Sons of Sancho at Rock City Saturday

Bombasta: First Friday at Blue Star

BOMBASTA AT FIRST FRIDAY
LIVE AT BLUE STAR BREWING CO.

FRIDAY- AUGUST 4th; 7-10PM; FREE

This First Friday, August 4th, Blue Star Brewing Co. will be hosting local ritmo mixologists- Bombasta, on the deck overlooking the monthly festivities at the art complex. The music is set to start at 7pm and continue to 10pm with Bombasta providing music that moves mind, body and soul.



Bombasta has been experiencing much success in their travels throughout the region, continually developing their unique blend of Spanglish politics and roots passion. Whenever they take the stage, Bombasta brings a high energy show, providing music you can move to, with influences ranging from Cumbia-Funk to Hip Hop-Soul to Rocksteady-Reggae.

Bombasta is staying busy touring regionally and also working in the studio on their latest CD, set to release later this fall. Visit the band's websites at www.bombasta.com or www.myspace.com/bombasta for band bio, press clippings, fan postings, images, etc. Music starts at 7PM and continues to 10PM; *FREE*; All Ages

Johnny Drama: Working for the Weekend

from Johnny Drama's newsletter:

Here we are Monday morning getting ready to start a new week. Along with that, you need to be gearing up for one hell of a weekend coming up. This week we have both SOHO Lounge and Pat O'Brien's on the party schedule. However, I'm getting ahead of myself.

This past weekend proved to be an exciting one. Friday night we were at Sky Lounge for what appears to have been the last time we play there. If you weren't there you missed a crazy send off. It seems that Sky Lounge will probably do away with live music for a while as they make some changes. So we really want to thank those of you that were there who helped make it a success on Friday night.

Saturday night we were at Bar Fly for the first time. It's a very cool place with some very nice wait staff. We really give a big thanks to you who came out both Friday and Saturday.

Getting back to the news for this coming week. Friday night, we're back at what is becoming a true hot spot in SA, SOHO Lounge. If you weren't there when we played last month, you definitely need to be there on Friday. I'm telling you this is a very cool and hip place to hang out at. The crowd is lovely and the staff is great. So we'll see you there.

Saturday we're taking the DRAMA downtown folks. We'll be partying out on the patio at Pat O'Brien's. This is our first time there and we know that it won't be our last. I'm telling you now, If you want a good spot, you're going to have to get down there early. We'll be getting started around 9:45PM but that place is going to be filling up quick cause it's going to be one HELLUVA party!

Friday August 4, 2006 @ 9:45 PM
SOHO Lounge
12289 Nacogdoches



Saturday August 5, 2006 @ 9:45 PM
Pat O'Brien's
121 Alamo Plaza (Downtown SA)



See you this weekend folks...now get back to work. "Everybody's working for the weekend." Damn, I just dated myself...

Cesar
Johnny Drama

www.SADRAMA.com

I'm Baaaack!

Ah, just what I needed! Some sun, surf and siesta!

Well, ok, there wasn't much surf. There was, however, a buttload of that nasty black seaweed. I braved the seaweed and attempted to do some body surfing. The waves were too small and choppy to get a decent ride, but it was still fun!

And this is where we stayed, so it was all good!

Seahorse Condominiums

Ok, back to SA music! How was the weekend? What did I miss?

Last Show for Double Clutch

Came across this on the SA_LiveMusic Yahoo Group, posted by Satantonio:

We've got a FREE show coming up on August 5th. It's gonna be at Jigger$ and we are going to share the stage with Valley of Kings and the LAST performance of Double Clutch. Spider Mike and the boys are calling it quits after this show. Now with that, combined with the energy of Valley of Kings, is enough to get most people, including me, out to the show.

But wait, there's more!!!

You also get us, SATANTONIO, SA's own Hellbilly Rock band. We will be performing some new material from our upcoming cd "Cool Arrow Fiesta", which we hope to have completed and ready for release sometime in September. We will also have some free stickers and other goodies to give out at the show.

Come on out and hang with Steve, Joe and myself. Grab a beer, buy one for us and sit back and enjoy the music.

Jigger$
1639 Babcock
(@ Callaghan)
Saturday August 5th

Valley of Kings - 10pm
Double Clutch - 11pm
Satantonio - Midnight

21 + Up - NO COVER

10 Stick SATURDAY NIGHT

A Little R&R

Ok, so as of Friday afternoon, I'll be MIA at a condo on Padre Island



Ok, so it's not the Caribbean, but what the hell?

The point being that the weekend listings will not be put up on sarocks.com because I won't be here to do that. However, my Yahoo Calendar should be complete and accurate.

If you have anything you need posted, get it to me before noon Friday and hopefully I can get it put up before I leave. Otherwise, if you have something important you want posted, there are two other people who can put it up for you, if they have time. Kel...you can contact her through the SA Rocks Yahoo Group (but she has friends in from out-of-town, so I dunno if she'll have time or not - you can try). The other is Alfonso - you can contact him through MySpace - look in my top friends on the SA Rocks MySpace page.

