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This kid was not only a great singer-songwriter, but he was also a great performer. He had the entire crowd mesmerized….including yours truly.

“”Paranoia in B Flat Major”

“Talk On Indolence”

Last night at The Granada was…how you say…off the freakin’ hook!

Matt Butcher opened the show to a PACKED and I mean PACKED house. I’ve never been more proud of Dallas than I was last night. Hundreds of fans showed up for Matt and The Avett Brothers and hundreds of fans remained respectful and attentive towards the performances throughout the entire evening.

I’ve got tons of video that I’m in the process of editing and will stick up here later. I’ve got gajillions of photos too.

I think I’m still a little high….or still real swoony after conversing with Scott Avett…hot-dang!

Above is the encore – taken from the live video stream…

This video is pretty much a wrap for FineLineLive’s coverage of Quick’s Big Thing. You can check out the winners here.

This extravaganza was, by far, one of the best nights I’ve had in a long-ass time. Kudos to Hunter, Alison, Rob, Gordon and all the other Quicksters! Thanks for one helluva party!

PS – This is REALLY raw random footage…but you gotta check out Noah Jackson on Johnny Lloyd Rollins’ guitar. That boy can sing…and write a song.

PPS – I left the camera with Dave Little for most of this and you can hear his commentary if you listen closely. He’s always so worth it.

‘Twas Eleven Hundred Springs!

Is it just me, or is that dude Gordon Keith hotter’n'hell? Rick Astley opening the show is gold….GOLD I say!

Come on back this afternoon for “a talk show.” We’ll go live from SPACE and ya’ll are all welcome to come join us (either here or in person!). We’ll do tonight’s concert suggestions on the show, so if your band is performing tonight, come on over and give a shout-out!

“a talk show”
4 PM CST
SPACE

We’s gonna scrap this week’s show due to some scheduling probs…but “a talk show” will return next Friday and it’ll be chock full of groovy surprises.

“a talk show” Featuring the poor wrangled into doing it- Dave Little

Cari Weinberg Talks some Lovie Smack

Hal & Cari

Alison Welsh Makes a Commercial

Hal & Jordan

Hal Speaketh and Showeth a Black Angels Video

The BRILLIANT MOM First Set

The AMAZING AND WONDERFUL MOM – Second Set

It’s finally here. Hal/Cash’ big day! Tonight at 6 PM the Hal Samples Gallery throws open its doors, bringing you photography, artwork, music, friends, fun, fabulousness all around.

“a talk show” goes live at 4 PM, here on The Fine Line and we’ve got guests galore coming in to hang wit’ us
Specifics:
“a talk show”
4 PM CST – Hosted by Dave Little
Hal Samples Gallery Opening
6 PM CST
MOM Performs at 9 PM and Sometime again after 10 PM
Cash is super excited. She says:
It has arrived. It is time. Tonight the Gallery will officially open at 6pm. (I had a sneak peek and it is more beautiful than I imagined in my little ole head) MOM will start at 9, with a brief intermission at 10, when Hal will say hello and give some foods for thought, complete with more visuals. Then MOM will resume for another set to close the evening. We hope everyone will stay to close out this very special evening with us. And we have lots of Girl Scout cookies. If you can’t make it tonight, the gallery will be open all weekend during the Deep Ellum Art Festival and we have lots and lots of great entertainment lined up clear through Sunday night. See posts below for the scoop… And if you can’t make it Saturday or Sunday, (please save your excuses), the installation will be up through the end of the month.
Let the good times roll
Heart,
CASH
DallasLovesCash.com-a-thon (Continual live video streaming here on The Fine Line)

SPACE will go live at 4 PM and stay live throughout the entire weekend! Live video streaming all weekend long on The Fine Line.

Just outside the door of Hal’s gallery, the Deep Ellum Arts Festival shall be in full swing. Art, art, art everywhere you look and music music music for all ears…

Deep Ellum is the Metroplex’s most progressive and eclectic neighborhood. The Deep Ellum Arts Festival exemplifies everything that makes this area rock. The biggest weekend of the year for the Deep Ellum Entertainment District, this free-to-attend outdoor “street party” features four outdoor stages with non-stop performances by over 75 national, regional, and local original bands during this three-day festival. With more than 100 top-notch juried decorative and visual artists, muralist, the renowned Deep Ellum Pet Parade, and abundant food and drink, the Deep Ellum Arts Festival attracts a diverse audience and includes affluent art and music enthusiasts. This is an adult-oriented visual and performing arts festival – while supervised young children and teenagers are welcome, there are no planned activities for them.

Festival Dates & Times:
Friday, April 4, 2008 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, April 5, 2008 11:00am to 10:00pm
Sunday, April 6, 2008 11:00am to 7:00pm

Admittance to the three-day festival is free.

* Located in Dallas’ Deep Ellum Entertainment District on Main Street between Good Latimer and Hall St. Click Here to view a full map and driving directions.

* Over 100 fine cutting edge juried artists displaying and selling original works.

