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SkARTboarding

Posted by Cindy on 21st June 2008

Yeah well, a live webcast at the Art of Skateboarding shindig was a bust. It seems that the building is too old to accommodate more than a handful of electrical outlets at one time. I was the odd man out…heh…go figure. I got a few pics, all of which can be viewed by clicking on the above YouTube. Once the trendy, gorgeous, mostly wealthy-yuppy rich-folk began to fill every nook and cranny of the gallery, I took my exit. From all accounts (thanks Tiffany), ’twas above and beyond a huge success. “Packed” might be too sissy a word to describe the evening. There were plenty of local media photographers sprinkled about the room, so I figure you might get better rehash over at the Dallas Morning News or ,most certainly some smiling socialites who were in attendance, in next month’s PaperCity.

Check back here this eve for a (really, truly, it’ll happen) live webcast for Art Conspiracy SEED - Live from Sons of Hermann - linkage below…

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Weekend Whaddup

Posted by Cindy on 12th June 2008


Artwork Courtesy of the Boy-Child

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This list is a li’l done - I gots more later to add…come back and see for yourownselves….xxox

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It’s a pretty darn decent week/end at AllGood Cafe - like 3 strong shows that made me cut’n'paste photos of the performers above…oh…and yeah, that’s Hal Samples pictured with porterdavis cuz…well…he tooked the photo.

AllGood Cafe
Thursday - Mario Matteoli
Friday - Menkena
Saturday - porterdavis

Club Dada
Thursday - Salim Nourallah / Ringo Deathstar / Street Hassel / DJ Wild in the Streets
Friday - Frog Eyes / White Hinterland / Evangelicals
Saturday - Strange Boys / Coathangers

Double Wide
Thursday - PPT(?) / DJ Middlefinger
Friday - Nuthin’
Saturday - Dead Twins / Magnet School / Space Cadet
Sunday - The Feds / Underwater / The Better Death

Red Blood Club
Thursday - Naked and Shameless
Friday - ANS / Unit 21 / Rageous Bros. / Seasick / Zheia Golov / Stymie

Fallout Lounge
Thursday - Lost Generation w/Wanz Dover
Friday - The Fever w/DJ El Macho & DJ C MacPhie

City Tavern
Thursday - Southern Swing
Friday - Spector 45 / Goodwin / The Dirty Sound
Saturday - Southern Drive / Truckstop Junkies

Opening Bell
Thursday - Suzanna Choffel / Lang Freeman
Friday - Dylan Sneed / Ryan Thomas Becker / Isaac Hoskins
Saturday - Brian Miller / Local Honey / Carman Menza

The Loft
Thursday - The RZA as Bobby Digital
Saturday - Joshua James / Scott McCurry / Lex Land / Justin Townes Earl

The Palladium
Saturday - Eric Hutchinson / Marie Digby / Justin Nozuka
Sunday - Rilo Kiley / Thao with the Get Down Stay Down / Benji Hughes

Lee Harvey’s
Thursday - DJ Sista Whitenoise
Friday - DJ Chikki G / The Tidbits
Saturday - DJ Sista Whitenoise / The Mumbles
Sunday - DJ EZ Eddie D

House of Blues
Friday - Matthew Ryan vs The Silver State / Jon Dee Graham

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The uber-cool-uber-fab-uber-hip House on Swiss pulls another good’un outta their collective adorable arses….

Saturday, June 14th
House on Swiss
Via Audio / Verulf / Jukebox the Ghost
10 pm - BYOB

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The Cavern
Thursday - Soulever Lift / The Boss Level / The Triggermen / Austin Brown - ZOO: The Video DJ Upstairs
Friday - Farstar / The JGB / JJ & the Rouges / Demihuman - DJ Red Eye Presents “Beat Stew” Upstairs
Saturday Grand Ole Party / Red Monroe / Man Factory - ZOO: The Video DJ Upstairs
Sunday - Ricki Derek Upstairs

If I gushed anymore about Ryan Bingham, then I’d be plumb outta gush and I need to save a little for later. His show…not…to…miss.

Thursday, June 12th
Granada Theater
Ryan Bingham / Dead Horses / Southern Drive / The Dedringers
Doors at 7 pm - It’s almost Sold-Out so Get ‘em while you can

Green Elephant
Thursday - C&W night with Brian Hughes and Friends

White Rock Coffee
Friday - Amanda Lepre / Andrew Stone
Saturday - Jordan Stephens

Love & War (Plano)
Friday - Thomas Michael Riley
Saturday - Houston Marchman CD Release
Sunday - Shiner Sunday w/Dale Watson

Obzeet
Thursday - Eric Erickson
Friday - Drop-Top Rockets

Hank’s
Friday - Texas Renegade
Saturday - Jesse Dayton

Dan’s Silverleaf
Thursday - Gretel / Sarah Jaffe / Doug Burr
Friday - Eric Keyes
Saturday - Big Daddy Alright
Monday - Paul Slavens

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This weekend, it’s all about the Gutterth boys. Cuz, they create some of the bestest shows ever. Yeah. I said it. EVER.

Friday, June 13th
J&J’s Pizza - 118 Oak Street - Denton
New Science Projects / Dust Congress / The Heartstring Stranglers / Parata

Saturday, June 14th
Hailey’s
Gutterth Live: Episode XXII
Balmorhea / MOM / Hotel, Hotel / Geistheistler
Doors at 9 pm / $6-$8 - All Ages

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Hailey’s
Friday - Hallelucination / Odis / Katsuk
Saturday - Balmorhea / MOM / Hotel, Hotel / Geistheistler

Rubber Gloves
Thursday - Weird Weeds / Shiny Around the Edges / Fight Bite / Verulf
Friday - R9 / DJ-G
Saturday - Cats & Dogs - Benefit for Denton Humane Society
Grillin’ Keggin’n'Helpin’ our 4-legged friends
Peforming Bands:
1:00pm - The Tellevators
1:45pm - Starhead
2:30pm - Ella Minnow
3:15pm - Violent Squid
4:00pm- Big Ol Bastards
4:45pm - Handbrake
5:30pm - The Fuzzy Coos
6:15pm - RTB2
7:00pm - Monkeytown
7:45pm - Audrey Lapraik
8:15pm - George Neal
9:00pm - Little Birds
9:45pm - Raised By Tigers
10:30pm - The Heelers
11:15am - Sarah Jaffe
12:00am - Tre Orsi
12:45am - Record Hop
DOORS OPEN AT NOON!
Bring your dog, and enjoy beer, burgers, bands all day long!

