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Stepping out of the Alley
May 20th
Being a sudden new glutton for television, having re-acquired cable, I was watching The Daily Show this evening. Fairly certain it was a re-run, I nearly turned to other boob-tube pleasures when I realized I was suddenly watching a Free Press Summerfest TV commercial. In one of the rarest acts of first-time DVR use ever, I actually rewound and watched a commercial a second time.
THE FREE PRESS SUMMERFEST AD from Free Video Houston on Vimeo.
It struck me: folks are stepping out of the alley. Here I am watching a commercial that was just begging for the John Stewart-demographic. And it was by a local, essentially DIY, effort. Air time means money. Advertising during the Daily Show certainly means a good deal of money. And yet here is someone that is making smart, higher-stakes decisions and really going for it. Really stepping out of the alley.
(Aside: There are countless examples of why the Daily Show appeals to the sort of forward-looking people that will ven like a diagram with the attendees of this festival. On a current events note, a much larger percentage of the population than had before learned this week who Ken Salazar is and what the Minerals Management Service does. However, it turns out that, almost exactly a year ago, Salazar was on the Daily Show and talked about the MMS. You can read my take on it here.)
I was thinking about this musically a bit the other day too. Not quite to the same HD extent, but I have been putting more than one march down the record groove on some new black lately. The Energy’s first record is absolutely a treat. The Black Congress and Grandfather Child 7″s likewise. And check out this video of the tour-refined Wild Moccasins:
Some kinda cool video thing for a cool blog thing. Love it. They got a record coming out this week. Friday. Stepping out of the Alley. You can peep the details and maybe score some passes from 29-95.com. So I’m looking forward to this all. I’m not talking about coming out of the woods or anything. Just nice to be noticing it all again.
ATTN THIS WEEKEND: YOU ARE LIKE A GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Jan 30th
Artist's impression of this weekend.
STEP RIGHT UP TO THE PLEASUREDOME! Oh man. We love that painting. Oh man. We totally were going to sell one of The Skyline Network’s most extreme party call me executive corporate jets and then buy it, but it turns out that it’s not for sale and that sort of thing is frowned upon. But oh man, the guy who painted it has got to have the most epic name ever: Hieronymus Bosch. We used to know a guy who had a snake named that. Should we ever need an Arabian Steed, we’re totally calling it the same thing. This weekend has lots of everything. Hardcore bands. CD release shows. Old favorites playing their first shows in forever. New bands. Bands with new names. Day Shows. Night Shows. Shows in the cities. Shows in the burbs. Shows at Mexican restaurants. We’re totally overwhelmed. Let’s take a crack at it.
FRIDAY
Wild Moccasins @ Cactus Records
SHITYEAHTURDAY COMES A DAY EARLY! Cactus in-stores means 1) Starts at 5:50: HAPPY HOUR SHOW 2)FREE BEER 3)Record Shopping
Fucked Up, Iron Age, The Jonbenét and Black Congress @ Walter’s on Washington
Canadian darlings of whichever wave of hardcore we are currently in the middle of bring their non-1:30 of hate approach to the 713. Fucked Up is a great band for people that find the energy and grit of 80s hardcore endearing, but enjoy things that are a bit more nuanced, teased out and, well, smarter. Rumors abound that The Jonbenet doesn’t have too many more shows under their belt, so catch em while the catching is good. Black Congress will also, finally, but putting out a recording at this show. It’s on cassette. So begineth the next format revision war. (Also, just to clarify, because he has been making the joke pretty much to anyone that would listen, The Skyline’s ADR is not actually in Black Congress, though he continues to attempt to convince the band that he should be).
T.S.O.L., Black President, Bark Hard, Blackmarket Syndicate @ The Meridian
Looking for some slightly more conventional hardcore? You can’t get much more back-to-the-source than TSOL (True Sounds of Liberty – gawd we love how Hardcore bands sound so much TUFFER when they switch to acronyms), who got together way back in 1978 in Huntington Beach, CA. Though over the years, TSOL slowly evolved into a band with no original members and a noticible slide into metal, this lineup includes all surviving original members hopefully rocking their goth/horror-core referencing flavor of hardcore’s exciting first round in he pit.
