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5:39 PMAt Least The Beach Boys Give a Damn... [10/12/2008 09:10:00 PM]:
Okay, so I stand corrected; my dad told me today that one of his all-time favorite bands, The Beach Boys, is actually coming to Galveston -- not just Houston, but Ground Zero G-Town -- to play a benefit concert for Ike survivors (by way of the United Way of Galveston) on Saturday, November 1st at Moody Gardens (which, thankfully, appears to have mostly survived the hurricane intact).
They're playing with a local band I've never heard of called The Coastliners, and no, I sincerely doubt Brian Wilson will be in attendance himself (for Beach Boys afficionados, this is apparently Mike Love & Bruce Johnston, plus a bunch of side guys that includes one of The Cowsills), but the hell with it -- this is very cool. They may not be the biggest band in the universe these days, but I seriously respect the fact that they're coming to help our neighbors down the freeway out. Tickets are $20 for lawn seats or $45 for "premium seating," which I'm assuming means closer to the stage. The show's organizers are also encouraging concert attendees to bring non-perishable food items, and according to the news the Red Cross will be on hand, too, if you want to help out that way -- every little bit helps... Labels: H-Town News, Ike News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
This Weekend, Part 3: The Small(-er) Stuff Still Rocks [10/10/2008 09:24:00 PM]:
Okay, so now I feel a little bad for the hoopla over the "big" stuff going on this weekend, because it's seriously overshadowing some truly deserving "little" stuff. Some of which is, uh, almost certainly going on as I type this...sorry 'bout that (I'm on Solo Dad duty tonight, so y'know). Anyway, without further ado:
Fri., October 10:
Sideshow Tramps/Buxton/Molly and the Ringwalds @ The Continental Club
Cat Power/Appaloosa/DJ FREDster (aftershow) @ Warehouse Live
Good Night Goddess/The Goods @ Fitzdown
Laurie Anderson @ Cullen Theatre
WestFest After Party, featuring The Flaming Hellcats, Wasted, Andrew Lee, & The Psychedelic Sex Panther @ 2222 Morgan (8PM, $5)
Citizen Cope @ Verizon Wireless Theater
500 Megatons of Boogie/Wicked Poseur/data versus data @ The Mink
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This Weekend, Part 2: Rock the Boat Ike Benefit (+ Bonus Where's-The-Love? Rant) [10/10/2008 03:49:00 PM]:
Okay, so a while back I got a very nice email from the folks at Nauset Concepts, asking us to list their upcoming "Rock the Vote" show slated for this coming Sunday, October 12th, during the run-up to the election next month. "No prob!," we said, cheerily adding the show to Ye Olde Grand List o' Shows and moving on, figuring we'd point to it and blather a bit as the date got closer.
Then, of course, Ike hit. Everybody's least favorite hurricane threw our fair city into such disarray that some areas still don't have power, even three(?) weeks on from the storm's actual landfall. (Glad to see the folks at Skyline are apparently back up & running for the 2nd(!) time...) There's no question that there're still a ton of people in serious need of help, in spite of all the generous stuff Houstonians have been doing to help out. To that end, the crew putting on the "Rock the Vote" deal decided to shift gears somewhat and focus not on the political crap everybody's getting sick of but on the real-live practical day-to-day stuff people right here need right now. So "Rock the Vote" morphed into -- dum-da-de-dum -- Rock the Boat, a full-fledged benefit concert to help out victims of Hurricane Ike. And y'know, while I'm all for folks getting out to vote -- I do honestly believe it's a responsibility and not just a right -- right now the "Rock the Boat" plan seems a whole lot more critical. Plus, on top of cool, goodhearted local folks like Pale, Morgue City (whose debut CD I bought a while back and still need to get into the CD player...argh), Deep Ella, Paris Green, Straightfork, and Laidlaw, the lineup now includes -- holy fucking shit! -- P.M. Dawn. As in "P.M. Dawn, one of the trippiest, strangest, mellowest hip-hop acts ever, who totally blew me away back when I was a kid." Yeah, that P.M. Dawn. Truthfully, it appears that it's only half of the group, Doc G, but fuck it -- half of a great band is better than none of a great band. Oh, and there's also auctions of Astros stuff, a guitar signed by Kid Rock, etc., to try to raise as much money as possible.
