Hump day dilemna...

It is the middle of the work week, but even on a Wednesday there are so many options of cool thing to do in the A-T-X!!!

First off, check out the Nomad bar!  Definitely one of my favorite neighborhood bars...even though I'm not really in the neighborhood!?  Tonight Becca and the gang are doing the "Nice Astronaut" thang at 8pm...

Fastball will headline the free Solar Powered Concert at Republic Park with the Black & White Years!! Did I mention it was free!!!???

Giant Noise is doing a cool event at 7pm at the Kirk Gallery for the US launch of the Mexican Design collective Pirwi!  Check out www.kirkgallery.com fo mo info.

The Austin Film Festival will have a special screening of the Coen brothers "Blood Simple" which was shot in Austin 25 years ago!!  Check out the Bob Bullock Museum... the Texas Spirit Theater at 7:30pm for that!

If you are like me and you came to the A-T-X from El Chucs (aka El Paso, TX) then you might wanna stop by El Sol y La Luna for the El Paso Social--early at 6:30pm!  I already know you El Paso types will show up at 8 then, so I will tell you it's at 5pm!!?  j/k...

Beyond that, this Wednesday night has lotsa cool bands playing around town, like Atash at Red Fez; Ramblin' Jack Elliott at the Cactus Cafe; Jon Dee Graham and James McMurtry at the Continental Club; Clues at the new Independent at 501 Studios; Shelley King at Artz Rib House; Austin Collins at the Mean Eyed Cat; Pepper Lane at the Mohawk; Beth Black at the One2One Bar; This Year's Fashion at Red7;  Monte Montgomery at the Saxon Pub; Tish Hinojosa is at Waterloo Records at 5pm...and from LA... you gotta go see The Aggrolites are at Emos!

"You know how I know your gay... 'cuz you like Coldplay!"  so you are probably headed to San Antonio to go see them at the ATT Center...Drive safe!!

 

Where to Begin?

So much To Do in the A-Tx this weekend...

So I will put together a little list for you to peruse.

Friday 6/5/2009:

Emo's - New York Dolls w/ Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears; Antones - Alejandro Escovedo;

The Parish - Mother's Anthem, Beaux Loy, Dark Summer Dawn; Flamingo Cantina - Radio La Chusma; Threadgill's South - White Ghost Shivers; Momo's - Suzana Choffel; Stubb's - Animdal Collective w/ Black Dice; The Continental Club - The Jungle Rockers, Nick Curran, more; Cactus Cafe - Gurf Morlix; Elysium - Vast; Broken Spoke - Dale Watson; One2One Bar- Eric Tessmer; 

One World Theater - Craig Chaquico; Plus...my buddy Billly is rocking out at Headhunter's w/ Butcherwhite, so don't be scared!!    

Saturday 6/6/2009:

Antones - Bob Schneider, Billy Harvey;  Emo's - Girl in a Coma, The Boxing Lesson; Momo's - Freddie Steady 5; Continental Club - Michael Ramos' Cumbia Lounge early at 3pm, then the Cornell Hurd Band at 10pm, Mike Flanigan's B-3 Trio upstaris in the Gallery;  Lambert's - Afrofreque; The Paramount Theater - Roy Lozano's Ballet Folklorico de Texas; Saxon Pub - Greezy Wheels; Red Eye Fly - Brink of Disaster; Threadgill's South - Carolyn Wonderland; Broken Spoke - Bruce Robison; and if ya like the squeezebox, check out the 20th annual Accordion Kings & Queens Festival at the Miller Outdoor Theater...

Sunday 6/7/2009:

Continental Club - Jon Dee Graham & Heybale; Momo's - Battle of the Bands; Saxon Pub - The Resentments; The Belmont - Jane Bond; Lambert's - Ephraim Owens, Brannen Temple; The Mohawk - Anarchy Championship Wrestling and... Check out the Second Sunday Sock Hop at the Shangri La!

Monday 6/8/2009:

Stubb's has Gomez, but they also do an in-store performance at Waterloo Records at 5pm, so catch that if ya can!  C3's new venue "The Independent" opens their doors with Little Joy so that is pretty f-in cool!  and.... the best kept secret in town on a Monday night is my new fave... TC's Lounge has the Little Elmore Reed Blues Band!!  They are the real deal... 'Fo 'Sho!!!

What's so Cool about Austin?

People always ask me why I am always raving about living in Austin, Texas and I always try to describe all the options of cool, fun things to do!  This weekend is a spectacular case of "fun in the sun" because Spring has definitely arrived in the ATX! 

(also keep in mind that if you like sports...the Texas Relays are going on at UT!)

 

So, today here are a few options for Friday April 3rd, 2009:

T-Bird and the Breaks at the City Hall Plaza, free at noon;

Alvin Crow at Broken Spoke; Carrie Rodriguez at the Cactus Cafe;

Robyn Hitchcock at Antones; Los Bad Apples at Jovita's; Lil'Cap'n Travis at Continental Club; 

Guy Forsyth at Nutty Brown; Vallejo at Threadgill's; AJ Castillo, Joe Bravo, The Tortila Factory at H&H Ballroom; Blaze at Lamberts; Yonder Mountain String Band at Stubb's...oh and do not forget the Southern Sirens at Aces Lounge!!

Saturday April 4th, 2009:

WAR at the Louisiana Swamp Thing all day at MLK & Congress; 40 Acres Fest at UT; Boyz II Men, Cameo and more at the Urban Music Fest at Auditorium Shores; Gary Clark Jr. at Antones; Redd Volkaert free at three at the Continental Club, then at night go back for the Derailers; Mama Sweet at Momo's; WC Clark at the Saxon Pub; Slightly Stoopid at Stubb's; and for some sports action...Lightweight Lightning Boxing at the Erwin Center!!

Sunday April 5th, 2009:

THE BOSS...aka Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at the Erwin Center!!!

The Riverboat Gamblers, The Black & White Years and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at The Grind at MLK & Congress;  Heybale and Jon Dee Graham at the Continental Club; James Speer at the Elephant Room; Jerry Jeff Walker at the Gruene Hall; Ephraim Owens & Brannene Temple at Lambert's; Mariachi Relampago at Nuevo Leon; The Way It Is Fest at RED7; DJ Kurupt at Red Fez; The Resentments at the Saxon Pub; and of course...my favorite Sunday afternoon free show...Chicken Shit Bingo with Dale Watson at Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon!!

Some of these events are free, and some might have a cover, so please doublecheck before you leave your house!!

Have Fun!!!

-A.D. in the A-TX!!