at col-lege in Monroe, La.

“I was three years into a performancedegree, and I was frustrated with the pro-gram in classical music as it was presentedto me,” Norwood said. “We all reach thisbeautiful, round, shimmering sound, likethe principal trumpet player of theChicago Symphony. I got frustrated withthat. I needed something more, and I wasgetting into jazz.

“They let me borrow an upright bass.When I started in with the upright, I wasalready gigging. I enjoyed it so much.”

Singing has been a lifelong passion. Nor-wood’s father was a voice major, and he hadNorwood in boys’ choir when he was 10.

“I sang soprano. And I kept singing,” hesaid.

Norwood did his share of performingaround Denton while he was here, andwas a regular on the stage at Dan’sSilverleaf. One of his most memorablegigs at Dan’s was a Chet Baker tributewith Drew Phelps on upright bass, SteveHarlos on piano and Evan Weiss on trum-pet.

When he returns for the Denton show,Norwood said he plans to accompany

himself on upright bass along with agroup of musicians who will make up theBach Norwood Group. He’s lined upWeiss on trumpet and Jaleun Washingtonon drums, and is still looking for a pianist.

“Drew is an amazingly talented bassist.I just want to try playing while I sing.Yeah, that’s not something you see thatoften. Esperanza Spalding is doing that,and Sting did it,” Norwood said.

The musician had moved to Brooklyn inFebruary (“It seems like if you’re serious

about jazz, you have to get up there atsome point.”) just when the region was hitwith record ice storms. Norwood endedup camping on a friend’s couch when thesnows came. Gigs opened in Louisiana,and Norwood left all his worldly posses-sions in Brooklyn to take shows around

the South. Norwood hopes to get as much instruc-

tion out of performance as he can. Nowthat he’s parlaying his first-rate music edu-cation into a career, he said he’s looking atperformance as a whole new laboratory.Instead of drilling technique or testing hisabilities as an arranger, he’s studying audi-ences. He said he’s found that audiencesrespond when musicians honor theirtraining but take risks.

“There’s an art, I think, to the program-ming side of performing,” he said. “There’san art to how you present what you’ve got.I liken it to classical dramatic art. ... It’salmost like doing a really good movie orplay or even a little TV show. The moreyou do this, the more you you can do thiskind of thing on the fly. I live for thosemoments.

“If you call something out of the orderor out of the book, it can be really beauti-ful. And when you’re playing with musi-cians of this caliber and they can followthe magic of the moment and read theaudience, it’s the best.”

Norwood said he looks forward to beingback on the Denton stage.

“When I play Dan’s, there will be moremusicians in the audience than most ofthe places I play — and that’s nice for me,”Norwood said. “In Denton, you canstretch out a little and know that there arepeople who appreciate the more demand-ing things you do. I do have somearrangements that are harder to play andprobably couldn’t do them if I wasn’t play-ing with such fabulous musicians.”

For the musician, the audience is king. “All these avenues of performance that

point toward authenticity are important,”he said. “You can’t be self-conscious.You’re more convincing as a singer whenyou’re outside yourself.

“Now, connecting with a hard-core jazzaudience — that’s different. They wantyou to risk things. They like surprises.Sometimes, I’ll be on a festival stage, and Inotice I play differently there. I changewhat I do to suit the audience.”

LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached at 940-566-6877 or [email protected].

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T ucked away among warehous-es and storage spaces, AirlockStudios might be a bit difficult

to find, but is a new venue worth atten-tion. With walls decorated with sidewalkchalk, and lined with recliners and couch-es, the comfortable “house show” feel can’tbe ignored. The goal was to give Denton aplace where musicians and people cancome together without cost being a factor.

This rehearsal space turned venue wasthe brainchild of the Demigs frontmanChris Demiglio, whose studio is next doorto Airlock. The space is supported byother prominent figures in Denton music,including Charlie Hunter, founder of I

Love Math Records. “The Demigs had issues with booking

shows around town so they wanted theirown space. I Love Math had been doing afew DIY shows, so this place just worked,”Hunter said.

Hunter had noticed the house show

scene in Denton was beginning to die off,and hopes Airlock can help bring it back.

One aspect of Airlock that sets it apartfrom other area venues is the concept ofrecording every song played during eachlive show. Shady Lane and Dang! Studios,run by members of the Demigs andHolden Caulfield’s Revenge, have joinedforces to run sound, as well as a recordingstation, during each set. Each band isgiven one of its songs for free, but has theoption to purchase more for a small fee.

