Elvis Presley would be - or, depending on who you believe, is - 74 years old today. But he's as popular as ever, and alive or dead, as Mojo Nixon has noted many times, Elvis really is everywhere...
Rob Kingsley, Elvis Tribute UK's 2008 European Champion
"Turkish Elvis" Nevrez Caliskan
That lovable scamp Mojo Nixon just played this song on his Sirius XM Outlaw Country shift, and now only God knows when Rocks Off is going to be able to scrub his mind clean of "Pussy-Eatin' Pamela," "Suck-'em Silly Shirley" and a few others he can't bring himself to type. And, in case you are denser than plutonium, yes, this is extremely NSFW.
Allow Rocks Off to repeat: N. S. F. W. But it's a scream.
Look at it this way: Rocks Off could have posted Coe's "Masturbation Blues"...
As usual, Saturday afternoon for me was all about South Congress. Bands like Houston's own Allen Oldies Band - fronted by the High Priest of the Oldies and the State of Texas's official unofficial Minister of Fun - are traditions, as are people like Jon Dee Graham and James McMurtry at Mojo Nixon's party at the Continental Club.
Photo by Mark C. Austin
There are always a few revelations each year. For me, on South Congress anyway, that person was Amy Lavere. A somewhat rare female upright bass
When LOM returned to Houston from India in 1987, former Chronicle music critic Marty Racine became near-religious reading for me. I couldn't wait for his Thursday "Critic's Picks" column so I could plan my musical weekend. I learned about all kinds of below-the-radar bands from Racine: Mojo Nixon, Storyville, The Iguanas, C.C. Adcock, Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs. But the best band Racine ever steered me towards was the Beat Farmers.
I was lucky enough to see the Farmers at Fitzgerald's a
The Aggrolites: Wed., Oct. 14. Meridian.
Asher Roth: Thu., Sept. 24. Rich's Houston.
Aventura: Fri., Dec. 4. Toyota Center.
Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash: LOUNGE STAGE., Thu., Oct. 1. Fitzgerald's.
Buxton: Thu., Oct. 1. Continental Club.
Captured! By Robots: Wed., Nov. 18. Super Happy Fun Land.
Charles P. & The 10%, Tyagaraja, Peekaboo Theory, Jeff Boortz Band: Sat., Sept. 19. Last Concert Cafe.
Concrete Violin, Ascites, Rosemary Malign, Last Rape: Fri., Oct. 9. Super Happy Fun Land.