Deja Vu at Pat O'Brien's

Johnny Drama at Sky Lounge & BarFly

Que Pasa??

A quick run down of this past weekend. We played a couple of shows this past Saturday that were really good for us. Our good friend Al Berlanga helped us out with these two shows, since Alex was out of town. Big thanks to Al for his help and willingness to learn about 20 songs in 1 week...WOW!!

The 99.5 KISS Hooptie Car Show was hot but a great time and they really seemed to like us. We should be doing some more KISS events in the future. Thanks to Jennifer and Laura at KISS for all your help. Then that same night we partied really hard at the Cross-Eyed Seagull as we opened up for San Antonio's own Skunkweed. The place was packed, the crowd was great and we even had a few people show up that evening that were at the car show in the morning. Both shows came off great and we're ready to get back to it. The pictures, from both nights, are up on the website. Speaking of which, I have to give JJ some props for getting the photo page all put together. Check it out...now it's easy to see all the pics from our different shows.

www.SADRAMA.com

Man oh man, it's so good to finally get back to rockin' out on the weekends like we do. It always seems like forever, when we don't play a full show in more than week. Now we're ready to get to partying with you. Alex is back from his two week sabbatical to who knows where and we're gonna rock you the way only JD can. Our first stop is tomorrow night at Sky Lounge @ 5500 Babcock. This is a really good place to check out live bands and we really want you to be there. You should really try and come out there with us because this might be the last show for any top SA band there in a while. The management is thinking about doing away with regular live music there as they try to figure out a direction to go with the place. So let's show them that we really know how to have a great time and that JD should definitely be back there when they bring bands back.



Saturday, we're hitting up a new NW side spot for us. Bar Fly, located @ 7460 Callaghan Rd, is a cool little spot. The crowd there is a very nice one and we want to make sure to make a great impression as you always do. We love the support all of you give us...especially when we hit up new places. I'm sure you'll want this to be a regular venue for us so come on out and help us impress the management out there. Man it's great to be back!!!



Here's the scoop:

Friday July 28, 2006 @ 9:45 PM
Sky Lounge
5500 Babcock

Saturday July 29, 2006 @ 9:45 PM
Bar Fly
7460 Callaghan Rd. (1 blk North of Fred Rd.)

We really look forward to seeing all of you again. It's been too long!!

Rock You Soon,
Johnny Drama

Papa Wood Fun

from Papa Wood:

Hello again everyone, here's the lowdown for the last weekend of July.

Papa Wood at Boozehound's
Friday July 28th, 10pm
8531 Perrin Beitel @ 410, next to Lack's
The owner and patrons really appreciate good live rock. No Cover.

Papa Wood at The Bitter End
Saturday July 29th, 10:30pm
903 E. Bitters @ Heimer, just east of 281N
No Cover. Party crowd. Great place to get hammered while enjoying the view.


We encourage you to keep checking our website, www.PapaWood.com for the latest photos and updates. You can also leave us comments on the Guestbook.

Alter Ego at Main Street & BoozeHounds

Chris Lopez Band Rocks NW San Antonio This Weekend

Babcock Bar - At Last! For the 1st time- Thursday 10 pm

Bar Fly - A favorite of ours - Friday 10:30

Irish Pub - After a long absence, Chris acoustic, Saturday, 9:30

http://www.myspace.com/chrislopezband

4-Fifteen: Roxy's & Brooks

This weekend with 4Fifteen

We'll be playing a Thursday gig this week to get our weekend started early. Come check us out at Roxy Sports Bar then call in sick for work on Friday. You know you're just looking for an excuse to not go to work. DO IT!!

On Friday night we will be out at Brooks Pub. You'll be so rested from not having worked all day so you can come out and party again!!

Check out www.4fifteenlive.com

51 Acres: Crabby's and CD Release

Mark it on your calendars!!! 51 ACRES plans to release their long-awaited debut CD on Friday, Sept. 1st at REBAR here in San Antonio, TX. We have been trying so hard to get this thing out for over two years now and the moment has finally arrived! More Details TBA!!!

meanwhile...

51 ACRES @ Crabby Jack's
Friday, July 28th @ 10pm
NO COVER.

We have lots of things going on before the album release so please stay tuned and spread the word about the CD to everyone you know...

THANKS,

-51 ACRES-
http://www.51acres.com
http://www.myspace.com/51acres <--new songs on myspace


Up and Coming:

Friday, August 4th at REBAR, NO COVER.

Friday, August 11th @ The Limelight on St. Mary's w/ Rhyme Mind Theory opening at 9pm.

Sexto Sol CD Release party this Saturday

Our CD release is coming up this Saturday, July 29th at Ruta Maya Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX. The whole show starts at 10pm with Snowbyrd kicking it off, a great rock band w/ lap steel guitar and psychedelic overtones. As written on their myspace, "The band draws on elements of Brit-Pop, Glam, Roots, and Electronica to create a sound very much their own. You can hear the Big Star, the Hoople, and the Clash--but you can't guess what's coming next. " After, Fred Himes and Roland de la Cruz from Los Mescaleros will perform their usual brand of all original blues rock. Incidentally, Roland co-produced our newest CD and does fantastic work. Sexto Sol will take the stage sometime after midnight.

