Fine Line: June, 2006

She'll prolly hate me for this – but it must be said…Laura Palmer is just as cute as a really cute button. Add to that her hilariously witty sense of songwriting and you've got the perfect package for a gorgeous night at The Double-Wide.

Listen…

Rhett and his beautiful gal.

The crowd loved Laura Palmer

Rob checkin’ out the bands

Emil Rapstine and his X-ray vision

My dog Speck…sorry, I couldn’t resist throwin’ in this one.

Artwork by Frank Campagna

Adair’s
Eastwood
No Cover

Hurricane Grill
Colin Boyd
10 PM – No Cover

Dan’s Silverleaf
Paul Slavens

Hailey’s
Band of Horses / Mt. Egypt / The Can’t See
Doors at 9 PM
$10.00 21+
$12.00 Under 21
“Achieving musical transcendence is a tricky feat, almost definitively. If it happens at all, it happens naturally ‹ and perhaps nobody knows that better than Seattle, Washington¹s Band of Horses.
Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and guitarist Mat Brooke formed Band of Horses in 2004, after the dissolution of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings Carissa¹s Wierd. Carissa¹s Wierd trafficked in sadly beautiful orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. And, Band of Horses rises from the ashes of that well-loved and short-lived band. Buoyed by Bridwell¹s warm, reverb-heavy vocals (which strangely channel a dichotomous blend of Wayne Coyne, Brian Wilson, and Doug Martsch,) Band of Horses¹ woodsy, dreamy songs ooze with amorphous tension, longing and hope.”

White Elephant Saloon
Jordan Mycoskie / Phil Pritchett

The first time I saw The Strange Boys live was back in early December at The Cavern. I loved 'em like candy.

The second time I saw The Strange Boys live was yesterday at The Double-Wide. I loved 'em like chocolate candy.

If these kids don't make it big time, then I freakin' give up. You would be foolish to miss any of their upcoming shows – don't be foolish, it causes wrinkles.

Monday, June 26th – Beerland in Austin
Saturday, July 1st – Beerland in Austin
Saturday, July 22nd – The Double-Wide

I was so entranced with the band yesterday that I captured audio (full performance)…

…and video.

Current Leaves posted some new tuneage and it’s something to hear…ya hear?

Where the hell is Glen anyway? Did he ever get back from NYC?

A wise woman once said, "I'd screw anyone who can play the mandolin…" Watch out Patrick…

I can't think of a more lovely way to start off my Sunday than enjoying another damn fantastic performance by the great Denton-based Pinebox Serenade…

They came…

…they played…

…and we were there…click below to hear their live performance at the 3-year Anniversary party at the Double-Wide yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon, Amanda and I drove over to the Double-Wide to plant a big ol’ sloppy birthday kiss on it. ‘Twas a divine afternoon/evening to say the least.

Here a dunk…

…there a dunk…

…everywhere a dunk-dunk…

…future dunkees…

…more soon – patience my pretties…

The Cortinas' family must be awful proud of their chi'lin. Those kids are all multi-talented through and through. So the C-kids are goin' all Hanson on us next week with a very exclusive performance at Whiskey Bar this Wednesday, June 28th. Yep, Camille, Megan and Zach…all together…on one stage. Join me won't you?

I'll be there around 8:30 PM – show starts at 9:00 PM.

Here's a little sneak-peek from Fishing For Comets' forthcoming album for your listening pleasure.

"Hope is Calling"

Photo by Kate Mackley

I betcha thought it would never happen din'tcha! I finally got around to uploading Handclaps & Harmonies magnificant performance at Club Dada on June 10th for The Fine Line launch party. Click below. Smile. Dance. Send money.

The Double-Wide turned 3 this weekend. Next thing you know she’ll be driving. There is, quite perhaps, one of the best birthday blow-out celebrations in the history of the world planned for today and you can betcher bootie we’ll be there with cameras, mics and audio recorders!

Pinebox Serenade / The Strange Boys / Saboteur / Lions / Max Cady / The Golden Falcons / Skeemin’ NoGoods

Acoustic in the Courtyard:
The Dutch Treats
Emil Rapstine (The Angelus)
Spitfire JC
Laura Palmer
Travis Hopper
& MORE!

Doors at 4 PM – $10.00

Happy birthday and here’s to a gazillion more! First one to find me or Amanda and mention the secret word “monkey-poo” gets a free beer on our dime.