Hell City Kings, American Fangs (EP release), Arcane Flowers and The Back Alley Sluts @ Rudyard’s
Hell City Kings (H.C.K.?) and American Fang especially are just straight up hard rocking bands that don’t need any of that hyphenated balloney. Combining elements of punk, glam and whiskey, both are acts that are going to make it especially difficult for you to remain at your table munching on French Fries and sipping on a small batch pint. “Duke,” from the ‘Fangs EP that comes out tonight is already in the running for The 2009 Skyline 50.
Tax the Wolf, Wearehalfnelson, Ellypseas @ Aztekas
Remember when there used to be that Shu Latif DJed dance party at Azteka’s called Cherry Bomb? And when The Gossip played there and The Red and White? It seemed like Westheimer might finally be getting an eatery-based venue to be the next Oven. Well, we’re not really sure what happened, but there hasn’t been much going on there in the years that followed. Tax the Wolf (who used to be called Wolves at the Door) have put a stop to that putting a stop to things. They just put out a live EP (free on their MySpace), and we’re far too tired to take a crack at what their sound is other to say other than the songs have lots of great rushing Brooklyn guitars without being particularly derivative, and totally hit us like a cup of coffee when they occasionally veer crazily into prog rock territory. (Note that the poster for this show originally said Gold Sounds were playing too, which, unfortunately, was a mis-communication. Turns out they are working on a new album and can’t make it. So that’s kinda good news).
Come See My Dead Person, Wino Vino @ Last Concert Cafe
A big ass band with violins, mandolin, banjos, guitars and all the fixings, Come See my Dead Person is a solid up and comer for people who enjoy refreshing takes on Americana like those done locally by Sideshow Tramps or Listen Listen or, more famously, by Bruce Springsteen on that one CD that still rules us so hard, but with a good dose of horror-swing murder balladry thrown in there. Horror-swing. That’s our new favorite genre.
Drop Trio @ Avant Garden
Though they used to be a weekly fixture here in the city, as Houston Calling pointed out, they haven’t been around much lately. If you’re into the idea of seeing some live jazz, but haven’t before and don’t really know where to begin, this would definitely be our recommendation as their approach is both accessible and interesting. They are most assuredly not the ‘smooth’ kind of stuff you hear on 95.7 FM (The Wave).
Dremnt The End, The Last Place You Look, Awaken From Falling @ The Scout Bar
We’ve been told that The Last Place You Look completely packed out Warehouse Live last weekend for their CD release show. If you’re down south (or looking to make the drive) and are BIG UPS on screamo, this is the show for you.
SATURDAY
Secret Shows Presents: The Mathletes, Sings, Time Machine Veterans, Guitars, Sew What and Sad Gorila
As previously reported, the weekly Saturday Secret Show at the Shady Tavern is no more, but true to his word organizer Broman has transformed the event into a secret of a different kind, where the bands are known but the location itself cloaked in mystery. That is, unless you email secretsaturdayshows@gmail.com to get the time and place. Pretty good lineup, and though we have to rush through this to go get some donuts before we are due in the office, we can tell you that this is (we thing) the first outing for TIme Machine Veterans, which includes members of By the End of Tonight, Buxton, News on the March, Wild Moccasins, Young Mammals, Giant Princess and the Mathletes. Oh, and a guy named Ike who somehow made it into this blue ribbon indie supergoup based on this own merits, so he must be a pretty kickass dude. This is an early show, and featured BBQ! So email em for the info NOW.
MV & EE, The Linus Pauling Quartet, Wols @ Rudyard’s
MV&EE’s music combines Appalachian folk, Indian ragas, and post-psychedelic experimentalism. It’s a duo at the core that collaborates with an ever-expanding group of musicians to create a sound even their wiki page describes as ‘drugged’. One of those members was J Mascis. Nuff said. Linus Pauling Quartet combines old dudes, heavy psychedelicia, and not playing a very often. Wols hasn’t played a show since their last gig at the Proletariat, due to creative core Ayme being overseas. Last time out she was joined by Mlee Marie (Hearts of Animals) and Will Adams (The Ka-Nives) as her backing band and it was absolutely excellence in freak folk.
Sugar Hill Gang, Whodini, Slick Rick, MC Lyte, & Kurtis Blow @ Arena Theatre
Like we need to tell you why this show is crucial to your being human. If Black Sheep or Big Daddy Kane was on this bill we’d have to tell everyone else playing tonight SBT.