Also, don't forget that J.J. Lopez (A.K.A. DJ Deepfeel) will be performing in between bands...spinning funk and soul 45's. Some of the groups J.J. spins were local to the area back in the day...always a unique experience and an education listening to J.J. and we're lucky to have him play with us!

If you need more information regarding the show, you can check out the web site or call Ruta Maya Riverwalk @ 210.223.6292.

Thank you so much for your continued support of Sexto Sol. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday and can't wait for you guys to hear the album!

-Sexto Sol

Chris Lopez at The Irish Pub

from The Irish Pub:

THIS WEEKEND AT THE IRISH PUB

SATURDAY, JULY 29

CHRIS LOPEZ
Giving you the best in live entertainment. Performing solo on acoustic guitar, Chris Lopez does it all - from classic to modern rock 'n' roll. Come to the shows to see and listen for yourself.

The Irish Pub
9726 Datapoint @ Wurzbach
www.myspace.com/theirishpubsa

Step Aside at 321 Max This Saturday

from Step Aside:

It's Blues Time ! w/ Step Aside
Saturday - July 29, 2006 - 10:00 pm @ 321 Max - 2818 NE Loop 410 @ Perrin Beitel
no cover! Drink specials! $1.00 Shiner Bock! So Come On Everybody You Know What To Do! That's Right! Get Down With The Blues!!!!

Resource for Texas Musicians

Someone, realizing that bands sometimes get screwed by clubs, pointed out to me that financial troubles are often the cause, and that there is an online source that might be useful to bands. Which clubs are delinquent on their liquor licenses is public information, and there is a daily-updated list at:

http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/liccom/credlaw/alldlist.htm

Review: Maidens of Metal

Review of "Maidens of Metal"
by Darren

Girl power rocked Sam's Burger Joint on Saturday night. The four-band onslaught was the "Maidens of Metal," an event featuring rock bands with at least one female member. The experimental and versatile trio Monkeysoop threw the first punch at 9:05. Monkeysoop is comprised of a guitarist, his bassist/girlfriend (who can also play trumpet and French horn) and a drummer.

The Monkeysoop blend includes furious, polyrhythmic, progressive metal and a more appetizing version of "new age." Their apparent influences are Rush, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Mahavishnu Orchestra, sci-fi--and maybe adult--film scores, fusion, classical, death metal and funk. Their set included Hole's "Celebrity Skin" and their own "Monkeysoop" and "Jacob's Ladder." The former is what you might imagine people passing a bong around and vegetating to, and parts of the latter have waltz-like drum beats and dissonance reminiscent of heavy metal circus music. For a better description of Monkeysoop's music, listen for yourself: www.monkeysoop.com

Act II was the all-girl Austin band Adrian & The Sickness. The band's opening number sounded like a crossbreeding of Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After and punk rock. The guitarist/lead singer often bounced around like AC-DC guitarist Angus Young, and the band even did an AC-DC song. Their set also included punkabilly, a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's "Bark At The Moon," and a guitar rendition of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of The Bumblebee" introducing one of their songs. Now, is that sick or what?

One of Sixx followed with speed/thrash metal displaying neo-classical metal guitar and bass virtuoso, Iron Maiden (How appropriate), Judas Priest, Queensryche and, possibly, Overkill influences. The six-piece band contained a husband and wife vocal team, two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer. Their set included a cover of Iron Maiden's "Trooper" with this band's maiden singing lead. Sorry, fellas, as her other half reminded you on stage, she's spoken for.

The final act was the four-piece Austin band Shelly Knight & The Livin' Dead. They rocked in classic fashion and gave new life to Deep Purple's "Space Trucking" and Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart.” They have one of the stranger logos around: a little-girl skulls head with short pigtails. It looks like something from a demented Day of The Dead art exhibit. I thought their front woman/second guitarist slightly resembled Gwen Stefani.

No doubt, girl power certainly rocked the joint on Saturday night.

The Weekend: 4-Fifteen, Texas Special (and some Jay & Silent Bob, hell yeah!)

Friday I had planned to go see two cover bands who were playing near my house. I was going to check out 4-Fifteen at BoozeHounds, then hop over to 321 Max to see Red Sauce Rules. However, Thursday night Staci (remember her?) called and said she was coming in town from Houston for the weekend and did I want to go see Clerks II with her Friday night. So I weighed the decision...good music vs Jay and Silent Bob...hmmmmmmm

So let me just tell you that Clerks II is freakin’ hilarious. My ass is probably still over there at the Quarry, because I think I laughed it off. Pretty much anything offensive you can think of...it’s in there. Racial epithets, bestiality, full frontal nudity...loved it!

Anyway, back to the subject. So after the movie, I talked Staci into going to check out some music with me and gave her a choice of BoozeHounds or 321 Max. She chose BoozeHounds, so we went to see 4-Fifteen. Sorry, Red Sauce Rules! I’ll have to catch you guys another time.

