TOMORROW IS THE DAY: HOOTENANNY!

OH MAN. How great is vacation. We are totally still enjoying ours. Do you know what the best thing about All Inclusive is? It doesn’t include watches, alarm-clocks or BlackBerry chargers. Seriously next level. So you know it’s gotta be something spectacular spectacular that would cause us to fire-up the wireless internet in the exclusive white-sand beachside fully attended and stocked Skyline Network Cabana. Yes, you see, tomorrow is the day when your 2008 gets STARTED RIGHT, with the swim-up bar of all things wonderful that is HOOTENANNY!

We are so stoked about this little shebang that we are taking time off from our blue-water view marathon back massage and SAMMIE WINNER writing session to parachute directly to The Mink’s Backroom for Saturday’s Show. Here, men, women and primitives, is the FINAL LINEUP:

DOWNSTAIRS
8:30 – John Sears as Sam Cooke
9:00 – Papermoons as Pedro the Lion
10:00 – The Jonx as nomeansno
11:00 – Something Fierce as The Clash
12:00 – Awesome! as Weezer

UPSTAIRS
9:30 – Panic in Detroit as Jawbox
10:30 – Mathletes as Talkinig Heads
11:30 – The Dimes as The Pixies
12:30 – Blades as Foo Fighters
1:00 – Indian Jewelry as Depeche Mode

FREAK OUT! That lineup is as beautiful as a Chardonnay sunrise, and as cool as a sangria breeze. Can you believe it? Doors are at six, so come on early and don’t miss those early treats. The whole show is all ages and is a mere $5. Woah – now THAT’S what we call all inclusive.

Still not convinced? Don’t take our word for it, check out the coverage from The Free Press, Space City Rock and Houston Calling, or The Houston Press’ write up and chat with the bands involved.

(PS: Earlier posts talked about both LAWS and Satin Hooks taking place in this epic night of rock and rickroll. Sadly, a member shared by both groups has been injured, and is chell, but unable to play. We wish him all our best and a speedy and full recovery. We tell you this so there won't be no rumorz).

(PPS: Shameless Plug - our merciless and word-inventing supreme editor is flying back a day early to shore up his tax shelters and do a DJ stint at Vinyl Ranch tonight, the epic monthly Hoe-Down at Leon's Lounge. Should be Jersey Wicked in the 3:10 to Yuma style).

REVEALED: HOOTENANNY POSTER!

NICE WORK LIZ MOLINA!

MLEE MARIE WANTS YOU TO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAYS AND SEE HER PLAY FIVE TIMES THIS WEEKEND

Friend of the Skyline and candidate for the Mike McBike Lifetime Achievement Sammie for Most Concurrent Band Memberships, Mlee Marie (ex-The[e] Freed), has plugged in the Christmas lights for yet another MySpace page showcasing both her cuckold-warming musical talent and near-crisis scheduling conflicts. Yes, as it turns out Mlee (Hearts of Animals) has, every year since 2002, put out a Christmas release much like Sufjan Stevens or nearly every pop band in Britain. Now this year, sadly, there won’t be any new recordings to share, but since most of us were no doubt not included on Mlee (Vaarg)’s naughty vs. nice lists in the past, getting the whole collection at once is akin to our having helped a lot of old ladies cross a lot of old streets all this old year long: You’ve been wicked nice and its time to reap the reward. You can get the entire Mlee Marie(Wols) Christmas recording catalog online here.

While we’re on the subject, Mlee (singing as Kim Deal with The Dimes at HOOTENANNY!) is taking it easy this weekend, playing only five different times. If you're a Beaumontian, you can catch Hearts of Animals on a bill that includes Indian Jewelry, Wicked Poseur and The Wiggins Friday night at The Vortex. Houstonians can (secretly) catch Mlee (Kidnaps) playing as herself during the Secret Show, Saturday afternoon at the Shady Tavern, or later than night during the last hurrah show for Wols (for which she, along with Will Adams are stepping in to back-up the soon-departing-for-Scotland Miss Amye). She’s also on that bill playing as herself (Mlee Marie) again. Sunday she’ll be playing as Hearts of Animals during the final night of Texas Gone Garage. Party call me.