Ume (CD release), Bring Back the Guns, Woozyhelmet @ Walter’s
The reviews that have been trickling in for former 713ers Ume’s newest joint have been practically glowing, and we have little doubt considering how they’ve taken a sound that was already pretty awesome and done SOMETHING to it to make their most recent batch of Houston excursions among the best show’s we can ever remember them putting on. Bring Back the Guns haven’t done a set since the first half of last year, and considering that bassist Shaggy is about to go participate in a NASA bedrest study, don’t look for there to be another chance to catch them for a while. The wooz opens. It says it right up there.
Hank The Destruction Moose, Drawback, The Flood, Rusted Shut, Nancy Silva Project, Focusyn @ Fitzgerald’s
Thurston Moore <3 RUSTED SHUT.
SUPERBOWL SUNDAY
The Caprolites, BLACKIE, sIngs, Trainwreck Albania, Giant Princess, Cop Warmth, The Sporatics @ Omar’s House (5109 Eula Ave., Pasadena)
Pasadena Day Show! DO IT! Starts at 2pm. Special One Time Only Reunion by The Sporatics. BYOB. Nachos provided.
MONDAY MORNING RUMINATIONS
Jan 26th
The crowd at the Wild Moccasins CD Release Show. Photo by Ramon Medina
We had a pretty good weekend, all told. Kicked things off Friday at the Wild Moccasins CD release show. We have to hand it to the Mocccasins, they put on quite an event. We’re sure it didn’t hurt that they offered so many freebies on the side (pizza, cupcakes, on-site t-shirt screening, a copy of their EP with your cover charge), and we love the fact that they decorated not just the stage, but the merch area too in moon-river promonade fantasia. But really what they (along with bill-mates the Teenage Kicks and Buxton) should get the biggest of Kudo bars for is the fact that they not only played their hearts our, but managed to get Walter’s over capactiy. There was a crowd both inside the doors and a big bunch turned away and just hanging in the parking lot. They were smart enough to schedule a show so that kids with midnight curfews in the suburbs could see the whole thing and then make it home without being grounded (and so us old folks could go have a night-cap at our favorite suds spot if we so desired). Though it’s not practical to do this everywhere (especially considering most clubs are 21+ now anyways), we give them a gold ribbon for their achievement, and hope more folks follow their example (you can see the rest of Ramon’s pics of the event here).
Your live outlook this week looks equally solid, with a great free show at Boondocks opening things up: Flowers to Hide and Dizzy Pilot. Walter’s is really kicking things into overdrive this week, with Los Campesinos! on Thursday, Fucked Up, Iron Age, the Jonbenet and Black Congress on Friday and Ume, Bring Back the Guns and Woozyhelmet on Saturday. Both Black Congress and Ume are debuting releases at these shows (Black Congress on cassette tape, previewing a sudden release trend – more on that later this week). And yes, you read that right, Bring Back the Guns have been Broughten Back. It’s been the better half of a year since their last show, so be sure to get in on this one cause you never know when their next will be. Elsewhere, Gold Sounds, Linus Pauling Quartet and a Saturday Secret Show Event Saturday with The Mathletes, Guitars, Time Machine Veterens and others complicate your weekly choices.
Final thought: We went to one of those record dealer conventions Sunday morning. If we had to throw an estimate out, we’d say that better than 80% of the records there were of the classic rock variety: lots of dull boomer crap that you occasionally score at Half Priced Books, plus lots of stuff that is almost assuredly always there. We were expecting to find a greater treasure trove of punk, indie and alternative stuff from the 80s and 90s, certainly when we think of collectable or desirable records, we think of that and not what we ended up finding. So we ask: where are all those admitedly limited in number records hanging around? Is it possible that sow few of them were made, and they are so beloved by their owners that they are unlikely to find themselves into the inventory of dealers? Would these dealers even know what they had if they came across them? What are your fantasy record finds? Kick it off in the comments.
ATTN THE NEXT FEW DAYS: YOUR STOCKINGS ARE RATHER STUFFED
Dec 23rd
Hey, you know those people that are like “guuuh, I hate hearing Christmas music all the time, when will this be over guuuh.” Well you know what, we respectfully disagree. For serious, we’d rather listen to Bing Crosby and Hall and Oates and Brenda Lee and Elvis and the Beach Boys and Louie Armstrong kick out the holiday parade of hits ANY DAY rather than hear Staind or whatever new jam Cher is trying to convince you is next level. But you know, not all the music during this season of mistletoe (ah snap, we gotta go get some of that) and murr is of the Christmassy kind. There’s still the season of shows alongside the season of giving, and because we don’t expect to do much writing over the next few, we though we’d give you a bit of a heads up (but real talk, check in again soon for a look at the weekend and next week. and oh snap new years!).