[Warning: Rant Mode Engaged] Stepping beyond that, even, why couldn't at least one of the big-namers who cancelled their scheduled Houston show to pass us by, even though it was long after the storm blew itself out (Nelly & Brad Paisley, I'm looking at both of you), say, "Y'know what? I know there're some difficulties with putting on the show, but these people need some help. So let's do this -- we'll still do the show, and all the proceeds go to help out people who've lost their homes and possessions in this tragedy. I want to help, even if it puts a teeny-tiny crimp in my tour profits." Would that have been that hard? Houston, Galveston, and the surrounding areas just got whomped by the third-worst hurricane in history, and it feels like we've been kicked to the curb. I love New Orleans dearly, yes, and I'm glad the country rallied to help out the people hit by Katrina, but I'm a little bitter that the Texas Gulf Coast didn't get a televised benefit show -- where were Kanye and Faith Hill when Gilchrist got erased & the Strand got deluged head-high with water? There were Katrina benefits starting literally days after the damage was done; help for Ike victims, on the other hand, now seems like an afterthought.
George Bush may not care about black people, but apparently nobody gives a shit about Houstonians. Except us, that is (and P.M. Dawn, bless 'em). So, since it's up to us, let's get on out this weekend and help ourselves, our friends & family, and our neighbors out. Aaaaaanyway. The details you need: Sunday, October 12th @ The Meridian. The doors open at 4PM, and the show goes 'til 10PM, with tickets for $10. Oh, and all the proceeds go to the Bush-Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund, which started out back in '05 to help out people hit by Katrina and has now shifted towards supporting those on the Gulf Coast affected by Ike. If nobody else is gonna help us out, we've got to do it for ourselves. Labels: H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Random Rambling, Things To Do gaijin || Link || E-mail || 2 comments
This Weekend, Part 1: Westfest! [10/09/2008 11:50:00 PM]:
Yes, the coming weekend is shaping up to be the best one we've seen in a while, and a large, large, large part of that is because of, yes, the Energizer Bunny of local music/etc. festivals, Westfest, aka the Westheimer Block Party, which is set to explode this Saturday, October 11th. With each one of these things they throw, the Free Press Houston gang seems to go bigger & better, and this one promises to be no exception to that trend.
How can you go wrong, really, when you pile roughly 80% of the best damn bands in town on one intersection in Montrose and let people witness the whole damn thing for pretty much no dollars? (Okay, so the "big" closeout show inside Numbers with Austinites Voxtrot and local luminaries The Jonbenet, Bring Back The Guns, Satin Hooks, B L A C K I E, Lisa's Sons, Something Fierce, and Antenna Inn, is $12, but the festival itself is free.) It's like the intersection of Taft & Westheimer becomes this giant whirlpool of all the best, most badass music in the city, so all you really need to do is meander around & soak it all in. I'm not going to try to cover the whole damn schedule here -- the schedule & map're below -- but here're my recommendations, in somewhat-arbitrary order:
Bands I Desperately Need to Finally Check Out Live:
Bands I've Seen Before Who Rule:
Bands I'm Kinda Curious About or Need to See Again:
Damn, between those three lists, it's looking like, um, I'm gonna need a clone. Whoa. Apologies to the bands I didn't list someplace or another -- most of 'em I just wasn't familiar with, even to wonder about. Anyway, there it is; want a crash course in almost all that's good with/in the H-town scene (I see no Teenage Kicks, Bright Men of Learning, or Stadium on the bill, for three, and the only ska band I could pick out was resurrected old-timers O'Doyle Rules, who I'm glad to see live again)? This is where you need to be, y'all. And, as promised, the relevant time/place info:
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Save Your Scene: Bandcamp, Coming Up [10/07/2008 03:29:00 PM]:
Got a friendly email about this pre-Ike, but then it got swept to the side by all the storm winds & having no electricity at the house & yadda, yadda. Sorry about that, you guys! I swear I meant to post about it earlier on...