Demiglio hopes that the free songs maybe used later for venue promotion efforts,but insists that all recorded material willbe used only at the artists’ discretion.

Airlock’s also rare in that it doesn’t havecover charges, all shows are BYOB and areopen to any genre.

“As long as it isn’t pop-country,” Huntersaid, laughing.

Demiglio agrees, saying that there isn’tone specific band that Airlock hopes toattract in the future.

“We’d like to get some more well-knownbands in to play shows. That would helpthe lesser-known acts get more exposure,”Demiglio said. “A lot of booking agentsand venues aren’t going to book them, sowe just want to try and help them out.The more exposure, the better.”

Airlock has two shows under its belt sofar, featuring artists such as Spooky Folk’sKaleo Kaualoku and Jesse Perry, as well asSea Lion and Peopleodian. Hunter saidthat the first shows drew about 150patrons, and hopes that by bookingaround five acts for each upcoming gig,that number will keep growing.

Airlock’s next show will be Nov. 19.

MEGAN RADKE is a University of North Texasjournalism graduate who’s obsessed withmusic. She lives in Dallas.

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Going ‘yee-haw’ for ‘D Haw’’Tain’t no cornfield, but it’ll do: Local musicians to produce homage to TV show

A small band of Denton’s mostdedicated musicians hadbeen toying with a local ver-

sion of the television variety show HeeHaw for years.

You read that right. There is a proudcontingent of Denton musicians — someof them not just musicians, but hipsters —who have fond feelings for a 1970s-era tel-evision shown remembered chiefly for thecast popping up out of a fake cornfieldand bellowing “HEE HAW!”

“Oh yeah,” co-producer and musicianGeorge Neal said. “A lot of us really lovedthat show, and I think the music we sawon the show is definitely one of our influ-ences.”

Neal confessed that, as a kid, he likedthe comedy sketches more than he

enjoyed the music. The sketches madeample usage of Southern-fried stereotypes— from the straw-hat-wearing, hay-between-the-teeth yokel to the ditsy,drawling and bleached-blond rodeoqueen.

“As I got older, that flip-flopped,” Nealsaid. “I got way more into the music thanthe sketches.”

Fellow co-producer Joe Cripps joinedNeal in rounding up friends to make a

comedy writing team. The idea? To lov-ingly skewer Denton culture — from localpolitics to the oft uber-serious Dentonmusician.

“The humor is going to be gentle,” Nealsaid. “We’re here to entertain and to raisemoney for the United Way.”

Should the show sell out for all threeperformances, Neal said D Haw couldmake up to $12,000 for the United Wayof Denton County, which in turn fundslocal nonprofits that specialize in health,education and human services.

The lineup includes: Danny Balis asMerle Haggard, Lara Campbell as DollyParton, Cripps as Glen Campbell, WillieDees as Grandpa Jones, Chris Flemmonsas Roger Miller, Warren Jackson Hearneas Johnny Cash, Kody Jackson as WaylonJennings, Chris Welch as Don Williams,and George Neal as Kenny Rogers, with

appearances by George Dunham andIsaac Hoskins. Ryan Thomas Becker willlead the house band.


D HAWA Denton-centric version of the 1970s-era variety show Hee Haw, performed bylocal musicians, actors and writers. 6 and 9 p.m. Nov. 19 and 5 p.m. Nov.20, at Dan’s Silverleaf, 103 Industrial St.Proceeds go to United Way of DentonCounty. Tickets are $20, and go on saleat dhaw.org on Nov. 1.

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like,” James said. “I like music with a bit ofdarkness, a bit of an edge. There are nolive drums on the recording, and this is allbeing translated into the live set, throughinstrumentation — guitar, drums andbass.”

In the live set, Fox and the Bird mem-ber (and James’ boyfriend) Daniel Hall isplaying the musical saw — a handheldlumber saw played with a bow drawnacross the teeth — and a glockenspiel.James also plays kazoo live — but not forcomedic effect, thanks.

Greenawalt said they recorded enoughfor an album, but isn’t sure if the bestcourse of action is to release six songsevery nine months.

“Maybe that’s a better way, you know?Stay in touch [with the fan base] insteadof doing an album every other year. I’mnot sure what the right dosage is for musicthese days,” he said.

It’s a fair enough idea for a man whocompares his marathon Beatles perform-ances with “a kind of Christian suffering,”and clearly a way for him to continue col-laborating with a young artist who exciteshim.