I had wondered about the name 4-Fifteen and thought maybe when they were coming up with a band name, somebody said, “Damn, it’s already 4:15,” and...well, you know, after hours of trying to think of a cool name, everything starts to sound like a possible band name. Fortunately, they have a better reason for the name. It’s the police code for a loud music violation (or they were 5 minutes early for 420).



We really only got to catch one set, but from what I heard, good job! Scotty has a good gritty voice, perfect for songs like The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues” (excellent job on that one!), Gin Blossoms’ “Hey Jealousy,” Tommy Tutone’s “Jenny (867-5309) and The Commodores’ “Brick House.” (Maybe not for “Easy Like Sunday Morning.”)



Oh, and you know how there’s one song that a lot of bands play that I can never remember the name of and thus always refer to it as “that damn 80's song”? It’s The Cure “Just Like Heaven.” So next time I say “that damn 80's song” (because I’ll forget the name of it again, I promise), that’s the song I’m referring to.

Saturday night I went up to BoozeHounds again, this time to see Texas Special. I didn’t get to see much of them before, at the Elbow Room. I had heard that they wouldn’t be doing many shows for a while because they were going to be working on originals. So I figured, catch ‘em while you can.

It was nice to get a chance to hang out and talk to the guys a little. Got to say we ended up on some weird subjects...theremin bras, how it sucks when in you’re riding in one of those horse-and-cart things and the horse farts, whether or not Ted Nugent really does drugs...

Oh, and M’Lissa, I was bummed you weren’t there! I was hoping you would be!

One of the things I really like about Texas Special is that, even playing covers, they’re original. James Ponder makes each song his own, with his deep gruff bluesy voice and scorching guitar solos. Their choice of songs reflects their musical passions, not what they think people want to hear. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Cream, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Black Sabbath, The Beatles (or really Aerosmith, I think, since to me their cover of “Come Together” sounded more like the Aerosmith version than The Beatles’ version, which is fine with me).

I’m convinced there was some mix-up at birth, because I’m pretty sure James Ponder was meant to be a large black man. I swear, if you couldn’t see him and heard him singing, that is what you would picture...someone who looked like BB King or Louis Armstrong. Seriously, he’s a big black guy in a white boy’s body.

I’m going to shut up now and let the music speak for itself. If you have broadband, check out this video of “Stormy Monday” - which, by the way, I looked to see who actually wrote that song and turns out it was T Bone Walker, in case anyone is interested and didn’t already know that. If you don’t have broadband, you’re missing out. Sorry. Ok, I’ll really shut up now. Check it out.

Skunkweed Goes Cross-Eyed

Heads up Weedians,,
Date of sale: July 22nd
Time of sale: 9:30 PM

Sorry about the late notice. Hope you can make it. Skunkweed will take the stage after two other great bands perform. Skunkweed will make its first ever attempt at playing a show with out their lead singer Jay Brown. But don't worry, Leon and Roger will cover the slack or else die trying. And wouldn't that be worth it to see?

So come on out for what could possibly be Skunkweed's last performance at the Cross Eyed Seagull.

It is located on Stone Oak north of 1604.

See ya there!!

-Weed

River City Slim Birthday Bash

from Step Aside:

It's a blues birthday bash celebration for Henry River City Slim Perez, at HOOZ! formerly TRA'S COCKTAILS, 1711 Babcock Road @ Callaghan Rd. BBQ from 7-8 ! Live Blues w/ STEP ASIDE 8:00 p.m! Henry River City Slim & The Rhythm Kings 9: 30 p.m
SO COME ON EVERY BODY GET DOWN WITH THE BLUES!!

10STICK blows up at Billy D’s

Hey everyone 10stick wants to invite all you to check us out this Saturday at Billy D’s.

Come party with us and have a shit load of fun, If you have not seen us yet here is your chance.

www.10stickrocks.com

I'll Take Two Please...

from Bliss:

Double shot of BLISS this weekend!

Friday night come witness the carnage at Stonewerks at the Quarry. Show starts at 9:00, drinking (for the band) start at noon!!!!!!

Saturday night we have the privilage to play at Charlie Brown's. It is the owners birthday and she asked us to play for her. Happy Birthday Stacy!!!!!!!

Thanks everyone for coming out to Pat O'Brians, we have already been asked back in August.

Peace,
Rikk, Florin, Chrissy, Stevo, J.J., Joey

Party with Prototype

DMP at The Hangar & Rebar

Rebar
(No Cover / 21+up)
Where: 8134 Broadway, San Antonio
When: 7/22 Sat 10:00-2:00

www.myspace.com/dogmenpoets
www.dogmenpoets.com

Hangar
(No Cover / 21+up)
Where: Broadway across from Rebar, San Antonio
When: 7/21 Fri 10:00-2:00

A Bit of Papa Wood

Hello all, here's the skinny on our shows this weekend.

