Rock Candy: October 2009 Archives

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Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 10:56:49

Last night: Gossip doing "Four Letter Word"

Courtesy of the Times' Brian Chilson. The sounds a little blown-out, but you get the idea. More pics and words later.

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Friday, October 30, 2009 - 17:06:22

More Halloween

One of Rock Candy's favorite DJs writes in to tell us several things we didn't know. One, that Gaucho's turns into Rio's Lounge (yeah) at 9 p.m. Two, Rio's has a brand spankin' new dancefloor. And three and most importantly, said DJ, DJ g-force, is the resident DJ AND VJ. Details above, plus he'll be there on Halloween.

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Preview: Gossip live

From the the Interface on Spinner.com. You can also watch live versions of "Heavy Cross," "Love Long Distance," "Standing in the Way of Control" and "Pop Goes the World." There's an interview at the end, too.

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Free Candy: Scarier than a Lil Wayne birthday cake

Epic Mystery Train Halloween Mix
Our very own A Boy Named Sooie digs deep to pull out this oddball assortment of frightening boogie woogie, blues, jazz and rockabilly tunes. So good. [Derek's generosity]

Kid Koala "Tricks 'N' Treats"
Like a lot of turntablism, this drags after a while, but anything that leads with an extended sample of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" deserves a spot on your Halloween playlist. [Road 2 Nowhere]

Jim Carroll "People Who Died"
It's not especially festive, but the creepy glee with which Carroll sings about the horrible ways people he knows have died ("Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room /
Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs / Judy jumped in front of a subway train
Eddie got slit in the jugular vein") is right there in the Halloween music sweet spot. Plus, Caroll just died, died! [Snuh]

BONUS: I'm sure hip-hop heads have seen this, but casual fans make sure you check out this freestyle track from the BET Awards with Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem. Everyone MURDERS it.

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Saturday To-Do: The Moving Front / The Good Fear

Three of the Six Tom Petties. Dunno where the Heartbreaker is.

THE MOVING FRONT/ THE GOOD FEAR
10 p.m., White Water Tavern. $5.

For at least recent memory, White Water has copied the ACAC formula, with some tweaking. Smaller line-ups. Proven bands. Fewer good costumes. This year, the bill — which features the Moving Front as REM and the Good Fear reprising their Six Tom Pettys and the Heartbreaker from last year — is a traveling Halloween hoorah. On Friday, both will be in Fayetteville at the Boom Boom Room warming up. Which is good not just because it means the bands will have a test show under their belts, but even more because, while you could imagine a band winging it for one cover gig, two shows means actual practice. I know that's the case with TMF. Dudes are usually fairly blase about what they're doing, but not about this. They know it sounds good. Practice or no, the Good Fear should be sturdy from their blonde wig extravaganza from last year, which was nothing but fun.

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Saturday To-Do: ACAC Halloween Cover-Up

ACAC HALLOWEEN COVER-UP
9 p.m., ACAC Space. $5-7.

As in years past, the Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative has assembled a wildly diverse slate of local folks to not just cover but fully impersonate iconic acts. Lots of potential here. Members of Style Guide and Hector Faceplant will be blonde-wigged-up and pop-hooked-out as pop sensation ABBA. Which, hopefully, will be paired with Minneapolis post-punks Husker Du, as covered by Do You Remember, an ad hoc band made up of members of the Thing That Always Explodes, the Evelyns and the STDs. Or even better, next to the quintessential Halloween band, the Misfits, as realized by Little Rock's God City Destroyers, who, at least based on their photo on MySpace, seem to have that burly, Danzig thing going on. Also on the bill: a collection of UALR music students doing Blondie and local punks Jungle Juice doing hardcore heroes Infest. Those in costumes get in for $5. There's a $50 costume contest prize.

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The Weekend: Rodney Block, Improv LR, the Gettys, Cody Belew and more

FRIDAY 10/30

Local jazz standout Rodney Block blows his trumpet at the Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7.

"Rocky Horror" continues at Market Street, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m., $10.

Improv Little Rock's Halloween Headlock wraps up at the Public Theater, 10 p.m., $8.

And ride rides, trick or treat and check out the animals at Boo at the Zoo, 6 p.m., $5. Continues tomorrow and Sunday, too.

SATURDAY 10/31

After splitting with lead singer Matt Joyce, the Gettys unveil a new front man at Sticky Fingerz, where there'll also be a costume contest for $500 in cash and prizes, 9:30 p.m., $6 (for Sticky Fingerz only) or $10 (for access to Revolution, too).

At Revolution, local crooner Cody Belew and his band the Mercers share the bill with the Lucious Spiller Band, which is doing only Prince covers starting at 11 p.m., $6 or $10 (same deal as above).

At Cajun's, Chucky P DJs the bar's annual costume contest, with $500 going to first place and cash prizes for runners up, too, 8 p.m., $10.

Playmate Erin Leigh and bands McCuin and Eden Crow provide the entertainment at Juanita's Vampire's Ball, where, no surprise, there's a costume contest, 9 p.m., $13 adv., $17 d.o.s.

The Afterthought wants folks to dress up, too; the B-Flats (AKA, the Doctor Band) provide the entertainment, 9 p.m., $7.

In Conway at the Bear's Den, a host of UCA professors join to play music and raise money for the literary journal Exquisite Corpse (which is published by the UCA writing department). The ad hoc groups play under names like the Amsterdamned, Stroke Newington and the Conway Twitties, 8 p.m., $5.

Late night at Discovery, folks seem to turn up the raunch with their costumes. Bill Halliquist mans the disco, while Balance works the lobby, midnight, $10.

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