Friday, February 13, 2009

Weekender

FRIDAY

Darktown Strutters/Rival Gang/Punk Bunny/Pocket Change (Mable Peabody's): In what has become a semi-traditional lineup, Punk Bunny teams up with Rival Gang to present an explicit journey into proving how far a group is able take playfully wielding sex and sexuality like a weapon; basically forcing the crowd to stand aghast, often gasping like they were just hit with a cum-filled grenade. Add the further discomfort of confrontational performance artists Pocket Change with the cocky, "Night Porter" perversions of Darktown Strutters, and you have a very potent antidote to cure you from the feigned sentiments and overbooked dinner reservations of tomorrow night. This self-described "Gay Prom Bloodbath" also features a kissing booth. Or maybe it was a photo booth, I can't remember. A dunking booth? In any event, get soaked.

Friday the 13th Masquerade Formal with Vega/Schwa/The Famousish/TOMMYL33JON3Z (Backyard Beach Bar): This is the first event put together by new party planning crew Etc., Etc!, and it will take place at Backyard Beach Bar, deep in the East Side of Dallas at 7530 E. Grand Ave. They say black and white casual attire and masks are REQUIRED dress, but I'm not really sure how strict that requirement actually is. Either way, you'll see some great DJ performances I'm sure, and if you pay the cover to get into the party, it will get you FREE BOOZE at the official after party, which takes place at 5523 East Side Dr. in Dallas.

Dropdead/hatred surge/kill the client/hercules/unit 21 (1919 Hemphill): Dropdead formed almost twenty years ago, thus making them the kind of band that has been around long enough to have their own little culture around it, making them both a deity-like reference point for the group's followers, and a punchline for the many detractors of this particular sect of hardcore. I think they're vicious enough to lay waste to any of the uptight misgivings one might have about going to a punk show. After hearing an unbelievably pretentious interview with Andrew Bird on NPR, I'm ready to do just that. As for being face-to-face with Kill The Client when they take the floor, I might hide behind the bleachers.

Bangs/Females/YeahDef/Vega/Heartstring Stranglers (Hailey's): Pre valentine's dance party with some of Denton's most popular DJs that will probably be packed to the gills. Vega is listed as playing this show AND the masquerade party in Dallas tonight, so I'm guessing he's either doing double duty or there will be at least one set of Vega fans that will cry right into their XLR8Rs before the night is through. We'll keep you posted.

Greg Ginn (Club Dada): Former Black Flag and SST Records founder Greg Ginn lives in Taylor, TX these days, which is bizarre in and of itself, but the fact that he'll be fronting his new jam band at Club Dada this evening, Greg Ginn and the Taylor Texas Corrugators ,is even stranger. Let me repeat: This is the founder of Black fucking Flag, and also a guy who ran a label that once released music by Sonic Youth AND Dinosaur Jr. Jam Band. Cry. I don't know what to say.

Ghostcar/Jack with One Eye/The Frenz (the Lounge): This show will serve as Jack with One Eye's CD release show, and will also give the excellent Ghostcar a chance to showcase their stellar new material, some of which you can hear on their Myspace page.

Happy Bullets Video Shoot (Space): the Happy Bullets will be shooting a video for their song "Fuck Yeah I'm in Love with You" in which they'll ask as many couples as possible to make out on camera at the same time during the filming, meaning that you probably shouldn't show up to this alone unless you want to feel like a loser. King Bucks and Giggle Party will be playing as well, and things get started at 8pm.

SATURDAY

Hands Up Valentines Party with The Party (the Loft)

Red Faced Laughter/Holy Wave (Majestic Dwelling Of Doom)

Giggle Party/Cocky Americans/Ishi (the Cavern): A Melissa's Deluxe hosted event.

Fall In Love at Fallout with Billingham's Defense System/TraDemarx/Schwa (Fallout)

ADD: Treasure Fingers/Keith P (Lizard Lounge): You guys know Keith P already, and with his appearances on the Edge Club and this headlining gig at one of Dallas' largest staple dance clubs (seriously, has ANYTHING been open longer than the Lizard Lounge?), apparently a lot of other people know him too.  Treasure Fingers spin and remix very poppy, disco leaning house and if you're in the mood for that sort of thing, its quite good.

Agnostic Front/The Mongoloids/Hit and Run/Preacher/Broadsiders (Lola's): Reputable first wave, New York based American hardcore band Agnostic Front comes to Lola's tonight (strange place for THIS show, don't you think?) for a set of what I assume will be their usual metal/punk/thrash hybrid that pretty much bores the shit out of me. Not to generalize too much, but most of the more popular early NYC hardcore stuff comes off as bone-headed and ridiculous to me most of the time, especially once many of these bands start to cross over into metal and tough guy garbage. Seeing the film American Hardcore only cemented this view in my mind. Not that there weren't ANY good punk bands from NY at the time, I just couldn't think of anything else to say about Agnostic Front that hasn't already been said about any of these kinds of bands. Sowwy.

