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This Weekend Is Not a Stay-At-Homer

Don’t run down to Publix for two-for-one Orville Redenbacher kettle corn or two-for-one Edy’s or any other two-for-one that goes junk-in-belly just yet because there are more than a few compelling reasons to go out this weekend. I know the third CD of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos just came in the Netflix, but seriously people…

Friday Night:
Poor House — I have a feeling that we’re going to end up at Poor House to see The Black Rabbits from Asheville, NC with Kill Now. Looks like a good show, and I could certainly stand to stick to 954 tonight. It seems like the most bang with the least exertion.

Monterey Club — The Rock City Angels have the longest band bio I’ve ever seen, detailing a long and complicated history that includes South Florida origins, Johnny Depp on guitar, rattlesnake boots on LA streets in the ’80s and a deal with Geffen records. The band’s coming down from Memphis, and the Monterey Club crowd is pretty psyched about it. Angry Pudding and The Dirty Boxes will also play.

1921 — Rebel, Miami band, will play at Lauderdale’s 1921. Here’s the event link.

SATURDAY:
Saturday is tough. All of these events are gonna be killer. I spose it would be possible to do the whole Record Store Day at Radioactive thing and then go to the Dada or the Prop show. Hmm. Just don’t know. It’s something to consider.

Zombies/Freakin will be at Dada Sat, 11

Freakin’/Zombies at Dada. Zombies Organize and The Freakin’ Hott at Dada. That’s a no-brainer.

Record Store Day at Radioactive: Miami band The Axe and the Oak, The Gray Girls from Fort Lauderdale, Pompano punk with The Shakers and DJs Sensitive Side and Esoteric and so on and so on and so on. It might be cool just to hang out around the record store all day and pretend like I feel nostalgic as if it’s something that I used to do as an adolescent.

Sheila - A Hunter's Pace - Ice Cold Confidence

Bitter Sweet burlesque/rock show at Propaganda: This should be an outrageous spectacle. Reckless Dames burlesque, Viva Le Vox, A Hunter’s Pace. Kill Now?!.

Is anyone going to New Times Beerfest on Sat? Inga texted me and said that I “have to go”. Didn’t even know she was in town. She’s a pretty persuasive lady, so I might end up there at some point. My future is such a mystery!

Alexander CD Release Show Monday at 1921

Musician and do-gooder Ryan Alexander just told me that his band Alexander is going to debut its CD It’s Not Always Signs, It’s Not Always Wonders at a show and media free-for-all next Monday, April 19, at 1921. 8 p.m.

Alexander last time I saw them

Bring your laptops or other data-capturing instruments if you wanna get your hands on the band’s new tunes. Oh Gosh, it’s all too technical for me. Good thing I already have a burned copy of the album! Chris and I have given it more than a few spins, and it’s definitely worth picking up. I don’t think Ryan’s even asked them yet, but he says he’s gonna try to get Goolsby to play with them. Goooooooolsby? That would be rad.

So, It’s Tuesday! Boo. Has Anyone Gone to This Yet?

So, Chris and I went The Monterey Club last night to check out DJ Sensitive Side’s night and grab a drink. It was a pretty rad scene — a stylish, mellow crowd of about 50 or so people. The music was groovy, an eclectic mix — Ratatat, funk and mellow hip-hop. I was feeling super shy because I don’t really know too many people in this scene and because I’ve been feeling shy lately. Still, I ended up sitting next to where Jasper/DJ Sensitive Side was standing, so I struck up a conversation with him. What a nice dude. It was cool to chat with him because we went way back and had a few laughs about the days of the Fort Lauderdale Saloon (who remembers the laundry machine?) and, of course, Roxanne’s. I frequented both venues for nights other than those he hosted. In fact, I didn’t even know that he was doing nights at those clubs at the time, but he had about a year run at each. His Tuesday night gig at Monterey is a nice alternative to other places you could chill on that night of the week. For the last six weeks, he’s been putting on a Sunday night hip-hop night called Props over Here at Propaganda. That was news to me. Also, he’ll be at Radioactive Records this Saturday for Record Store Day along with The Shakers, DJ Esoteric, Gray Girls and others. I also enjoyed asking Monterey’s bartender/all-around man Brian inane questions about rockabilly culture. He told me all about what different jean cuff lengths mean and about the tiki culture rockabilly connection. It seems like this stuff never sinks into my head no matter how many times it’s explained to me.