At any rate, the deal is that the three guys (Matthew Wettergreen, Ian Wells, & Philip Beck) who do the Revelry Report show on KTRU (6-7PM on Fridays) are organizing an event they're calling Bandcamp, which is meant to be a conference of sorts on the myriad problems/difficulties facing local musicians/bands and the H-town scene as a whole, with the end goal of, y'know, actually fucking doing something about it. The guys are planning discussions on all kinds of scene-/music-related stuff, workshops on promoting your band, instructional stuff on making the most of your studio time, and general meeting and greeting of (hopefully) everybody and anybody involved in this mess. I know, I know -- this has been done before, with the get-togethers Ian Varley used to do (that've since passed on to Gina over at SugarHill), and probably other similar things besides that I can't dredge up out of my memory, but I'm extremely impressed with the Revelry guys' focus on actual, real results from this. Discussions about what's wrong and what's not are great, but I think it's going to be very useful for a lot of musicians to check out the workshops on booking, promoting, merchandising, etc. -- hell, I would've killed to go to something like that back when I was in a band. Plus, at the end of the whole shebang, the goal is to pull together a set of recommendations, questions, and what-have-you to take to the city and see if things can be improved. These guys correctly recognize that in other major metropolitan areas with burgeoning scenes (Austin, S.F., Portland, etc., etc.), the cities themselves are just as big a booster as any local mag or blog, if not moreso. In all-business Houston, though, the definition of "The Arts" seems to generally end at the theatrical and visual, with only opera and classical music (and maybe country) being included in the pile. That's got to change if our diverse, multi-tentacled H-town scene is ever to get real recognition elsewhere. Thinking about it, hell, I can't believe it hasn't been taken to the City Council before now. (Maybe it has? I dunno...) Hrm. I feel like I'm probably forgetting something, so I'm going to go ahead and plug in the manifesto the guys sent me, just to cover all the bases:
In the wake of these articles by multiple writers in Houston about the general dissarray of the Houston Music Scene we want to hold an open discussion/forum/conference to address some of the root problems. We'd like to open up discussion about the state of the Houston music scene and take steps towards rebooting and re-energizing the Houston music scene by teaching bands how to tour, merchandise, promote themselves on and offline, obtain licensing deals, etc. We're going to attempt to address all the things that go into running a successful band by inviting Houston bands that have expertise with one or more of these facets as well as inviting experts from around the nation to fly in. Another thing that we'd like to address is getting national awareness of the Houston music scene to those who don't pay attention because currently it's just a sleeping giant but we can all change that. The final goal is to begin a dialogue with the City of Houston on how they can provide more aid or support for musicians, similar to cities like Austin. Dan Workman (of Sugar Hill Studios) is on a City of Houston committee that addresses these specific questions and is going to go back to them with directives and suggestions. And now, the ever-crucial details: Sunday, October 19th (it was originally scheduled for last month, but that damn Ike guy screwed things up there, too...), 12PM-5PM, at the Caroline Collective on the outskirts of downtown (4820 Caroline, to be precise). Oh, and it's free; all you've gotta do is register on the Bandcamp wiki site. (You can also check out who all else is registered & see the possible sessions there, too.) Now, obviously, this ain't gonna work a bit if nobody shows up. So, if you A) give a damn at all about the continued survival and/or hopeful progression upwards of the Houston music scene, B) are fumbling around in the dark trying to figure out how to promote your band on your own w/no guidance, or C) just want to hang with the bright musical lights of this city, you need to just fucking go. Seriously. What've you got to lose, a couple hours on a Sunday? Houston is absolutely poised to become well-known nationally and beyond, and if those of us involved can figure out what we can do to push it forwards, I'd say it's well worth the time spent. Labels: Admin Stuff, Free Stuff, H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
SPIN Gives Some Love (Courtesy of the Houston Press) [10/07/2008 02:31:00 PM]:
While I'll freely admit I could generally give a crap about what SPIN publishes -- no offense to the mag, but I barely have enough bandwidth to read all the junk I already read, so I have to limit the music mag-ness to CMJ NMM -- I'm stoked as hell to see said big-time magazine devoting a whole two-page spread to my adopted hometown. (Scroll almost all the way to the bottom of the right-hand navigation thingy to see it.)
Houston Press Music Editor Chris Gray apparently got tapped by SPIN to write up our fair city, and he did a truly fine job of squishing all the music-related goodness 'round H-town into easily-digestible format. A lot of bands/clubs got a bye, obviously -- despite the relative obscurity we enjoy/endure here, you'd need a whole issue, in my book, to do this city's music scene justice -- but he picked some truly worthy stuff to highlight. Miss Leslie? Yesssss...she's awesome. Indian Jewelry? Oh, yeah; Tex & co. deserve far more acclaim than they're ever likely to get. And Notsuoh, and Little Joe, and...well, you get the gist. Hrm. I may have to go out and actually purchase a copy of the magazine, for once. Big, big kudos to Chris for pulling this off. I do find something oddly comforting and neat about all the amazing people laboring all on their own down here, but I recognize that that's just me being selfish & wholeheartedly hope Houston gets dragged more often into the light. (Hell, this site wouldn't exist if I didn't want that to happen, obviously...) Great job, man. Should we ever meet real-live and in-person, I think I owe you a beer, at least. Labels: H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Read, Things To See gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
Sugar Shack Reunites: A Tribute to Johnny Romano, November 9th [10/07/2008 01:58:00 AM]:
Remember Sugar Shack? I sure as hell do -- I can remember a time when they were the one and only band (that I knew of, anyway) signed to a "big-name," outside- of-Houston label (Estrus), and they were looking like H-town garage rock's Last Great Hope. They were raw, loud, aggressive, angry, and reportedly tough as nails, all while holding together some truly great, white-hot, garage-y punk jams.
