It List: Wednesday 5/16/07

Black Angels/Strange Boys (Dan's Silverleaf): This new Austin band called Strange Boys will be coming to town tonight to open for The Black Angels, this other Austin band.

Jello Biafra Spoken Word (Granada): There's no denying it: in my early teens, Jello Biafra was something of a hero to me. The Dead Kennedys were one of the first punk bands I ever listened to, and they quickly became one of my favorite groups after a friend let me borrow his Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death tape.... Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables followed soon after. Truth be told, I haven't listened to a DK album in years, and I really haven't listened to A LOT of Jello Biafra's solo spoken word material, but I have heard enough to know that a lot of it is funny, intelligent, confrontational, and very very left. I like it. The guy puts out Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn records for Christ's sake (two of the most important intellectuals in American history), so I guess I'll continue to side with him in his little dispute with East Bay Ray or whatever the fuck is going on with those guys these days. We were supposed to have this bad ass interview with him this week, but before we could get it together his, um, "publicist" wrote us an email stating that Jello had a sore throat and couldn't aggravate it or something. Cool dude. A simple "no" would have worked too. We won't hold it against him for too long, however, since it will be a rare treat to see him speak this evening. Sore throats aren't very punk rock though.

Sticky Buns Dance Party (Rubber Gloves): These are always fun, whether two or 50 people show up.