October 15, 2011: OBN IIIs @Beerland

Once again, the OBN IIIs rocked the shit outta the joint! This time around, they had help from Broncho (Oklahoma) and The Mahas (Houston).


Here's a very quick view of what went down:


Here's the OBN IIIs doin' "Kick Me Out"


And, here's a slower view of the proceedings.

October 14, 2011: Fleshtones Party!

Ain't no party like a Fleshtones party! The Fleshtones (with help from the Ugly Beats) got down @Uncle Billy's on Lake Travis, of all places. The afterparty was The Ripe gig @Emos. "Good times" doesn't even come close to describing it.

I got carried away and I took a lot of video that night: 7 Ugly Beats vids, 7 Fleshtones vids and 2 of The Ripe

First, here's a fast slideshow (don't blink!) to get you up to speed on what ya missed...



And now here's some VIDS, (okay it's a LOT of video), so get your dancing shoes on..


The Ugly Beats - 1 - "Throw Me a Line"

The Ugly Beats - 2 - "Starry Eyes"

The Ugly Beats - 3 - "Your Turn to Cry"

The Ugly Beats - 4 - "Los gusanos"

The Ugly Beats - 5 - "Sombras"

The Ugly Beats - 6 - "Harm's Way"

The Ugly Beats - 7 - "I'll Make You Happy"

The Fleshtones - 1 - "Feels Good to Feel"

The Fleshtones - 2 - "Pretty Pretty Pretty"

The Fleshtones - 3 - " ? "

The Fleshtones - 4 - "Remember the Ramones"

The Fleshtones - 5 - " ? "

The Fleshtones - 6 - "Some Kinda Fun"

The Fleshtones - 7 - "Hexbreaker"

The Ripe - 1 - "Yellow Phone"

The Ripe - 2 - "The Greatest"


And finally here are some PICS at normal speed...

October 8, 2011: Bang Bang Theodores, Rhett & Dean, John Wesley Coleman III

Good times @Frontier Bar with Bang Bang Theodores, Rhett & Dean, and John Wesley Coleman III.

Scroll down past the slideshow to see video of all 3 bands!

PICS...



VIDS...


Bang Bang Theodores - "When I'm Dead"


Rhett and Dean - "Eating in Eden"


John Wesley Coleman III - "Oh, Basketball"


John Wesley Coleman III - "Where Did My Friends Go?"

October 7, 2011: The Ripe and Friends

The Ripe returned from their tour of Spain and Italy with much/mucho/molto mojo and loosed it upon us @Red 7. December Boys, Zest of Yore and Miss Melvis rocked it also/también/anche!

As usual, you can see a slideshow of pics from the evening and after the slideshow, see some video from December Boys and The Ripe.


PICS...



VIDS...

December Boys - "Sell the Moon"


The Ripe - "Constant Waves"

October 4, 2011: HAAM Benefit Day

Went to shows @Red 7 and Beerland for HAAM Benefit day. Contributed a little money to a great cause and was instantly rewarded by some lovely thunder, some thunder was louder than others (some thunders' mothers are louder than other thunders' mothers) but it was all lovely; and it was delivered by the likes of Air Traffic Controllers, Eric Static, Modok, Sally Crewe and The Sudden Moves, Aaron Blount and Simple Circuit.

After the slideshow of the pics, you can see some video of Air Traffic Controllers, Eric Static, Sally Crewe and the Sudden Moves, Aaron Blount and Simple Circuit.


PICS...



Apologies for getting carried away with the zoom. I just discovered the digital zoom feature which had been turned off, so as I said, I went overboard...
OK, here are the VIDS:


Air Traffic Controllers - "Ixithra vs. Lanza"


Eric Static - "Requests"


Sally Crewe and the Sudden Moves - "Make Me Stay"


Aaron Blount - "Orphan in Bloom"


Simple Circuit - "Slide Whine"


Simple Circuit - "Rathead Submarine"

October 1, 2011: Eastside Saturday night

Had a great time at the Melissa Bryan Record Release Party that also doubled as an art show @Obsolete Industries. John Wesley Coleman put on a great performance. Also my first time @Frontier Bar where I saw The Really Rottens and Smithers. Then made my way back to E. 12th St to the Legendary White Swan to see about half of ELVIS's set, as well as an interesting performance by B L A C K I E. Coma in Algiers capped off the evening.