* More than 75 original bands and singer/songwriters will perform from four separate outdoor entertainment stages, keeping pace reflecting Deep Ellum’s exploding new music scene. All stages will be rocking simultaneously with an eclectic mix of genres, including Dallas’ favorite fusion rock, southern soul, and “genre-breaking” bands. This year’s headliners include Wes Jeans, Peoples Army, Joint Method, SevenStoryDrop, Lance Lopez, Somebody’s Darling, The Campaign, and more than 65 other local bands and singer/songwriters

Click here to see entertainment schedule

* The Singer/Songwriter Stage features local songwriters performing their own original live music, hosted by Lori Dreir A Girl & A Guitar and Sound FX Entertainment

* World famous 720 Action Sports Team will be performing BMX and inline skating stunt shows.

* Deep Ellum Pet Parade Hundreds of pet owners are invited to take their “Best Friends” on a tail-wagging promenade down Main Street, starting Sunday at 12:00 noon at Main St and Malcom X Blvd.

* Visit The Artist’s Underground, a melting pot of original and unsigned Texas artists. This unique area will host face painters, clothing design, acoustic acts, spoken word, poetry, and myriads of original art pieces.

* THE COOL BLUE CORNER GALLERY (Corner of Main St and Malcom X Blvd) The fine arts exhibit features local women artists working in all media and in all stages of their career. Named after the three lead female figures in Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Drew series, Nancy, George and Bess encapsulates Dallas’ own female talent in a cool Deep Ellum property as a part of the Deep Ellum Arts Festival. From artists to have never had a show to artists who are collected widely, Nancy, George and Bess allows all stages and ages to emerge and share the same gallery space.

* Chrysler Mobile Tour – The Chrysler Mobile Showcase will appear at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival, April 4-6, 2008. This exhibit features a host of interactive displays which include the new Wii video games, a chance to design your vehicle with the color and wheels of your choice, a hands on chance to learn about and listen to Sirius satellite radio, the opportunity to get your picture taken superimposed on a magazine cover and sent directly to your computer, and much more. Better yet take a test drive in the 2008 Chrysler 300, Aspen, Town and Country or Sebring Convertible and receive a gift, compliments of Chrysler. Make sure you stop by and see all the excitement the Chrysler Mobile Showcase has to offer at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival! For more information on the Chrysler Mobile Showcase or any of our 2008 Chrysler products visit Chrysler.com.

* Festive cuisine, including Mexican, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Asian and other festival favorites will be available, plus beer, wine, and sodas. In support of festival vendors, no coolers please

* For detailed information on the Arts Fest After Dark click HERE

* Produced by Main Events International (MEI), The Celebration Engineers®, benefiting both the Deep Ellum Association and the Deep Ellum Foundation.

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There are also lots of good shows goin’ on tonight in Deep Ellum/Expo Park:

FRIDAY

The Dogkickers
AllGood Cafe – porterdavis
Double Wide – Matthew & the Arrogant Sea / Blackheart Society / Eaton Lake Tonics
The Door – Delta / Suddenly Lights / Hunter Jackson / Marty Buchanan
Prophet Bar – Stavely / Whiman / Klopek / Verona Grove / Rania

Fallout Lounge – Special Charity Event & Raffle Benefiting Operation Kindness & Bryan’s House
DJ Mudi / DJ El Macho / Ulisses / Chase / Tabitha
More info. on Fever – The Blog
Red Blood Club – Lower Class Brats / The 13th Victim / Dog Company / The Wayward Boys
Bar of Soap – Bare Flesh Bare Bones

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SATURDAY

Saturday at SPACE adventures continue with one hella line-up of bands!

Get to the Point:
SPACE
Doors at 5 PM – Bands at 6 PM
Holy Diver / Happy Bullets / The Felons / Tah Dah’s
‘Tis a Potluck so bring your specialty dish!
DallasLovesCash.com-a-thon (Continual live video streaming here on The Fine Line)

According to Ms. Thang over at the Sub-Rosa, gallery Studio Fling has relocated and settled-in quite nicely. Visit them this weekend, m’kay?

Benefit show for David Allor
“Late in 2007, your friendly Meridian Room bartender, Dave, was diagnosed with cancer. He has no insurance and we are throwing this little shindig to help cover his mounting medical expenses. All proceeds go directly to Dave, so come out and support the coolest guy we know.”

Saturday, April 5th
Meridian Room
Performing: – Speedtrucker / The American Fuse / Rose County Fair / mur mur / Garrett Padgett / Trey Johnson (Sorta)
Silent Auction
$20 Suggested Donation

Deep Ellum Arts Festival Continues
Adair’s – Opie-freakin’-Hendrix! GREAT SHOW!
AllGood Cafe – Black & Blue
Double Wide – Hello Lover / Kissinger / Midnight Special
The Door – The Afters / Wes Butler / Page 9 / Jon Cook
Prophet Bar – Swirve / Cruiserweight / Karmella’s Game / Derisory I Am / Life Without Wednesday / Jeff Nelson
Bar of Soap – Nicaragua / A Dream Asleep / Vicious Truth

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SUNDAY

You didn’t think the weekend would end without at least one more SPACE extravaganza, now did-ya? Thought not.

