48 HOUR FILM CONTEST

HIPPIES.TV TONIGHT - Carolyn Wonderland in Amsterdam 2003

I'VE BEEN AWAY:Short Report From The Field

HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS - Showcase Sunday * PLEASE VOTE

 

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Hippies.TV Tonight

BLOODLESS REVOLUTION IN AMSTERDAM

Starring Carolyn Wonderland

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As Wonderjam begins selling passage to another world again this year, I'm repeating the show  that Marlo and I filmed at the first Wonderjam in 2003. It's Carolyn and her band with a brief cameo by Guy Forsyth.

 

Warner Cable Channel 17 10pm

TV-MAX & Kingwood cable, too!

 

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HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS

Mercury Room

7pm Sunday

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That's when we play, but there are over 70 other artists performing from 4-10 at a dozen venues. This is always a blast!

 

Remember to go to www.houstonpress.com and vote for your favorites!

 

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48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL

Whew!

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Tonight at 7pm, Marlo and I will pick a prop, a character, a line of dialogue and a genre (out of a hat) and then begin making a film with a 48 hour deadline. The whole film must be written, shot, edited and the sound mastered by 7pm Sunday evening (when we're onstage at The Mercury Room).

 

It's an international competition, with all contestants and their teams being volunteers. In otherwords, you can't hire pros for your team, unless they do it for free. We've got a great team lined up, including Roger, Levon and a bunch of our creative friends. We're meeting up at The Last Concert Cafe at 5:45pm and running into production from there.

 

This should be a gas!

 

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I'VE BEEN AWAY:Short Report From The Field

Jackson, Mississippi

July 15, 2005
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Suddenly, I’m on the road again! An email came thru from Mark Zeus, asking, “Can anybody help these guys?” It seems that THE JOHN WILDE GROUP from London was stuck in the middle of their US tour without a bass player. Many musicians know that I have a great database full of musicians, and that I’ve got a talent for last-minute filling in on bass or with a whole improvised band without a lot of time and prep work (rehearsal), so I often get these calls and emails to help refer (or become) the right musicians or bands.

 

I went onto the web and found some mp3s. Hmmm... these songs are good! This time I decided that I’d like to do the gig myself. I’m almost through with my Hippies.TV obligations for now, our Canadien tour fell through for August, and I know that John Wilde has played guitar for some of my heroes (Steve Winwood, Joe Strummer, etc…). So, I rang him up and committed to the next couple of weeks (as long as I could be here this weekend for the 48 contest and HPMA), and let him know I could be available for August and September if it all feels right.

 

SO -

 

I'm on the road with a British pop band playing bass!

 

The stuff I read on the web said that THE JOHN WILDE GROUP got onstage as they were and just played. So, on the drive down I-10 east, I stopped only for gas and at one western-wear store, where I decided to pick up a simple black western shirt, in case John Wilde was the type of insecure bandleader who would not appreciate a sideman showing up in flashier clothes than he.

 

Whenever approaching a tour as an unknown sideman, I’m reminded of the time that Billy Block, Gurf Morlix, Zeeder Hogg and I played with B.W. Stephenson at Baylor College in Waco, Texas, long, long ago. The college paper reviewed the show the next day and called Buck boring, but cited Billy and I as very entertaining musicians to watch. I never played with Buck again! <g> Rule #17, don’t outshow the frontman, unless he/she works for you!

 

Pulling into Baton Rouge and finding the venue was easy. SoGo Live is a large room with a large stage and great sound and lighting. The oyster po-boy from next door wasn’t quite as nice. If one can’t get good oysters in Louisiana, where could one get good oysters?

 

Back In Houston
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That's all I got to write from the road, but I promise to get ya'll caught up with my adventure next week.

 

 

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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR

Courtesy of The Blues Hound & Colleen

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FRIDAY, JULY 22nd 

Acadia Sports Bar – Edge of Reason
Aquarium Bamboo Bar (Kemah) – Harry Burks (7-11 pm)
Armadillo Palace – Mickey & the Motorcars
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Bad Boyfriend
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – E=MC3
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Jump The Shark
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Shark Attack
Beach House (The) (Clear Lake) – The Quinns
Big Easy (The) – Tommy Dardar
Blanco’s – Dale Watson
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – CC Rider
Borski’s - Rigo
Bossa – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars (ongoing)
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Buddy Mondlock
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Bombasta (10 pm);
Los Skarnales (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – Sister Sister
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Phil Johnson
Cypress Lounge (The) – The Short Notice Band
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour w/David Fahl & Friends (7 pm);
 Jeff Strittmatter w/Uncle John Turner
Einstein’s Pub – The Spiffingtons
Emily’s – Eric Tatum
Engine Room (The) – A Second Chance/Super Soul Sexies
Fat Cats – The Hoods/Ten Crowns/Iron Age
Fenders (LaMarque) – TP & the Emergency
Firehouse Saloon (The) – The U Joints/Phil Pritchett
First Tee (The) – The McClanahans
Forgetta’ Bout It – The Hectic/Cremator/Epic/Shotgun Facelift
Forgetta’ Bout It Too – Battle of the Bands
Froggie’s Saloon – Soul Situation
Gabby’s (4010 Spencer, Pasadena) – Brian Kalinec w/Jeff Chambers (5-9 pm)
Grappino Di Nino’s – Smythe & Taylor
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Grand Texas (7-10 pm)
Hideaway (The) – The Mark May Band
Jack’s For Cocktails – Coco & the Players
Java Jazz Coffee House – Seraphim/Jimamo/Worth While/Blackbox Originals/
 Eyes Like Lions/The Gentlemen’s Club
JP Hops House – Shake Russell w/The Fowler Brothers
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Kitchen Emporium & Wine Bar (The) (4300 Town Center Place, Kingwood) –
 open mic w/Andy Rodriguez (7 pm)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Toonz
Landry’s Seafood (The Woodlands) – Wilfred Chevis & the Southwest Louisiana
 Band (6-10 pm; ongoing)
Last Concert Café – The Raspas
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Bad Habit
Lucky Devils – Modoc
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Broken Spoke
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Teri Hendrix (8 pm)
Mike’s Place – The Volumizers
Mike’s Ultimate Sports Bar – Romeo Dogs
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Texas Unlimited Band
Molly’s – Scott Sileo (9 pm)
Montana’s II – The Save Yer Blues Band featuring Rev. Brock & Karmyl
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Nutty Bar (The) – Kings Highway
Old Heidelberg – Chameleon (8:30 pm)
Ole Moulton Bank (Moulton) – Taylor Roberts Band
Oz Bar (The) – The Connection
Pennison’s (Copperfield) – Lost Boys
Pennison’s (Sugar Land) – Citizen X
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – Down To Earth
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron 
Pub (The) – The Convertibles
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Steady Grind
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – Kid 606/Eat Grapes/Knife Hand Chop/Ceeplus &
 The House of Bad Knifes/Go Spread Your Wings
Rookie’s Sports Bar – Luther & the Healers
Rosenberg Hot Summer Concert Series (downtown park on Ave G) –
Rob Darien & the Outside Dogs/Dangerous Dalton & the Blue Threads
(7-10 pm)
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – The Mansfields/Black Novas/Gun Crazy
Sam Houston Race Park – Roger Creager
Sam’s Concert Pub – Nervous Rex
Sambuca Restaurant – Doppleganger
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Infinity’s Twin
Seabrook Beach Club – The Klique Band
Second Wind Saloon – Django Walker
Shady’s (Baytown) – 2nd Wind
Shakespeare’s Pub – The Benny Brasket Band
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Static
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Big Daddy
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Max
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – A-Rival
Ships Wheel (Crystal Beach) – The Grateful Geezers
Sidecar Pub (The) – Doug Moreland
Sports & More – The Clones
Sports Station (The) – Dilana Smith
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – Texas No Call
Stags Head Pub (The) – Pete Scafidi
Super Happy Fun Land – Cryptorchid Chipmunk/Organ Failure/Indofin
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Bert Wills Band
Topwater Grill (San Leon) – The Silver Wings Band (6-10 pm)
21 (Galveston) – The Skylites
Uncle Albert’s – Minds Eye
Vintage Bar – Carrie Ann Buchanan
Walter’s On Washington – Little Compass
West Alabama Ice House – Hilary Sloan (6-10 pm)
Whisky’s All American Pub (Galveston) – Little Ray & the Blues Sonics
Woody’s Pub – 3 Peace
Yaga’s (Galveston) – Supa Green

 