Time rolled on, unfortunately, and the band grew up, got married, and evaporated into the steamy Houston night, leaving a ton of depressed fans (local and non-) in their wake. I hadn't heard much about 'em for the past few years, really -- there were rumors that they'd reunite to play the Axiom blowout last year, but sadly, it didn't happen. I'd thought they were dead & gone, for real; no going back, y'know? Imagine my surprise, then, when I get an email from Stefanie Friedman, the much-revered drummer for the Shack, declaring that they really are reuniting for a very, very special show this coming November 9th at The Continental Club. They're calling it "A Tribute to Johnny Romano," and it's a show/auction/party extravaganza she's organizing to both pay tribute to a young friend who passed on too soon and help his parents take care of the mountain-high stack of medical bills left behind. I can't really paraphrase the point behind the show any better than that, so here's the gist from Stefanie herself:
About 3 years ago a local 10-year old skater/surfer was diagnosed with Leukemia. In May he was hit with some big time infections that caused his cancer to come out of remission. He and his family lived at Texas Children's Hospital for about 5 months. Things got pretty awful for them. The little boy's name was Johnny Romano. His mother started a blog about his illness that has literally captured the hearts of thousands. My family had our first contact with Johnny Romano during a Galveston "grom" (kid) surf competition. My five year old surfed with him and we couldn't believe how great he was. We did not know at the time he had cancer.. no one would have guessed because his smile and his style were the model of health. Man. When I read back over that, I just get this urge to go in and hug my daughter. I get what Stefanie says about feeling lucky to have a healthy kid. I'm unbelievably lucky that I don't have to worry if something's going to happen to them or think about what I'd do if I lost my little girl, at least not like Johnny's parents lost their child. It breaks my heart. I also feel like I should note that the bands other than the Shack are also fine, fine bands selflessly donating their time to the worthiest cause I can imagine -- the Luxurious Panthers always rock, as do The Neptones (who I hadn't realized were still alive & kicking, actually). Big, big kudos to Stefanie and the Sugar Shack crew, the Continental/Sig's Lagoon crew, Uncle Charlie, all the bands, the whole gang -- this is going to be something special. Labels: Arty Shit, H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
The Rundown: Other Cool Things To Do This Weekend [10/03/2008 04:44:00 PM]:
I know it's been a while, so consider this somewhat of a mini-Rundown; there's just so many cool, neat, entertaining things you can check out this weekend that I can't help but list 'em out, however briefly...
Fri., October 3:
Henry Rollins (spoken-word) @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)
Quintron and Miss Pussycat/Golden Triangle @ Walter's on Washington
Carolyn Wonderland @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Alexis Kidd Medical Benefit, featuring The Hates, The Jeff Boortz Band, The Krissi Minten Band, & Red Cap @ Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Dayglo Abortions/The Accused/Filth Hounds/El Desmadre @ Walter's on Washington (8PM; $12)
Mystery Metal Show, featuring Blood of Patriots, Krud Kudders (ex-dead horse), Burn The Boats, Temple of Wrath, & more @ The Meridian
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Vampires in Downtown (with Music), This Evening [10/03/2008 03:27:00 PM]:
Ah, this is cool -- and just in time for Halloween, too. (I'm guessing that was the general idea...)
If you're up for some weird cinema and eerie music in a tranquil urban-yet-green environment, well, tonight's your night. KUHF is putting on a set of old-timey silent films that'll be set to live music, meaning that there's an actual band/orchestra/etc. playing down there near the stage while the people up on the screen swoon and emote and all that. And tonight they're showing the classic, classic, classic vampire movie (generally recognized, I believe, to be the first vampire movie ever made) Nosferatu. If you've never seen it, well, it's based on Bran Stoker's Dracula (although apparently the filmmakers couldn't get the rights to the book, so they had to change the names of the characters), it was filmed in honest-to-God Slovakia back in 1922, and it's very strange, very German, kinda creepy, and definitely groundbreaking. (And yes, it's the film that John Malkovich & Willem Dafoe are making in Shadow of the Vampire, which isn't nearly as interesting a movie as this one.) Austin's Golden Arm Trio will be there, too, playing the original score to the film, which means this'll be doubly cool. Best of all, it'll be outside, up in downtown at Discovery Green, which I still have yet to visit but which I hear is pretty nice for an in-downtown park. The whole deal's free to the public, and it kicks off at 7:30PM -- no clue what the seating's like, so if you're going to go, I'd show up super-duper early... Labels: Arty Shit, H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do, Things To See gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
Mystery No More!: Long Live the Dead Details [10/01/2008 05:17:00 PM]:
Well, that didn't last long...it appears somebody got excited & leaked some more info about the Long Live the Dead party on the 31st of October up at Walter's, like with the whole lineup & everything. So, in the interest of letting y'all know as much as we know, uh, here's the "full" flyer with the actual bands listed.
