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| Mark C. Austin |
| We sure hope this doesn't happen two years in a row at ACL. |
Austin City Limits will be October 8-10 this year, and MCM expects the line-up to be released in the next month or so. You can sign up for the
e-list to get first notice of who's playing. If your profile is updated by today you'll also get a special secret password for ticket pre-sales, which will start April 20. This is all part of some complicated "improvement" of the ticket sales process, which you can
read all about here.
The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced yesterday, and while the prize is traditionally given for a work completed in the past year, this year the board awarded a
special lifetime achievement recognition to perennial Rocks Off favorite
Hank Williams, almost six decades after his untimely death at age 29. Violinist
Jennifer Higdon was the winner of the
annual award, which includes $10,000 as a prize.
This
Billy Joe Shaver story is
endlessly entertaining. He was exonerated last week after proclaiming his regret for going Dick Cheney on a guy following a drunken brawl. Now he
wants his bullet back. At a gig at Houston's
Firehouse Saloon the night after his court appearance, Shaver performed his song, "Where Do You Want It?" a line
he reportedly uttered before shooting the other guy
in the face. Conclusion: don't fuck with Billy Joe Shaver (or his wife). Duh. Rocks Off will have an interview with Shaver's bassist Nick Gaitan, who attended the trial and the gig, shortly.
Tomorrow night is the benefit for Rocks Off photog, Prairie Cadet and all-around good guy
Marc Brubaker, whose house was broken into. Be a pal and
come on out.
Also tomorrow, improvisational jazz artists
John Butcher (right) and
Joe McPhee will perform as part of
Nameless Sound's Andrew Mark Ladd Memorial Concert Series. Best of all, the show, at Richmond Hall is FREE DOLLARS. Internationally recognized jazz for free. This town rocks. Um, literally.
Big musical goings-on this Saturday. Let's see what's on the schedule.
For one, it's record store day, and
Cactus Records is having a big
she-bang. But so are some of the other local record stores, so don't neglect the places like
Sound Exchange and
Vinyl Edge.
sIngs CD release party at Mangos at 8 p.m.. So many bands have been added to this show that MCM can't keep track, which likely means it'll be awesome. $8 includes a CD.
Also Saturday is
Freddie Steady 5's Live From SugarHill Studios CD release party, 9 p.m. at Continental Club. The
Mitch Jacobs Band will also be performing.
Finally, Saturday marks the start of the
Skate & Rock concert series at the
Jamail Skate Park. The
Luxurious Panthers will play and Pink's Pizza will be there with grub. Expect two more shows in the series, May 22 and June 19th. 6 p.m. and FREE DOLLARS. Again, this town is awesome-sauce.
Houston's
already getting Girls Rock Camp this summer, but what of the boys? Those poor boys. They can participate in
Camp Jam Houston, which is
already hosting an online battle of rock solos. Kids between the ages of 7-17 can upload their best rock solo videos to YouTube during the month of April, get video feedback from Rock Stars and vie for $15K in Prizes including a one-on-one jam session with an unnamed "rock legend" in the winner's hometown. The actual day camp will
take place in June.
Rocks Off correspondent Adam Newton
reports on the second installment of the most excellent
Lost In Space Festival, coming April 30 on the rooftop of Khon's. Houston bands from the fringes of certain genres will represent, including
Passengers and
Golden Cities.
Fat Tony has a really cool
Tumblr blog where he's been writing about his favorite songs and discussing musical memories. He's one of MCM's favorite Houston music bloggers. Also, Tony has a
daily video blog, for what it's worth. Also, here's Fat Tony live at
KTRU Outdoor Show last weekend.
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