SATURDAY, JULY 23rd

Acadia Sports Bar – Noisy Crickett
Anderson Fair – Houston Marchman
Armadillo Palace – Gary P. Nunn
B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Down To Earth
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – BC & the Crisis
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Ruse
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Norma Zenteno
Bareback Bar (The) – Bitter Creek
Beach House (The) (Clear Lake) – Fallen Line
Big Easy (The) – The Tony Vega Band
Big John’s Sports Bar – jam
Bojangles’ (Seabrook) – Mambo Jazz Kings
Borski’s – country jam (1-6 pm); Frank Neville
Breakers – Papa Joe’s Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O’Neill’s – The Slags
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Ken Gaines/Karen Mal/Wayne Wilkerson
Cadillac Bar (Kemah) – 4 Barrel Ramblers (8 pm)
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Coffee Oasis (Seabrook) – Big Lizard Boys (7:30 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys (9 pm);
 Flametrick Subs (11 pm); Split Lip Rayfield (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – Ruben V
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – CC Rider
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Cypress Lounge (The) – Who’s Driving?
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Eric Keys (CD release party)
Einstein’s Pub – Infinity’s Twin
Emily’s (Seabrook) – Larry Taylor
Fat Cats – Hell Witch
Fenders (LaMarque) – Cheyenne
Firehouse Saloon (The) – The Kaiser Brothers
Fitzgerald’s (up) – Del Castillo/Palo Viejo/Los Supervatos
510 Sports Bar (Katy) – Dilana Smith
Forgetta’Bout It – Midnight Circus/Mercury Down/Spinning Chain
Froggie’s Saloon – Hit N Run
Gabby’s (4010 Spencer, Pasadena) – Brian Kalinec w/Jeff Chambers
 (6:30-9:30 pm)
Grappino Di Nino’s – Scott Sileo (6-11 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Kimberly M’Carver (6:30-9:30 pm)
Hideaway (The) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Howling Coyote (The) – Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Jack’s For Cocktails – Coco & the Players
Jammers Ice House (LaPorte) – Dangerous Dalton & the Blue Threads
Java Jazz Coffee House – Dead Poetic/The Beautiful Mistake/As Cities Burn/
 Classic Case/Glass Intrepid
JP Hops House – Juneau Band
JT’s Sports Bar (Humble) – Shadowplay
Juju’s Hangout (Galveston) – Reyna & Texas Select (9 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – The Javilinas
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Switch
Landry’s (Kemah) – Harry Burks (6-10 pm)
Last Concert Café – The Tafters
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Jack Hall
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Husker Row/Clay Farmer
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – The Greencards (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Meridian (The) – Liviya Compean/EP Vallejo/Mike Conde/PJ Flowers Project
Mike’s Ultimate Sports Bar – 2nd Wind
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Rhythm of the Road
Mr. B’s Billiards (Katy) – Larry & the Jukes
Muddie Waters Coffee House – Red Hot Chili Peckers
Next Door Coffee House – Bruce King
Northshore Park (The Woodlands) – The Gorilla Dance Band (CD release party;
 6:30 pm)
Old Heidelberg – Chameleon (8:30 pm)
Outlaw Ray’s (Crosby) – Bucko Ruckus
Oz Bar (The) – Just Got Lucky
Papa’s On The Lake – Honest Mango (8 pm)
Pennison’s (Copperfield) – Slapdash
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – Al Casey & the BB’s
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Brunette Sky
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – Go Girls Rock w/Eileen Faxas/The Googe/Eden Automatic/
Melissa Mullins
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard’s – Casino/Fired For Walking
Sam’s Concert Pub – Us and Them
Sambuca Restaurant – Watercolors
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Airwaves
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – The Feds/Upside
Seabrook Beach Club – The Mike Hayes (4-8 pm)
Shakespeare’s Pub – John McVey & the Stumble
Shanahan’s Bar – The Charlie Parker Band
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – The Reds
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Big Daddy
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – The Max
Sidecar Pub (The) – Buttonhook/Vicarious Me/Orions Belt
Sports & More – Just Got Lucky
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – The Lost Boys
Stags Head – Patrick Devlin
Struts Live – Sullen/Skyline Falls/Savage Evolution
Super Happy Fun Land - Sameless Noun Collection/Brook Pridemore/
Neal Medlyn
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Cruise Control
Tailgate Bar & Grill (Bagby) – The Benny Brasket Band
Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) – 3 Peace
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) – F Co
Tut’s (Conroe) – The Mike Hayes Band
21 (Galveston) – The Skylites
Uncle Albert’s – Fondue Monks
Vintage Bar (The) – South Bound
Walter’s On Washington – Luxurious Panthers/Unzipped
Whisky’s All American Pub (Galveston) – The Line Up
Wreckers Bar & Grill (San Leon) – Gary Lee & Sneak Preview (3-7 pm)
Yaga’s (Galveston) – Fidelity Maxx
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron (7:30 pm)