TONIGHT
Nothing says HELLO HOLIDAYS like an old guy (who is presumably famous, just not in the famous book of world records we keep in our back pocket) all bloody on a flyer. This is the 7″ release for Gay Marriage, and a rare reunion performance at that. As previously noted, the 7″ is being put out by Ditchwater and expect it to sell out quicker than Danica Patrick. Also on the bill and rare like steak is Black Congress and the recently popping up act, the Assholes, who we have no idea about. Rumors abound that the latest Nerd Argument side project, Beer & Sebastian, might be a secret opener.
TOMORROW
CHRISTMAS EVE, DUMMIES. STAY IN FOR SANTA.
CHRISTMAS
30footFALL, Middlefinger, Avitia, Alshire @ Fitzgerald’s
Admit it. You’re tempted. You’ve always wanted to goto a show dressed like Santa and a bag full of candy canes and slowly build up the Elves to just start flinging them at people out of love and joy and spirit of the season.
B L A C K I E, Nosaprise, Dunny Osmond @ Notsuoh
Our scrappy and burgeoning hip hop underground takes over the scrappy and future bourgeois stage on Main downtown. We always loved the camp of Christmas in Harlem. Can we get a jam of our own called Christmas in the Third Ward? Free show, all ages.
God Bless James Brown, featuring DJ Melodic, DJ Sun, & Brett Koshkin @ Boondocks
SOOOOOUL MUSIC! Brett is responsible for Dirty Honey, one of our favorite record nights in town, nothing but classic soul the first Saturday of every month at Boondocks. DJ Sun and DJ Melodic need no introduction for those that have made Soular Grooves part of their regularly scheduled programming. Good to see Melodic back at it.
FRIDAY
Golden Axe, No Talk, Bald Eagle Burger and Burn The Boats @ Walter’s on Washington
This is the first of two No Talk shows this week/end that will feature master of shredermonies Warren Hatfield (Golden Axe, Valiant Thor) on guest guitar. Slay Bells.
Finnegan, Jim and the Toms, The Plague, Sara Van Buskirk, City of Compton, Brandon Elam, Dave Rask @ Avant Garden
We can’t speak for anyone else on the bill, not being familiar with them yet, we’ve heard some great tracks from Finnegan, a sort of ‘when folks are in town’ project that features, among others, Noted DESTROY ALL SNARES drummer Matt Tantillo (Paris Falls, Defend the Ghetto). This sounds, NOTHING like anything Matt’s been kickin it for before, and has a pastoral almost folky (though not folksy) vibe to it. Looking forward to checking it out in person. Klatu.
THAT IT! Be sure to check back Friday for our skinny on the rest of the weekend, which is going to be whips, allow us to assure you, with more No Talk, Pot Luck Benefits, Hooten, Hollerin, and Jibby Jibby.
PRESENTING: THE WINNERS OF THE 2008 SAMMIES (WITH SPECIAL COMMENT)
Dec 22nd
AT LONG LAST! The ballots have been counted! The Winners have been determined (some by just a few votes! Serious Squeakers)! And in some cases (aka, those folks that we saw on Saturday), the Certificates of Achievement have been distributed (if you won an award and didn’t get it, please drop us a line at the contact us link above)! And now, all that’s left to do is announce the results! But, as a special getting towards the end of the year treat, we’ve called upon some of the best minds around the world to offer some very special Special Comment on the winners! So, with a limited amount of further ado, here they are!
Favorite Live Band: Wild Moccasins
Special Comment by Keith Olbermann: If you are looking for consistency in energy and acumen at a live performance; when you want to be able to go to a show and know what you’re getting yourself into, the Wild Moccasins do have few peers, that’s what makes them the least worst people in the world. However, consider the perspective that perhaps performance with a greater deal of uncertainty at the front end can ultimately result in a different (and some might argue fuller) sense of satisfaction at what you see and hear mister President. Bands that consider their recordings as starting points, rather than scriptures, can just as easily soar as they can utterly disappoint, but on the whole we appreciate those that dare with the boundaries of their writing, their performing and even their own membership. For that reason, though we cannot disagree with a perspective on this category that put the Wild Moccasins on top, thats why in our special comment the leastest worstest is for Indian Jewelry.
