More "Punk Family Values" footage here for your viewing pleasure: one vintage Crime show, a couple features by Lou Lou and George Rosenthal, and Carola Anderson's fantastic design work.
Crime performance at San Quentin State Prison
As our writer Ty Callister once put it -- the kids love Spoon and Spoon loves the kids. Sounds right, considering that they're filling out a whopping three nights at the Fillmore on Sept. 22-24. Get your tickets when they first go on sale this Sunday, May 11, at 10 a.m. --Oscar Pascual
Working on the "Punk Family Values" piece for the last couple months, I've become quite fond of Lou Lou and George Rosenthal -- who are not only very bright and down to earth, they're also in a fun rock 'n' roll band called Lou Lou & the Guitarfish. Today's second free MP3 is one of the songs from their self-titled debut album (which comes out June 24 on Birdman Records). Here's a sneak preview for you, a track called "For the Birds." -- Jennifer Maerz
You can also check out Web Editor Janine Kahn's slideshow of the band here.
By Matthew Shaer
News keeps gushing out of Warner Bros. on the "Watchmen" project, which Alan Moore, the author of the original book, has disavowed. Current cast listing puts Billy Crudup up front as the bright blue Dr. Manhattan, and "Little Children" alums Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earle Haley in the roles of Night Owl and Rorschach. Good cast; good book – what the hell could possibly go wrong?
Rorschach screen shot courtesy of Warner Bros.
Well, Moore told Wizard, "I won’t be watching it, obviously. I can at least remain neutral to it as long as they’re taking my name off of it and not playing these silly, ultimately futile games like they were doing last time, which worked out so well for them." The reference is to "V for Vendetta," which WAS botched. But Alan, my man, have you seen these screen shots and video clips?
Oakland's Why? will follow up their latest disc, Alopecia, with a cover song. No, not another tune from the Cure. The band takes on Bob Dylan's "As I went Out One Morning" as part of a split 7-inch with Cryptacize's version of Steely Dan's "Peg." The Why?/Cryptacize split comes out June 22 on Asthmatic Kitty Records. --Oscar Pascual
(The Dodos, "Fools")
San Francisco's super-talented indie duo The Dodos prepare for national domination this summer (they've become quite festival friendly, playing the Pitchfork Festival, Capitol Hill Block Party, Siren Festival, Oya Festival, Sled Island Festival, Way Out West Festival, Haldern Festival, and Pop Montreal) by making the jump to the boob tube. MTV2 will show the video for my favorite song from their new album, "Fools" on their Subterranean programming. That track makes me happy as these breezy spring afternoons. -- Jennifer Maerz
Our sister paper, The Riverfront Times, got its grimy little mitts on the re-issue of Mogwai's 1997 debut album, Young Team. Their copy also happens to be autographed by the band -- actual Mogwai fingers touched this jewel case, kids! You'll never want to wash your CD covers again if you win this puppy for your collection. Details on where to snag your copy can be found here. -- Jennifer Maerz
My Bloody ValentineTuesday, September 30th, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
The Concourse at San Francisco Design Center (620 7th Street)
Tickets are $47.50, for General Admission plus applicable service
charges...all ages
While all the old shoegazer fans froth at the mouth for the My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver reunion shows hitting San Francisco this year, devotees to fuzzed out space pop should not forget that this city is also a bastion for the new breed of that sound. Local quartet Astral recently released its sixth disc, Sleepwalker, which floats in a melancholy dreamstate perfect for our little fog Mecca.
Get an MP3 of the ‘gazy, gauzy “Transmitter” here, and see the band perform live on Sunday, May 25, at Annie’s. (Full disclosure bits: Astral's Scott Christy is an employee of SF Weekly, as is Otto Chan, the photoshop magician who polished last night's hangover out of this photo). –-Jennifer Maerz
For the Record Dancers Debate the Body Politic, 8pm
Project Artaud Theater - 450 Florida at 17th St.
It's not just a rumor propagated by local dance devotees: The Bay Area really is home to the most happening dance community in the country outside of New York City. The scene here isn't nearly as centralized as Manhattan's, though, so artists tend to lack the same naturally occurring opportunities to pat each other on the back and talk art. Rather than whine about the situation (well, they've done that, too), a group of community-minded dance folk launched the Dance Discourse Project last fall. The goal was to host salon-style conversations about local dance on a rotating series of topics, with each installment featuring a panel of local artists. The refrain at the first installment was somewhat predictable: The SF dance community is "too fragmented." While the debate played out over how to create more dialogue among artists, the organizers sat back and smiled, knowing they'd done just that. . .
