*HIPPIES.TV TONIGHT  - Chango Jackson, Drop Trio, more...!

*BLUESGUY'S ROCK-N-ROLL HOUSE PARTY - You're Invited!

*SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2005 - Dubtex, Muzak John, more performers added!

*MARK ZEUS WRITES ABOUT 'SUPPORT!"

*WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR

 

The work is really getting good around here. Just yesterday, I was working in the studio with several great artists. Producer/drummer Lion808 from Dubtex came by to deliver some new CDs he burned and printed for us, and to tell us that DUBTEX would be able to perform at SOUTH BY DUE EAST this year! Yea! (we also worked on a Dubtex video), and Randy Soffar (from our old '80's pop band, Z-ROCKS) came by to help dig through old unreleased recordings to put together the complete remastered Z-ROCKS for CD release, and to prepare to do a reunion set at BLUESGUY's Rock-N-Roll HOUSE PARTY on Sunday, February 20th.

 

This year, Bluesguy's Birthday Jam #5 will be a rock & roll party and jam in my back yard. Performing with The New Jack Hippies will be Tracy Conover, Opie AND CarrieAnn, Chango Jackson, EP VAllejo, Jimmy Deen, Buster Pennington, Ian Varley, Lion808, Check the web for directions (we're purposely making it a little difficult to find - three clicks), so only our friends and the truly fanatical might show up).

 

I had a cool weekend with Mikey and David, as I rode with them and their sound system to a cool gig in Lake Livingston with Opie Hendrix (I was substitute sideman for the night). Then, Roger, Chaz and I played an acoustic set at Fahl & Folk's regular Sunday evening hootenanny at The Last Concert Cafe the next night. The Cafe is one of those venues which Marlo always comes along to. The lighting may not be the greatest for shooting video, but the Mexican food is always on the mark!

 

A lot of my week has been spent shoring up performers and schedules for our two winter events, Bluesguy's Birthday Jam #5 and SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2005.

 

Speaking of SOUTH BY DUE EAST -

 

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HIPPIES.TV TONIGHT

SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2004 - Part 1

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Tonight's 'Hippies.TV' program is titled SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2004 Pt.2. South By Due East is Marlo Blue's Guerilla Marketing experiment, held each year in Houston, Texas to celebrate and promote the Houston music and arts community. Performers on tonight's show include Chango Jackson, LunateX, Drop Trio, Mad Mike, and Citizen Change!

 

Hippies.TV airs at 10pm every Friday nights on 'The Hippies.TV Network' (Warner Cable channel 17, Kingwood Cable channel 98 and TV-Max channel 17).

 

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SOUTH BY DUE EAST  2005 - March 19-20

Line-Up Growing!

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SOUTH BY DUE EAST is a guerrilla marketing project, begun by Marlo Blue & Sirius Hippies Productions, and held in Houston at SXSW time, to promote the independant music and art scene in Houston, Texas, USA, as well as promoting individual projects of it's participants. At each year's fest, a film is made to document, show, and promote all of the performers and the art they make.

This year, SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2005 will be held in the Houston Heights, at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar on March 19th & 20th (Saturday & Sunday).

Here is a first tentative schedule, bound to change a lot - as I run it by the artists, but full of artists who have already confirmed -

SATURDAY MARCH 19th STAGE 1
4:20-4:40 Norm Buster Pennington
5:35-5:55pm Blendt
6:45-7:05pm Gus Buzbee
8:30-9pm Opie Hendrix & The Texas Tallboys
9:50-10:30pm Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies
11:10- 11:30 pm Dubtex
12:10-  12:30pm Chango Jackson
 
 SATURDAY MARCH 19th STAGE 2
3:40-4:00pm Kid Red
5-5:20pm Congas By Carlos
6:10-6:35pm TBA
7:30-8:10pm TBA
9:10-940pm Fahl & Folk
10:40-11pm Carrie Ann
11:40-  12pm Muzak John
 
