The 40th anniversary of
iFest is coming up next weekend, and this year music from the Caribbean will be spotlighted, with headliner and President of Funkadelia
George Clinton (right; no relation to that
other President). KPFT is also turning 40 this year, and for a limited time KPFT listeners can save $2 on the price of a ticket to iFest. Use coupon code HIFKPFT04 when buying tickets on the iFest website. Hmmm. $2 off a $12 ticket. That almost makes up for the $1.50 service charge.
Live Nation and Toyota Center announced this morning that
Lady GaGa tickets for her July 25 "Monster Ball" show at the downtown arena, with opener Semi Precious Weapons, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 9. You can get them online at
livenation.com or
toyotacentertix.com, or order them by "Telephone" at 866-446-8849.
Check our sister blog Hair Balls for one writer's idea of who should serve on
a jury of Billy Joe Shaver's peers. The "Live Forever" outlaw country legend's aggravated-assault trial in the 2007 parking-lot shooting at a Lorena nightclub, where Shaver allegedly asked another man "Where do you want it?" before squeezing off a couple of rounds, began jury selection in Waco today.
If you missed
ZZ Top this weekend on NPR's news quiz "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me," you can listen to the segment
here. The show was recorded at the Wortham Theatre on Valentine's Day evening. It's pretty funny, and the boys play for local Houston listener Lennie Ambrose, also known as the man behind St. Arnold's
Twitter account. You'll have to listen to the show though to find out if Ambrose ends up with Karl Cassel's voice on his answering machine.
Music blog
Breakfast on Tour is
giving away tickets to see
Ani DiFranco at Warehouse Live Thursday. While you're there (at Warehouse Live, we mean), check out Tom So's
concert poster show.
The Husk is no more. The Midtown venue was home to the most recent
Lost in Space festival, but now it will become a bubble tea shop
because Houston doesn't have enough of those.
Grandfather Child, who rocked us at
Walter's opening for Black Joe Lewis last weekend, will celebrate the release of their 7" this Friday at Mangos. Expect the place to be packed. Warpaint and Buxton are also playing, and if you remember, both the boys and girls of Rocks Off fell head over heels in lust with the ladies of Warpaint
the last time they played Houston.
Houston's
monthly dubstep night,
gritsy, has been homeless since its regular venue, La Strada,
closed in November. On Saturday, though, the party will be hosting young D
joker at Wired Live. More information on the gritsy Web site.
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