GREETINGS from Tulsa Oklahoma, one of America’s great Oil and Gas Capitals and home to the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cantilevered skyscraper. No kidding, this place has a serviceable skyline of it’s own, hence our being drawn to it. And speaking of gas prices, we’re not the only ones on the road. [...]

[Read more →]

Check out what just showed up on Hands_Up - posted by Miss Rosa, the proprietor of Ditchwater Records and the maven behind the forthcoming Gay Marriage EP.

Looks like a tracklisting if we’ve ever seen one. According to the Ditchwater site, this EP will combine some of their few official demos with some other, unreleased [...]

[Read more →]

SHANA TOVA! Though God’s Chosen and generally most attractive people are taking a day of rest to ring in 5679, their apparent stranglehold on the entertainment industry has slipped as evidenced by the slew of releases shelf-stocked or announced on this fine High Holiday. We kid because we love. SOUND THE SHOFAR!
Fired For [...]

[Read more →]

Updated. Hands_Up_Houston poster (and local celebrity DJ if there ever was one) Shu Latif put up a call to write the Mayor’s office about having the curfew lifted.  So we did.  We decided we would CC all of you.
To: The Honorable Bill White, Mayor of Houston
Mr. Mayor, let me begin by commending you for the [...]

[Read more →]

UPDATE:  QUEERS AND JEWS ARE ON THURSDAY, NOT TONIGHT. ADR IS A STUPID. WE HATE HIM.
BREAKING NEWS LIKE TREE LIMBS: Three whips as buggies shows whose statuses were in doubt like Thomas are, in fact, going to bring sweet relief to countless ears no doubt over saturated with the latest KTRH 740 News [...]

[Read more →]

Last Update: 7:50 AM THURSDAY So.  The storm is over, and perhaps you’ve even made some progress on getting things back together.  Maybe you’ve even got power (lucky ducks)!  But you can’t shelter in place forever, at some point you’re going to need to get out of the door and onto the floor (EVERYBODY DO [...]

[Read more →]

UPDATE 7:29PM - The show at the Mink tonight is Cancelled
CAN YOU FEEL IT, BUMPING ON YOUR STEREO?  No, that’s not an old fav from Supergrass, what you’re hearing is the sound of marquee show after marquee show falling off the walls and into the bin of RESCHEDULE or CLOSED.  Rather than do like we [...]

[Read more →]

Lately, Governor Perry has had his hands rather full declaring coastal counties disaster areas, rebuilding his mansion and otherwise handling the minutia of running America’s most WHIPS state. Fortunately, he’s a good looking man with a strong voice and Executive Hair, which always helps in the leadership department. Likewise, he delegates, which is [...]

[Read more →]

Summer lovin’, it happens so fast. Summer lovin’, we wish it would last. But alas, the calendar waits for no one, so even though the cool crisp refreshment of fall is still many many Mad Men (vote for Ty, btw) episodes away, school is starting back up again soon. In the next [...]

[Read more →]

You know, it’s a frequent refrain of ours - PUT OUT A RECORD. You could say it’s pretty much up there in the top three of our un-solicited ANGRY DAD advice along with “be kickass” and “STOP RELEASING THIS CRAP BEFORE ITS READY.” So yeah, there is somewhat of a balance to be [...]

[Read more →]