8.0
Thursday - Josh Weathers Band / Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights / Chatterton

1919 Hemphill
Friday - Outclassed / Difference Engine / Fatty Fabulous / Division of Power

The Aardvark
Thursday - Bob Schneider / The Campaign
Saturday - James McMurtry / The Dedringers

The Fairmount
Thursday - Mike McClure / Courtney Patton
Friday - Catfish Whiskey / The Ginn Sisters / Claire Moore and her Boys
Saturday - Josh Weathers / Jody Jones / Whiskey Myers

Fred’s
Thursday - Rodney Hayden
Friday - Villain Vangard
Sunday - Magee Payne / Kurt South

Lola’s
Thursday - The Backsliders CD Release / Fate Lions / RTB2
Friday - Joan of Arc / Tame Tame & Quiet / Yellow Fever
Saturday - Little Big Horn / Merkin / Hedkase

The Moon Bar
Friday - Maren Morris / The Royal West Co. / Grant Jones
Saturday - The Iliads / Binary Sunrise

Scat Lounge
Thursday - Johnny Reno
Friday - Ricki Derek & the Vegas Six
Saturday - Quamon Fowler Quintet

White Elephant
Thursday - David Matsler / Sam Anderson
Friday - Clay McClinton
Saturday - Steve Carasco - 2 pm - Billy Joe Shaver
Sunday - Brett Watts Songwriters in the Round (2 pm) / Cassie Phelps (7 pm) / Clubhouse Concerts w/Walt Wilkins and more

Woody’s Tavern
Friday - Ryan Turner / Josh Davis
Saturday - Josh Grider / Larry Hooper

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In-Stores

Bill’s Records
Saturday
Brett Dillon hosts!
2:30pm - The Black Prairie Band
3:15pm - The Dirty Sound
4:00pm - Guy Forsyth
4:45pm - Mike and the Moonpies
Free

Good Records
Saturday:
Via Audio
3 pm - Free

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Radio…

Friday

89.3 KNON - Rocket Radio - “underground electronic and dark music from the North Texas area and around the world”
Midnight ’til 4 am

Saturday

KTCU 88.7 - Radio Sputnik
Tune in at noon!

89.3 KNON - The Dungeon - hard rock, punk, metal and lots from our local unsigned bands
Midnight ’til 4 am

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 2 stooges Tom U. Tony Diaz - 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

89.3 KNON - Pagan Holiday- Open playlist, call in your requests! Lots of Indi and local rock.
Midnight ’til 4 am

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Artsy-Fartsy

Saturday, June 14th
Kettle Art

“Cathey Millers latest paintings depict portraits of women clad in tactical gear, gas masks, ski masks, and American flags inhabiting bunkers and rooms full of video screens. Miller uses bold colors and a painterly style to present a doomsday scenario that is tempered by the occasional orange bicycle, a sweetly smiling face, or a fluorescent jellyfish. Her inspirations for this new work are the constant stream of violent images on modern computer, television, movie, and gaming screens, and “Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness” issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Miller is a 1985 graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena , CA.”

Saturday, June 14th
Hal Samples Gallery and SPACE
Performance by Fight Bite
Live Video Stream here on FineLineLive.com

I’m going to defer to my dear friend over at the Sub-Rosa for all your art-going needs. The chick knows her sh*t. Use her site often.

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Weekend Whaddup

Posted by Cindy on 5th June 2008


Artwork Courtesy of the Boy-Child

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I’m sure I’ll be adding to this, so check back.

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AllGood Cafe
Friday - Heartstring Stranglers - Find FineLineLive.com at this show!
Saturday - Jo Carol Pierce

Club Dada
Thursday - Salim Nourallah / The Cut*Off / The Felons
Friday - Hard Night’s Day / Kung Fu Girls
Saturday - Ryan Parker / A Valient Effort / Charlie Oxford / The Liking Strikes

Double Wide
Thursday - Telethon / The Rape Ape / Blixaboy
Friday - The Backsliders (CD Release) / Dragna (CD Release) / Binary Sunrise
Saturday - The Von Ehrics / Hit & Run

Red Blood Club
Sunday, June 8th
BBQ w/Truck Stop Junkies / Tennessee George & Wagontrash / Saddle Tramp / Caroline Danielsons
Booze - BBQ - Raffles - Door Prizes - General Hoopla
4 pm

Fallout Lounge
Thursday - Lost Generation w/Wanz Dover
Friday - The Fever w/DJ El Macho & DJ C MacPhie

Nasher Summer Garden Series
Saturday - Havana NRG

City Tavern
Friday - The Dirt Blazers / Homespun Remedies
Saturday - The Slack / Escort Service / Epitas (CD Release)

Opening Bell
Thursday - Jimmy Baldwin / Nancy Apple / Glenna Bell
Friday - Chris Holt / Molly Venter
Saturday - Elle / Tim Scott / April Geesbreght

The Loft
Thursday - Detroit Cobras
Saturday - Helio Sequence / Smile Smile / Calhoun

Poor David’s Pub
Friday - Joe Ely / Luke Rainwater
Saturday - Bob Schneider / Nathan Johnson

Lee Harvey’s
Thursday - DJ MC 900 Ft. Jesus
Friday - DJ Chikki G / Leo Hull
Saturday - DJ Sista Whitenoise / Truck Stop Junkies
Sunday - DJ EZ Eddie D

The Palladium
Thursday - Ladytron / Datarock

House of Blues
Thursday - Augustana / Wild Sweet Orange / Paddy Casey
Friday - The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Big Daddy Alright

Saturday, June 7th
House of Dang - and/or gallery

Show #17: - Cory Arcangel + Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied

June 7th - July 19th
Opening Reception June 7th, 6pm-9pm with all artists in attendance

Walk through with the artists at 7:30
Performance by Tree Wave and Farah at 8:00

Cory Arcangel is a computer artist, performer, and curator who lives and works in Brooklyn. His work centers on his love of personal computers and the internet. He is the co-founder for the Beige Programming Ensemble. Current interests include C.S.N.&Y., CSS, RSS, GCC, C++, HTML, XML, and TEX. His work has shown in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Space 1026, Philly, the Migros Museum, Zurich, Team Gallery, New York, and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris/Salzburg and on his homepage.