Record Store Day at Radioactive

What I Thought About It Yesterday:

DJ Sensitive Side at The Monterey Club

DJ Sensitive Side/AKA Jasper from The Secondhand Outfit spins at The Monterey Club on Tuesday nights. The peak of my curiosity about this old-school 954 scenester keeps getting higher. The DIYer can rap, he can make rad flyers, he can keep the rockabilly crowd happy from behind the turntable. Frankly, I’m intimidated. I think I might go check it out for a little while. Renda Writer interviewed him for WeMerge. See video below. Sounds different and fun.

Propaganda Anniversary Show, Saturday April 10

I went to Propaganda for the first time a little less than a year ago. I’m generally a Lauderdale-only type of gal, but I was on an assignment to check out a different restaurant/bar in Lake Worth called the Rum Shack. I’d heard about the town’s new live music venue, so I thought that I’d pop around the corner to check out Propaganda. That was the first time that I officially met the club’s booker/promoter Steve Rullman, whom I’d previously only known by reputation, and I chatted with him about what he was trying to do at the club. That night, John Ralston was playing as John Ralston’s Invisible People, the previous incarnation of the project he fronts, which is now called Invisible Music and includes Greg and Andy from Black Finger. They played with an Orlando band called The Kings of New England that night. I was blown away by Invisible People’s sound and intrigued its members easy, smiling ways. Why are they all so happy all of the time? Why does their happiness infect me so, and make me want to pick flowers and run in circles? The effect is still the same. The questions are still unanswered.

John Ralston's Invisible People - my 1st Prop show

Everymen at Propaganda Anniv Show, April 10

Propaganda Anniversary Show — Where I’m Off To Tonight

It’s almost time to get going up to Lake Worth. Going to see Sweet Bronco, Zombies Organize, Everymen and The James rock the 561′s indie dive bar. Free show. Yah! I hope that the Zombies are looking a little something like THIS!

Can it please be like this? One more time?

And a little something like THAT!

We

I don’t think I can live without a little of THAT!

Laura is truly outrageous

Last Night Was Killer — Young Bands, Rad Sounds

Mike Mineo CD release April 9 @ Funky Buddha

I got my hair blown back by Mike Mineo and Goolsby last night. Round about 9:30 p.m., I drove up to The Funky Buddha Lounge in Boca Raton to check out Mike Mineo’s CD release party. After interviewing Mineo for a New Times’ story, I was intrigued to see the elaborate production that the singer/songwriter and his producer Brent Williams put together for the CD release show.  I wanted to see how the songs on the 18-track album Eccentricity translated to the live performance, and it worked out quite well for Mineo and crew. The venue was fairly well packed out before the band took the stage at around 10:30 p.m. It was an elaborate stage set up with Bill Muter on tuba and bass, Mineo on guitar and a bunch of other dudes on drums, sax, keys, and so on. The opening of the show wasn’t all that dramatic though. They just launched right into “Believe”, the album’s first track, and kept on going with minimal chit chat. “Work” and “Old Shoes” and “Eccentricity” were standouts. I also really like the one cover song on the album. It’s called “Some Kind of Fish” and it’s written by a dude named Adam Weinstein. The band started a little late and took a long intermission, so I had to jet early in order to get back to Fort Lauderdale’s Monterey Club for the show that was going on there. If this post has not satisfied your curiosity about the Mineo release party, check out Travis Newbill’s more thorough concert review on New Times‘ Crossfade blog.

Goolsby, April 9 @ Monterey Club

I cruised down to catch what I could of the Goolsby/Fire Zuave show. I didn’t make it in time to catch Fire Zuave. Goolsby played last, so I finally got my chance to see them. I’m glad that I made it. They were as good as I could have hoped. They’re loud and rocking, but it’s not one big blurry sound. The music is dramatic and they’re composed and jokey in a way that makes me wonder, what is it the kids are into now? Paul Simundich (sigh!) played barefoot — again, what are the kids into now? — and even rolled his guitar back over his head to botch up a little behind-the-neck action. It all added up to an awesome show though. Fire Zuave left their stage lights up, which created a really cool visual effect for this hawt young band. I haven’t put my pictures up yet, but I will when I get home. My camera is there with transfer cords, but it’s super jacked up these days. It shuts itself off after almost every picture I take. Lame.

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