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…
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.
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
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
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
“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.”
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
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)
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.
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
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
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 - FreeCANCELED (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
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.
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
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
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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
ROCK
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Black Tie Dynasty
The Burning Hotels
Calhoun
The Cut*Off
Lifters
Tame… Tame and Quiet
HARD ROCK
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Exit 380
Incendiary
Jefferson Colby
The Me-Thinks
Sky Eats Airplane
Spoonfed Tribe
Stella Rose
HEAVY METAL
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Addnerim
Blood of the Sun
Brickfight
The Great Tyrant
Legends of the South
Merkin
One-Fingered Fist
Urizen
Within Chaos
NEW ARTIST
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The Black Bonnets
Frontier Brothers
Panther City Bandits
Pretty Baby
Proud Warrior
Rivercrest Yacht Club
Telegraph Canyon
Whiskey Folk Ramblers
LIVE BAND
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The Campaign
Darth Vato
High School Assembly
Holy Moly
The Illiads
Pablo and the Hemphill 7
Sally Majestic
Villain Vanguard
AVANT-GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL
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Alan
Best Fwends
The Bible Fire
Eaton Lke Tonics
Ghoultown
PFFFFT!
Sleeplab
Top Secret .. shhhh
Underground Railroad
ALT-COUNTRY
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Blackland River Devils
Dove Hunter
Collin Herring
Clint Niosi
Panther City Bandits
Telegraph Canyon
The Theater Fire
Whiskey Folk Ramblers
TEXAS MUSIC
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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
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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
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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)
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April Geesbreght
Maren Morris
Elizabeth Wills
Beth Wood
Zayara (Pretty Baby)
VOCALIST (MALE)
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Daniel Katsuk (Katsuk)
Matt Mooty (The Burning Hotels)
Cory Watson (Black Tie Dynasty)
Carey Wolff
Keite Young
SONGWRITER
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Tyler Casey, Nathan Scneiderwent (Titanmoon)
April Geesbreght
Collin Herring
Daniel Katsuk
Tim Locke
Keite Young
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“Big House” - The Cut*Off
“Breathe” - Calhoun
“Grace” - Goodwin
“Gravity Suddenly Released” - Stumptone
“Morocco” - Titanmoon
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
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Calhoun
Green River Ordinance
Goodwin
Katsuk
Playradioplay!
Stumptone
COVER/TRIBUTE BAND
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Child O’Mine
Poo Live Crew
Prophets of Rage
Stoogeaphilia
Velvet Love Box
MVP
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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
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John Nitzinger
Buddy Whittington
Red Young
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.
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
