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Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 07:09:59

Saturday: Waves on Waves, Graham Wilkinson and more

Waves on Waves.

Nashville’s Waves on Waves have been called noir-pop. They’re part of a bill at Vino’s that features local indie crooner Chase Pagan, the Lives of Famous Men and Justin Carr's wild-eyed Americana outfit Ghost Co, 8:30 p.m., $7.

Hendrix alum Graham Wilkinson brings his wild-out roots-jam band the Underground Township to White Water, 9 p.m., $5.

At Cajun’s, local rockers Doghouse follow their RiverTop performance with another headlining gig, 9 p.m., $5.

Acoustic finger-style guitarist Jim Tozier performs at Studio Joe, 7:30 p.m., $10.

Local cover band the Gettys plays West End, 9 p.m., $5.

Piano man William Staggers is at the Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7.

B Level Entertainment presents Gary Escoe and Natasha Renae doing the best of Prince and Michael Jackson, 10 p.m.

The Twisters are at Alltel Arena taking on Iowa, 7 p.m., $11-$28.

Posted by Lindsey Millar at 07:09 AM | Permalink | Comments [0]

Saturday To-Do: Arkansas GLBT Film Festival

ARKANSAS GLBT FILM FESTIVAL
12 p.m., Easy Street. Donations.

The Arkansas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Film Festival kicks off on Saturday at noon with “The Golden Age of Broadway,” a documentary about the musical comedies, and their stars, that made Broadway what it is today. Throughout the two-day festival, a number of shorts, documentaries and narrative films will celebrate their Arkansas premier. At 4 p.m. Friday, a men’s shorts series airs. Then at 6 p.m., a women’s shorts series airs. At 8 p.m. Friday, filmmaker Mark Jones of Memphis will attend the screening of his film, “Eli Parker is Getting Married?” Sunday features all long films, including the documentary “Abomination: The Ex-Gay Movement” at 2 p.m. and the equal rights documentary “Pursuit of Equality” at 7:30 p.m.

Posted by Lindsey Millar at 07:08 AM | Permalink | Comments [0]

Friday, June 27, 2008 - 13:29:47

For-sale

This is the 21st Century, people!

We've come to a point where kooky words can be written and, on the same day, t-shirts can be designed and up for sale. It's the future.

Visit the Rock Candy Cafe Press store to pick-up the ringer-T, tank top, maternity-t, coffee mug or thong that fits your personality best.

All proceeds (are there proceeds?) go directly to the Poor Lil' Movie Critics of America fund*.

*Or to my bar tab.

Posted by Lindsey Millar at 01:29 PM | Permalink | Comments [7]

I missed the jackass?

Let's make t-shirts.

In case you missed it, Philip Martin is still huffing over my 24 word jab about the grade he gave "The Love Guru." This time in his On Film column. Here's the link to the free edition (http://www.nwanews.com/adg/MovieStyle/229857/).

It's largely a regurgitation of the polemic he posted on my blog earlier this week and it ends like this...

I don’t mean to pick on the Rock Candy blog. It’s a good resource and I enjoy its existence. But questioning someone’s intellectual honesty ought not be something that’s done lightly. And if you do it, you better have your facts rowed up. To paraphrase an old baseball coach I knew, If you’re going to throw at the jackass, you’d better hit the jackass. Lindsey, you missed the jackass.

That's some "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE" craziness. Hey, creative types, make me a t-shirt!

For handy reference, here's what I originally wrote.

So critics continue to pile it on—A.O. Scott, writing in the New York Times, says, "'The Love Guru' is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again." But, ever the maverick, the Dem-Gaz's chief film critic Philip Martin scores it an 85, which might be the highest score he's given anything since "No Country For Old Men." The review itself is fairly tepid, but you have to read pretty far to get that. So: the nation's critics, on average, give it a 22 vs. Martin, who ranks it just 15 points from perfection. Wonder if Arkansas connections factor in?

I'll try to keep this short. I'm pretty invested in the idea that this has been a 200:1 war or words. And if I'm starting to get bored by it, then I'm sure you're nodding off on the keyboard.

But since Phil is blustering about me not having my "facts rowed up," a few responses.

Posted by Lindsey Millar at 12:47 PM | Permalink | Comments [3]

Friday To-Do: Cool Shoes

COOL SHOES
10 p.m., Downtown Music. $5.

Here’s a slogan I can get behind: “Brought to you by dance music and cheap beer.” That’s the tag for Cool Shoes, the regular dance/art party that man-about-town TJ Deeter is hosting. The inaugural party, held last month, was billed as Little Rock’s answer to Club MTV. Dancers were filmed and performers shoes’ were interviewed (really), but Deeter says the party won out over the concept. So those who were wary of grinding for hundreds of web-video watchers can now get-low carefree. Helping move butts: Deeter, who briefly was TJDJ’s, but never TJ the DJ, and is now just simply Deeter. Plus, representing the 4X4 Crew, DJ Fatality, and — composed of two local dudes who you’ll probably recognize from seeing out — Broez B4 Hoez. Like last time, a performer will take the mic for one song. This time it’s local polemicist 607. It’ll be a bustle of activity: Dirtbag is doing graffiti art throughout the night and Magpie and Birdie host a trunk show of vintage clothes. All ages welcome.

Posted by Lindsey Millar at 06:32 AM | Permalink | Comments [0]

Friday: Brad Williams, Sean Rock, Chris Denny and more

Brad Williams.

Salty Dogs frontman Brad Williams and local singer/songwriter Sean Rock each perform solo sets at Studio Joe, 8 p.m., $3.

With newly added guitarist Judson Spillyards adding an extra punch, Chris Denny and the Old Soles play Counterpoint with Ben Coulter and Mister Lucky, 11 p.m., $5.

Good-time rockers Doghouse play the Peabody RiverTop Party, 8 p.m., $5.

Local dance act Mr. Meaner perform at Cajun’s, 9 p.m, $5.

Austin, Texas, roots rock outfit Nathan Singleton and His Sideshow Tragedy come to White Water Tavern, 9 p.m., $5.

Torch singer Mary Kai leads her backing band at the Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7.

Posted by Lindsey Millar at 06:12 AM | Permalink | Comments [0]

Friday To-Do: Foamfest

If only

FOAMFEST
5:30 p.m., River Market Pavilions. $22-$30.

The four keys to maximizing your Foam Fest experience: Eat a big lunch, make sure you’re hydrated, recruit 10 friends and line up a sober bus. Then, for four hours, drink steadily and broadly, sampling more than 65 varieties of beer and wine, while head-nodding and, later, singing (slurring) along to local cover bands. All proceeds benefit the Arthritis Foundation. The music kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with Saline County’s most active blues act, the Mike Dollins Band. At 6:30 p.m., good-time cover band Crisis! plays a broad range of recognizable rock covers. Jam band Weakness for Blondes follows at 7:30, and local dance favorite Mr. Happy helps close down the event at 8:30. Just before the drink-a-thon ends, a people’s choice award will be presented to the favorite brew. If you’re in a group of 10 or more, admission is $22. Advance tickets are available at foamfest.org.

Posted by Lindsey Millar at 06:08 AM | Permalink | Comments [0]