Based in Stuttgart, Germany, artists Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied are inspired by the messages, animation, and changing iconography of the internet. In their recent exhibition Online Newspapers in Madison Square Park, the artists displayed digital reproductions of online newspapers covered with now technologically out-dated web graphics and animation. The Internet is a vast network of both the symbolic and banal; Lialina and Dragan examine the language of the public domain, its evolution and aesthetics. A pioneer of net art, Olia Lialina has lectured, curated and exhibited around the world, she currently teaches at Merz Akademie in Stuttgart. Dragan Espenschied is an artist, musician, and programmer who won the 2001 Media Award from Zentrum f�r Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe. Both artists have given lectures and exhibited their work at galleries and museums including, ABC Gallery, Moscow; Sonar, Barcelona; VertexList gallery, New York; RX gallery, San Francisco; SECESSION, Austria; and the New Museum, New York

The Cavern
Thursday - Fancy Fist / Elle Laporte / Lalagray - ZOO: The Video DJ Upstairs
Friday - Alpha Rev / Sounds Under the Radio / The Soldier Thread
Saturday - Deadman / Flat People / Collin Herring
Sunday - Ricki Derek

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Steven Collins has endured a lot of personal pain these past couple of years. His life, and his music, have taken many winding roads that led to a move to Austin, numerous new songs and a whole new band. Regardless of the changes, one thing remains the same—Steve is an amazing singer/songwriter/performer.

Saturday, June 7th
The Cavern
Deadman / Flat People / Collin Herring
SPLENDID Show!
Doors at 9 pm - $6.00 - 21+

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Zubar
Friday - DJ Select
Saturday - One (Electronic Filled Eve)

Granada Theater
Friday - The Vanished / Darby / Mother’s Anthem / We Heart the Violence
Saturday - Rocky Athas / Lightning & Nitzinger / Randy Pavlock (What you have here is some good ol’ real rock’n'roll)

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SPCA of Texas Pet Flix Film Festival

Unique and one-of-a-kind, the SPCA of Texas� Pet Flix Film Festival is an exciting and entertaining event that focuses on making our furry friends famous! What started out as a small film festival has now turned into a well-recognized community event, drawing pet and film enthusiasts from across Texas and surrounding states as well as filmmakers from California and New York. Films entered into the festival showcase animals of all types and consist of a wide variety of genres including dramas, mysteries, parodies, music videos and comedies, to name a few. The finalists� films will be shown at the festival and prizes will be presented to the top three winners as chosen by celebrity judges.

The first and only humane organization that hosts this type of event, The SPCA of Texas is one of the country�s largest humane organizations that provides services for more than 30,000 homeless and abused animals each year and provides citizens of the Dallas Metroplex with low-cost veterinarian services. All event proceeds will benefit the programs and services of the SPCA. For more information on Pet Flix, visit www.petflix.org.

Sunday, June 8th
Granada Theater
Doors at 5 pm - $10.00

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Lakewood Bar & Grill
Thursday - Sparrowbox / Aton / Champa
Friday - John Priest / Southbound Lane / Darryl Lee Rush

Barley House
Friday - Zapruder Sequence
Saturday - The Slow Burners / Sunday Drive
Sunday - The Sunday Night Drinking Club w/Dave Little / Chris Holt / Danny Balis and more

Update! - White Rock Coffee
Friday - Darren Furr (Anden)
Saturday - Michael Earhart

Love & War (Plano)
Thursday - Sisters Morales
Friday - Jason Carrell
Saturday - Owen Temple
Sunday - Shiner Sunday w/Rusty Wier / Randy Hopper

Obzeet
Thursday - Colin Boyd

Hank’s
Thursday - Aaron Watson

Love & War (Grapevine)
Friday - Brian “the Beerman” Houser

Summer kicks off Texas-style this weekend with a blow-out pool party with Larry Joe Taylor.

Tonight, Thursday, June 5th
Austin Ranch Pool Party
Performing: Larry Joe Taylor
8 pm - $10.00
Happy Hour & Appetizers 7:30
Beach Attire!
Austin Ranch
Silverlake Saloon (Red Awning)
Grapevine, Texas 75065

Andy’s
Friday - We Are Villians / RTB2 / White Walls

Art Six Coffee House
Thursday - Tim Miller

Dan’s Silverleaf
Thursday - Clint Strong
Friday - Stumptone
Saturday Matthew & the Arrogant Sea / Florene / Daniel Folmer
Sunday - 3 on Sunday - Born for Hard Luck” (a short profile of Arthur “Peg Leg Sam” Jackson), Target Video’s 1977 live footage of LA punk band The Screamers, and a compilation of early Black Sabbath live performances - Free
Monday - Paul Slavens

Hailey’s
Friday - Singer / History at our Disposal / Zest of Yore
Saturday - Unwed Sailor / Sybris / The Demigs
Sunday - DJ Wild in the Streets / The Broken Letters / Dust Congress

Oh that’s the way, uh-huh uh-huh I like it….uh-huh, uh-huh

Some of my other favorite Denton kiddies, Mount Righteous, finished-up When the Music Starts with John Congelton at the helm and all the M.R. kids writin’ and performin’. To celebrate, a party at Rubber Gloves was a no-brainer.

Check it:

Friday, June 6th
Rubber Gloves
Mount Righteous CD Release / Fishboy / Death! to the Doom Riders
Doors at 9 pm - $6- $8

Rubber Gloves
Thursday - Homegrown Thursdays - Pet Hospital / Orange Peel Sunshine / The Faith
Friday - Mount Righteous CD Release / Fishboy / Death! to Doom Riders
Saturday - The Destro / The Ocean / Lair of the Minotaur

8.0
Thursday - Tejas Brothers / The Derailers

1919 Hemphill
Saturday - Zanzibar Snails / The Great Tyrant / Mistress / Nouns Group

The Aardvark
Thursday - Television City / Hollow Eye / American Aquarium / Nicholas Altobelli
Saturday - The Drams / Telegraph Canyon / Calhoun

The Fairmount
Saturday - Austin Collins / Macon Greyson / Brian Wright / Sally Jaye

Fred’s
Thursday - Hank Hankshaw
Friday - Champa
Sunday - Magee Payne / Kurt South

Lola’s
Friday - Dax Riggs / John Barrett’s Bass Drum of Death
Sunday - Addnerim / Sweetooth / Four Days to Burn - BBQ - Gore Gore Girls Showing - Dave Karnes later on

The Moon Bar
Friday - Jason Davis / Seed
Saturday - Stoogeaphilia / Unizen / Great American Novel

Scat Lounge
Thursday - Johnny Reno
Friday - Rosana Eckert
Saturday - Carla Norris-Hopkins Jazz Quartet

White Elephant
Thursday - Luke Olson
Friday - Johnny Solinger
Saturday - Terry Rasor - 2 pm
Sunday - Casey Thompson / Greg Reichel / Travis Linville

Woody’s Tavern
Friday - Joey Green / 3 Rivers Alice
Saturday - Walt Wilkins / Eliza Gibson

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In-Stores

Bill’s Records
Saturday - Lara Lenhoff / Wicked Brew / Christian Ross - 2:30 pm - Free

Good Records
Thursday - Wild Sweet Orange - 6 pm - Free CANCELED (thanks Jeff!)

