I did the all-day live video streaming at Jay Johnson headquarters on Saturday, arriving at 10:30 AM, departing around 10 PM. ‘Twas a delightful day chock full of music, new pals and pounding Sangria and Tequila ’til closing time. Sunday was a wash.

So it’s always nice to know that, even though I continue to age, therefore finding it increasingly more difficult to attend more than one show per weekend, my young buddies over at Quick and the D.O. will go…and tell.

Hunter went to the Bridges & Blinking Lights show, as well as the pAper chAse show. He’s such a good boy.

Jamie Dougher went to Gezellig.

In other Quick news, Wanz made the cover of today’s issue. If you lurk ’round the local music blogs/sites, then prepare to read lots and lots of gush over this coming weekend’s Melodica Festival. Wanz Dover has outdone himself, with a lil’ help from his friends.

In every corner of Mwanza Dover’s Lakewood apartment, there’s a reminder of how much he loves music. Shelves are stacked with vinyl albums, guitars and amp cables litter the floor, and Dover sits at a sort-of command center with a laptop displaying iTunes at the ready.

And there’s a lot more music in his head. Chatting with the 34-year-old, you come to realize that he’s a human encyclopedia of music history – local and otherwise.

“A music snob is someone who knows all the stuff and keeps it to himself,” Dover says.

“A music fan is someone who knows the stuff and tries to share it with as many people as possible. I’m a music fan.”

Dover demonstrated his fandom and imparted some knowledge during a two-hour conversation about this weekend’s Melodica ’08. It’s a festival he’s reviving, after a seven-year absence, to showcase local and international underground music.

Dozens of acts, including headliners Light Bright Highway, Spectrum and Silver Apples, will perform over three days in Expo Park venues. Several of those will play all-ages shows at Sloppyworld and Club Dada.

“I put together the all-ages portion of it so people under 21 could see some really cool bands. Promoters are thinking about money first. With this, we are thinking about the music and the audience.”

Here’s more from Dover…Read the rest of the Q&A with Hunter Hauk.

Check out the first preview post too.

I’m sure you kiddies will delight in knowing that the Quick Battle of the Bands is back in action. They even have like a dedicated area that’s all cool and full of information.

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The young’un’s over at the Dallas Observer made the rounds this past weekend as well. Chelsea did the Museum and the Sons.

Newbie Pete Freedman had ambitious plans….I’ll betcha he kept most of them too.

UPDATE: Pete did indeed have himself a time.