SUNDAY MARCH 20th STAGE 1
3-3:20pm TBA
4:20-4:40 EPVallejo
5:35-5:55pm Dead PA
6:45-7:05pm Slapshifter
8:30-9pm Mark Zeus & The ThunderBoltz
9:50-10:30pm Drop Trio
11:10- 11:30 pm Rusted Shut
12:10-  12:30pm Irene

SUNDAY MARCH 20th STAGE 2
3:40-4:00pm TBA
5-5:20pm Redeye Carl & The Pirates
6:10-6:35pm Secret Beat Society
7:30-8:10pm  Guy Schwartz & The Few Jack Acoustic Hippies
9:10-940pm Jennifer Grassman
10:40-11pm TBA
11:40-  12pm TBA

The atmosphere at SOUTH BY DUE EAST is one of community.. There is no cover charge. Donations towards the movie expenses are appreciated, and all are encouraged to purchase CD & DVD compilations from previous festivals, as well as recorded product from all of the artists.

2003 & 2004 participants included earthwire.net, GUY SCHWARTZ & THE NEW JACK HIPPIES, DJ WOO, DJ FREEDOM JUSTICE, GIANCARLO'S BIG STICK, HOLLISTER FRACUS, TRUE AUDIO OUTLAND, NATALIE ZOE, CASEY JUST, THE MIRRORS, CONSCIOUS COCREATION, REBECCA TORRELLAS, THE RED WAVE, SOUNDPATROL, K'MANTE, GLORIA EDWARDS, HEATHER FERONBERG, SOUL ODYSSEY COLLECTIVE, NEW DAMAGE, JUSTIN NAVA, POETS 4 PEACE, JOE B, SUPERHAPPYFUNLAND, SONNY BOY TERRY, DE SANGRE, QUANTUM 5, HIGHTAILERS, LAST SOUL DESCENDANTS, CITIZEN CHANGE, RASTA JAZZ AVENGERS, MAD MIKE, LUNATEX, MUZAK JOHN, FLUFF TV, COLLECTIVE HALLUCINATION, NEW BEATNIK REVUE and LOS SKARNALES.

Dan Electro's Guitar Bar is located at 1031 East 24th Street. Doors open at 2pm with music starting after 3.

 

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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR

Courtesy of The BluesHound and KPFT-FM90.1

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4th 

Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – E=MC3
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Mark Chandler
Baker Street Pub (Willowbook) – Bad Boyfriend
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Tracy Conover
Bareback Bar – Soulful Country
Big Easy (The) – Leonard “Low Down” Brown
Blanco’s – Trey Clark
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Jazz Toonz
Bossa – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Trio
Brasil – Drop Trio
Brian O’Neill’s – Plump
Café Blonde (Seabrook) – open mic
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Sweet Mama Cotton (10 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); Ted Roddy’s
 King Conjure Combo (10 pm); The Derailers (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – The Dealers
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality
Blues Band
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Hamilton Loomis
Einstein’s Pub – Anisette
Engine Room (The) – The Deep 6 Band
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Honeybrowne/Jamie Talbert
Fitzgerald’s (down) - Los Kung Fu Monkeys/Destruction Made Simpel/
Rated “R” Kids
Fitzgerald’s (up) - PM Theory/This Escape/Four/Morning Side Drive/
Last Weeks Hero
Forgetta’Bout It – Bons Fire/Lights Out
Helio’s – Arthur Yoria
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers
Howling Coyote (The) – Fat Katz
Jack’s For Cocktails – Airwaves
Java Jazz Coffee House - Chutch/A Step Behind/Chubby Clemintime/Panik/
The Paradox/ Salinger/Juneau/Negative Outlook
JP Hops House – Michael Pope (CD release party)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Al White
Magnolia Hotel – Paul English/Danette McMahon/Sarah Welch

