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Late-Breaking (To Me, Anyway) Change: Shonen Knife Now Playing Tonight, Not Tomorrow

2009-11-08T19:33:00.001-06:00

Okay, so you can ignore the date over there on the flyer -- apparently the Shonen Knife show that was scheduled for tomorrow (i.e., Monday, Nov. 9th) is actually going to be, um, tonight, Sunday, Nov. 8th. Uh-oh. Not sure how/when the change happened, folks, but if you were planning on checking out the Ultimate Japanese Pop-Punk Band of All Time, you'd better get your ass on over to Mango's

Yr (Late-Starting) Weekend: Cancellations + Why? + Bright Men + The ARE + last place you look + More

2009-11-07T01:50:00.002-06:00

Late start to the weekend, yeah, but eh, that's how it goes... First off, there's been some odd/weird cancellations & reschedulings lately, like the Stryper show that was supposed to be this past Thursday but has been pushed back to Dec. 21st, due to, um, the guys in the band having the flu. Considerate of 'em to not want to infect everybody, although I'm thinking it's a little unlikely.

Touring Smart (with Martin Atkins)

2009-11-05T16:47:00.001-06:00

Another cool-sounding thing happening tonight (Thurs., Nov. 5th, again), this time for all your musicians & band members & whatnot out there. Seems Martin Atkins (ex-Killing Joke/PiL/Ministry/Pigface) will be holding a "band seminar" tonight from 7-9PM at the AvantGarden, where he'll be talking about, well, the perils of touring. He's apparently got a book out called Tour:Smart and Break the

Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry, Tonight at Rocbar

2009-11-05T11:24:00.001-06:00

Here's another film-/music-type thing I ran across recently that sounded pretty damn cool, going on tonight (Thurs., November 5th) up at R�cbar in downtown. Caveat first, for this one: this is apparently an RSVP-only deal, where you have to go to this Website to sign up, and I've got no idea how many spaces they've got or if the dang thing's already fully-booked. As of now, the form's still

New York Night Train, Tonight

2009-11-04T16:36:00.000-06:00

Got email about an interesting thing going on this evening up at Mango's -- it's a dance contest, of all things, with the unwieldy-yet-entertaining title "New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off," and it sounds pretty entertaining. The organizer (and DJ for the event) is a hometown boy, Jonathan Toubin, and he's really hoping to get lots of folks out to strut their stuff for his roving

Tonight & Tomorrow: Surfer Blood + Mimicking Birds (+ MP3s)

2009-11-03T16:23:00.002-06:00

A bit early for the weekend rundown, I know, but I wanted to mention a pair of shows going on tonight (Tues., November 3rd) and tomorrow (Wed., November 4th; duh), because I've heard bits & pieces of the headlining band of each lately and have found myself mightily impressed... Surfer Blood/ Muhammidali/ Buxton @ Mango's This one's tonight's one-show-to-rule-'em-all, and whoa, color me blown

Not Gone Yet: Guitars' Last Hurrah in H-Town

2009-11-02T17:11:00.000-06:00

Okay, so you remember how I grumbled & moaned, oh, a little more than a week ago about how local retro-garage-psych-y rockers Guitars (or GTRS, or GUITARS, or guitars, take yr pick) were headed off to North Carolina -- to start up a recording studio, I hear -- and were playing one last H-town show before they bailed on us for the forseeable future? Um. So, it turns out that was a little

Yr Weekend, Pt. 2: Dannzig + Meat Puppets + Sherwood + Buxton + The Haunted Warehouse + More

2009-10-30T23:38:00.003-05:00

More to do, more to do, so I figured I'd better get it out there now for folks who aren't already committed to dressing up as deranged hillbillies or Twilight rejects for parties at their friends' houses. Have a safe, freakish weekend, y'all. Here goes: Sat., October 31: Final Walter's Show on Washington, featuring Dannzig (Danzig/Misfits/Samhain tribute), Grandfather Child, Davement (Young

Yr Weekend, Pt. 1: Springfield Riots (Reviewed!) + Gift of Gab + The Manichean + Youth Brigade + More

