Supernatural is finally wrapped and ready for you. My darling Rahim Quazi celebrates tonight at Club Dada with some pretty, pretty, pretty good other bands…Click the video above and you’ll find out what the hell I’m blabbering about.

PS - I love you Rahim! You know I’d be there tonight…buuuut….ya know.

Friday, May 2nd
Club Dada
Envy Magazine is Just Fixin’ to Launch Envy TV and they will be out shooting the show!

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So like I know this really good lookin’ attorney who lives here in Dallas. So darn good lookin’ that the first few years I knew him, I tended to get really flustered (like the time I spilled a pitcher of ice water on him at Bob’s Chop House)…anyway…he’s got this kid nephew in the band Nelo. Nelo is from Austin. Nelo is killin’…as in making a huge mark with their brand of poppy, rockin’ tuneage.

So like the Nelo kids have just released their debut, self-titled album and they are throwin’ a big party tonight at The Granada with Five Times August and The Slack in tow…

Friday, May 2nd
Granada Theater
Five Times August / The Slack / Nelo
Doors at 7 PM
Pick up tickets early at CD World

More Friday Fun:
Double Wide - Riverboat Gamblers / American Fuse / Saboteur
Sons of Hermann - Dale Watson Canceled
Fallout Lounge - FEVER!
Red Blood Club - Television City / pools / Neighborhood Villian
City Tavern - Ali Harter / 49 Vibes / Homespun Remedies
Opening Bell - Chris Hawkes / Jason Paul Perkins
Poor David’s Pub - Cadillac Sky
Palladium Ballroom - M.I.A. / Holy Fuck
House of Blues - O.A.R. / Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights - Sold Out
Bend - Theater Fire
The Cavern - Monarch Box / Fate Lions / Nasty Rumors
Love & War (Plano) - Becca Dalrymple
Obzeet - Colin Boyd
715 Panhandle - Party Garbage / Bad Sports / Vacation
Dan’s Silverleaf - The Flametrick Subs
Hailey’s - The Villians / Wonderfool / Ehtan Durelle / Bad & Beautiful
Rubber Gloves - Record Hop / When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth / Nouns Group
Andy’s - The Demigs / The Cut*Off / Red Monroe / Pet Hospital
The Moon Bar - The Illiads / Fate Lions / Nasty Rumors
Lola’s - Dixie Witch / Mescalero / Hell Goat
The Fairmount - James Hand / Waylon Pierce
White Elephant - Collin Herring
Woody’s Tavern - oey Green / 3 Rivers Alice

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“In Love” by Buttercup - Photos and Video by Jason Parr

‘Twas John Dufilho who turned me on to Buttercup. I’d pretty much trust anything outta that man’s mouth, so I checked ‘em out and fell quickly in love…

The Head Sits Upside Down on the Top of the Head an 8 song EP recorded and produced by Buttercup, scheduled for release Feb 2008.

With no rules to follow except their own, Buttercup has managed to write, record and release three EPs within the last 10 months. Why? No one knows. But it’s this type of unusual yet challenging feat that Buttercup fans have come to expect and enjoy.

From playing via close-circuit TV into oil barrels at an art gallery, or kicking off an impromptu singing street parade, to conducting song- therapy with individual audience members on “confessional nights”, Buttercup follows its fanciful whims wherever they may lead.

The three EPs (Captains of Industry, Living Again and The Head…) each represent a facet of Buttercup’s sound; “Captains” is a rather noisy angular affair which aptly demonstrates their love for The Silver Jews and The Velvet Underground. “Living Again” showcases their more acoustic side, revealing softer and moodier melodies. And now “The Head…” full of rough hewn demo sketches and early eighties electronic beats skids right off the road and into the ditch. But taken as a whole, the three EPs still hold together as being singularly “Buttercupish”: sometimes impulsive, at times carefully crafted but always engaging.

This third installment, “The Head Sits Upside Down on the Top of the Head” is a diverse collection of songs in which Buttercup changed its recording style, planting itself a little outside of its comfort zone. Some of the songs are the original demo recordings: “Cure for the Cure” and “Blackwater.” Most of the others find Buttercup in a more singular mood, forgoing big stacked harmonies in favor of solo lead vocals. In this respect “Mom’s Love” is as stark as any Buttercup song gets. “Sleep With Me” veers way off the map, written from a song fragment found on a rehearsal tape, then collectively built up on the spot, in the studio. Its style, something Buttercup stumbled upon, might be called “Japanese Beach Boys”. Altogether, this rather long, strange EP, an eight song “extended-extended play”, teeters on being a full length release, and its sheer length may indicate more than anything just how willing Buttercup is to give. With one more full-length album to record, Buttercup continues to forge ahead, oblivious of trends and advice, with only one goal in mind; to do the best work they can and deliver it with the utmost zeal to those willing to listen.