Friday, July 21st
PAPA WOOD at Hooligan's (I-35)
No Cover, 9:30pm
Located at I-35 & 1604 next to Live Oak Cinema

Saturday, July 22nd
PAPA WOOD at The Hangar (8203 Broadway)
No Cover, 10:30pm
Located 1/2 mile inside 410

SPECIAL TUESDAY SHOW, July 25th
PAPA WOOD at Sugar's (2731 NW Loop 410)
"Sugar's 5th Anniversary Celebration"
Live rock at 10pm

Visit our website for more details, www.PapaWood.com

Groove Movement Tonight at Rebar

from the Groove Movement:

All right ya'll, we are at it again!

Live tonight at Rebar, Groove Movement along with Zeale32 and Phranchyze will take to the stage to perform that classic soulful funk Hip-Hop you have grown accustome to. Music starts at 10:30PM and will go on till 2AM. $2 Dos XX, No Cover 21 and Up.

Hope to see you out there!

SA Rocks in the Express-News

I did an interview today with Laura Lorek of the San Antonio Express-News for an article on blogging in San Antonio. The article will be in tomorrow's paper (Thursday 7/20) and also online at mysa.com in the Business Section. So check it out!

4-Fifteen, Hoopties and More

from 4-Fifteen:

After a little Mexican Siesta.... 4-Fifteen is back at it, playing three gigs in 2 days this weekend. (What are we trying to prove anyway?)

Friday night we're at BoozeHounds, Saturday we've been asked to rock out at the First Annual 99.5 KISS Hooptie Car show (I bet my car would place pretty well in that show) and then on Saturday night we're at Hemingway's to finish up a very long weekend. Hope everyone comes out this weekend,

And maybe you can see Al's truck, it's made almost entirely of Miller High Life beer cans!!! Don't forget to come out and catch us at the Margarita Pour-Off on the 19th!! As always, thanks for your support and

Rock On!

Alter Ego at Speedway Friday

Swindles at Limelight Friday

from Mitch Webb and the Swindles' newsletter:

This Friday night at the Limelight!
Stage diving is not my bag. Stage falling is.

Friday night at Limelight is where we will be. Evidently, I had a lot of fun out there the last time! Anywhoo.. That's all behind us now and we can move on to higher level of consciousness or at least crawl back up to zero.

You only got one chance to see us this weekend and it's at the Limelight. Never been there? It's the old Wackys.. you know, down near Huey's! Whoops, If you don't know Wacky's you sure as hell don't remember Huey's. Are you tired of me using the same old writing techniques? Down near where the old Tycoon Flatt's used to be? Nope. How about south of Doza's old location? Someone shoot me please. I'm digging a hole am I not? Crap. How about.. down the street from Krazy Kat Music! They are still around, right?

Fiasco begins at 10:00 and ends at 2:00.

This is a rare inside shot of from the belly of that beast the Limelight. I plucked this Gem right from their MySpace site. Notice the writhing crowd forced into submission by the intense power of music.

The Limelight has reached new heights in creature comforts by pampering their clientele with such amenities as a full bar and even air conditioning! Casey really struts his stuff by turning on the huge $50,000 neon sign which let's the neighbors and all of San Antonio know that he has landed on St.Mary's strip and plans to stay! Now honestly. I really suggest that you make the scene this Friday at Limelight because it is a great place to instill yourself with what many call the "live music experience." But if you're not up for that experience, you can always sit outside on the patio and watch the horny ladies as they enter the land of Hardbodies!

Sexto Sol CD Release

MOB Tonight at The Bitter End

from the Mark Odom Band (the M.O.B.):

We just got booked at Bitter End TONITE, located at 281 and Bitters here in San Antonio!!!! It's another Wild, Wacky, WooHoo Wednesday indeed.

Set out some pop tarts and crackers for the kiddos and come on out tonite. This is a cool place for us to play, and a great place to hang out. Celebrate being YOU with an awesome margarita or a good ole' Pabst Blue Ribbon, or for those on the lighter side, a cold Diet Tab or Shasta cola.

Check out the site at www.themobrules.com for more details. Hope to see you there!

Del Castillo and Los Lonely Boys

from Del Castillo:

DEL CASTILLO ON LOS LONELY BOYS COMPILATION CD!

When you buy Dr. Pepper products in select Los Lonely Boys tour markets you can get a FREE "BROTHERHOOD TOUR" compilation CD (while supplies last) featuring Los Lonely Boys, DEL CASTILLO, Ozomatli, Calexico, deSol, Vallejo and the Tex Mex Experience.

The CDs are available now in Texas in San Antonio, El Paso, Hidalgo and Corpus Christi, and in Tucson, AZ, and Fresno, CA. Head out to your local grocer now and get your copy! For more info visit: http://www.llbfanclub.com/drpeppera.htm

Don't miss DEL CASTILLO with Los Lonely Boys this Sunday night, July 23rd, in San Antonio at the Majestic Theatre!



Note from Rowan - You can get the free compilation cd at these HEB's in San Antonio:

Wednesday July 19 from 5PM to 6PM
Radio Remote at HEB #189, 2130 Culebra

Thursday July 20 from 5PM to 6PM
Radio Remote at HEB #262, 5601 Bandera

Friday July 21 from 5PM to 6PM
Radio Remote at HEB #205, 721 Castroville Road

(all completely across town from me at rush hour, grrr!)