HOOTENANNY! UPDATES: THE LAWS OF CREEDENCE; THE DEAL WITH ANIMALS

OH HAI. How is your Tuesday? Saving up for all the Turkey this week? Good - you should be, and don't forget the cranberry sauce. If you're like us, you blow it by forgetting to allocate space for the cran. Oh, the crucial cran. But speaking of things sweet though mysteriously amazing when covered with gravy, we've got more HOOTENANNY! updates for you. Here's the new news:

LAWS has now stated definitively that they will be playing as Credence Clearwater Revival, which is kind of a shock because we had no idea that Bret Shirley and Will Adams had joined this band (jokes). Rules. Also, we've gotten word from the Heart of the Animal herself, Mlee Marie (Kidnaps, Thee Freed, Vaarg, etc) will be serving in various Kim Deal related capacities as The Dimes channel The Pixies. Coolio.

If the once-weekly updates haven't yet put the cornbread stuffing permanently in your bird, here's the lineup confirmed to date:

AWESOME! as Weezer
Blades as Foo Fighters
The Dimes w/Mlee Marie as The Pixies
Fatal Flying Guilloteens as The Jesus Lizard
Indian Jewelry as Depeche Mode
John Sears as Sam Cooke
The Jonx as nomeansno
LAWS as Credence Clearwater Revivial
Mathletes as The Flaming Lips
Papermoons as Pedro the Lion
Satin Hooks as The Wipers

This whole schebang is going down the night of January 5th at the Mink and is gonna cost you a measly five bucks. mmm. Pumpkin Pie.

HOOTENANNY! UPDATES: AWESOME! WEEZES! BLADES FIGHT FOO! SATIN HOOKS WIPE UP!

YUSS. We've got more exciting news about January's HOOTENANNY! First off, Blades have confirmed that they are playing as the Foo Fighters. Minds are blown. Minds are collected into little plastic bags and poured, via funnel, back into cranial cavity. Not to be outdone, beloved defenders of the realm, AWESOME!, will re-unite yet again to play a set as Weezer. Leave your brain on the floor this time, cause it's in too many pieces to try and pick back up and put together. While you're standing there looking at it, all pink and spaghetti looking, perhaps wrap it around the fact that Satin Hooks are going to be playing as The Wipers, who, more authoritative sources than us insist, are an actual band (and one that Nirvana covered, no less - so BAM - 90'S IN YOUR FACE, KID). These aficionados of Alternative Nation and all that was good about it are joining a lineup that includes:

Fatal Flying Guilloteens as Jesus Lizard
Indian Jewelry as Depeche Mode
The Dimes as The Pixies
The Mathletes as The Flaming Lips
Paper Moons as Pedro the Lion
John Sears as Sam Cooke

We're still waiting to tease out the news as to who specifically Something Fierce, Bring Back the Guns, Satin Hooks and The Jonx will be playing as - plus who knows what surprise announcements we may have hidden up our flannel and silk-lined sleeves. As we previously reported, the whole HOOTENANNY! will go down the night of January 5th at The Mink's Backroom. Yusss.

UPDATE: This is why it is good that other people are involved in the organization of this event, because they tend to remember things that we just simply forget cause we're getting long in the tooth and short in the mind. Yep, we compeltely spaced on the fact that The Jonx has, in fact, already confirmed that they will be playing as (drumroll.....) nomeansno! LUCKY YOU! THANKS JONX!

ANNOUNCING: HOOTENANNY! HOUSTON ROCKERS PLAY AS BANDS WE MAKE FUN OF THEM FOR SOUNDING LIKE

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH SUKKI! DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN 28S! and how about a big old YUSSSSSSSSS! to top it all off. We are pleased as polesliders to be the ones to break this news to you, because its pretty whips to know that you already have your first big show in 2008 to attend. Yes, AG/BDM/TSN present HOOTENANNY!, an afternoon of some of the Bayou City’s best playing sets as other bands. Two stages, all day long and all day strong. Here’s who’s confirmed so far:

Fatal Flying Guilloteens as Scratch Acid/Jesus Lizard
Indian Jewelry as Depeche Mode
The Dimes as The Pixies
The Mathletes as Guided by VoicesThe Flaming Lips
Paper Moons as Pedro the Lion
John Sears as Sam Cooke

Also on the bill, but yet to confirm precisely which band they will be playing as are Bring Back the Guns, The Jonx, BLADES, Satin Hooks, Something Fierce and other slammin' slammers sure to be confirmed very very soon.

The whole schebang will take place in The Mink’s Backroom and will cost you a paltry $5. More details coming soon – but mark out January 5th on your calendar; you’ve got a date with distinction.