UPDATED SCHEDULE:

Our Third Anniversary Party is today!!!

Doors open at 4:00!!!!!

There’s so much going on today! Here are some specifics!

Cover is $10. There will be food and games and non-stop music starting at 6:00.

We are having a raffle for a lot of great prizes including restaurant gift certificates, tattoo gift certificates, and record label prize packs! Raffle tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.

Here’s the music schedule:

In the Venue:

6:00 – Pinebox Serenade
7:00 – The Strange Boys
8:00 – Saboteur
9:00 – Lions
10:00 – Max Cady
11:00 – The Golden Falcons
12:00 – Skeemin’ No Goods (this set will be recorded for a live album)

In the Courtyard:

6:40 – Solocory
7:40 – Travis Hopper
8:40 – Laura Palmer
9:40 – JC (BurntSienna Trio, Spitfire Tumbleweeds)
10:40 – Emil Rapstine (The Angelus)
11:40 – The Dutch Treats featuring John Freeman

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Every year the FW Weekly puts together a big-ass Music Awards pre-party to give folks a chance to hear the nominees live, and a chance for last minute voting (the old-fashioned way…like with a paper ballot…and a #2 pencil). This year they got all ambitious and spread the paaahrtaaay all over Sundance Square.

Everything kicks off at 4 PM and they ain’t chargin’ a plug nickel for any of it. Rather they’ve made it a little more interesting for all – profits from the sale of one helluva compilation CD will benefit this year’s charity sponsor, SafeHaven of Tarrant County. The CD is only 5-bucks and is chock full of Panther City creamy goodness:

“These Are the Dead Days” by Calhoun, “My Movie Morning” by The Color of May, “These Tears Could Rust a Train” by The Theater Fire, “Heartbreak” by Stephen Pointer, “Tender” by Black Tie Dynasty, “Hold Me Down” by the cut*off, “Seven Seas” by Darth Vato, “My New Romance” by The Burning Hotels, “All These Years” by Lost Country, “A Good Place to Start” by Chatterton, “Love’s Bitter Rage” by Jhon Kahsen, and “Go Down Moses” by Jason Eady.

I’ve been buggin’ Mariani for like a week about the exact schedule, but he ain’t sharing. So below are links to the very odd locations (mostly sports bars) for a fab day of music:

8.0
Rick O’Shea’s
Flying Saucer
The Pour House

Bands performing: (dunno where, dunno when)
Alan, Black Tie Dynasty, The Burning Hotels, Calhoun, Chatterton, the cut*off, Darth Vato, Sara Donaldson, Jason Eady, Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang, The February Chorus, The Fellow Americans, JustCause, Latin Express, Legends of the South, Maren Morris, Nuwamba, Pablo and the Hemphill 7, Stephen Pointer, John Price, PrinceRodriguez, Poo Live Crew, Sleeplab, and The Theater Fire

I know things kick off at 4 PM and should wrap-up around 10 PM.

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Here are a few more Sunday picks if you are so inclined:

Adair’s
Picker’s Jam

Club Dada
Jenn Nabb’s Open Mic Night

Stout
Colin Boyd

J. Pepe’s
Joe Tucker

Bar of Soap
The Tah-Dahs / Brimstone Howl / Kazalok – CANCELLED (thanks Carlin)

Hailey’s
Wild in the Streets

Longhorn Saloon
Brian Burns

A lil’ sumpin’ sumpin’ for the kiddies:

Fat Daddy’s Sound Shack
ALL-AGES
Emperium / Someday / I, Texas / In the Arms of War / The Dot and Pony Show / Solitary Screams / Cyndrom

Enjoy your day…

Michael shot Cas Haley, who is perhaps one of the greatest talents in DFW – whadda freakin’ set of pipes that boy has, he has…

More? Sure thing, cuz Michael never sleeps…how’s about a little Greatness in Tragedy… and Flying Machine from last night at Liquid Lounge…

I love you Michael Harberg…

My baby done all growed-up. Das’ right my lovers – this early A.M. kicked off a 24 hour long birthday bash for one Ward Richmond aka Dub Boss aka The Warden aka I love him so dearly.