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Radio…

Friday

89.3 KNON - Rocket Radio - “underground electronic and dark music from the North Texas area and around the world”
Midnight ’til 4 am

Saturday

KTCU 88.7 - Radio Sputnik
Tune in at noon!

89.3 KNON - The Dungeon - hard rock, punk, metal and lots from our local unsigned bands
Midnight ’til 4 am

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 2 stooges Tom U. Tony Diaz - 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

89.3 KNON - Pagan Holiday- Open playlist, call in your requests! Lots of Indi and local rock.
Midnight ’til 4 am

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Artsy-Fartsy

I’m going to defer to my dear friend over at the Sub-Rosa for all your art-going needs. The chick knows her sh*t. Use her site often.

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Post for Mister McFatty…er…”Gus-Gus”

Posted by Cindy on 2nd June 2008

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Weekend Whaddup

Posted by Cindy on 29th May 2008


Artwork Courtesy of the Boy-Child

I’m off down I-35 this weekend to haul the girl-child back to Austin and get her settled into her new digs. So no shows fer me, but plenty for you...

Double Wide
Thursday - The Jungle Rockers / Sawed Off Sick
Friday - The Heelers

Fallout Lounge
Thursday - Lost Generation w/Wanz Dover
Friday - The Fever w/DJ El Macho & DJ C MacPhie

City Tavern
Thursday - Taylor Davis
Friday - Grant Jones & the Pistol Grip Lassos / Mike Mathis Band / Band of Annuals

Opening Bell
Thursday - Derisory, I Am
Friday - Fate Lions / Elle / Annabella
Saturday - Fishing for Comets / Billygoat Brink (wish I could be at this show)

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Tim Miller - “Adelaide”

I can’t recall precisely how I first met Tim Miller, but I do know ’twas awhile back. Cuz one time I was doing a live audio stream at the Green Room for Kirtland Records, and like I ran into Tim there and I particularly remember that night cuz Cary Pierce was performing and he asked me to watch the door for him while he changed…heh.

Anyhoo, Tim’s got a spankin’ new album just out, Adelaide, and he’s gonna drop it like it’s hot this coming Saturday, May 31st at The Loft.

Joining Tim on stage that night, the amazing Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights and Electric Touch. Es muy bueno, like buttah.

Recorded onto tape, Tim Miller’s Adelaide is an example of emotionally- charged, mature songwriting. Produced by Chris Bell (Erykah Badu, Polyphonic Spree, Eagles) and mastered by Adam Ayan (Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Phish, Ani DiFranco), Adelaide features Tim Miller’s honest and soothing voice performing melodic folk rock songs in a style similar to singer/songwriters, James Blunt and Ari Hest. Out Of The Box (2004) established this Dallas based singer/songwriter as an artist with a raw, honest approach and since Miller’s music has been licensed by MTV’s My Super Sweet 16, Real World, Road Rules, and The Challenge, and Tom Green’s film Shred II.

Adelaide is a collection of meaningful, slow-medium folk rock songs. While listening to this album, you get the feeling that any of these songs could easily be in a soundtrack during the turning point of a film. Miller’s guitars and vocals blend together effortlessly while the organ and piano perfectly compliment the basic folk rock sound of the album. Instead of keeping with the usual acoustic guitar and piano set-up that most folk rock musicians use, Miller brings in an organ on some songs, which makes the album stand out and creates an overall fuller sound. “Say Hello” is one of the album’s faster-paced rock songs that showcase this full organ sound, in addition to a melodic bridge and break down of electric guitar and voice. “Let’s Go” and “Another Day in the Life” are two additional solid, medium-tempo rock songs that move the album along nicely with catchy rock guitars and strong vocals. The rest of the album is slower-paced, folk rock ballads, including “Whom Am I,” an emotional song with dreamy acoustic guitars, dramatic piano and introspective lyrics. “Man Overboard,” another slower-paced rock folk song, features one of the album’s most catchy guitar riffs. In “Let us End,” Miller sings colorful harmonies, creating a soulful feel that reveals the depth of his vocal abilities. “Four Leaf Clover” brings in the mandolin and steel guitar to give the listener a taste of country. “This Life” features both a catchy piano and keyboard that give the song an ambiance of driving through the country at sunset.

Adelaide is an album of listenable instrumentation and dynamic songwriting. Tim Miller is definitely here to stay and I wouldn’t be surprised if very soon we start hearing his songs in more mainstream outlets.

~Erik Bruno - Muzik Reviews

The Loft
Friday - Treasure Fingers / Kill the Noise
Saturday - Tim Miller CD Release / Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights / Electric Crush

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Poor David’s Pub
Friday - Randy MacAllister
Saturday - Brice Beaird / Mark Wayne Glasmire / Elizabeth Wills

Lee Harvey’s
Thursday - DJ MC 900 Ft. Jesus
Friday - DJ Sista Whitenoise / Oliver’s Army
Saturday - DJ Sista Whitenoise / Boys Named Sue
Sunday - DJ EZ Eddie D

House of Blues
Friday - Local Music Showcase w/Kristin Leigh / Meridain West / Calhoun / Odis
Saturday - Old 97’s / Hayes Carll

The Cavern
Thursday - Scarily Terrible / Peace Corpse / Falkens Maze / Farah
Friday - The Frontier Brothers / Orange Peel Sunshine / The Ramonalisas / Ian Axel
Saturday - The Hope Trust / Leo Rondeau / Heidi Leigh Spencer
Sunday - Ricki Derek

Zubar
Friday - The Party / Cultura Fina

Granada Theater
Thursday - Black Angels / Brothers & Sisters / True Widow
Friday - Cory Morrow / Rich O’toole / Mo Robson
Saturday - Eleven Hundred Springs / Big Smith / The King Bucks

Lakewood Bar & Grill
Friday - Catdaddies / Aranda / Brian Wright / Sally Jaye / Macon Greyson
Saturday - Dustin Morris & Greenstar Band / Mike & the Moonpies / Somebody’s Darling / Salute

Tipperary Inn
Friday - Bandmates

Green Elephant
Friday - Funk Dirtyy
Saturday - Dub Assembly

Hank’s
Thursday - Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Friday - Doug Moreland
Saturday - Mark David Manders

Obzeet
Thursday - Colin Boyd

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I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay…

Yup, it’s that time again. Lumberjack Fest IV will rock yo’ ass all day and into the night on Saturday, May 31, 2008. I’m quite p.o.’d that I ain’t gonna be in town…but don’t let that stop you’ns.