The Dealio:
Sunday, April 6th
SPACE
Mike Graff (Course of Empire) / Aton / The Black Angels
This, my friends, is an incredible night of music!
BYOB – Doors at 7 PM
Purchase Tickets Online (I suggest you hurry, this is almost sold-out)

More:

Adair’s – Crawfish Boil! 2 PM w/Eleven Hundred Springs / The Tejas Brothers (Fun)
Double Wide – The Saddle Tramps / Blackland River Devils

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Be sure to also check out:
Amsterdam Bar
Avenue Arts
Expo Park Cafe
Fallout Lounge
Minc
Rob’s Chop Shop
Studio 832

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I simply love those times in which I can say, “told ya so.” Course, Salim Nourallah was already a local legend long before I stumbled upon him almost a decade ago (Happiness Factor), but that’s for another day.

Today, Salim found his way into Pop Matters (thanks Kevin) with a divine piece penned by Justin Cober-Lake…

I’d like to start by telling you that Dallas’s Salim Nourallah is a pop songwriter in the tradition of Ray Davies or Paul McCartney, but you’d probably assume you’ve heard it before. I could also try to get right to the fact that Nourallah takes on some of the weightiest personal issues someone can face, but then you might jump to the conclusion that it sounds ponderous and heavy and you’d turn away. So I’m stuck trying to convince you that you should listen to one of the best artists you haven’t heard (even though he’s been performing for most of this decade) without hitting the two most salient points…Read!

Salim is not only a talented musician, artist, producer, singer-songwriter, but also probably the kindest man I’ve ever met. I just love him.

“1978″ Live at Jovita’s – Salim Nourallah and Band – (Video by The Fine Line)

The Star of the Night, Gavin Nourallah Performs with Jayson Bales – Live at Jovita’s – Video by The Fine Line (like Daddy like…)

So like here’s the deal. Beginning at 4 PM CST this Friday, April 4th, SPACE goes live for the entire weekend…um…on and off…and the following (see posters below), you shall see and hear…we prefer you be there with us, as always, but if’n you live in far off places, then you can still join in the fun with live video streaming.

Oh, and please, oh, please donate to keep the cause alive…Cash thanks you, as do I…

I dunno how long it’s been here, but the boy-child decided to up and clean his room yesterday, which produced a package addressed to me from Glurp Records. Took me about 2 seconds to remove the contents and place it into my ‘puter’s CD thing-a-ma-jiggy. Oh joy. Sweet sweet joy. ‘Twas the, not-yet-released, newborn, Getting to the Point is Beside It from I Love Math…

Dufilho (also the front-man for the Deathray Davies and drummer for The Apples in Stereo), says “Mostly, I wanted to write and record a very straightforward album. I wanted it simple, to the point, and didn’t want to hide behind effects, pedals, distortion, studio tricks or irony.

Drummer Philip Peeples agrees, saying, “On this record, I really enjoyed keeping it simple, playing into the songs, not through them. Also, John and Jason are amazing drummers, something that’s never far from my mind.”

This divine new album was recorded at Pleasantry Lane Studio (you should go take a look at the pics of this kick-ASS studio) and will become available in May, 2008. Meantime…I’ll let the music do the talkin’…PS – I was fiddlin’ with the sound in the beginning and my dog, Speck, decided to go on a barking rampage a bit into this quick listen…

Here’s a clever little video for the track, “Josephine Street” by I Love Math…look for Getting to the Point is Beside It to hit stores in May 2008.

The Rodney Parker CD Release party was un-freakin’-believable. “Off the chain.” “Off the hook.” …and all that stuff.

When Mount Righteous took off on their musical genius, around 8 PM, the joint was packed to the hilt. What brought me particular joy and gave me the warm and fuzzies was the huge crowd that showed up for the night’s performances. It was a range of happy concert-goers, from 18 to 80…hipsters to granny’s, it was a sight to behold.

The Granada is, hands-down, one of my very favorite venues. My equipment don’t stank to high Heaven of smoke in the a.m., the Granada team is always friendly, helpful and downright welcoming and it’s just a swell place all around for live music. Excuse me for a moment while I fetch a mop to clean up this gush. I can’t help it. I loved Friday night.

Bleu Edmondson is a kid. I had no idea how young he was until Friday night. I suppose it’s cuz he’s been a household name since I fell into this music thing, so I just assumed he was closer to 30 than to 20…I thought wrong.

I was already a Bleu fan, but after Friday night (my first time seeing Bleu and the band live), I’m a mega-fan now.

In between band sets and lulls, the Granada lures us into spending even more time there in the future….will I be at this show? HELL YES!!!

Details forthcoming…the above video was recorded off my live feed from Friday night…cuz the Granada airs these upcoming show videos for us to froth and gush and love and want to never, ever leave….the…Granada…

PS – The Avett Brothers will be mine…oh…yes…they…will…be…mine…heh…

Yeah, so I was in the balcony and the band was facing the opposite way, but DAYUM, do I love this band.