“The whole enterprise is around a star,”Greenawalt said. “If there’s no star, I don’tcare. What I do is to make that star shineas much as possible to as many people aspossible. Besides that, always talkingabout that is my job. For me, it’s what I doevery day with people. She’s beautiful, andshe’s a beautiful person. That’s really themost inspirational place to be for me. Areyou doing your favorite thing with yourfavorite person? Because you’re hangingout with someone you want to spendmore time with. And I want to spendmore time with her and work with hermore. The bad part of this is that she livesin Texas. She can’t be in New York but ashort time here and there.”

James and Greenawalt finished record-ing in June under the working titleChapter 1:, but Spune hasn’t announced arelease date. (Bethan’s Bandcamp.compage said a recording was coming inNovember, but by mid-October, the pagehad been updated with a January release.Yocom said no date has been decided.)

“At this stage of the game, I gotta gig,”James said. “I gotta get out there. Peopledon’t know who I am right now. I’d hateto have something people weren’t expect-ing. I think people are more likely to buymerch when they’ve seen you and are alljazzed up, you know?”



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Fall flavors are a personal favoriteof mine. You get to experimentwith spices and take on the chal-

lenge using seasonal produce and flavorsthat evoke in us childhood memories offall.

Typical flavors like apple, cinnamon,caramel, maple and pumpkin remind usof fall festivals and setting the holidaytable and baking with friends and family.Just the thought of apple cider makes mewant to don a sweater and grab a scarf.

But in reality, I sometimes tire of applesand cinnamon, and I just get sick of peo-ple finding odd new ways for us to experi-ence pumpkin.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m the first to lineup for a pumpkin spice latte. It’s notThanksgiving without pumpkin pie. Andpumpkin soup is a family favorite in thewinter.

Let’s be real, though: Is pumpkin raviolireally necessary?

So this year, let’s shoot for something alittle different to share with friends andfamily. Let’s go beyond pies and cakes andcookies and traditional holiday fare. Let’sget creative with breakfast — the mostimportant meal of the day — and focus onthe oft-forgotten but always tasty flavorsof bacon and maple.

That’s right. A new breakfast must havesomething for us to slow down and savorwith friends and family this holiday sea-son, a tasty new scone that satisfies crav-ings for both the sweet and the savory.

Maple is great on its own, but let’s faceit: Bacon makes everything that muchbetter. And while some people aren’t hipto the idea of bacon in a baked good, thissoft and flavorful scone will change theminds of naysayers in the first bite.

I like to enjoy my scones with coffeebrewed with a French press, preferablythe Indonesian roast by Bookish Coffee. Ilove that Bookish is roasted locally.

And if you really want to earn the best-guest award when visiting family this holi-day season, whip up a batch of thesescones and order an extra pound of coffeeto give to your hosts. They’ll appreciatethe extra tasty breakfast that they don’thave to get up and prepare for you, andthey’ll love the caffeine boost after toomany of Uncle Jim’s bad political jokes.

Makes 12-16 servings.Bookish Coffee can be purchased online

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Bacon maple scones3 1/4 cups flour1/3 cup brown sugar2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon cinnamon3/4 cups cold butter1 cup buttermilk1 teaspoon vanilla5-6 strips cooked bacon, crumbled2 tablespoons of melted butter course sugar for sprinkling

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In largebowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Cutin cold butter until it forms coarsecrumbs. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla.Fold in bacon crumbles. Turn onto a light-ly floured surface and knead gently. Dividein half and pat into two circles, each about1 inch in height. Brush with melted butterand sprinkle with coarse sugar. Cut eachcircle into 6 or 8 wedges. Bake at 425 for12-14 minutes. Top with maple glaze.

Maple glaze1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract3 tablespoons water1 cup powdered sugar

Combine syrup, vanilla and powderedsugar and stir until combined. Based onthe consistency of the glaze, add water onetablespoon at a time and stir — if youaccidentally add too much, just add a bitmore powdered sugar. Continue to stiruntil desired consistency is reached. Pourover scones and enjoy.

ALYSSA JARRELL is an adventurer in the kitchen who enjoys giving her culinary cre-ations to family and friends. Her website ispinkantlercakes.com.

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The Abbey Underground 100 W. Walnut St. 940-565-5478.

Andy’s Bar 122 N. Locust St. 940-565-5400.

Art Six Coffee House 424 Bryan St. 940-484-2786.

