OK my schedule is such that I’m likely going to miss this but you should totally go. Tonight Mike Watt – one of my musical heroes – is playing Rudyard’s. The guy puts on an amazing show and is a sweetheart to boot. It’s been decades since The Minutemen but Watt has always kept his cred and never disappoints. Bonus is I went to Rudz the other day and it actually smelled great! YES the smell, that foul smell that has made your nose shrivel, is gone. Turns out it has been gone for at least a month. So go, ... Read More »

So, I missed this “oh-so-legendary” Jandek show at Rudyard’s thanks to the chain on my husband’s bike just not cooperating with us. Well, I HATE funk (not fun), so I don’t think I missed much except seeing my friends dance like jackasses (which is always fun). Oh well. Don’t miss thing, it makes you sad. Anyhow, a week’s worth of stuff not to miss… WEDNESDAY APRIL 8, 2025Where I not glued to LOST tonight (and saving up my party points for my birthday tomorrow), the show I’d pick would be at The Mink. You’ve got Battle Rifle with this week’s ... Read More »

Photo by Major Miller Text by Amye McCarther [note this isn't a formal review - just an e-mail Amye sent out to her friends overseas. I asked her if I could reprint it here and she gave me her blessing.] christ, i’m wrekt. jandek played his first ever houston show yesterday at rudyards. in it’s heyday ruds was the scroungy neighborhood dive with cheap pints and regular rock shows. in his heyday jandek was an inscrutable musical recluse with a penchant for releasing records that sound like emanations from my autistic great-uncle’s haunted attic. he is renowned amongst the world’s ... Read More »

So yeah, it’s April Fool’s Day. I hate April Fool’s Day. Being named April, people think that it’s extraordinarily clever to riff on that fact every April 1st of my life. I think it’s pretty boring and it makes me pretty grumpy. I’ve already told someone to go kill themself this morning. So yeah, no jokes, just facts today. Brutally honest facts. That’s my AFD contribution. WEDNESDAY APRIL 1, 2025Ok, to start off my brutality, I’ve gotta say that “Poopy Lungstuffing” is a really gross name, I feel kind of sick every time I see. BUT you go over to ... Read More »