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Monday, May 12, 2008 - 10:34:01

Monday To-Do: Dead Media Release Show

DEAD MEDIA RELEASE SHOW
8 p.m., Sticky Fingerz. $4.

Nathan Brown, a.k.a. Browningham, the smooth soul crooner with a voice to rival Michael McDonald's, has a unique passion: He loves the eight-track. Brown argues that eight-tracks didn't catch on because of low fidelity or impracticality, but because of “human error, laziness, irresponsibility or bad decision making.” With his new eight-track project Dead Media — a label, analog recording service, used eight-track store and repair service — he hopes to expose the medium's true potential. On Monday, in conjunction with Thick Syrup Records Monday night showcase, Dead Media celebrates its first release, “You're Really Hot!” by the Crisco Kids. The Kids, one of Little Rock's most unhinged punk groups, will perform along with local folk-rockers Stacy Mackey and awesome-sounding new garage punks the Buttons. Don't have an eight-track? No worries. They'll be for sale along with T-shirts and more.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 17:13:50

Cancelled: Rock'n'Roar

No go for the American Princes and the Friendly Friends tonight at the zoo. Not sure why. Possibly the threat of weather?

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Saturday and Sunday To-Do: Blooms!

BLOOMS!
10 a.m., Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts. $5-$10 adv., $25-$35 d.o.s.

New CEO Cliff Fannin Baker kicks off Wildwood Park's new feel with Blooms, a two-day festival that blends culture and the outdoors, with live music, plein air painting in the park, a flower market and high tea under a tent by the lake. A children's area will include storytellers, a puppet show, a petting zoo, costumed actors reading from “Beatrix Potter” and a May pole. Arkansas Opera Theatre's Opera-to-Go Company will perform the children's opera Pinocchio. Musical entertainment includes Lark in the Morning, Old School Bluegrass Band and Arkansas Brass Quintet. Local horticulturalists and naturalist will give seminars for gardeners and nature enthusiasts. “The Bottle Tree,” a musical pastiche of recollections of former Arkansas first ladies, will also premiere. Conceived and directed the Baker, the play will be performed at 6 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Both shows will be preceded by meals. The event runs to 6 p.m. Saturday and from noon till 6 p.m. Sunday. See wildwoodpark.org for a complete schedule.

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Saturday To-Do: J. Roddy Walston and the Business

J. RODDY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS
9 p.m., White Water Tavern. $5.

The American Princes, tirelessly touring the country for the last six years, evangelize about Little Rock. The pay-off: J. Roddy Walston and the Business, a Baltimore-based band of mop-haired good-time rockers who the Princes befriended and brought home to show off a year or two ago, are coming to town every two months or so. If you're uninitiated, don't let their frequent touring here serve as an excuse not to go, like “I'll catch them next time around.” No, friends, once you experience the riff rock exuberance of the Biz, their shows will become an integral part of your concert diet. Further incentive: fresh from a stay in Fayetteville, local folk-y Stacy Mackey opens with local barroom kings Smoke Up Johnny.

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Saturday To-Do: Conya Doss

CONYA DOSS
10 p.m., Juanita's. $20-$40.

Upscale Underground keeps the neo-soul hit parade moving through. The latest installment of the “Soul'd Out” concert series finds the local promoters booking, for the first time, a female headliner. A native of Cleveland, Conya Doss started singing at a young age and attended the prestigious Cleveland School of the Performing Arts. After school, she formed the R&B duo Lyrik with a childhood friend. When the duo split, Doss launched her solo career, steadily building her fan base with a silky jazz-soul delivery and constant touring. Saturday night's appearance finds Doss touring in support of her 2008 independent release, “Still,” a confident and vigorous album that could tip Doss into the mainstream. Local soul standout Rodney Blocks opens with his band.

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Saturday To-Do: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
8 p.m., Robinson Center Music Hall. $16-$70.

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band was named for the venerable French Quarter venue — founded in 1961 and, shortly thereafter, the center of the New Orleans' jazz scene — it played. There, the Charter members were joined by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. Today, under the leadership of Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe, the band continues to tour, record and serve as a leading ambassador for New Orleans jazz. PHJB joins the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Israel Getzov, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Prior to each concert, Happy Tymes Jazz Band will be working it second-line style on the front steps of Robinson, and Starving Artist Cafe will offer red beans and rice.

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Friday, May 09, 2008 - 16:55:45

Oh yeah

Noise pirates the Western Meds will be trying to be as incongruous as possible at the Historic Arkansas Museum in just moments. As part of Second Friday Art night.

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