So here’s the plan…

Bill’s Records
Boys Named Sue
2:30 PM
Free – Beer – Birthday Kisses

Double-Wide
Dunno…be there ’round 9ish
Boys Named Sue / Mo Robson Band
Free Condoms to to first 100 big-breasted blondes, red-heads and brunettes

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In other news..aka…shows I find myself particularly fond of for this eve:

Urban Market in Dallas
Victor Andrada – MUST SEE! 6 PM

Adair’s
Bart Crow Band

Bend Studio
Kacy Crowley / Billy Harvey / Salim Nourallah

Lee Harvey’s
Sons of Sound Reunion Show w/The Strange Boys

Club Dada in Dallas
New Bohemians

Granada Theater
Black Tie Dynasty / Auto Escape / The Burning Hotels / The Villians

The Cavern
The Golden Falcons / Kissinger / Team Evil

Liquid Lounge
Sidekick Mafia / The Murdocks

Sambuca Uptown
Shanghai 5

Standard & Pours
Dylan Sneed / Tim Miller

Curtain Club
Mad Mexicans / Red Rooster / Leroy the Prophet

Club Clearview
Stellamaris / Tyler Reed / Tomahawk Molly / The Envy Corps / General Sherman

Barley House
Chris Holt works his magic

Firewater Bar & Grill
Escort Service / Millicent Friendly

White Rock Coffee
Bandmates

Andy’s in Denton
Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward

Dan’s Silverleaf
James McMurtry

Rubber Gloves Birth to Burial / Nouns Group / Daily Beat / Red Team Go

The Aardvark
Bob (my future baby’s daddy) Schneider

Black Dog Tavern in Fort Worth
Blackheart Society

Jack’s Off the Wall
Chatterton

Metrognome Collective
I Love You / You are the Universe

White Elephant Saloon in Fort Worth
Terry Rasor

Wreck Room
Stella Rose / JustCause

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…and the award goes to…

Super Heavy Goat Ass cuz the name reminds me a little of my ex-husband and a little of my own super heavy goat ass.

Hailey’s in Denton
Super Heavy Goat Ass / Mescalero / Knee Pad

If you ain’t ready to rock your southern rock, metal-luvin’ ass off – don’t even bother showing-up.

Doors at 9 PM
21+ – $5.00
Under 21 – $7.00

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See ya’ll tomorow for the big BIG PARTAAAY!

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My baby-boy was leaving on a 2-week vacation on Thursday night, so I had to leave early from this big shindig, to spend a few with my darling darling child. I found this video of Levi Smith Band – a longtime Cindy favorite band…

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Me—–luvs—-PPT—-that’s all folks—

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Below is a freakin’ wicked-awesome video by Nick Smith outta Austin of a wicked-awesome band, The Octopus Project who recently played Denton and I—once again—-suck for not being there…damn me…

ED. NOTE – I been wit’out Internet since 2 PM this afternoon – the day job is all about antiques, and that includes its computers. There are tremendous shows to go tonight, and I hope you darlings made good decisions and have a blast. I’m hittin’ the hay – I’m pooped and need to prepare for Sunday…this was my last post this afternoon before we lost Internet…thank me for hitting “Save” for a change – very un-Cindy-like..I love you Hunter Hauk…

I love clicking over to any site that features Carter Albrecht. Thank you

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians will play the outdoor stage of Club Dada for two special shows this weekend, previewing songs from the band’s first album in 16 years, Stranger Things.

Keyboardist Carter Albrecht (also of local band Sorta) has been playing with the New Bohemians since 1999. While the group may not recapture the success of 1989′s multiplatinum Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars (featuring megahit “What I Am”), Albrecht says its players are less concerned about hit-making these days and more concerned about making music on their own terms. Here’s more from Albrecht…

Go forth and read.

Hunter Hauk’s Liner Notes speak of my itinerary the next couple of weeks in case you are lookin’ fer me. Click here fool.

QuickDFW Pop Life…or rather Skin gets jiggy-wit’ it (I’m still in the 90′s) this week with his weekly column – Check it out – he even makes mention of one of my particularly favorite local groups.

There are even more new PodQasts for your listening pleasure!

My Fort Worth buddy over at DFW Music Podcast finally poked his head outta the cave and brought us this little gem, a Podcast with the super-dee-duper Tame.. Tame and Quiet. They mull over the whole “Avant Garde/Experimental” genre, talk about their first geetars and more. Whaddaya waitin’ for? GO man, GO!

Aaron, Boyd & Darren will perform tonight at the Cavern. Honestly? I’m freakin’ exhausted. However, this show is really looking good – and I think I must go – with my recorder – and a camera.