SUNDAY

The Cure in Orange (Dan's Silverleaf): Shiny Around the Edge's Michael Seman presents this Cure concert film.

Genova/Van Damme Disco (Fallout Lounge)

Check out our show calendar for even more shows please.

125 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i love ishi

6:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the red faced laughter/ holy wave show has been moved to majestic dwelling of doom saturday night

6:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

gay bloodbath prom!!!!!!!!!!

6:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Lounge is going to sound nice tonight. I haven't heard much Jack with One Eye, but I've long been waiting to hear Ghostcar live again.

6:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

im sad :(

6:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i hate jam music, but i caught the greg ginn show a few months ago here in fort worth. its impressive visually, not your typical jam hippie stuff, but after about 2 8 minute songs it wears really thin.

6:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fucking ISHI will be huge one day

6:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i've already fucked ishi

6:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, Ginn's bands are weird and interesting for about 30 minutes.

6:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

According to the myspace, I think its a VEGA live show at haileys and a dj set at the masquerade. Only tears of joy! Eehh? Eeehhhh?

6:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

annuals gotta show at the pontiac garage

7:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cry? No doubt, but why is this shocking? Just listen to Live 1984. Allmusic has this quote: "Influenced equally by the Grateful Dead and the Stooges...", and even Yahoo pops up 33,700 hits searching Greg Ginn and The Grateful Dead.

7:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FUCKING MABLE'S, DUDES!

7:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fucking ISHI will be huge one day

8:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ishi is badass. They need put some new myspace stuff cuz the stuff I have heard is amazing

8:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ishi, cocky both better than what you'd think from myspace

8:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i've listened to ishi, and not to sound rude, but what the fuck? am i missing something? they sound like every band i've ever heard ever.

8:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

must see ishi live. it will be a dance party

8:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

on myspace they sound sleepy but live it's totally different

8:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

good weekender...

8:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

732-- I see your point, but I hardly think it can be said that anything Ginn did with Black Flag served as an adequate indicator that he would one day be in a "jam band." The psychedelic rock influence was there for sure, and I realize that he was into the Dead and Jazz and all that stuff, but I just don't see how even the later Black Flag sounds anything like what he does now, or at least enough to make it anything but a surprise. Interesting observation though.

9:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

855-- thanks!

9:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The myspace stuff is all year old demos with no beats and production. They do not sound like any band u have heard. And when have u seen them??? This is like there 3rd show

10:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

their

10:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Treasure Fingers Saturday @ Lizard Lounge

12:56 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the physics of meaning, the hormones limited and romp almighty on sunday at the cavern

2:22 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the frenz was good, i say if your harp on wanz , you havent seen him yet

2:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the above comment is not me.

2:55 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the above comment is not me, but thanks.

2:56 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think Ginn's work in Gone was a sign of things to come.

3:02 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

denton is the yawnz0rs

3:41 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

let me smell yo dick!!

10:12 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DROPDEAD WAS RIDICULOUS

12:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

scoff released their movie about the exploding house. that dude from akkolyte is in it!

12:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i am truly bummed i missed dropdead. i own 2 of their lps that are amazing. i saw them open for FYP back in the day at byob rubber gloves around 98 or 99. that shit was tight. at least i got hip to Riskay this weekend, tho.

12:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

MABLE'S WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLE LAST NIGHT!

1:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's the word on Doc's Records in Hurst? What kind of stuff do they sell?

1:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hrtstrngstrnglrs and physics of meaning at mountain house tonight (sat)

1:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

guys they just confiscated 75,000 worth of KB - Northern Lights in Dallas last night. Fuck the cops. That shits harmless medicine.

2:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

k

2:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

just a hunch but the cavern will prolly be where to go tonight if you want to get sum pussy. wear a rubber tho lol

2:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

your hunch is false

2:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tonight:
Doug Burr (The Shawl CD Release) @ The Modern (Ft Worth)
Lumberjack Fest V @ Dan's Silverleaf (Denton)
{ Spitfire Tumbleweeds / Dove Hunter / Brent Best / Pinebox Serenade / The Make Believers / Delmore Pilcrow / George Neal }
Ghostlights / Uptown Bums @ 818 Hickory (Denton)
The House Harkonnen @ The Lounge (Dallas)
Plus more at.. www.ntxshowlist.com

2:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks for the list of sausage fests.

2:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nah, i'm gonna stay at home tonight, dawg. chill with my monkey. mo monkey pussy fo me!

2:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

230 is the same as 252 huh?

3:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

your hunch is false

3:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

your hunch is false

3:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't know what I'm talking about (A)exc(c)ept the part about Wonton II: Zombie Homecoming. I am very sorry.

Sincerly,

Sloan

3:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mongoloids are good!

4:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Whole Dropdead show was nuts.

All who missed out, MISSED OUT HARD. After party at the Chat Room was tight as well.

And, Doc's Records is the shit. They have everything you can imagine up there. Some stuff can be a little pricey. One side of the store is all records and CD's and tapes and movies, and the other side of the store is all this really random vintage awesome bullshit.

4:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i don't give a fuck, i was at mable's.

4:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that shit at mable's was the the most stupid, juvenile shit i've seen in a long time

6:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Could some direct me to a good download site? I have been trying to google .rar files and all i get is shit like rapidshare that you have to sign up for....im frustrated..

7:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

beemp3.com or hype machine

7:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I rarely find shit on hype machine... but thank you I will give them a try.

7:35 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sordo.


P.s. Mable's was fucking
Amazing

7:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mabel's was the jam last night. Juvenile4lyfe.

8:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that makes me so happy that i was somehow a part of ruining someone's night by being having fun and being vulgar.

you were at the only queer bar in denton! to see punk bunny! what the fuck did you expect?

fucking geek.

9:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ishi nigger

9:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

cavern was fucking packed tonight.

4:21 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

packed with jokers

9:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The physics of meaning, the hormones limited, and romp almighty are at the cavern tonight.

11:41 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

king bucks? cry. i don't know what to say...

12:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and do shut up about ishi. that is all.

12:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yeah, it's pretty fucking obvious when people try to desperately plug their own bands on here.

ishi is another drop in the bucket of unoriginal, forgettable bands. ishi must think we're a bunch of suckers.

2:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks to all that came out to the Melissa rave at the cavern last night.

lol @ 2:41. we don't desperately plug anything. I think our piss poor myspace page should be proof enough of that.

and thanks for all the kind words in here whoever you are.

-ishi

3:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

seriously??? you obviously aren't familiar with ishi or its members. i think when people assume traits in other people they don't know, they're really just reflecting themselves outwardly.

3:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nah..

4:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ISHI:

ISN'T IT CONVENIENT THAT YOU WERE ON HERE TO DEFEND YOURSELVES?

what an incredible COINCIDENCE.

losers.

4:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yeah, with their blatant self-promotion

5:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yep

6:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i like when people like 3:43 make assumptions to defend themselves. as if you are some psyschologist who can also read minds. i smell douchewater.

6:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

then get your face out of your mom's crotch

7:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi ishi

7:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

to 4:28
lol. way to go, nancy drew.

your all over it, kid.

to 6:30
like the assumption/accusation that has been made about us?

to all
anonymous posts are for cowardice little bitches :)

7:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i like when people like 3:43 make assumptions to defend themselves. as if you are some psyschologist who can also read minds. i smell douchewater.

7:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i like when people like 3:43 make assumptions to defend themselves. as if you are some psyschologist who can also read minds. i smell douchewater.

7:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

well without naming names of the bands i had a fuckin awesome time at the cavern last night.

7:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think fri 8:30 makes a fair complaint btw.

7:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think fri 8:30 makes a fair complaint btw.

7:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

damn refresh

7:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

violent habits

7:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

your band sucks. GO AWAY.

7:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

haha i love you bitches on this site. as soon as too many people start realizing a band is good, you just start hating on them. you are all bitches and punks. i love it

9:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

bottom line is hate on the bands that you hate on all you want, but they bring people out because people like them. when a show is heavily promoted on here, 9 times out of 10 nobody shows up. because you only promote shitty bands on here. you people are fuckin retards

10:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Only bad things about Mable's on Friday...

-Music started too late
-Pocket Change is a joke
-Not enough real queers

10:26 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

fuck you. fuck ishi especially brad. fuck cocky americans. and fuck giggle party for playing with all those over rated fucking douche bags. and fuck the cavern too

10:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow. that snowballed.

10:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

par for the course round here that the joke band is somehow exempt.

10:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I had a fun time upstairs at the cavern last night watching all the misfits do their mating dances. Other than that, I probably should have stayed home.

11:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

big time fun............................................

11:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mabel's was great! Punk Bunny was/is always hilarious. The whole show was great and all the right people were there.

11:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

save the scene? whats wrong with the scene beercan barry?

12:15 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sadly, the denton scene died. can't you smell the decay wafting down austin street?

i think we need to give it a proper burial in the basement of the (former) 8th continent.

in lieu of flowers, donations can be made out to midway mart.

what a senseless tragedy.

12:21 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you are a clueless fuck aren't you?