Favorite Band in the Studio: Buxton
Special Comment by serious cat: Though cost can be a limiting factor (though real talk: it’s cheaper than you think at several places in town. Good places), one thing that the studio grants the performer is the ability to add depth and nuance to songs they have honed in the practice space and on the stage. Even if, as a band, you’re looking for a stripped down sound that provides no additional instrumentation or layering, the studio affords opportunity. When we listen through local records, one band in particular strikes us as having used the studio to extend their songs into new sonic spaces beyond where they exist live. Their recordings have consistently added complimenting guitars and pet sounds their solid straight-up performances. So while A Family Light is a fantastic recording in production, composition and execution, we cast our vote for the Papermoons.
Band that Blew up the 713: B L A C K I E
Special Comment by those two guys that own Suit Mart: At Suit Mart, we Dare to Compare. Men’s pleated khakis, Mervyn’s price is $23.99, at Suit Mart just fifteen bucks! If you had told us a year ago that a rapper from La Porte would be the band that would have garnered the most votes from The Skyline Network’s readers , we would have been all “Hooded Leather Jackets: Burlington Coat Factory Price $119.99, Suit Mart Price, $229.99!” Cause that’s like crazy! We’re the home of the 2-fer for crying out loud in a loafer. Suit Mart. Awesome!
Most Unfortunate Breakup: The Fatal Flying Guilloteens
Special Comment by Bert Shipley: the “un” in front of this must be a typo because, to be honest this shit’s been 11 years in the making. I mean, hey at least they finally accomplished something, breaking up. Great job guys.
p.s. you owe me $30 for an oil change on my old van.
[Editor's Special Comment: a member of the FFG swears to us that they have not, in fact, broken up and that shows will happen again soon. In light of this, and in light of learning that Powerhouse actually has kicked the can, we reserve the right to change the results of this election and declare POWERHOUSE the winners.]
Favorite Punks: Something Fierce
Special Comment by Joe Walsh: Sometimes I can’t help the feeling that I’m living a life of illusion. And oh, why can’t we let it be and see through the hole in this wall of confusion. I just can’t help the feeling, i’m living a life of illusion. Pow! Right between the eyes, Oh, how nature loves her little surprises. Wow! It all seems so logical now. It’s just one of her better disguises and it comes with no warning. Nature loves her little surprises, continual crisis. Hey, don’t you know it’s a waste of your day, caught up in endless solutions that have no meaning, just another hunch based upon jumping conclusions. Caught up in endless solutions, backed up against a wall of confusion living a life of illusion. Oh yeah, and because I know you are curious, yes, I am a tattoo on someone’s bicep.
Favorite Popsters: Wild Moccasins
Special Comment by The Lollypop Guild: Weeeeeee represent, the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, and in the name of the Lollypop Guiiiiiiiiiiild, we wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land.
Favorite Rockers: American Sharks
Special Comment by the judges panel of American Idols and the Fonz:
Favorite WTFers: The Wiggins
Special Comment by Black Leather Jesus: WTF?
Loudest: The Jonbenet
Special Comment by Nancy Grace: Now, I’m not pretending to be anything but a crime victim who went to law school and tried a lot of cases. You know, part of what the problem is is that you and people like you are blinded by celebrity, when the truth of the matter is if everyone just carried a little Jonbenet locket around their necks and opened it when they needed to make a racket and scare off the bad people, all of this, including my own show, could be avoided. Actually, scrub that, nobody carry around the Jonbenet.
Quietest : Elaine Greer
Special Comment by Roger Taylor’s Roto Toms: Hi, it’s me, Roger Taylor’s Roto Toms. He’s the drummer from Queen and I’m those hella 80’s sounding high pitched tom drums that generally do not have a place on a respectable individual’s drum set. I mean, you literally have to be the drummer for Queen and responsible for something like the epic drum break ¾ way through ‘Fat Bottom Girls’ to get away with having me on your kit. So yeah, like Elaine, most of the time I’m pretty quiet. There isn’t really much occasion to use me at most moments, and so you don’t get to hear my forceful, distinct and yet muted percussiveness very often. But when you do, man, do I rule.