Callithump Productions Presents:
The Cavern
Tonight – Friday, June 23rd
Tame.. Tame and Quiet / Teenage Symphony (whom I freakin’ adore) / Peel (Austin) / I Love You (Kansas City)

Doors at 6 PM – $6.00

Wow. What an issue, this week’s Dallas Observer has turned out to be.

Yeah, I got a mention, which was quite worth it being mentioned in the same breath with some fellow bloggers whom I highly respect. Sam worked hard on this feature story, and Cindy-talk aside, he did a damn fine job.

Next up, the big big shows at Club Dada this weekend, kicking off tonight…Sander Wolf writes:

It was almost 20 years ago when a young Edie Brickell and New Bohemians got its first bewildering taste of success. “What I Am,” the lead single from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, resonated almost immediately with an audience bored with repetitive synthesizers and formulaic radio. That track, fueled by Brickell’s hippie-chick chic and Kenny Withrow’s liquid guitar solo, represented a new sound chiseled from the free-form performances of the Grateful Dead and honed by the precise power-pop of ’80s radio. Within a year the band had toured the world and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. “Our first record wasn’t even supposed to do anything,” recalls Withrow. “They only shipped 20,000 copies of it, and if we sold those 20,000, everyone was going to be thrilled. They sold out in a few weeks, and the record ended up going platinum…”

Read it all.

The Band performs at 10 PM tonight (Friday, June 23) and tomorrow night (Saturday, June 24) at Club Dada. Purchase tickets. $15.00 – 21+

I normally don’t have the energy to venture out to smoky bars on a Monday night, but next week might have to be an exception. Those scrappy Seattle boys are a’headin’ our way and I need me a fix. Noah Bailey writes:

…Hearing the band’s Sub Pop debut, Everything All the Time, it’s amazing to consider that Bridwell has only written songs for a few years. Woebegone anthems like “The Funeral” and “The Great Salt Lake” rival the best of fellow Northwesterners Built to Spill and Modest Mouse, while soft-spoken indie hymns like “St. Augustine” bring to mind the heartbreaking folk of labelmate Iron and Wine. (Not surprising, given the fact that Bridwell and Iron and Wine’s Sam Beam hail from the same South Carolina town. In fact, it was Bridwell who first passed Beam’s demos around Seattle, leading to his record contract with Sub Pop.) But hearing Bridwell describe his own songwriting process, it doesn’t sound nearly as mystical…

Read please.

Catch Band of Horses live this Monday, June 26th at Hailey’s in Denton. Sharing the stage are a couple of other worthy Monday-night-venture-out bands: Mt. Egypt and The Can’t See.
Doors at 9 PM
Advanced Tickets $8.00 – Door $10.00
All Ages – Under 21 $12.00
Purchase Advanced Tickets

Watch “The Funeral” by Band of Horses

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Darryl Smyers digs the freshly dropped The Hits Vol. 1 (Crow Records) – of course – cuz who can resist those Boys Named Sue…

Country music has always found room for both the shitkicker and the guy who falls in shit. Even Buck Owens and Roy Clark suffered through the cornpone of Hee Haw and actually made a haul poking fun at rural folk. Walking that line between humor and oafishness hasn’t proved easy, but the four local roustabouts known as Boys Named Sue join the ranks of Mojo Nixon as authentically amusing purveyors of rustic music…

Yeah baby!

Ms. Carlin is one smart cookie when it comes to booking splendid shows. Sam Machkovech is one smart cookie for recognizing some of them there good shows. You gotta go here to read it all.

There’s tons more creamy goodness here. Now I gotta get to the good stuff…

First check out Is This On. Sam touches on some other excellent local bloggers (local in residence, not so local in content), whom I also respect and count among my friends…

…Besides, adding more sites to your browsing history only takes a few keystrokes, so take a wider look at the scene through the glowing, monitor eyes of these pages:..

Must read.

Finally…my favorite page of all this week – Odds & Ends is quite possibly the most entertaining thing I’ve read in awhile…

Best cow in town: “That is fucking outrageous,” Salim Nourallah told us over the phone on Monday. “I hate those fuckers.”

The 2006 Dallas Observer Music Award winner seldom gets so angry, so what’s irritated this soft-spoken father? Why, the Curtain Club/Liquid Lounge/Club Clearview complex.