2009-10-30T22:21:00.002-05:00

That time again (well, past it, actually), and there's good, good shit to do tonight, so get on out of the house, eh? Springfield Riots/Ringo Deathstarr/The Factory Party @ The Mink (9PM; $5/$8) Yep, this one's just about to start, so get your ass over to The Mink -- headliners Springfield Riots play some awesomely warm-sounding, sweetly melodic, happy/sad pop-rock, and believe me when I tell

Punks On Film: "Let Them Know" Tomorrow @ The Mink

2009-10-27T23:55:00.001-05:00

Damn, I love stuff like this; tomorrow night (Wed., October 28th), Left Of The Dial mag and The Mink are presenting a showing of the indie documentary Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records, and it sounds damn cool. Directed by Jeff Alulis, the film's basically about the BYO Records label ("BYO" for "Better Youth Organization"), a pioneering punk label founded by brothers

Westheimer Block Party, Supersized (11/14-11/15)

2009-10-27T15:54:00.001-05:00

Yes, i's that time again, folks -- the Westheimer Block Party has rolled 'round once more. I'm utterly in awe of how the Free Press Houston gang is able to consistently pull these things off, and not only that but make 'em bigger each freaking time. I have a theory that Omar doesn't actually sleep... When I say "bigger," btw, this season's WBP is a prime example. This time out, the party

Yr Weekend, Pt. 2: Guitars (Say Goodbye) + Art Brut (Reviewed!) + Co-Pilot + Resonant Interval + More

2009-10-24T21:16:00.000-05:00

Gah...late, late, late -- spent today with the fam, so I've fallen tragically behind and missed mentioning a few things, like the nearly-over Foam Raiser over at The Orange Show with the awesome Grandfather Child & The Wild Moccasins, and this Low Carbon Rally thing that was at least supposed to happen in the early afternoon in front of City Hall, with Giant Princess & Young Mammals rocking out

Yr Weekend, Pt. 1: Dino Jr. + Indian Jewelry + Hollywood Black + While You Were Gone + More

2009-10-23T17:03:00.001-05:00

First up for this weekend, I wanted to mention a show I'm really bummed to see crash & burn -- for reasons I've been unable to dig out (online, at least), this Saturday's A Wilhelm Scream show at The Meridian has apparently been cancelled. Not sure whose end it's on, since the date's still listed on AWS's Website, but I'm depressed that the show's no longer happening, esp. since I've been

ASTRO BOY film review

2009-10-22T23:17:00.004-05:00

Sunday, at Edwards Marquee�s screening of Astro Boy, geek dads brought their children to have their hair styled in the inexplicable dual spikes of the 60 year-old anime icon. Hairdressers were contracted by the studio reps to perform this hilarious task. Once inside, adults fell into two categories and children into one. Some adults were enraptured by the modernist retelling of the Pinocchio

H-Town Rock Posters at the Caroline

2009-10-20T00:37:00.000-05:00

This is a cool one... Over the past several years, I've seen some truly amazing show posters floating around, most of 'em created by awesomely talented local H-town artists. Seriously, in all the time I've spent in this scene, I've never seen poster art as good as this, and that's the truth. So it seems fitting that somebody -- in this case, Matthew Wettergren and Philip Beck of the The

Yr Weekend, Pt. 3: Addendum Time (Wild Moccasins + Somosuno + Resonant Sound)

2009-10-17T14:24:00.003-05:00

Dangit, this is what happens when I try to be good and not obsessively check my email all damn day long: I miss things. And yes, for the last "Yr Weekend" post, I did indeed miss a few things, both for tonight's (Sat., 10/17) shows and tomorrow's (Sun., 10/18). Here's the errata/ addendum-type stuff, y'all: Sat., October 17: Young Mammals/ Woozyhelmet/ Somosuno @ Mango's (free!) Looks like

Yr Weekend, Pt. 2: Scale The Summit + Young Mammals + Tody Castillo + Intl Blues Challenge + More