So the loverly Ms Chelsea has gathered up 3 divine bands for one great show at the Double Wide on Saturday night. Don’tcha miss it or you’ll simply hate yourself in the morning…

Saturday, May 3rd
Double Wide
I Love Math / Buttercup / Happy Bullets
Be still my heart, this one is a FineLine Must Go Show!
10 pm - $5.00

More Saturday Suggestions:
Sons of Hermann - Special Consensus / Blue Moon Drive Band - Bluegrass Extravaganza
The Prophet Bar - Lions / Dead Twins / Hallelucination / Hunter Jackson
Red Blood Club - Tattooed Millionaires / Sybilla
City Tavern - Dirty River Orchestra / Fish Fry Bingo
Opening Bell - Jackson Edwards / Matthew Bridgman / Brian Birdwell
Poor David’s Pub - Ryan James
House of Blues - Phantom Rockers / Ghoultown / Spector 45
The Cavern - {{{Sunset}}} (Sound Team’s Bill Baird) / Mercers / Headstream
Granada Theater - Little Black Dress / Radiant* / The Crash that Took Me / Chomsky (GREAT SHOW!)
Barley House - Sparrowbox / Buena Vistas
Love & War (Plano) - Lost Immigrants
Obzeet - Drop Top Rockets
Dan’s Silverleaf - Mary Cutrufello
Hailey’s - Tapes & Tapes / White Denim
Rubber Gloves - Free to Kill Again / Swedish Teens / Broken Gold
The Aardvark - Green River Ordinance / The Lifters / Tim Halperin
The Moon Bar - High School Assembly / The Red Herrings
Lola’s - Stumptone / Transona Five / History at Our Disposal
The Fairmount - Jason Eady / Chris Curtis
White Elephant - Don McRay (2 pm) / Ronny Spears (9 pm)
Woody’s - Walt Wilkins / Susan Gibson

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Sunday Stuff:

TRENTON GIBSON BENEFIT CONCERT
Sunday, May 4th
The Horseman Club
FEATURING ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS

Other artists include
THE TEJAS BROTHERS
TRUCKSTOP JUNKIES
CAREY WOLFF
THE HAWKES
JZ & THE DIRTY POOL
BIG BROWN SHOES

12PM TO 10PM

Show is open to everyone 18 years and over

Tickets are $12 each and are available at the door

All door proceeds will go directly to the Gibson 6 Benefit fund for the benefit of Trenton Gibson and his family to assist with growing medical bills. Trenton Gibson, age 29, has been diagnosed with stage IV terminal melanoma and given a life expectancy of 6-24 months. Trenton had a baby boy on January 18th who joined their already bustling family of three little girls. Trenton has already been trough over 30 radiation treatments and 5 chemotherapy treatments. Before the time comes when Trenton leasves us, he wants to be able to provide as much for his family as possible.
Link : http://www.myspace.com/trentongibson
Sons of Hermann - Denton County Revelators / Sawed Off Sick
The Cavern - Ricki Derek
Dan’s Silverleaf - Free Music Sundays w/New Science Project / Delmore Pilcrow / Ella Minnow

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It’s Such a Festy Kinda Weekend:

Cottonwood Arts Festival
May 3 - May 4

Cottonwood Art Festival is a bi-annual event which features works from the nation’s top visual artists. Located in scenic Cottonwood Park in Richardson, Texas (map), this prestigious art show is now entering its 39th year. This spring the festival will take place on May 3 & 4, 2008.

Cottonwood Art Festival is a juried show. This year approximately 800 artists submitted their work for consideration. Jurors selected over 240 artists to exhibit their museum-quality work at the festival. The artists competed in 14 categories: 2D Mixed Media, 3D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Digital, Drawings/Pastels, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metalwork, Painting, Photography, Sculpture and Wood. A list of this year’s artists can be found on the Event Artists page, and samples of their work can be viewed in the Gallery.

Fishing for Comets and Oso Closo are two good reasons to spend the afternoon at Cottonwood Park.

This year, the festival selected two featured artists: painter Guilloume. More information on the artist and her work can be found on our Featured Artist page.

Cottonwood isn’t just about the art, though. The festival also features local bands who perform the best in rock, country, jazz, blues, swing and folk. Be sure to check out the courtyard, where you can sit in the shade by the lake and relax while you enjoy the music. Food and spirits are also available in the courtyard.

ArtStop (link) is the childrens’ area at Cottonwood. It features arts, crafts, and activities for children of all ages. Visitors will have the opportunity to create a sculpture hat from scrap, design a masterpiece in plaster, add to our enormous collage, or practice sculpting clay. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore your creative talents!

Whether you’re shopping for art, listening to music, enjoying the outdoors, or making art of your own, Cottonwood has something for you.

The 12th Annual Denton County Charity Mud Bug Boil and Gumbo Cook-Off
Saturday May 3,2008
11:00-7:00pm
FineLineLive will plant her ass here all dang day.

Admission:$5.00 or $3.00 with canned food donation
Children under 12 get in free
All-you-can-eat is $15.00

1211 W. Hickory Street, Denton
On the back lots of Lucky Lou’s and Riprocks
Gates open at 11:00a.m.

Performing:
AM RAMBLERS 12:00 noon
THE HEELERS 1:00
USED RUGS 2:00
SPITFIRE TUMBLEWEEDS 3:00
RODNEY PARKER AND 50 PESO REWARD 4:00
BIG DADDY ALLRIGHT 5:00
1100 SPRINGS 6:00

The money raised will go directly to five different charities, Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home and Denton County Friends of the Family are the targeted charities. Donations will also be made to AIDS Services of North Texas, Mean Green Club and Mothers of Multiples.