Favorite Solo Performer: Elaine Greer
Special Comment by Dick Valentine (Electric Six): SOLO!
Favorite 7” Record: The Monocles/News on the March Halloween Party Split
Special Comment by a delicious Dairy Queen Banana Split: Sup. Banana Split here. You know, all the time people are like “Damn Banana Split, why you such a contradiction? How you got fruit in there and it’s not even chopped up? How come you get to be the only sundae that has a topping that you might also slice up and put on your breakfast cereal.” And I’m like “Say, why so serious? Don’t you know that contrast is all the rage? Things that shouldn’t work together almost always do. It’s like Pigs and Frogs man, Pigs and Frogs”
Favorite Full Length Record: Buxton – A Family Light
Special Comment by the official Skyline Network iPod: We enjoy you so much, that it took too much of the wonder, beauty and fun out of you to ever do a proper review. We simply loose ourselves in the pure aural attainment. Them’s the breaks, and here’s to hoping your upcoming 7” is totally in the same vein. Unless you want a review.
Favorite EP: Wild Moccasins – Diamonds for Constellations
Special Comment by Chrystler and GM: HEY! This was a Grey Ghost release right? So you ended up only selling 13 of them. Well, we know a thing or two about only being able to sell a few of a product, and let me tell you, you can still make a living at it. Granted, yours was a quality product and is something that people actually want to own, but trust us when we say there’s no need for you to do a second pressing. That’s right, congressional bailout. Just take our advice and don’t fly your corporate jet down there when you go begging for gear funds. Phew, those senators are a helluva tough room. Gotta jet, gonna go camping in our Pontiac Aztek. Check ya later!
Favorite Artwork: B L A C K I E – Wilderness in North America
Special Comment by The Big Star Bar Fire Pit: Dearest BLACKIE. I am sorry that, during the climax of my own flickering and flaming, members of the band Black Congress felt compelled to feed your Sammy Awards to me. I am a primitive animal, nay even more instinct, and I cannot help but ingest what is placed in my roaring belly. It is my understanding that the aforementioned often go into fits of rage and engage in feats of strength upon learning that any other act has appropriated the colorful adjective in their nomer, which is why they are banned from all Black Crowes concert for eternity. May we suggest this be settled the only way gentlemen should settle things in these turbulent times: A Battle of the Bands in the parking lot of the Heights Sporting Club.
Favorite H-Town Label: Mia Kat and Dull Knife (tie)
Special Comment by Bono: You know, I really wanted to start my own label one day called These City Walls Will Crumble Beneath the Debt Forgiving Weight of these Glasses. However, it turns out that it’s not really a cake walk to whittle down which bands you want to put out and then the whole production process, to say nothing of sales and marketing and a big TRYING TO THROW MY ARMS AROUND THE WORLD to these labels cause like that’s a lot of work and I think it will be easier to get Zanzibar out from under their IMF loan.PS – Can I look like Lou Reed soon?
Favorite Happy Hour Bar: Poison Girl
Special Comment by John McLaughlin: On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 represents no mathematical possibility of it occurring and 10 being complete metaphysical certainty of coming to be, we would have to state that this answer is… 10! CORRECT!
Favorite Nite Time Bar: Rudyard’s
Special Comment by Jim Lehrer: Welcome to News Hour I’m Jim Lehrer. Our top stories tonight: readers of The Skyline Network vote Rudyard’s Pub their Favorite Nite Time Bar. In Pakistan, the government of Yousaf Raza Gilani faced new questions about its ability to rule effectively when it was revealed that he has an extremely similar last name to former NY mayor and recent Republican presidential contender Rudolph P. Giuliani. And in Houston, Rudyard’s British Pub took the opportunity of a mild freezing rain to raise the price of Lone Star to six dollars a bottle.
Favorite Venue: Walter’s on Washington
Special Comment by Coach Lohan Springer: Wow. I never thought I would live to see the day when this was actually the correct answer.
Favorite Local Festival: Westheimer Block Party
Special Comment by Perry Ferrell: Shit. Man. Yeah, this was kind of what I was going for. My bad to everyone who has paid $8 for a bottle of water at Lollapalooza or missed Lush while they were waiting in line in shit up their ankles to take a piss.