Johnny Drama at the Hooptie Show!

from Johnny Drama:

99.5 KISS radio has contracted us to perform this Saturday at the 99.5 KISS Hooptie Car Show Sponsored By Keystone Light. We'll be the opening band and we'll be playing from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Even though Alex is out of town, we could not pass up this opportunity as a band. So we'll be having our friend Al from String Theory join us on stage as our guitarist. We're really looking forward to it and we hope that you can all make it out there and show some love. It's going to be at the Mission County Park #1 off of Roosevelt on the South side of town. The event will be going on all day from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM. There will be all kinds of fun and entertainment to enjoy. So make your plans now to be out there and party with us. I've attached a copy of the flyer to this email. I know it's last minute but we just finalized the details yesterday. You can get more details on the 99.5 KISS website.

www.KISSROOCKS.com
or
www.SADRAMA.com




Note from Rowan: I just received word that 4-Fifteen and Structure will also be playing the Hooptie Car Show. 4-Fifteen will be playing from 3:15-5:30pm.

Red Sauce Rules 321 Max

Everyone is invited to come out this Friday night to 321 MAX and party with Red Sauce Rules! starting at 9:30 pm. The club is located at 2818 NE Loop 410 just off Perrin Bietel next to the Rialto theaters. We are planning a great show with all your favorite "Classic Rock" hits from yesterday and today. There's NO COVER charge, a great bar and cool dance floor, many pool tables, plenty of room to move around and $1 Shiner beer.

This is our first time at this club so we really need your support. Tell all your friends at work to meet you there or just come by and spend an hour or two with us. We will see you there so "Get Sauced" at www.redsaucerules.com

Ozzfest 2006 Review and Pics

Thanks to JJ for this review of Ozzfest 2006!! Wish I'd been there!

Ok let me start out by saying that I really underestimated this year’s Ozzfest cause of the line up of the main stage but…. By the end of the night it turned out to be in my opinion one of the best Ozzfests yet.

Ozzfest Signing Schedule

I planned on getting there around 9:30 but of course my alarm clock ruined that idea, so I woke up around 11 and to make a long story short I arrived while Atreyu was playing. I didn’t really stick around to see them. I walked around the Village of the Damned and then checked out the main stage during Atreyu’s set and most of BLS’s set but the little I heard of BLS was just phenomenal. Zakk Wylde is a hell of a guitarist. I can’t even describe the words for that man.

On to Ozzy. He came out there smiling and left smiling. He was in great shape and sounded great. He looked as if he were 20 years younger, he hit all the notes and remembered all the words. He just was running around on stage pouring buckets of water and shooting the water cannons. There isn’t much I can say but wow, not to mention his band which is made of Zakk Wylde (guitarist of BLS), Blasko (bass of Rob Zombie) and Mike Borden (drummer of Faith No More) just made the performance perfect. With a new album in the works the Prince of Darkness is back and better than ever…

Dragonforce

On to the main stage, the first act was Dragonforce. They have a vintage sound but nonetheless they still kick major ass. With an awesome line up of guitarists and a singer that reminds me so much (vocally) of Bruce Dickinson . . . you have to check these guys out, not to mention they have a “key-tar.” All in all Dragonforce is a great band that had little fan support at Ozzfest, so if you have a chance check out some of their music…

Dragonforce - The "Key-tar"

Lacuna Coil

Next is Lacuna Coil which is a band I got screwed out of seeing due to the hailstorm at the Zombie show, but damn did they make up for lost time. From Italy this band really knows how to rock. They have a unique sound that no one can ever remake. With two sets of vocals, one being male and the other female the sound that they produce is almost hypnotic. I really see this band opening the doors for other foreign rock bands. By the time this band was halfway through their set the crowd couldn’t help but to sing along and rock out to this band.

Lacuna Coil - Cristina

Hatebreed

The hardcore ones out of the bunch: Hatebreed. This band really “brought it” to Ozzfest. They got the crowd moshing and having the first crowd surfers of the night. This band’s roaring vocals got everyone intense and out of their seats. This was only the 8th time that the band had performed with their new guitarist and he hit every punishing riff to perfection. By the time “I Will Be Heard” played you couldn’t help but to… get mad.

Hatebreed - Chris Beattie

Avenged Sevenfold

Next up is the “mystery band” Avenged Sevenfold. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t looking forward to seeing this band. To me they seem more of a “Warped Tour” type, but by God did they prove me wrong. All around a good performance, but the thing that really got me going is they played “Walk” as a tribute to Dime and not only did they do that but they also used the same background similar to Pantera’s a few years back when they played Ozzfest, not to mention they brought out the Confederate Flag guitars. But it was just an awesome cover. Avenged Sevenfold also has a very talented guitarist who did about a 5 minute solo which also blew me away. After watching their performance they proved to everyone that they do belong right here on Ozzfest.