It’s goin’ down at Dan’s in Denton and starts ’round 2 pm. See below.

Proceed will go to the Denton Humane Society and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk!

Dan’s Silverleaf
Thursday - Tenacious ROot / DJ Craig-Mon / Texas Coalition to Abolith the Death Penalty Benefit w/Sara Hickman
Friday - Centro-matic / South San Gabriel
Saturday Lumberjack Fest IV w/The Make Believers / Mauve X / Deep Snapper / Low Dosage / Pinebox Serenade / A.M. Ramblers / PVC Street Gang / Gun Gun / The Heelers
Sunday - Free Music Sundays with Starhead / Dark Valley Harvesters / Fancy Fist
Monday - Paul Slavens

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Hailey’s - The Logic / Hallelucination / Febrifuge
Saturday - DJ G & the Gang

Rubber Gloves
Thursday - Vortexas / Mr. Dibbs / Rob Viktum
Friday - The Night Game Cult / Silk Stocking / White Bitch / Vioent Squid
Saturday - Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s / Matthew & the Arrogant Sea / Red Monroe

715 Panhandle
Friday - Marked Men / Teenage Cool Kids / Total Abuse / Back Sabbath

8.0
Thursday - The Burning Hotels / Chomsky / The Frontier Brothers / Titan Mon - 6:30 pm

The Aardvark
Thursday - Los Super Vatos / 281 South / The Dallahachie / Brothers / Terrible Secret of Space
Friday - Myers Brothers / Matt Cliff / Greg Schroeder / John Guns
Saturday - Asylum Street Spankers / Matt the Electrician

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The Chat Room is the place to be this weekend with a stellar line-up of many FineLineLiveLoved bands.

Now see here…

The Chat Room
Friday - Sarah Jaffe / Robert Gomez / The Heartstring Stragglers
Saturday - The Baptist Generals / Band of Annuals / Matthew & the Arrogant Sea

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The Fairmount
Thursday - Michael Fracasso / Mike Kelley
Friday - Josh Abbott Band / Charlie Shafter Band
Saturday - Dale Watson / Eric Hisaw
Sunday - James Nored / Dave Eaves

Fred’s
Thursday - Scott Copeland
Friday - Fatty Lumpkin
Saturday - Stephen Pointer Band
Sunday - Jenny Kerr

Lola’s
Thursday - Great American Novel / Pretty Baby / Browningham
Friday - Pablo & the Hemphill 7 / Darth Vato / The Me-Thinks / Uzi / Warchild
Saturday - Local H / Lions / Max Cady

The Moon Bar
Friday - Peach Truck Republic
Saturday - Whiskey Folk Ramblers

Scat Lounge
Thursday - Reverend Organ Drum
Friday - The Texas Gypsies
Saturday - Ricki Derek

White Elephant
Thursday - Ed Burleson
Friday - Kyle Hunt Band
Saturday - Kevin Deal
Sunday - Jordan Mycoskie / Kurt South / Houston Marchman

Woody’s Tavern
Friday - Micky & the Motorcars / Stephen Pointer
Saturday - Hazaard / Greg Schroeder

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In-Stores

Bill’s Records
Saturday - The Opium Symphony - 4 pm - free

Good Records
Saturday - Old 97’s - 1 pm - Local H - 3 pm

Strawberry Fields
Saturday - SeeyalaterWestOak Party

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Radio…

Friday

89.3 KNON - Rocket Radio - “underground electronic and dark music from the North Texas area and around the world”
Midnight ’til 4 am

Saturday

KTCU 88.7 - Radio Sputnik
Tune in at noon!

89.3 KNON - The Dungeon - hard rock, punk, metal and lots from our local unsigned bands
Midnight ’til 4 am

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 2 stooges Tom U. Tony Diaz - 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

89.3 KNON - Pagan Holiday - Open playlist, call in your requests! Lots of Indi and local rock.
Midnight ’til 4 am
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Artsy-Fartsy

The artwork and music are not of this world… or are they? Is the surreal nature of dreams and fantasy from another plane of existence, or are they here in plain sight? The artists and musicians participating in Existence Is Elsewhere all explore what may or may not be imagined.

Existance Is Elsewhere is a one night only event featuring raw local talent of artists Nick Bradford, Lets Kish, Jason Barnett, Kunst, Alison Welsh, Larry Carey, Janelle Tohill and Loren V. Era. Music by Yells At Ells and SUBkommander.

Musical performances to begin around 9pm.

Avenue Arts
Saturday, May 31
8 pm

CADD Art Fair May 30 – June 1
333 First Avenue :: Dallas, TX 75227 :: 214.826.0467

threethreethreefirstavenue.com

FAIR HOURS AND ADMISSION INFORMATION

>>PURCHASE TICKETS HERE<<

Friday.05.30.08
7:00-10:00 pm :: Preview Party $45 in advance :: $60 at the door
9:45-11:00 pm :: Austin band, Shapes Have Fangs performing in the pavillion

Saturday.05.31.08
12:00-8:00 pm :: General Admission $10 (good for SAT & SUN)
2:00-3:00 pm :: Keynote Speaker, booksigning featuring
Paige West, author of The Art of Buying Art and founder of Mixed Greens, NY

Sunday.06.01.08
12:00-5:00 pm :: General Admission $10 (good for SAT & SUN)
2:00-3:00 pm :: New Media Panel featuring
Lauren Cornell (Rhizome, The New Museum), Paul Slocum (director And/Or Gallery, artist), Kevin Bewersdorf (artist, filmmaker, musician), Todd Simmons (Austin Museum of Digital Art), moderated by Noah Simblist (SMU)

3:30-4:30 pm :: Care and Conservation Panel featuring
John T. Campbell (The Nasher Sculpture Center), Lyzanne Gann (conservator of photographs), Shannon Phillips and Tish Brewer (The Center for Art Conservation), moderated by Cheryl Vogel (Valley House Gallery)

I’m going to defer to my dear friend over at the Sub-Rosa for all your art-going needs. The chick knows her sh*t. Use her site often.

