Scene Police On My Back

Man alive, could I have been any sicker the past few days? Whoa. So, here I am, a day late and far more than a dollar short. But I'm here none-the-less. Let's dive in.

THURSDAY MARCH 5, 2009
Tonight, half of your choices are of the hootin' and hollerin' variety and the other half are just plain hollerin'. You can hit the Rodeo to check out Clay Walker hypnotizin' the moon, you can get your fix with Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers as she's joined by Heather Myles at Blanco's, or you can drive south (kinda) of the Montrose to see Suzy Bogguss at the Mucky Duck. For bit less twang Quiet Life & the Calamity, Samuel John, In the Cool Of The Day and Hungry Villagers should fit the bill nicely. But if you want to go full-tilt, Asleep at the Wheel and Ray Benson are doing a thing at the Grand 1894 Opera House. If you're not country or if country isn't cool or whatever, there's the Take Action Tour at Warehouse. You've got Cute Is What We Aim For, Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue and Anarbor. Your little sister will have a blast! Other than that if Lecherous Nocturne, Embryonic Devourment, Asunder, Demonical Geneuflection, or Cerebral Rot sound like your idea of a good time, Jet Lounge is the place to be.

FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2009
Kick off the evening with Rick Broussard at 5:30pm at Cactus. You know what that means. Have fun. But the main attraction for tonight definitely has something for everyone not only is it the Benjamin Wesley CD Release, it's the first Bolt show and they've got heavyweight champs Muhammad Ali and neighbors from the not so far east, We Landed On The Moon joining them. Good times. Oh it's at Walter's and there's free barbecue and a keg. Nice. There's another CD release going down at the Mink for Hero & Rad with a bunch of other hiphop buddies including Hueman, Mic Skills, DJ Vanjo One, Karina Nistal, and Damien Randle. And guitar nerds take note, Alejandro Escovedo is dropping by the listening room at Nia Moves (508 Pecore). Oh and betterLUCK are "setting the pace for the pop-punk/punk genre" (um, have they ever met Something Fierce or Teenage Kicks?) at Rudyard's. Twenty-one and up Thee Armada fans will dance the night away with openers The Favorites, and Esther LaVonne & The Rottens. Miles away stylistically and geographically are Lucas Carpenter, Darrin Love and The Invicible Czars over at Notusoh. Soul fans have a tough call tonight; Erykah Badu at the Arena or Gladys Knight at the Rodeo? That's pretty tough. Does Gladys Knight having Solange with her tip the scales? But if you're like most people and you like to stick with your dear, dear irony you've got Journey tribute band Frontiers at The Meridian and Dokken at Scout Bar. If you change you're mind on the way out to Scout Bar maybe hit The Pitt in Pasadena for Rage on the Stage 3.

SATURDAY MARCH 7, 2009
Wow, there's a whole lot going on tonight. First off in the afternoon, 1pm to be exacty, the rowdiest teenager in Texas, Jenny Wolfe kicks it up at Cactus, but she'll be at PJ's later so you know, pick and choose. But yeah kind of a Mary Weiss meets Avril Lavigne thing going on. Weird. I think the sure thing would be to start off with The Weird Weeds at SoundEx at 8pm. This is one of those cool things that we should really embrace as a "scene" for whatever that means. It's a badass freak folk deal, it'll impress girls. And then, whoa. What to do next? Well, time allowing I'd say go to Walter's and get in as much of the Motion Turns It On, Smiley with a Knife, Continental Self and Golden Cities show as you can. And then make sure to bring along your pjs cause the're a Pajama Jammy Jam Kegger Party at the Analog Warehouse (2010 Commerce). Get s-tanked and then get pantsed (it's the elastic waistband, dude) to the sounds of The Tontons, Heptic Skeptic, Female Dmeand, B.L.A.C.K.I.E., Babel Fishh, Evak 1 and Nosaprise. $8 if you're in pajamas, $10 if not. But if that doesn't sound like fun to you there is plenty of other stuff. You can get your downtown on at Notsuoh with Skittle Crew, Pimpadelic, Heavy Stoned and Opia. The Last Starfighter are blasting off with a load of bands at Numbers. And One Night with Queen: A Tribute to Queen is sure to entice at House of Blues.

SUNDAY MARCH 8, 2009
These recommendations are for those of you who won't be at the Rodeo for the Jonas Brothers, you maybe few, but I still care about you. Oh yeah, and I guess about half that group are at Hoobastank at The Meridian. Damn. Well, I guess I'll address this to the one person with nothing else to do today. Hey JD, make some vegan sloppy joes, get high and play with the dogs. We can do something tomorrow.

MONDAY MARCH 9, 2009
So, as much as I'd like to go off on a tirade about the Southeast and their obsession with folk-punk that alllllllllll sounds. the. same. I can't. It's Tim Barry, dude. Avail, dude. AVAIL. DUDE. Austin Lucius and Josh Small are in tow, and good times are to be had. Oh and it's where else but Walter's! C'mon JD! Are you with me! Oh, I mean unless you want to see The Urgency at JavaJazz...but I don't think that's the same as Alan Nelson's The Urgencies. So yeah.

TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2009
Ok, last night my husband had to go work at Gary's Spot in Tomball and now I see there's a show going on there. It's After Time Has Passed, Nothingmore, and The Crisis, so you can drive a lot and go to that. Other than that I really have no clue. Band practice? Start a band and practice? Do that, then let me know when your shows are.