2009-10-17T12:36:00.003-05:00

Yep, here's this weekend's second installment, starting with tonight (i.e., Saturday, October 17th). Get on out the house... Sat., October 17: Scale The Summit/Another Run/Golden Axe/The Pant Factory/After Time Has Passed @ Warehouse Live Oh, yeah. There are some really great shows going on, but I think this one's my own personal pick, partly because, well, while they may be from here, Scale

Movies! The Store Celebrates Three Years of Life

2009-10-16T20:31:00.002-05:00

Who doesn't like a birthday, as long as it's not yours, right? I swear, I am going to make it over to this place the next time I'm in the Montrose, because Movies! The Store is truly a cool, cool, idea, and I'm guessing (based on reports from other folks, of course) that it's equally cool in real life. Anyway, I'm very glad the place has survived here as long as it has, and hope to see it

Yr Weekend, Pt. 1: Small Sounds + "Heaven" + Robert Ellis + Female Demand + Deep Ella + More

2009-10-16T19:55:00.002-05:00

Late, late, late, I know -- all I can say in my defense is that every time I sit down to do something on this here site when I normally would, I get caught up instead in all those fun baby- maintenance activities like feeding, burping, changing diapers, cleaning bottles, changing clothes, etc. Not complaining, mind you; the time with the little guy is amazing. But stuff like posting about

A Low-ly "Heaven": Two Nights at DiverseWorks

2009-10-16T00:38:00.001-05:00

How freaking cool is this? The next two nights (Fri., October 16th & Sat., October 17th), the good people over at DiverseWorks are hosting a music/dance performance piece called Heaven, created by Minneapolis- based choreographer Morgan Thorson, lighting designer Lenore Doxsee, set/costume designer Emmet Ramstad, and -- wait for it -- musicians/composers Alan Sparhawk & Mimi Parker. The

Alternative Cinema Houston Blog! "Chalk" screens at MFAH Sunday 10/10 with a Q&A session with Director Mike Akel

2009-10-10T21:45:00.003-05:00

Chalk (2007) Reviewed by Creg Lovett Chalk is a high school mockumentary shot with single camera setups in the faux cinema verite style of The Office. The comedy is never acknowledged by the characters, and every scene is punctuated by �confessionals� where the actors further both story and comedy by recounting moments of in-classroom tension, humor or embarrassing situations. The actors

Yr Weekend, Abbreviated: Los Skarnales + Second Day Red + Tody Castillo + Die Young + Alice Cooper + More

2009-10-09T18:00:00.000-05:00

Sorry, y'all, but I'm afraid this week's rundown of Good Things to See is going to be bare-bones at best -- I've spent just under two weeks now getting very little sleep and spending the non-sleeping hours doing the new-parent thing, so I've been far from focused on all the cool stuff that's been going on. Here's what I think looks good over the next few days: Fri., October 9: Ryan Scroggins

Paranormal Activity Finally Arrives in Houston

2009-10-08T01:15:00.006-05:00

Paranormal Activity screened for the press last night at AMC Studio 30, and by the looks of the crowd this may be one of the only reviews you'll see in Houston, as everyone else appears to have been "Caller Number 9" on an FM radio station. They, and many people you know have petitioned Paramount Pictures to bring the film to town for a long time now. It's been circulating the globe for two

Swan Song: About that Impending Jonbenet Breakup

2009-10-07T01:47:00.002-05:00

Some of you might remember that I bitched & moaned a while back about the fact that local noise-rock dudes The Jonben�t are breaking up after their final show at the hopefully-moved Walter's on December 19th. Anyway, after hearing the news from guitarist Dann Miller, I hit him up with a few questions about the death of the band, their legacy, and what the hell the band members will all be

Sporadic MP3age: The Jealous Sound (Tonight!) + The Black Crowes (10/14) + Former Ghosts (Tonight!)

2009-10-06T17:00:00.001-05:00

Got some MP3s I've run across lately that I wanted to mention, esp. since some of 'em are fairly timely for shows tonight & in the near-beyond. I've got a bunch more to post, too, but am on half-time Baby Duty, so this'll have to do for now. Enjoy... The Jealous Sound - "Priceless (Alternate Version)" The Jealous Sound - "The Fold Out" The Jealous Sound - "For Once In Your Life" Yeah, yeah,