From what we hear from the good people at Pigeon Eater Studios who're throwing this thing, Dannzig isn't the "real" Danzig (which may or may not be a bad thing, I dunno), but is in fact a Misfits/Samhain/Danzig tribute band that includes folks who playin in The Jonbenet, The Monocles, Zombilly, & My Luck. I dunno the latter two of that pile (except that, uh, I thought Zombilly was toast), but the former two kick fucking ass, so I'd be willing to bet their tribute to all things Danzig-related will rule. Plus, The Monocles will apparently also be rocking the house as themselves, as will News on the March, The Wild Moccasins, and Young Mammals (who I'd heard would be playing Pixies songs, but I've got no clue if that's still the case). So basically, about one-fourth of the Most Amazingly Talented Bands in Town contingent will be doing their thing. Expect the lights in the rest of the city to dim temporarily. Oh, and if all goes according to plan, show-goers will not only get to par-tay down Halloween-style with great music and free beer for the of-agers (btw, the cover's gonna be $8 for those who're in costume and $10 for the chickenshits among us who aren't), but they'll also walk home with a freeeeeeee copy of a brand-spanking-new Monocles/News on the March split-7". Which, honestly, is probably far, far better a treat than the crap candy you (or your kid) might get handed by your cheapskate neighbors. I swear to God, last year it was like the 'hood we took out daughter around was boycotting chocolate or something; what's wrong with you people? The slab of vinyl will definitely last longer, anyway... Labels: H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
Halloween Mystery Show: Long (Mysteriously) Live the Dead... [9/30/2008 12:12:00 PM]:
Hey, all -- got handed this a few days ago (sorry, I know I'm slow...), in all its myserious glory, so I wanted to post it up here. I like the all-black motif, honestly; very Spinal Tap. Apparently there's some kind of Halloween bash going down at Walter's on (duh) October 31st, with a bunch of cool people playing, but the details are currently extremely hush-hush. I read a rumor on the Hands Up board about a "Troitenanny" at Walter's around that time, with yet more local bands doing covers (is that maybe the "the Dead" part?), but Hootenanny/Twotennany organizers ADR & BDM have both denied any knowledge, so I think this must be something different. The suspense builds...
More info to come as we get it, I swear; keep your eyes peeled. Labels: H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
Buzzfest: Another Ike Casualty [9/30/2008 11:06:00 AM]:
While I wasn't super-keen on seeing most of the bands that were slated to play at this year's edition of the now-venerable Buzzfest (seen The Offspring, seen Toadies, mildly curious about Hawthorne Heights and Seether, could care less about the rest -- Staind, Seether, Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, Earshot, 10 Years, Saving Abel, Ludo, Meriwether, & Drive A. were also on the bill), it does make me a bit sad to learn from the Live Nation folks that the whole damn thing -- which was scheduled for Sunday, October 26th -- has been cancelled:
Radio Station 94.5 The Buzz (KTBZ) has announced that due to damage from Hurricane Ike to The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, the October 26th concert has been cancelled. Damn shame. Much as I enjoy making fun of the CWMP, I do get how many big-time acts they bring to town -- I hope they can get things fixed up there pretty quick, or the string of cancellations may not yet be over... Labels: H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do gaijin || Link || E-mail || 0 comments
Final Fridays Back On! Films + Debates + Wild Moccasins, Tonight [9/26/2008 12:04:00 PM]:
Remember that whole Final Fridays thing at the Caroline Collective that got canceled back at the end of last month?
Well, it's back on, tonight, Friday, Sept. 26th -- the night will kick off at 7PM with badass jams from local up-and-comers The Wild Moccasins, followed by short films by Michael Rodriguez, which will then be followed by live viewing (and discussion and whatnot) of the first Presidential debate. So, there you go: music + film + politics, pretty much all the things I like, at least, in one handy espresso-shot burst. Avoid the post-Ike depression and get the hell out of the house, eh? Labels: H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, Things To Do, Things To See gaijin || Link || E-mail |
