So I was sitting in the office writing up a list of new CDs to put you in a Halloween-type mood (email me and I’ll tell you what they were) when I thought, ‘Hell, with all this music tonight, there’s no reason to sit at home listening to CDs.’ Seriously, I know it’s Halloween and everything, but just look at all this. Furthermore, without being overly familiar with all of the artists listed below, I bet you at least 75 percent of them are local. So, once and for all, don’t let anyone ever tell you Houston doesn’t have a formidable music scene – or if they do, for God’s sakes don’t believe them for a second. And whatever you do tonight, be sure to pour one out for Robert Goulet.
Numbers: DJ Wes Wallace
Walter’s on Washington: Toxic Holocaust, Iron Age, Midnight, Grave Robbers
Meridian: Helmet, Burning Brides, Totimoshi, Sharks and Sailors
Proletariat: Fatal Flying Guilloteens, MV + EE, American Sharks, The(e) Freed
Rudyard’s: Turbojugend Hump Day (costume contest)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck: Red Elvises
Dean’s Credit Clothing: Paula Maya (5pm)
Notsuoh: Rusted Shut, the Krinkles, Bully Pulpit, Geneticist on Cloning
White Swan: Ghost Mice, the Dauntless Elite, Ned (from France), Dirty Money, Sears
Java Jazz: Madina Lake, Mayday Parade
Toyota Center: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony
Shakespeare’s Pub: Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Avant Garden: DJ Sun
South Beach: “Nightmare on Pacific Street: Night of 1,000 Britneys” with DJ Roland Belmares, DJ Jimmy Skinner
Big Top: Peter & James
Mink: 4th Ward Wednesdays with J. Salaam aka Brotha Jibril, Seth Jones, Jeff cMo
Continental Club: Reverend Vince Anderson, Whiskey Boat
Fitzgerald’s: Horror movie marathon (no cover)
Scout Bar: Erase the Virus, Lights Over Roswell
Blanco’s: Open mic night with Country Jim Sloan
Armadillo Palace: Granger Smith
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar: Sideshow Tramps
Warehouse Party (3012 Canal; $5): You (Genious), Mic Skills, Big Fabe & Bugzino with DJs Patrick de la Garza, heliumbaboon, PBR Street Gang, hosted by Cornbredd of Tha Fucking Transmissions
If you can’t find something to do in all that, go choke on a piece of candy – Chris Gray
This article appears in Oct 25-31, 2007.