Mardi Gras Galveston 
Saengerfest Park
 6:30-7:45 pm Mid-Life Crisis
 8:15-9:30 pm BeauSoleil
 10:00-11:30 pm Eric Johnson
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat - Walls Of Jerico/Bury Your Dead/Full Blown Chaos/
Die Young/Premonitions Of War
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Jack Saunders (8 pm)
Meridian (The) – Yonder Mountain String Band
Millbend Coffee House – Charlie King & Karen Brandon
Moody Gardens (Galveston) – Down to Earth
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Freerain w/Sheldon Freeburg
Papa’s on The Lake – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron 
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Madigan
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Resa’s Steak House – Mack & Bryan (6 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) – Grupo Fantasma
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Fondue Monks
Sambuca Restaurant – Tommy Dardar
Shakespeare’s Pub – Eugene Moody Blues Band
Shamrock Inn (The) – Luther & the Healers
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Nervous Rex
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – A-Rival
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Max
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Cross Check
Sidecar Pub – Texas High Life
Songbird Sanctuary (117 Stratford Street) – Richard Berman (reservations
required; (713) 524-6545; songbirdsanctuary@...)
Sports Station (The) – Dilana Smith
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – Rob Christenson
Stags Head Pub – The Rockin’ Robin Band
Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) – The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
21 (Galveston) – Pee Wee Bowen & the Moonlighters
Uncle Albert’s – Spiffingtons
Velvet Melvin – Pete & Sam
Verizon Wireless Theater – Ani DiFranco

 

 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5th

Al’s Sports Bar #1 – Identify Crisis
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Catfish
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Drive Train (unplugged)
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Sonic Amber
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Dreamsicles
Bareback Bar – Miss Leslie & the Juke Jointers
Bayview Duck (The) (Bacliff) – Ken Valentino’s Contra Band
Big Easy (The) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
Big John’s Sports Bar – jam
Borski’s – country jam (1-6 pm); The Aaron Holt Band
Breakers – Papa Joe’s Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O’Neill’s – The Ruse
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Cocktails (Galveston) – George Lee (10 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Dig (10 pm); Moses Guest (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – Heath Philip Spencer
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Shadowplay
Cruisers Ice House (Santa Fe) – Luther & the Healers
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – The Tommy Hall Schedule
Einstein’s Pub – Jawbreaker
Fenders (LaMarque) – Cheyenne
Firehouse Saloon – Jon Wolfe/1100 Springs
Fitzgerald’s – Hank III/Hazard County Girls
Forgetta’Bout It – Cremator/Meyvn/Tomorrow’s Dream
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Pat Gavin & the Buckaroo Band
Howling Coyote (The) – The Zydeco Dots
Jack’s For Cocktails - Airwavves
Janie’s Martini Bar – Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
Java Jazz Coffee House - Bennington/Mono Chromatic/The Red Airplanes/
New Action Hero/At All Cost/Stiletto/Pirate Bones
JP Hops House – The Moe Hansum Band
Kirby’s Steak House (Woodlands) – Mark Town’s Latin Jazz Quartet (7-11 pm)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Fidelity Maxx
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Knight Riders

Mardi Gras Galveston
 21st & the Strand
 12:30-2:00 pm Lady D & the Zydeco Tornadoes
 2:30-3:45 pm David Spann Band
 4:15-5:30 pm La La Wilson & Co.
 6:00-7:15 pm Brian Jack & the Zydeco Gamblers
 8:30-10:00 pm Joe King Carrasco
 10:30-11:30 pm Dreadneck
 Saengerfest Park
 2:15-3:30  pm Johnny Dee & the Rocket 88s
 4:00-5:15 pm Jesse Dayton
 5:45-7:00 pm Chubby Checker
 8:30-9:30 pm Grady
10:00-11:30 pm The Arc Angels
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat – Beep Beep/Ex Models/Animals of the Bible
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Sisters Morales (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mr. B’s Billards (Katy) – Marc Twyman’s One Man Electric Band
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Sonny Boy Terry
Next Door Coffee House (The) – Rhonda Ryan
Old Quarter Acoustic Café – open mic
Ovations – Sharon Montgomery
Papa’s on The Lake – Fuzzy Side Up
Pe-Te’s – Bourbon Street (Mardi Gras dance, 2-6 pm)
Playmakers Sports Bar – Dilana Smith
Poor Michael’s on The Strand (Galveston) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Steady Grind
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – Four Men Walking/Stalking Chloe (CD release party)/
 Playing With Stars
Rudyard’s – Deep Ella/The Chemistry Set/A+ Machines
Sam’s Boat (Richmond) – Head First
Sambuca Restaurant – Tommy Dardar
Shakespeare’s Pub – Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – The Max
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – A-Rival
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Cross Check
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Madigan
Sidecar Pub – Hemmingway
Splash (Bacliff) – Down to Earth