A few weeks ago, we talked about the improving state of affairs in Deep Ellum as of late (Is This On?, June 1). The opinion came with a big asterisk, calling the CLC complex out for a steady decline in its booking since the three clubs merged in early 2003. Really, we didn’t emphasize it enough. The problem isn’t just that we don’t like the bands playing at those three clubs. Rather, with less competition between the venues, booking has softened into a no-name wasteland of generic bands that we’d expect at Firewater Bar & Grill, and the former glory of those clubs–when hard rockers like Slow Roosevelt would actually play anywhere near quirky bands like Chomsky–has vanished. Crowd sharing doesn’t happen anymore, which was what made Deep Ellum interesting in the old days…

Please-o-please read it.

Doug left a voice mail too – I made it my ringtone.

Read the rest of this week’s Music Section

We gotsta link page already but here is some linkage relevant to this week’s Observer:
IndieInterviews
Gorilla vs Bear
We Shot JR
dconstruction
Torr
Denton Rock City
The UnObserver
DFW Hip-Hop

Here’s a few more local-folk-blogs I particularly like:
The Stash Dauber
DFW Podcasts
The Fold
Central Denton Preservation

Is it wrong to love Nick Lachey?

I was doin’ hard labor at the day job today. I usually only work a couple of days a week, but this week I took over for Ms. Rebecca so’s she could go to Port A. Today was fab…well…fab if you love to move large fifty-gazillion pounds of antiques and home furnishings in 110% humidity and at about 102-degrees…sigh…if you do, call me, I have a job for you.

Anyhoo, the point of the pointless drivel is that I won’t have my weekly D.O.bservations and other such ’round town stuff posted until the a.m…but this…THIS my friends…could not wait…heh-heh-heh…gotta love certain really groovy blogs.

turn off the stupid teevee and click here…

I think shows like the one at Sons tomorrow night are along the lines of what Sam was suggesting a couple weeks back.

Tomorrow night, Friday, June 23rd at the Sons of Hermann Hall, there will be a shindig that’ll keep you entertained on every level throughout the entire night.

How’s about a little gubernatorial fundraiser for Kinky Friedman, featuring an odd little match-up on stage with The Theater Fire’s banjo-accordian-horn laden brand of moody Americana folk, and those mad rappers with a hip-hop edge, PPT and the dreamy, poppy, quirky gorgeous sounds of The Chemistry Set all on the same bill! There are rumors floatin’ about that a “special guest” may be in da’ hizzy as well. I can’t tell ya fer sure if the Kinkster hisownself plans to make an appearance, but I can offer-up his appearance at the recent Fry Street Fair. I was there. I had a recorder. I turned it on.

Click the AudioBlog thingy below to listen…

I spent the night on the stoop of Good Records a couple of months back to be first in line for The Theater Fire’s CD Release in-store for the brilliantly marvelous Everybody has a Dark Side – and I had my recorder…and I turned it on again.

Click the AudioBlog thingy below to listen…

Thankfully, Lance Yocum always let’s me set up my mics, mixers and laptop at his shows to record some of the best dang live music around. Thankfully, Glen Squibb (sound-dude extraordinaire and helluva talented musician) allows me to plug into his sound board. Thankfully I was at Hailey’s in Denton a few months back to record this tremendous live performance by The Chemistry Set.

Click the AudioBlog thingy below to listen…

The highlight of this year’s Dallas Observer Music Awards show was most def the Sam Machkovech Hip-Hop all-stars performance, in which the 3 gentlemen who make up PPT were a part of – Pikahsso – Picnic – Tahiti

Check out one of their latest videos, “Frustrated”

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

If you need anymore than all this greatness to getcher ass planted in front of the stage at Sons Friday night – do it to hang with The Stash, who is claiming a crossing of the county line. Nuff said…

I freakin’ love this band.

Photo by the Always Adorable Michael Harberg

She came. We came. Sarah Jaffe. A quick lame interview with Sarah in preperation for tonight's show at Club Dada.

IndieKitten Goes West Show – The Atoms are about to hit the stage, then Cowboys and Indians, then Tomahawk Molly!

Sadly, I was unable to stay for the TM show, but I’ll catch ‘em next time. The band performs again this Saturday, June 24th at Club Clearview. Plus, Sarah promised to meet up with me soon to get an audio/video performance. She rocks…

IndieKitten and I gush over Sarah Jaffe