If you missed his reading at the Decatur Library last night, you may be interested in this great ArtsATL Q&A with Decatur poet/musician/visual artist Kodac Harrison, who recently published his first book of poetry and song lyrics titled “The Turtle and the Moon”. Here a neat snippet…

ArtsATL: Did your interest in painting grow out of your interest in poetry and songwriting, or vice versa? How do you see the relationship between the literary and visual arts?

Harrison: For years I have supported my art with house painting, which gave me the freedom to make my art my priority. That is, I could determine my own schedule. I could tour when I wanted to, I could take off to do an interview, a photo shoot, a recording session or whatever, because I worked for myself. In the process I would use one side of a drop cloth for artistic fun and the other for work. I would use washes [watered-down paint] to tint sections of a cloth. If I had an interesting color, I would apply it in different ways to the fun side.

Over the years some of these became very interesting. Still, I was doing it for fun. On my 60th birthday, Sylvia Cross offered to give me a show at the Sycamore Place Gallery in Decatur as a birthday present. I took her up on it and stretched some of my canvases, which really made them jump.

Michael sends this announcement along…

DEF to host benefit concert at Eddie’s Attic

Caroline Herring, Dianne Durrett, Kodac Harrison and Sydney Rhame will perform August 8 at Eddie’s Attic in a first-ever benefit concert for the Decatur Education Foundation. Rhame and Herring will be joined by Harrison at the 5:30 p.m. show and by Durrett at the 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, with tables of four for $100; buy them online at eddiesattic.com. Proceeds go to the Foundation’s ongoing efforts to help Decatur’s children and youth reach their full potential.

You can buy your tickets HERE.

Disclaimer: YankeeMetro is insanely jealous of Kodac Harrison’s accent, and would eagerly sit through a Toyota Mall of Georgia commercial if he provided the voiceover.  “All Camrys and Corrollas on sale…everything must go…”  Ah…pure music.

Anyway, check out this great video intro to Decatur, the Brick Store Pub and “Love at the Pub”, narrated by Kodac, with great insight by Dave and Mike.

h/t: InDecatur

UPDATE: Due to weather, the Love at the Pub street party and book-signing has been moved to Thursday, December 10th. Here’s Mary Jane’s note…

Hello everyone

Due to inclement weather and a host of other factors, the Book Signing Block Party in and around Brick Store Pub has been postponed from this Sunday to:

Thursday December 10

5:00 – 10:00 PM

I am also mindful that too many Decatur folks cannot make it on short notice and that weekends are precious. Now we can make this a REALLY Terrific Thursday.

Going into tonight, Zach reports that they’ve raised near 60% of the money needed to keep Wordsmiths open.

The two night fund-raising event begins this evening with Jack Pendarvis and Sealions and concludes tomorrow with a special appearance by Kodac Harrison.  See the full schedule here.

Best of luck to ya guys!