St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – Scattered Pages
Stags Head (The) – E=MC2
Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) – The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
Time Out #1 (Fuqua) – 3 Peace
Tut’s (Conroe) – Al Casey & the BB’s
21 (Galveston) – Pee Wee Bowen & the Moonlights
Uncle Albert’s – Anisette
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)

 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6th

Borski’s – round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – open mic w/David Schwope (7-11 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session (8-11 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Guilt By Association
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Frank’s Trip On Inn – Symplisity (ongoing; 4 pm)
Gravity (Galveston) – Reyna & Power Play (1-5 pm; 5:30-9:30 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – New Pioneers
JP Hops House – NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Fahl & Folk (6-9 pm)
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat – MC Chris/O Pioneers/By The End Of Tonight
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – The Hardwood Brothers (7 pm)
Mi Luna Restaurant & Bar – jam w/Martinez & Associates (4-8 pm; ongoing)
Mr. Gino’s – I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – jam (4-8 pm)
19th Hole (The) – Brad Absher
Ovations – Keith Caldwell & Glennie Scott
Poor Michael’s On the Strand (Galveston) – jam (8 pm)
Reno’s (Webster) – David Brake & That Damn Band
Rhythm Room (The) – Dig (9 pm)
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Sambuca Restaurant - CLOSED
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sharky’s Sports Café & Lounge - Buddhacrush
Sidecar Pub – acoustic open mic w/Johnny Goudie & Joseph King
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Rhythm Kings
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Texas Tavern (The) (Texas City) – open mic (4-7 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
What’s Left (Tomball) – jam w/Mark May Band (2-6 pm)
Wreckers Grill & Bar (San Leon) – Mack & Bryan (2-6 pm)

 

 

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WORDS FROM MARK ZEUS

'Support!'

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My website and this email list are the only significantly
consistent forms of promotion that we have. We do occasionally get a listing
or mention in a local publication; we have a page and get some support and
listings on grassroots websites; and some independent DJs (God bless 'em)
will occasionally spin a recording. Special thanks to Pat and Rosie, and
Christi at KPFT. However, it is through this network (and subsequent
word-of-mouth) that we are able to get the word out about our music. If you
are on this list, you most likely do not care for mainstream music and are
searching for an alternative to it- or you simply are, or have been,
attracted to the music we put out.

As many others probably do in this business, I sometimes feel like I'm
hounding ( begging) folks to attend shows. Yeah, I know it's all part of
what needs to be done, and I know that many of you appreciate my houndings
and bantering- you've told me so. But, considering the amount of people on
this list (I lost count at 600 in the Houston area alone), attendance at our
shows and events rarely reflect a significant fraction of those receiving
these schedules and missives.

This is in no way a scolding. I know you all have busy lives and plenty of
other obligations. We are just another possible option for a sometimes rare
night out. We do appreciate when you make us your choice, and hope you feel
it was time well spent. There is another side to the equation though. Live
music in Houston needs the SUPPORT of folks like you and me to survive.
Venues are struggling to stay open. Many have discontinued music (most
recently Cactus Moon). What were once thriving live music venues are now
disco/hip-hop dance clubs, karaoke bars or simply juke joints. If that is
truly the future of musical entertainment and night life, so be it. I'm not
saying that the music scene is dying- far from it. There are many amazingly
talented musicians and groups in all genres, but they struggle to find
venues. If you would like to see more live music available, instead of
dwindling choices, get out and SUPPORT what we have, and show those
struggling venues that you like what they are doing. Successful venues will
breed more, and, in spite of media ignorance, through our networking and
word-of-mouth, live music will continue to thrive in Houston.

MZ

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Good words, Mark!

 

 

That's it for now. I'll probably hear Drop Trio at Brasil, Ham Loomis at Dan Electro's and Texas Johnny Brown at The Big Easy tonight. What are you doing?

 

See you where the live music is!