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Tay-Tay on Kei-Kei

Posted by Cindy on 28th May 2008

I was most pleased to plop my arse on the sofa, after the Re*Cov*Er shindig on Saturday night, only to find precious Taylor Davis just a’croonin’ away on the Gordon Keith Show.

Check it above. Very nice.

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I Love Math Listen’s Up Tonight…

Posted by Cindy on 27th May 2008

I Love Math’s highly anticipated album, Getting to the Point is Beside It, sits all hot’n'bothered’n'ready for your insatiable CD player. Tonight, please join me in celebration by settin’ up over at Barley House for a good ol’ fashioned listenin’-to partay.

Out of town? Too lazy to make the drive? That’s kinda okay cuz we’ll be streaming the whole shindig live here at The Fine Line. Expect the cameras to roll ’bout 7 pm. The chat room will be up and running too, in case youse got questions for the band or somethin’.

Getting To The Point Is Beside It
We all get tired and we all get weary. Sometimes what we need is something true-a good, honest document stripped of all falsehoods and petty trickery. I Love Math’s new album, Getting to the Point Is Beside It is one such thing.

“It’s amazing what kind of magic some people can make with only the most basic of ingredients,” says Mundane Sounds about front-man/guitarist John Dufilho’s songwriting.

Dufilho (also the front-man for the Deathray Davies and drummer of 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 simply through them. Also, John and Jason are amazing drummers, something that’s never far from my mind.” Accordingly, the band’s unwritten rule of “keep it sparse” makes perfect sense alongside another I Love Math mantra: “no cymbals allowed.” Simplicity over all.

On the 12 song Getting to the Point, pedal steel soars out over guitars you’d expect from the best of old school country. But this is no retro trip; songs like “Josephine Street,” “Some Bridges,” and “Too Many Demons” wouldn’t be out of place on a mix-tape with contemporaries like Jon Brion, Belle & Sebastian, Jonathan Richman, and Yo La Tengo (Fakebook-era) as it would with vintage Kinks, and like-minded harmonizers Simon and Garfunkel and the Everly Brothers.

As The Deathray Davies continues to move forward, I Love Math comes on as its own animal. This is no side-project; Dufilho writes endlessly, so pulling off two full-time bands is almost second nature. Recorded with Salim Nourallah at Pleasantry Lane Studio,.Dufilho and his Dallas-based band-mates, bassist Jason Garner (The Deathray Davies, The Paper Chase), drummer Philip Peeples (Old 97’s), and keyboardist Andy Lester (The Deathray Davies, Slider Pines), have given us an organic yet cinematic piece of music. Songs like “These Paper Walls,” “Volcanic Ash,” and “Better Days” come off like a soundtrack to a great movie that was never made.

On Getting to the Point, I Love Math deliver something modern yet classic. Welcome this record into your life. Your soundtrack has never been better.


“Josephine Street”

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That’s Totally Rufus

Posted by Cindy on 23rd May 2008

I think I’ve managed to talk the boy-child into doing a weekly thang here on The Fine Line. For you see, not only is this kid a musician, he’s also an avid concert goer…well, all-ages concert goer.

He’s been ramblin’ on and on about the big weekend at Fat Daddy’s, yes it’s that time again, FATTYFEST! Woohooo!!! Dude.

I used to cover a wider range of genres, including those metal, hardcore, screamo genres…but let’s face it, I’m too old and far too lame to even try to be a poser. Therefore, the boy has agreed to offer-up his concert picks for all-ages (and/or the genres listed above), since that’s his thang.

We discussed this after bedtime last eve, so I’m sorta on my own this week since he’s off to Lewisville the moment the last school bell tolls, so I’ll just leave it at this, click here if you wanna screamo your hardcore, moshy metal head off.

I can’t believe how many of these FattyFests I’ve attended over the years…oy. Sometimes it’s just nice to sit back and wallow in your old-aged-lameness…

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FW Weekly Music Awards are…Announced? UPDATED

Posted by Cindy on 22nd May 2008

I love Fort Worth. Really. I do. Some of my favorite folks live, work, play and perform there, and ’sides, they’s just good people in Fort Worth.

I also like the FW Weekly. Well, sort of. Unless I make the trek to the Fort, I can’t get me grubby paws on a hard copy. That’s really too bad, cuz their website sucks to high Heaven. Not only is it a tad confusing, but they are still running Mariani’s “Hearsay” column without paragraph breaks (oooooh, and the forever question marks). It’s so highly annoying, and gone on so long, that I rarely even take a look-see.

Another highly annoying thing (no, I’m not through bitching just yet) is when every year, the FW Weekly Music Awards nominees are announced…they are via the hard copy only. If you hit the site and click on the Music Awards Ballot side-banner (you might have to refresh several times before you find it), it goes to a…sigh…MySpace page. Still, no nominees listed.

I want to love the FW Weekly again, really, I do. But they make it so darn hard when I can’t even navigate (much less read) the darn site. Oh, and now with the pop-up ads…oy.

Okay, nuff bitchin’.

Here’s what I do know, and a little speculation…

1. The ballot is in this week’s issue on page 18.

2. The Music Showcase is on June 22nd, 2008.

3. Here’s the link to the MySpace page.

4. Mariani aka Hearsay says that the ballot will be up on the site at some point.

5. Mariani, Darling Anthony, still takes great pleasure in taking Dallas potshots…heh…that kid never fails to crack me up…

The only thing different this year is the addition of a new category, DJ, an uber-niche genre about which most of us, I bet, know next to nothing, probably because we live in backwater Fort Worth and not upscale Dallas. Nevertheless, I got enough e-mails over the past year to warrant including our turntablist friends…

6. Five Venues for this year’s event, including 8.0, Bent Lounge, The Flying Saucer, Paddy Red’s, Scat Lounge.

7. I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that the performers confirmed, are also nominees: Black Tie Dynasty, The Burning Hotels, Calhoun, the Cut*Off, Darth Vato, Collin Herring, April Geespreght, Goodwin (who, I’ve been told by a very reliable source, got several nominations), Jefferson Colby, Lifters, Merkin, Pable & Hemphill 7, Stephen Pointer, Pretty Baby, Rivercrest Yacht Club, Stumptone, Tame, Tame & Quiet, Telegraph Canyon, Titanmoon, Whisky Folk Ramblers….and “more.”

I’ll letcha know if anymore info. comes across my desk…meantime make like me and plan to attend.

Thanks to me Muffy, I have the 411…

VOTE!