Banter 219 W. Oak St. 940-565-1638.

Cafe Du Luxe 3101 Unicorn Lake Blvd. 940-382-7070.

Cool Beans 1210 W. Hickory St. 940-382-7025.

Crazy Horse Saloon 508 S. Elm St. 940-591-0586.

Dan’s Silverleaf 103 Industrial St. 940-320-2000.

Frilly’s Seafood Bayou Kitchen 1925 Denison St. 940-243-

2126.

Fry Street Public House 125 Ave. A. 940-323-9800.

Fry Street Tavern 121 Ave. A. 940-383-2337.

The Garage 113 Ave. A. 940-383-0045.

The Greenhouse 600 N. Locust St. 940-484-1349.

Hailey’s Club 122 W. Mulberry St. 940-323-1160.

J&J’s Pizza 118 W. Oak St. 940-382-7769.

The LABB 218 W. Oak St. 940-293-4240.

Love Shack 115 E. Hickory St. 940-442-6834.

Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair 1125

E. University Drive, Suite 107. 940-566-9910.

Mad World Records 115 W. Hickory St. 940-591-3001.

Rockin’ Rodeo 1009 Ave. C. 940-565-6611.

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios 411 E. Sycamore St. 940-

387-7781.

Simone Lounge 222 W. Hickory St., Suite 104. 940-387-

7240.

Sweetwater Grill & Tavern 115 S. Elm St. 940-484-2888.

UNT College of Music music.unt.edu

UNT Dance and Theatre danceandtheatre.unt.edu

UNT on the Square untonthesquare.unt.edu

Winspear Performance Hall, Murchison Performing Arts

Center thempac.com

Texas Woman’s University Theatre twu.edu/drama

Dada, Dallas dadadallas.com

Granada Theater, Dallas granadatheater.com

House of Blues, Dallas houseofblues.com/dallas

Kessler Theater, Dallas thekessler.org

McFarlin Auditorium, Dallas smu.edu/mcfarlin

Palladium Ballroom, Dallas thepalladiumballroom.com

Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth billybobstexas.com

Lola’s, Fort Worth lolasfortworth.com

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� � � ART SIX COFFEE HOUSE 424

Bryan St. 940-484-2786. facebook.com/art

sixcoffeehouse

� � BIG MIKE’S COFFEE HOUSE 1306

W. Hickory St. 940-383-7478. bigmikescoffee

shop.com

� BULGOGI HOUSE 408 North Texas

Blvd. 940-382-8060.

� CENTRAL GRILL 1005 Ave. C. 940-323-

9464.

� � COOL BEANS 1210 W. Hickory St.

940-382-7025. facebook.com/coolbeans

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� � CUPS AND CREPES 309 Fry St. 940-

387-1696.

� EL PARIENTE 2532 Louise St. 940-380-

1208.

� FERA’S 1407 W. Oak St. 940-382-9577.

� � FRY STREET PUBLIC HOUSE 125

Ave. A. 940-323-9800. publichousedenton.com

� � FRY STREET TAVERN 121 Ave. A.

940-383-2337.

� THE GARAGE 113 Ave. A. 940-383-

0045. thedentongarage.com

� HOOYA! 1007 Ave. C. 940-381-0272.

� KATZ’S HAMBURGERS 901-A Ave. C.

940-442-6200.

� LUCKY LOU’S 1207 W. Hickory St. 940-

484-5550. luckylousdenton.com

� MR. CHOPSTICKS 1633 Scripture St.

940-382-5437.

� � NARANJA CAFE 906 Ave. C. Suite

100. 940-483-0800.

� NEW YORK SUB-HUB 906 Ave. C. 940-

383-3213.

� RASOI, THE INDIAN KITCHEN 1002

Ave. C. 940-566-6125. dentonindianfood.com

� RIPROCKS 1211 W. Hickory St. 940-382

3231.

� � ROCKIN’ RODEO 1009 Ave. C. 940-

565-6611. rockinrodeodenton.com

� SUKHOTHAI II RESTAURANT 1502 W.

Hickory St. 940-382-2888.

� SUSHI CAFE 1401 W. Oak St. 940-380-

1030.

� TJ’S PIZZA WINGS & THINGS 420 S.

Carroll Blvd., Suite 102. 940-383-3333.

tjspizzadenton.com

� 299 ORIENTAL EXPRESS 1000 Ave. C.

940-383-2098.

� JIMMY JOHN’S 107 Ave. A. 940-484-

5466.

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