MayFest (Fort Worth)
May 1 - 4
Map

Mayfest is a non-profit festival that celebrates the development of the Trinity River and benefits community programs.

Join us for Four days of fun, family and community.

Mayfest features over 224 hours of entertainment, along 33 acres of the Trinity River Bank. Over 135 groups from Fort Worth and surrounding areas will perform on seven stages.

In addition to over 40 regional bands, Grammy nominated Gin Blossoms will perform Saturday night.

The acclaimed Tom Thumb Children’s Area features free activities for kids including face painting, arts and crafts and the life size mound of sand. Test your agility in the Southwest Sports Area.

Conclude your evening at Mayfest with a spectacular laser light show sponsored by Moritz.

Lots of great bands performing like: April Geesbreght / The Campaign / The Tejas Brothers / The Derailers / Kelly Willis / Doug Burr / 100 Damned Guns / The Kildares / The Drams / Ian Moore / Casey Thompson and many more.

Click the banner for all the information you can possibly handle

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In-Stores:

Sunday, May 4th
Good Records
Tapes ‘n Tapes
3 PM - Free

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Artistically Speaking:

City of GodPhotography and Video by Hal Samples and Hugo Elias

These are portraits of Brazil, but these are not travel photographs. There are no misty vistas in this installation. There is no kitsch or touristy smarm here. These are images taken at eye level with a culture plagued by human trafficking, gun smuggling, drug running, and gang warfare. These are portraits of people who live in the muck, waist deep. There are videos of mothers, confessing that they are afraid to send their children to school because the school bus may be run by human traffickers. There are photos of nine year old boys with tattoos, twitchy and just waiting for a reason to attack. This is installation shows up front the complete chaos that is everyday life in Brazil, where the average life expectancy for young men is twelve. Leave your blinders at home. Come look into a completely different way of living.

Hal Samples Gallery
2814 Main Street
Suite 101
Dallas, TX, 75226
214-334-4481

Kettle Art
3 of a Kind Runs through May 3rd

Attention Artists of All Kinds:

500X Gallery is ready to accept your work this weekend, May 3rd and 4th from 12pm - 5pm. For an entry fee of $25 per piece, your work will be featured in a month-long exhibition at 500X Gallery, one of the most exciting exhibitions of its kind in north Texas. All work must be installation ready and cannot exceed 60 inches in width or height. Visit our website for details.

Something Made Easy: 500X Gallery’s Annual Open Invitational
May 10 - May 31, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 10, 6-10pm

Entry Fee: $25 per entry

Something Made Easy: 500X Gallery’s Annual Open Invitational is an ideal opportunity for artists to exhibit their work in one of Texas’ oldest alternative galleries. Run by a co-operative of artists, 500X Gallery is a high profile environment for emerging artists. As the show’s title suggests, this open invitational attracts artists from all areas of experience, from absolute beginners to seasoned professionals. In this show, all are welcome!

Artwork of any media will be accepted at the gallery on Saturday and Sunday, May 3rd & May 4th from 12pm-5pm. Work should not exceed 60″ total wall space. Number of entries per artist is unlimited. Credit card, cash or checks accepted. Entrance fee is $25 per entry.

Upon delivery/submission of work, include name of artist(s), address, phone #, e-mail address, title of work, media, year of execution and sale price on the back of each piece. All work must be ready to install - canvases, frames, etc. must have “D” rings or wire; unframed works on paper will be pinned to the wall unless other hanging systems are provided and prepared (i.e. velcro, tabs, etc). 500X Gallery carries no insurance. 500X Gallery will retain a 30% commission on all sales. Work must remain on view until the show closes at 5pm on Saturday, May 31st.

Exhibited works must be picked up Sunday, June 1st from 12pm-5pm. 500X Gallery closes on June 2nd for the summer and will not reopen until September. A storage fee of $50 will be charged for work that is not picked up on June 2nd and, therefore, must be stored through the summer. 500X Gallery accepts no responsibility for work damaged while in storage. Stored work not picked up by Saturday, September 8th will become the property of 500X Gallery.

Look to the Sub-Rosa for all your artsy needs.

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Radio…

Saturday
KTCU 88.7 - Radio Sputnik
Tune in at noon!

Sunday

The Local Show on KDGE 102.1 The Edge with the always hot ‘n hunky Chris Ryan - Tune in at 9:00 PM

The Front Porch on 99.5 The Wolf with the better ‘n buttah Justin Frazell - 6:00 PM

The Good Show on KTCU - 88.7 FM with my fave 3 stooges Tom U. Tony Diaz & Chris Bellomy starts at 9:00 PM.

90.1 at Night with my mentor Paul Slavens - 8-10 PM

Uncut with DJ Steve Nice - The absolute best in local Rap/Hip-hop/R&B 11 PM - K104 FM