ROCK
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Black Tie Dynasty
The Burning Hotels
Calhoun
The Cut*Off
Lifters
Tame… Tame and Quiet

HARD ROCK
———
Exit 380
Incendiary
Jefferson Colby
The Me-Thinks
Sky Eats Airplane
Spoonfed Tribe
Stella Rose

HEAVY METAL
———–
Addnerim
Blood of the Sun
Brickfight
The Great Tyrant
Legends of the South
Merkin
One-Fingered Fist
Urizen
Within Chaos

NEW ARTIST
———-
The Black Bonnets
Frontier Brothers
Panther City Bandits
Pretty Baby
Proud Warrior
Rivercrest Yacht Club
Telegraph Canyon
Whiskey Folk Ramblers

DJ/BEATSMITH
————
Buddah
FNKY1
Riot
Sexy9
Soul
Wildhair

LIVE BAND
———
The Campaign
Darth Vato
High School Assembly
Holy Moly
The Illiads
Pablo and the Hemphill 7
Sally Majestic
Villain Vanguard

AVANT-GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL
————————
Alan
Best Fwends
The Bible Fire
Eaton Lke Tonics
Ghoultown
PFFFFT!
Sleeplab
Top Secret .. shhhh
Underground Railroad

ALT-COUNTRY
———–
Blackland River Devils
Dove Hunter
Collin Herring
Clint Niosi
Panther City Bandits
Telegraph Canyon
The Theater Fire
Whiskey Folk Ramblers

TEXAS MUSIC
———–
Brad Hines
Joey Green Band
Jordan Mycoskie & the Fire-Breathing Fish
Josh Weathers Band
Kyle Bennett Band
Maren Morris
Magee Payne
Stephen Pointer
Standard Transmission

C&W

100 Damned Guns
Tommy Alverson
Cadillac Sky
Lost Country
Ginny Mac
Phil Pritchett
Kurt South
Quebe Sisters

ACOUSTIC/FOLK
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Blackland River Devils
Bosque Brown
Daniel Katsuk
PrinceRodriguez
James Michael Taylor
Russ Walton

JAZZ/WORLD
———-
Amistad
Daymond Callahan
Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra w/Adonis Rose
Jazz Monsters
Jhon Kahsen
Lazzo
Rachella Parks

BLUES/FUNK
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Dirty & Earthy Vibes
James Hinkle
Josh Weathers Band
The Red Herrings
Holland K. Smith
Drue Webber
John Zaskoda

R&B/RAP
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6TWO
8-11 & Ph.D
Immortal Soldierz
PPT
Rivercrest Yacht Club
Smooth Vega
Versatile
Keite Young

VOCALIST (FEMALE)
—————–
April Geesbreght
Maren Morris
Elizabeth Wills
Beth Wood
Zayara (Pretty Baby)

VOCALIST (MALE)
—————
Daniel Katsuk (Katsuk)
Matt Mooty (The Burning Hotels)
Cory Watson (Black Tie Dynasty)
Carey Wolff
Keite Young

SONGWRITER
———-
Tyler Casey, Nathan Scneiderwent (Titanmoon)
April Geesbreght
Collin Herring
Daniel Katsuk
Tim Locke
Keite Young

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
—————–
“All The Good News” - Telegraph Canyon
“Big Fire” - April Geesbreght
“Denglish” - PPT
“Last of the Great Mississippi Bluesmen - Live in Dallas” - The Blue Shoe Project
“Out in the Wind” - Katsuk
“Past Life Crashing” - Collin Herring
“Rivercrest Yache Club” - Rivercrest Yacht Club
“Texas” - Playradioplay!
“Vinyl Destination” - Joey Green Band
“When the Music Starts” - Mount Righteous

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
———————-
“Calhoun” - Calhoun
“2″ - Goodwin
“Gravity Sunnenly Released” - Stumptone
“Film Black” - Titanmoon
“My Cosmic Self” - Jefferson Colby
“Packaged Up For Beginners” - The Cut*Off
“Public Service Announcement” - Spoonfed Tribe

SONG OF THE YEAR
—————-
“Alibi” - Lifters
“Elephants a Big as Whales” - Playradioplay!
“JennyO” - Josh Weathers Band
“My Mistake” - April Geesbreght
“Punches” - Collin Herring
“To Me Mum” - PPT
“Violent Man” - Pretty Baby

ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR
———————
“Big House” - The Cut*Off
“Breathe” - Calhoun
“Grace” - Goodwin
“Gravity Suddenly Released” - Stumptone
“Morocco” - Titanmoon

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
——————
Calhoun
Green River Ordinance
Goodwin
Katsuk
Playradioplay!
Stumptone

COVER/TRIBUTE BAND
——————
Child O’Mine
Poo Live Crew
Prophets of Rage
Stoogeaphilia
Velvet Love Box

MVP

Lee Allen
Andre Edmondson
Matt Hembree
Dave Karnes
Marcus Lawyer
Adonis Rose
Bart Rose

VENUE
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8.0 Bar and Cafe
Aardvark
Arts Fifth Avenue
Lola’s Saloon
The Moon
Ridglea Theater
Scat Jazz Lounge
The White Elephant

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
———————-
John Nitzinger
Buddy Whittington
Red Young

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Welcome Jeffrey

Posted by Cindy on 21st May 2008

I dunno how I did it, but I managed to wrangle Jeff Liles into posting here whenever the hell he wants…hopefully, that’ll be often.

See his first one below….beg for more…he’s got the password…

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What’s What at WRR

Posted by Cindy on 20th May 2008

Beginning today, WRR listeners will hear some new voices on the air. The new line-up reflects the station’s commitment to keep the classical format exciting an engaging.

“The station has aggressively recruited the best announcers to complement each
air shift,” Greg Davis, WRR General Manager said. “The trio of new voices brings varied, but highly professional, backgrounds to WRR, and with existing announcers, creates perhaps the most dynamic on-air staff in recent station history.”

The new line-up includes:

Kevin Pytcher assumes the duties as host of The Going Home Show (3-7
p.m. weekdays). He comes to WRR from El Paso with an extensive radio and television background. He has spent the past several years working in television in the Sun City, as promotions manager for the PBS affiliate and a broadcast and internet producer/writer for the leading news station. But
his first love is radio, where he got his start after high school as an announcer and as classical music director of KTEP-FM. Along the way, he earned a degree in communication from the station’s licensee, U.T. El Paso.