12:30 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

beercan barry

12:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The thing at Hal Samples' was decent. The country band, something about Kings was solid as fuck. The middle band was a talented party band, I think they had a song about never getting a record or something, cool kids, and the happy bullets gave it a good whirl. should be a good video but i am worried that people don't get into the spirit of things enough. I don't know, I guess if you work all week doing like productive stuff or something you don't want to have fun. I don't know, I always complain, I'll just stfu (shut the fuck up as an anacronym) I guess. Anyone want to make movies?

12:33 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

so uh, like the dallas-denton distinction is like a false dichotomy and stuff. y'all love music right?

12:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

country bands are lame

12:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

shove it

12:41 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

why are country bands lame? That's sort of an overgeneralization. I know most people that play country music just like music. It's no big deal. I mean fuck, this is texas for crying out loud. I mean you really got accept a lot of country music and there is no reason not to preserve a strong tradition. fuck I have seen enough cultures be genocided to endure another one. It's been hard on farmers and ranchers and like the fucking city is so great a lifestyle.

I hate techno.

12:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

because black people make better music

1:04 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

country techno

1:06 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

someone already did that... cotton eyed joe.

1:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

if someone can't stop cuttin and pastin shit into the "name" slots, that person deserves to have their gear smeared with more than just birthday cake.

1:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

current day cotton eyed joe: restavrant

They put on a fucking rad show. Found object drumkit.

1:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

current day cotton eyed joe: restavrant

They put on a fucking rad show. Found object drumkit.

1:46 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

one time these people i know ate cake out of this young woman's ass. it was crazy. My friend had to leave because it was really too much. later one of the women made the young one do body shots of keystone light.

again, i'm sorry about that. I really need to stfu. I don't think this comment is germane to anything. I should probably just go with anonymous on this one.

1:46 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oops hah!

1:46 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

country techno = oral defecation

this is a deadly formula

2:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

who the hell books for mable peabodys? google ain't helpin'

9:49 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

dear darktown strutters,
i like you. i like your music. but please, 45 min. to an hour set is too long. be considerate.
love,
me

10:01 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10:01am I second that emotion.

10:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

third it

11:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

if you don't like it, leave in the middle. no one's holding a gun to your head.

12:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yeah i think the band can pretty much do whatever they fucking want to, so get over it

1:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is not a specific person booking for Mable's --in the past Dwayne and Heather ran sound and put the shows together --I just hope Mable's consistently bring totally awesome touring bands in --as for the punk bunny show, Rival Gang booked it--

3:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i don't know. what does dwight think about all this?

4:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

why don't you ask him?

4:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't know anything about darktown strutters except I hear amazing things about them around town. But I tend to agree bands shouldn't play more than 45 minutes. And before anyone knocks Giggle Party let me say we purposely play 25 minute sets to adhere to the rule that all good things are over in 30 minutes or less. Oh and if you hate us...well that's okay too. Because by the time you step out to get a beer we'll be done.

I also would like to say that I had a great time playing with all the bands that we are lucky enough to share stage space with. My personal feelings about their music is irrelevant to the fact that they are really cool people who are just trying to do something they love. I mean no bands we rip on this site are making money. None. I also would think what makes weshotjr.com so much fun to read is the mass amounts of critics who speak up on the site. Good or bad I honestly wouldn't have it any other way.

So go ahead. Call me a faggot. Or not.

Oh and one last thing...if anyone is looking to fuck anybody I would fuck the dudes from Ishi. That one guy has a sweet mustache.

6:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't know anything about darktown strutters except I hear amazing things about them around town. But I tend to agree bands shouldn't play more than 45 minutes. And before anyone knocks Giggle Party let me say we purposely play 25 minute sets to adhere to the rule that all good things are over in 30 minutes or less. Oh and if you hate us...well that's okay too. Because by the time you step out to get a beer we'll be done.

I also would like to say that I had a great time playing with all the bands that we are lucky enough to share stage space with. My personal feelings about their music is irrelevant to the fact that they are really cool people who are just trying to do something they love. I mean no bands we rip on this site are making money. None. I also would think what makes weshotjr.com so much fun to read is the mass amounts of critics who speak up on the site. Good or bad I honestly wouldn't have it any other way.

So go ahead. Call me a faggot. Or not.

Oh and one last thing...if anyone is looking to fuck anybody I would fuck the dudes from Ishi. That one guy has a sweet mustache.

11:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

we only play longer sets when we are playing very last. so unless you've seen us live, i really wouldn't sweat throwing in your two cents.

i haven't heard anything about your band, jason, but if i do, i'll bite my tongue until i see you live and form my own opinion.

p.s. we love faggots, but we aren't too fond of blowhards. huge difference.

10:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

we love blowhards, but we aren't too fond of faggots. huge difference, m'k?

11:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rules are for Tools!

3:36 PM  

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