CRAP. It’s already Friday. How does that happen? First it’s Sunday and we’re totally ill on the prospect of the return to the punch-card pay-clock, but atleast you’ve got some decent work and a stack of records to write, and then the next thing you know BAM. Friday. And like, two posts? We’re getting paid for this?! What happened?

Oh. Yeah, well, now we remember. Our bad. Anyways, though we’re sorry the collective staff got sucked into the story of Jana Hunter’s current haunt, know safely that we’ve completed the entire fourth season and the writing drought should be over soon cause, let’s face it, they killed off one of our favorite characters and McNaulty has gone from making us feel good about ourselves to making us feel like dirtbag drunks. Faaaahq.

FRIDAY
Rudyard’s 30th Anniversary Party
SAY SAY SAY! What’s the best thing about Rudyards? The burgers? The bands? The bartenders? The Bracelyn? Hard to decide. AHHH! The BIRTHDAYS. YUSSS. Every year they make a weekend of it, and this ain’t no different. Tonight the celebrations kick off with Spain Colored Orange, and Three Fantastic.

ALSO
Shake & Pop, featuring Witnes, Squincy Jones, Gracie Chavez, & more @ Boondocks
DJ Jester the Filipino Fist/Dayta/Ceeplus @ The Mink
Guitars on The Revelry Report (6pm on KTRU 91.7 FM)

SATURDAY
Rudyard’s 30th Anniversary Party: Poor Dumb Bastards, Linus Pauling Quartet and Something Fierce

You Ain’t Grunge @ Fitz
We posted so little in the past two weeks that you can actually scroll down and read what we wrote about this. In summary, like the Hootenanny, but with bands that don’t usually come across our desk. Features the Smoke Eaters (Foo Fighters), Deus Machina, Full Release (The Toadies), Sun Machine (Stone Temple Pilots), Darwin’s God (Soundgarden), Dine Alone (Deftones), Cellcyst (Korn), Numero Unos (Screeching Weasel), Brown vs. Board (Rage Against The Machine) and Meaningless Conflict (Helmet)

ALSO

Saturday Secret Show @ The Shady Tavern (2pm, free, four bands)
Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, Testament @ The Woodlands
Rad Rich’s Birthday Bash, featuring Machete, Luxurious Panthers, Streetwise, The Takes, UYUS, Smugglaz, American Sharks, Full Contact, more @ Notsuoh

SUNDAY
Rudyard’s 30th Anniversary Party: The Dolly Rockers, The Trian Woodburns and Bring Back the Guns

ALSO
Lucas Gorham (Satin Hooks), Dave Dove @ Avante Garden (6pm)