The Damaged Good$ deal at Fallout isn't the only fairly awesome, free show kickin' around Dallas tonight. In fact, if you pace yourself, you'll be able to catch some of the region's finest for a good six hours straight tonight. (OK, with some breaks thrown in.) Start your night off over at Good Records, for The O's' CD release... um... well, they're calling it a "celebration", which I think is just because the band's label, Idol Records, is hooking the event up with a free keg o' brewski. Either
We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let's do it again: Sunday is Mother's Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don't spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let's lead with the show's we've already hyped. Tonight's the Phoenix Project benefit show at Reno's that Jesse just told you about and, also, the Backside Pick CD release show up in Denton at Hailey's.Saturday's a pretty big day:
Patrick Michels​Some people attribute weather changes, fortunate or otherwise, to God. The Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe thought someone else was responsible for the all-day drizzle and showers that turned Waterloo Park into Mudderloo Park. "Someone said, 'It was sunny yesterday, I'm surprised it's rainy now,'" he said during his band's set. "I'm like, 'Are you fucking kidding me? Danzig is here. He flew in on a black pterodactyl. The crops are dying. It's because fucking Glenn Danzig is here
Patrick Michels​Three days after getting back from Austin, I've still got a good post-festival buzz. With all apologies to NX35, it was by far the most fun I've had at a Texas music festival. Oddly, the rain didn't bother me all that much. It made things messy and uncomfortable, but it also kind of humanized the festival for me, if that's not too corny a way of putting it. It makes it hard to judge people's coolness level when they're muddy from the knees down, huddled under umbrellas and wear
