Sadly, our girl about town has a birthday party to attend—her daughter’s, in fact. But here’s Jenny’s recommendation for tomorrow’s night’s festivities:
So this guy who goes by the moniker Junkie XL is playing at the Lizard Lounge tomorrow night (Saturday, April 29). If it wasn’t for my daughter’s 7th birthday sleepover party (cringe), I wouldn’t miss it. This guy is so cool. He’s a musician, but he’s also a composer (contributing to scores for films like Team America and Kingdom of Heaven) and a programmer. His new album is titled Today. I love it because I can listen to it when I can pay attention to it or when I can’t. I like an album I can listen to driving or hanging out with people I actually want to have a conversation with, you know? He does all sorts of amazing remixes. And I’m not even usually a remix kind of girl. He has a great voice and does some great guitar work. Okay, so what does he sounds like… Well, British, indy, pop, alt, techno. Depeche Mode. I don’t know. He’s chill and I like him. And why should you miss him just because I have to, right?
The show, that is, at the Dallas Theater Center. That’s great news, according to our girl about town Jenny Block, who caught the show in Wednesday:
I can’t stop thinking about it. The performers are unreal. They sing and play their guitars and you quickly forget you’re watching actors and not a live country music show at the Grand Ole Opry. I loved it. The story is a sad one, and the script treats it with both the honesty and the delicacy it deserves. The old blues master character named Tee-Tot (and played by the amazing Mississippi Charles Bevel) has a voice to end all voices. I could have listened to him alone all night long. If you’ve ever found yourself at a loss for the definition of the word soulful, this man embodies it wholly. The entire cast is amazing, really, as is show. It went by in a flash and I loved every note of it.
If you drive a Hyundai or Kia, or are thinking about it, better read this . But hey, maybe a chaebol gangsta car zooming down Lemmon Ave. could be kinda cool.
This week’s Freedom to Write action alert from PEN Center USA, of which PEN Texas is a local chapter, concerns the upheaval in Nepal. Anyone may write a letter, as indicated on the web site.
The Dallas Voice answers the question: totally!
Church meets state here, but I have to point out the press release with the provocative headline in the “sponsored links” portion of our blog here. And I have to say: I like the way the Lodge is handling it.
Pity the footballers. I knew MLS players were low on the list of Professional Athletes Salaries, but I didn’t know how low. Here’s how low. For instance, Ray Burse, third-string keeper for FC Dallas, makes $11,700 a year. That’s almost as much as I make.
Erica and Rhett Miller now have a daughter. According to sources close to Miller, she was born earlier this week. I don’t know her name but apparently they were thinking about Soleil. As in the circus. Or Punky Brewster. Soleil Moon Miller. I think I like it.
And because I read blogs so you don’t have to:
A few photos of Rhett pre-Max.
A fake interview with Rhett post-Max.
A photo of Rhett and Max.
And finally,
the one in which a girl (not me) admits she’s a Rhett Miller stalker.
Anyone interested in the coming events and protests on May Day can learn more at this local link to LULAC’s site. The national Hispanic rights organization founded in Corpus Christi in the 1920s calls it “A National Day of Action: Family Unity, Worker Solidarity and Prayer.”
Oh, and how about some props from the local media to our Paul Kix, who reported on the latest wave of immigrant roundups earlier this week after noticing a lack of staff at Eatzi’s.
An FBvian who has a handle on the subjectivity of politics observes:
Rufus Shaw doesn’t speak for Black people… he speaks for himself.First, his wife Lynn is on the Dart board and is running for District 5 City Council so he usually writes wants she wants about her little internal beefs. Also, she is backed by Don Hill so Hill is constantly defended by Shaw in articles.
Never meant to imply that Shaw spoke for anyone but himself. Or even that he’s correct. The more voices, the better, IMHO.
As many local musicians and music fans know, voting for the Dallas Observer’s music awards is under way. Bands and fans typically send mass e-mails, currying favor with the electorate. Or, if you’re Musician of the Year candidate Fishboy, you get yourself a short documentary made, featuring guest appearances by The Adventure Club’s Josh Venable, 90.1’s Paul Slaven, and the mayor of Denton, and post it on Kittenpants. Check it out.
Today’s Friday Fun is a good’un. You ask why? ‘Cause it’s got a monkey. To be more specific, it’s got an orangutan. And to be clever, it’s called Orangutwang. Stretch your monkey orangutan from ring to ring to collect bananas, but avoid the spiders. Have fun.
Southern sector political commentator Rufus Shaw is seeing tension between the African American and Hispanic parts of the city in the wake of the April 9 immigration march. Maybe or maybe not. But that’s been a story in Dallas for a long time, far too long, one hopes, for it to rate a new chapter.
Good news, and then some bad news, for Blockbuster and their first-quarter loss of $4.7 million.
A dying-to-be-heard FrontBurnervian takes me to task for doubting the hairy prowess of Don Knobler:
I just wanted to let you know that I am responsible for those hair styles and I can assure you that those are not wigs. All of that hair is his and we sprayed it blue and green for the game. Thought you should know.
Very impressive.