Charity alert: Apparently, late winter and early spring is the season for altruistic music events. Take the just-announced Girl Parts show at Sue Ellen's to be held Friday, March 16. The Girl Parts is three ladies (Liz Clark, Julie Loyd and Melineh Kurdian) who hee-haw and yee-haw their way through acoustic rock, heavy on the harmony. The show benefits the National Center for Domestic and Sexual Violence (which, despite its confusing name, is not actually for domestic violence, but against it)...Then there's the Live From Collin County—Roasted and Toasted extravaganza (formerly known as Live From Plano), a satirical musical comedy that skewers those who deserve to be skewered. This year's show benefits the Assistance Center of Collin County, Crossroads Family Services and the Infant and Toddler Intervention Program (which, despite its confusing name, is not for separating infants and toddlers). Shows are March 16 and 17; check out livefromcc.com for details.
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Daniel Johnston leads his rock band, Danny and the Nightmares, at the Granada on February 18.
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Reunion arena: Just announced: Who knew a side project from
Austin's
Fastball would feel compelled to reunite, but apparently the Small Stars—born 15 years ago of Fastball's
Miles Zuniga and
Jeff Groves—have finished up their second album,
Tijuana Dreams, and they'll be droppin' it like it's hot at
Dan's Silverleaf on March 8 and then at
Poor David's Pub on March 9. Zuniga and Groves will have full band in tow, including drummer
John Bush from
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians and Li'l Cap'n Travis'
Jeff Johnston on bass.
Get your money right: For those who missed out on last fall's
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network appearance in
Denton, we highly recommend heading to Houston on March 3, when the Network makes its only Texas stop on the second round of its tour. The Network's theme for the all-day affair is "Get Your Money Right," and it's meant to teach young people, especially people of color, how to be financially literate. The Denton conference featured
Chamillionaire and
Erykah Badu, among many other hip-hop names, and the HHAN frankly is the only engaging financial education I have ever heard of.
It's all good. All of it:The
AllGood Caféalways has somethin' up its sleeve, but this week owner
Mike Snider's outdone himself. First, grab your sweetheart or yourself and celebrate Valentine's Day the way it's supposed to be celebrated: by watching a movie about a man who writes songs about
heroin and lost loves. The man being, of course,
Neil Young, and the movie is
Jonathan Demme's documentary
Heart of Gold, which is part of the AllGood's Rock 'n' Reel music movies series. Five bucks gets you a seat, and the cash goes to the
Video Association of Dallas...Saturday, the Café hosts its Mardi Gras party starring T. Richard and the Zydeco Stingrays...Finally, Wednesday, February 21, Rock 'n' Reel screens
Lubbock Lights, a doc about
West Texas legends Joe Ely,
Terry Allen,
Jimmie Dale Gilmore and
Butch Hancock. Hell yeah.
Handstamps: Two words: Daniel. Johnston.