Here is a slideshow of the edited pics.



This is a slideshow of unedited photos from that evening. Music is a live recording of John Wesley Coleman from that night.




VIDS of John Wesley Coleman III, Smithers and Coma in Algiers...


John Wesley Coleman III - "Bad Lady Goes to Jail"


Smithers - "Jealous Minds"


Coma in Algiers - "Leipzig"

September 29, 2011: French Inhales, Lola-Cola, A Giant Dog

Another great Thursday with The French Inhales and Lola-Cola @Scoot Inn and A Giant Dog @Red 7.

Keep scrolling past the slideshow to see 2 videos of The French Inhales, 3 of Lola-Cola and 1 of A Giant Dog.


PICS...


VIDS...

French Inhales – “Small Amongs Giants”

French Inhales - “Everything Pure”

Lola-Cola – “You Melt my Ice Cream Castle”

Lola-Cola – “Crowding Up My Mirror”

Lola-Cola – cover of “Fan Club”

A Giant Dog – “To Put It Bluntly”

September 16, 2011: First Comes Chumps, then comes Flesh Lights...

Good start to the evening with my beloved Chumps @Trailer Space. Then it was on to the Flesh Lights record release show @29th St. Ballroom with great sets by Creamers, Dead Space, Wiccans, Bad Sports and the aforementioned Flesh Lights!

After the slideshow, you'll see videos of the Chumps ("What You Need", "Punch Mama", "I Do the Things I Do"), Bad Sports ("Can't Stay" and "On Video"/"Face Like That") and Flesh Lights (I need to ask Max for the title).


PICS...


VIDS...

Chumps - "What You Need"



Chumps - "Punch Mama"



Chumps - "I Do the Things I Do"



Bad Sports - "Can't Stay"



Bad Sports - "On Video"/"Face Like That"



Flesh Lights - don't know the title yet

September 4, 2011: Planets, French Inhales, Manikin, Jared Zoltar

Pingponged between Beauty Bar and Beerland to see Jared Zoltar (Beerland), Smithers, Manikin and French Inhales (Beauty Bar), and Planets (Beerland).

Keep going after the slideshow to see performances on video by: Jared Zoltar, Manikin and French Inhales. Sorry, no Smithers footage this time around.


Slideshow...



VIDS...

Jared Zoltar - "Animal Dreams"

Manikin - "Face the Wall"

Manikin - "Perfect Pictures"

Manikin - "Hole"

French Inhales - "Surfing for Goths"

French Inhales - "Bored and Lonely"

Planets - "Weapon Void" with Bill Jeffery guesting on trumpet.

Planets - "1977"

September 1, 2011: Followed By Static, Rhett & Dean, Melissa Bryan, Angel Babies

Rockin' Thursday @Beerland with Followed By Static, Rhett & Dean, Melissa Bryan and The Angel Babies. I only saw about half of the Angel Babies' set, who I had never seen before, but what I saw, I dug. I wish I'd seen all of it. Fortunately, the rest of the acts made up for what I missed.

Keep scrolling to the bottom to see pictures from the show as well as see/hear some video, including 2 songs by Melissa Bryan - "Days Past Long" and "Rock 'n' Roll Saved My Life Last Night".

There are also 6 numbers by Rhett & Dean (I got a little carried away). I hope Rhett & Dean will help me out and provide song titles. On the videos, Rhett says the titles of the first (I'm Your Fire?) and last (Tears of a Cherokee?) songs, but I'm not certain I heard him right.

Last, but certainly not least, there are 2 songs by Followed By Static - "Nightmares" and "Chub".

Update: Rhett has kindly provided the song titles: ‎1- Never Retired, 2 - eating in eden, 3 - cosmic balzac (name of the bong), 4 - sick of my world, 5 - be somebody, 6 - tears of the cherokee

PICS...



VIDS...

Melissa Bryan - "Days Past Long"

Melissa Bryan - "Rock 'n' Roll Saved My Life Last Night"

Rhett & Dean - "Never Retired"

Rhett & Dean - "Eating in Eden"

Rhett & Dean - "Cosmic Balzac (Name of the Bong)"

Rhett & Dean - "Sick of my World"

Rhett & Dean - "Be Somebody"

Rhett & Dean - "Tears of the Cherokee"

Followed By Static - "Nightmares"

Followed By Static - "Chub"