SUNDAY, JULY 24th

Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – singer/songwriter open mic w/Catfish
Beverly Pub (The) – jazz brunch jam w/Michael Grebowicz
Big Easy (The) – Willie T
Boaka Bar - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – JD Arnold (4 pm);
 Baby Jae (5 pm); Little Martin (6 pm); DJ Sun (7 pm); Sean Carnahan
(8 pm); Champa Moore (9 pm)
Borski’s – round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Claudio’s (Kemah) – Mack & Bryan (6-10 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Bourbon Street (3-7 pm; ongoing)
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (3-8 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Sim Francis/Riot On Red/Lanky/Tody Castillo/Carradine
Copa Cabana - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Free Radicals
w/Harry Sheppard (4 pm); Three Fantastic (5 pm); Linus Pauling Quartet
(6 pm); Chango Jackson (7 pm); Prognosis (8 pm); Norma Zenteno
(9 pm)
Cosmos – The Mike Reed Band
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Wilfred Chevis & the Southwest
 Louisiana Band (4-8 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Benny Brasket (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session w/Rick Allen/Jason Consolacion/
Bob Wall (8-11 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Poison Idea/Verbal Abuse/Donkeypunch
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Forgetta’Bout It Too – Battle of the Bands
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) – Pet Rooster (6-8:30 pm)
Hard Rock Café - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – The Delayed (4 pm);
Savvi (5 pm); Satin Hooks (6 pm); Drop (7 pm); Tony Vega Band (8 pm); Carolyn Wonderland (9 pm)
JP Hops House - NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Juju’s Hangout (Galveston) – The Line Up (3 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam (8 pm)
Ken’s Club – open mic w/Blue Flash
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Plan B (1 pm); Shape Shifters (3 pm);
 Funksion (5 pm); Madigan (7 pm); Switch (9 pm) (benefit for Robert
 Nicholson)
Last Concert Café (The) – Fahl & Folk (6 pm)
Live - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Lady D & the Zydeco Tornadoes
(4 pm); Cameron Dezen (5 pm); Zwee (6 pm); Spain Colored Orange
(7 pm); Dune TX (8 pm); Faceplant (9 pm)
M Bar - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Studemont Project (4 pm);
Bring Back The Guns (5 pm); Clouseaux (6 pm); Luxurious Panthers
(7 pm); Tody Castillo (8 pm); Fondue Monks (9 pm)
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (6 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Kelly Lancaster (7 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Flying Fish
 Sailors (4 pm); deSangre (5 pm); Chrome 44 (6 pm); Guy Schwartz
(7 pm); Bojones (8 pm); Los Skarnales (9 pm)
Mi Luna Restaurant & Bar – jam w/Martinez & Associates (4-8 pm; ongoing)
Mr. Gino’s – I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Nautical’s (Spring) – open mic jam w/The Groove Puppies
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – jam (4-8 pm)
Ole’ Moulton Band (Moulton) – Sunday Bank Jam (3 pm)
Papa’s On The Lake – Lynn Logan & the Leading Edge (8 pm)
Poor Michael’s On the Strand (Galveston) – jam w/The Skip Devlin Band (8 pm)
Prego’s (Rice Village) – Mickey Mosley (6-9 pm; ongoing)
Reno’s (Webster) – Rusty Wier
Riverside Inn (The) (Channelview) – Shadowplay (5-9 pm)
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Sambuca Restaurant – Blue Monks
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – The Feds/Middlefinger/Cellcyst
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds (acoustic)
Speakeasy (The) - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Modulator (4 pm);
 The Watermarks (5 pm); Meowcifer (6 pm); Southern Backtones (7 pm);
Middlefinger (8 pm); Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers (9 pm)
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin -  Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Sky Blue 72
(4 pm); Lonestar Pornstar (5 pm); Kemo for Emo (6 pm); Morningside
 Drive (7 pm); Molly & the Ringwalds (8 pm); The Handsomes (9 pm)
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) – Eddie & Martha Adcock
Sturgis By The Bay (Kemah) – Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Reyna & Texas Select (3-7 pm)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
306 Lounge - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Glenna Bell (4 pm);
 ESE (5 pm); The Phlematics (6 pm); O Pioneers (7 pm); Arthur Yoria
(8 pm); Brandon Stanley (9 pm)
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) – acoustic jam w/Shane & Nathan (7 pm)
Twelve Spot - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Mr. Grinch (4 pm);
 Mando Saenz (5 pm); Mighty Orq (6 pm); Filthy McNasty & The
Rhinestone Life (7 pm); Lisa Novak (8 pm); Zydeco Dots (9 pm)
Ultra - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – God’s Temple of Family
Deliverance (4 pm); Sevrin (5 pm); (You)genious (6 pm); Opie Hendrix
(7 pm); Paris Green (8 pm); John Evans (9 pm)
Uncle Albert’s – Acoustic Villians
Verizon Wireless Theater -  Houston Press Music Awards Showcase – Calieffe
(5 pm); Silverleaf (6 pm); Michael Haaga’s Plus & Minus Show (7 pm);
 Dan Dyer (8 pm); The Finalists (9 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad – open mic w/Andy Rodriguez (6-10 pm)
What’s Cookin’ (Kemah) – jazz brunch (11 am-3 pm)