Ed Blaylock is the new evening host (7 p.m.-midnight weekdays).
Blaylock is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a degree Radio, TV, and Film. His radio experience began on campus at KNTU FM where he hosted a classical music program. He is an actor who has appeared in stage productions, children’s’ educational theater, summer stock theater, industrial videos, played character roles in independent feature motion pictures, and appeared in local and national television commercials.

Matthew Erikson joins the WRR team as the evening host on weekends
(7p.m.-midnight Saturday and Sunday). A recent Texas transplant and “passionate” music lover, Erikson was The Fort Worth Star-Telegram classical music critic from August 2006 to January 2008. A native of New England, he graduated from Amherst College and has a Master’s degree in piano performance from the Hartt School in Hartford, Conn. Prior to coming to Fort Worth, he was an arts writer for The Hartford Courant. His articles have also appeared in The Boston Globe.

They join WRR’s announcers:
· Christopher Hackett, host of The Morning Show,
· Adriana Bate, host of mid-day music on weekdays including Classic Café
· Karen Moyer, mid-day host on weekends, and
· Peter Van de Graaff, host of Music All Night.

Kurt Rongey, who split his time between programming duties and hosting The
Going Home Show, now will focus strictly on overseeing all operational functions at WRR.

In addition to the on-air staff changes, WRR also is revamping some programming features. In an effort to provide more localized programming, WRR has discontinued several syndicated symphony series, such as the Chicago and San Francisco symphonies, and has reworked several locally-produced
programs. Main Event, a WRR-produced show featuring new CD releases of classical music, will now air from 10-11 p.m. on Fridays, Command Performance, a program featuring listeners’ requests, will air Sundays from noon - 1 p.m. and the programs, Music of the Metroplex and Theme and Variations have
been discontinued.

Licensed on August 5, 1921, WRR is Texas’ first commercial radio station and the second oldest in
the United States. WRR FM has maintained its classical format since 1948. Broadcasting 24 hours a
day from historic Fair Park in Dallas, WRR’s 100,000-watt signal can be received throughout North
Texas. The station “streams” its terrestrial broadcast signal on the Internet at wrr101.com

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WRR to broadcast live from the Fort Worth Opera Festival May 25

The Fort Worth Opera Festival is capturing the imagination of opera lovers around the world. And, WRR Classical 101 is pleased to bring a taste of this tantalizing festival to its listeners. It is with great excitement, that WRR announces the live broadcast of a matinee performance of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. This historic broadcast will be 2 p.m., Sunday, May 25 live from stage of the Bass Performance Hall. Considered by many to be the greatest of the Italian Romantic operas, Lucia di Lammermoor is based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott.

The epitome of romantic opera in spite of its tragic ending, Lucia di Lammermoor demands incredible vocal and acting skills from the singers. And the Fort Worth Opera delivers with two of the hottest singers today, Elizabeth Futral (Lucia) and Stephen Costello (Edgardo). Both performed these roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Kurt Rongey, WRR’s operations manager, said “The wealth of dramatic music makes Lucia appealing to modern musical theatre audiences, as well as the most devoted opera fan.

“WRR listeners are in for an incredible afternoon of opera on May 25. The live broadcast is part of WRR’s commitment to bring more live, localized programming to our listeners,” Rongey said. “In recent months, WRR has broadcast the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra live from Carnegie Hall and we are currently working on several other projects with major arts groups, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.”

This special live broadcast is sponsored by UNT Health Science Center, The
Dallas Opera, Museum Place, Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau and Metroplex Cadillac Dealers.

The Fort Worth Opera Festival runs May 16-June 8. For additional information, visit fwopera.org.

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D.E.E.P. Tonight - Ya’ll Come

Posted by Cindy on 20th May 2008

Ed. Note: Check out the spankin’ new Deep Ellum Media site. Lots of cool stuff a’comin’ over there.

Next Meeting Tonight at Amsterdam Bar - 831 Exposition Avenue - 9 pm
Live Video Streaming on The Fine Line (ah…perfect. The boy-child “just remembered” that his project is due tomorrow. Sigh…no live webcast…I’m gonna guess…until school’s out for summer…eff…)

Central Division Crime Watch

* Third Tuesday Crime Watch June 17
* Need to notify the residents and businesses
* discuss updates/changes

Email Blast

* What works; what does not?
* Pictures Banner ads
* Pass the hat

Extreme Sports Event & Music

* Day long event put on by Drop Out Dreams
* Venue Needed
* Marketing Support

Mayor Tom Leppert speaks to Deep Ellum Town Hall

* Tentative - Last week of June - plan for day time
* How can DEEP contribute
o Inform & Publicize
o Organize community
# Restaurants & Clubs
# Galleries & Retail
# Residents

Future Projects and Events

* Movie Night
* PR campaign for the neighborhood
* Studio Fling “Live Long Day”
* Concert to End Slavery

Updates about the Neighborhood and what others are doing

* DART meeting last Tuesday
* Informal meeting with Meadows
* DEA meeting
* DEF meeting

News:

DART, told us last week that the 75 on-ramp should be back in action by early July and we can expect the old 75 exit to be operational by the end of August. We can still expect construction but this should make it much easier on those trying to get to Deep Ellum. (oh & click on the DART link, fix a drink and enjoy the press conference… apparently they gave up on Deep Ellum in 1956)

Also, for those of you sad to see Darkside Lounge go, looks like you weren’t alone… this e-mail just came over to D.E.E.P.’s myspace from The Lounge on Elm St. “We recently took over the old Darkside Lounge space located @ 2810 Elm st. We are in the process of giving it a little face lift while we wait for the liquor licensing to go through. Assuming everything goes as planned we should be open mid to late July. We are going to be looking for bartenders and a waitress or two.” Glad to see it, you can expect a DEEP meeting soon.

Stuff happening out & about:

May 21 Grand opening of Excuses
May 22 Deep Ellum Association Mixer hosted by Print Electric at Pawn Gallery
May 24 Re*Cov*Er Mural Competition followed by Awards Ceremony at Prophet Bar at 8 pm with Baby Ruthless and the Happy Bullets.
May 24-25 ArtFest in Fair Park
May 28 Dallas Symphony free concert in Exall Park
May 29 MC Rad, Frontside Five and Bark Hard at Red Blood Club
May 30 June 1 CADD Art Fair
May 30 The Door 10th Anniversary party
May 31 Avenue Arts Venue surreal art & experimental music
May 31 Town Square Project at Club Dada
June 5 The Restarts at Red Blood Club
June 6 Backsliders and Dragna CD Release party at Double Wide
June 6 Nightmare of You at Prophet