Avenged Sevenfold doing "Walk"

Disturbed

After that it was time for David Draiman and the boys of Disturbed. Disturbed hands down stole the show. Through their entire set there wasn’t one ass sitting down (except for wheelchairs). Which reminds me that I saw Disturbed do one of the nicest things I have ever seen a band do. There was a wheelchair-bound fan in the crowd at the very front row, who didn’t let his “Sickness” stop him from enjoying Ozzfest. The people around him lifted him and the wheelchair up for a once in a lifetime crowd surfing experience and when they did that, it caught the eye of David, so he invited that man on stage by saying “Any man brave enough to be crowd surfing in a wheelchair can share our stage anytime.” So the security lifted up the man and David greeted him and rolled him right by the drum set and continued rocking. Disturbed had the most energy and crowd interaction you could ever ask for. They literally were perfect, everyone hit their notes, but most of all everyone was having a great time.

Disturbed - John Moyer?

System of a Down

Last but not least the headliners of Ozzfest 2006, the band who is taking a hiatus when this tour is over: System of a Down. I guess it would be hard trying to top Disturbed’s performance but musically System of a Down was great. I mean BYOB was perfect, they were hitting all their notes most of the night but the only thing that really bummed me out about their performance was that they really seemed bored. It didn’t look like they were having any fun at all out there, but I guess everyone gets tired. I just wish they would be the System of a Down that I have seen in the past with a bunch of energy and just nonstop fun. But on a good note they played everything really well so I guess I was expecting too much out of them. They closed with Sugar and by then everyone was also singing along.

SOAD - Shavo Odadjian

In closing Ozzfest 2006 was an awesome concert and an awesome experience. The only thing I regret is not being able to see the second stage, but oh well I bought a new alarm clock today. Hope to see you next year….

Tension Speak

When Tension Speak dropped out of the Battle at Rock City, I was informed that they had broken up and reported that news on here. Whatever happened I don't know...but Tension Speak is definitely together now and gigging. They have shows scheduled at Rock City and The White Rabbit next month. Glad to hear it.

Get the Belt at Roxy Thursday

E Muzeki CD Release

from E Muzeki, on their upcoming CD and CD-release concert:



The album is 19 tracks of all-original music self-titled E Muzeki, it will be available on vinyl double-record and CD. We'll perform all the songs from the new album at the release concert and all our CDs will be available for a special price of $10.

The event is Friday, August 11, Radius, 106 Auditorium Circle, doors 8:00pm show 9:00pm, door: $5 suggested donation. We'll be joined by the two wonderful musicians who played the accompaniment for the new album: Chuck Payne, percussion and Ron Flynt, bass. Radius is a classy nonprofit artistic space new to San Antonio located across from the Municipal Auditorium. It has a comfortably roomy space for art openings or intimate concerts and includes Organics Cafe serving high quality food from natural ingredients. All ages welcome. There will be 100 free parking spaces in the lot right next to Radius and ample parking lots and meters in the surrounding blocks. Radius has a great website, which is unfortunately down until sometime Monday: www.radiuscafe.org

A Little Late: Johnny Drama at Soho

Ok, so I'm little behind. I went to see Johnny Drama LAST Friday night. July 7th. I should have had this up a week ago. Sorry!

Anyway, yeah, so last Friday I had planned to stop in at Hooligan’s to check out Harmsway at the tattoo expo. I’d read it would be their last show with cover tunes and that from here on out, they will be doing only originals. I enjoyed their originals very much during the Battle of the Bands at Rock City Bar, and was curious to hear them do some covers. Unfortunately, I found out last minute that their gig at the expo had been cancelled. Oh well, I bet they did a good job with covers, too.

I had planned, after Hooligan’s, to go to the new Soho Lounge on Nacogdoches (the old Lucky’s). I saw some pictures on Soho’s MySpace page of the new decor and wanted to go check it out (looks nice!). Also, I caught a few songs by Johnny Drama one night at Charlie Brown’s but couldn’t stay. I wanted to hear them some more. So I headed over to Soho to see Johnny Drama.

Cesar

When I arrived, the bar was not very crowded yet. And if you’ve been in there, you know that there are high, mostly blank walls all around, the stage facing a wall probably only about 25 feet away, with another wall right behind the stage. So the sound tends to bounce around a lot, especially when it’s fairly empty in there. Thus the first set didn’t sound too good. There was a lot of echo, especially from the drums. They were often so loud that I could barely hear the vocals or guitar.

Alex

However, as the night went on and the sound man made adjustments and the place started filling up, the sound got much better. I guess more bodies help muffle the sound, cutting down on the echo. By the third and fourth set, they sounded great! (And no, it wasn’t just the beer.)

I can’t tell you everything they played. I started to write down songs during the first set, but then I bummed a copy of their set list so I could plan which songs I wanted to catch on video, so I stopped writing the songs down. Of course I accidentally left the set list there, so...

I know they played Hashpipe, Sex and Candy (hadn’t heard that one in a while!), Mudshovel, Remedy and Stupid Girl. I remember some Bush, Black Sabbath (excellent), Nickelback, STP...

And I always love some Sublime! They did..wait...not Santeria or What I Got...but...Caress Me Down! Love that song and I’ve never heard anyone else do that one. Excellent job. I got it on video:





There are also videos of Johnny Drama doing the Beastie Boys “Fight for Your Right” and the Toadies “Possum Kingdom” over on my YouTube. So check 'em out...rate 'em, leave a comment, whatever.

I had a great time and I think everyone else there did too!

Girls Having Fun!

Thanks to the friends of Johnny Drama who let me sit with them so I had a place to leave my stuff while I took the videos. Hope I wasn’t too much of an intrusion!

You can check out Johnny Drama for yourself July 28th at Sky Lounge, the 29th at BarFly and back at Soho August 4th. Check www.sadrama.com or www.myspace.com/sadrama for more dates and information.

Luau Tonight!

Rick Sanford and more

from Amplifyd:

Rick Sanford (former lead singer of Legs Diamond)
Papa Ray's Sports Bar
Saturday July 15, 2006



The line up for that night is as follows.
Prognosis Negative-9:30 to 10:00pm
Cold Shot-10:00 to 10:30pm
Rough Edge-10:30 to 11:00pm
Amplifyd-11:00 to 12:00am
Afterglo-12:00 to 1:00am
Rick Sanford-1:00 to 2:00am

Arrive early to avoid disappointments,
THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT!!!!
No cover before 10pm, $5.00 after 10pm.

A message for Amplifyd fans.
Things were starting to look good for us after Steve Elliott's review of our CD for The Edge Magazine. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. Deon Clark, drummer/lead singer for the band has decided today to move back to his hometown in New Mexico to look over his mom and dad. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his dad, who has been showing signs of Alzheimer's Disease for the last several years. Family always comes first for Amplifyd. Thank you to all who have supported us thru out the years. A BIG THANK YOU to Steve Elliott from The Edge Magazine/Alter Ego, Rowan from sarocks, Kelly and Carlos for being big supporters of Amplifyd. So come on out to our last show and have a few beers with us and get a free CD.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!

I'm so sad! I'll miss you, Deon!! - Rowan

Alter Ego at Tripp's Friday

Have a super weekend with 10stick

10stick at Booze Hounds Friday 07/14/06

10stick at The Trap Saturday 07/15/06

http://www.10stickrocks.com/

Papa Wood at Sky Lounge & The Bitter End

from Papa Wood:

We're hitting up a new spot for us this Friday night and making a long awaited return to another club Saturday night. We hope to see your gorgeous rock faces there!



Friday, July 14th
Papa Wood at Sky Lounge
5500 Babcock (Babcock & Echert), 9:45pm
small cover at door

Saturday, July 15th
Papa Wood at The Bitter End
903 E. Bitters (Bitters & Heimer), 10pm
No Cover

We're always adding new songs, so if you haven't seen us in a while, you haven't seen the latest.

Tool Tickets

Tickets for Tool 7/12 at AT&T Center go on sale Saturday July 22nd at 10:00 AM through Ticketmaster.

Some stream of consciousness...

Rowan and Kelly have put lots of time and effort into promoting San Antonio music.

Rowan and Kelly both LOVE Tool.

Rowan and Kelly share the same birthday.

That birthday is September 5th.

Tool is coming to San Antonio on September 12th.

September 12th is VERY close to September 5th.

Birthday presents are a GREAT way to say, "Man, I love you...thanks for all you do!"

People can chip in on a birthday present.

Donations to a cause are a way of "chipping in."

PayPal accepts donations.

The button below allows people to make donations through PayPal...

Deja Vu at Fiasco's Saturday

The Swindles at Scenic Loop Cafe

from Mitch Webb and the Swindles (from their newsletter):

This Friday night at Scenic Loop!

You can take your earplugs out for this one!

This Friday night out near Leon Springs at a place called Scenic Loop Cafe we will pitch camp and dish out some songs in a fashion you don't get to hear very often. We will be sitting down playing pretty quietly. It still grooves but it's not the rollicking, stage diving, beer-drenched fiasco that seems to follow us everywhere we go. Did I say that? Don't get me wrong, I still love debauchery, but I really enjoy hearing the band every once in a while and this place is great for doing just that. Performing at Scenic Loop reminds me of the old Niles Wine Bar and all the good times we had out there.

Come on out and witness the "circle of death" that Joe and I love to see evolve as people are forced to get closer and closer to the band. They have great food and Christy (the owner) has the best wait staff I've ever encountered. Nice bar inside, good food and a great patio! Thank The Lord Of Texas that big misting fans are there to keep you cool.

From 8:00-11:00 under the stars!

They have a full playground and I promise not to curse. Hmmmmmm.. I guess Fatherhood is growing on me. Well.. take a look at why!

I have heard from a reliable source that the Scenic Loop actually gets "pretty durn busy" on Fridays, so I'm expecting to have a good time. If you sit up close to the stage I'll buy your first round! By the way, I am the judge of how close is close enough.

Swindle truck can be yours!

It's true, The Swindle truck can be yours for 1199 big ones! Just put it in drive and close your eyes and it will autopilot straight for Taco Land leaving a trail of smoke the whole way! I will trade it for the right guitar or whatever you got if its fair! Good farm truck!