Guaranteed to be one of the best shows all year

That is, if you love metal. Wilmington's great Thunderlip with the legendary THE SWORD from Austin. Monday night at Kings.

Kenny Roby at Slim's

OK, I've been really slack lately. Work has been killing me, and my personal life has been busy too. However, I did manage to go out to Slim's for my 40th birthday on Saturday and catch a show by Kenny Roby (Myspace), a great local singer-songwriter who used to be in one of my all-time favorite alt-country bands, Six String Drag. One day I'll resurrect the podcast and do one on them. I also got to eat at a brand new German/Austrian/Polish place in town that's a little pricey but worth it. Here's the movie with Kenny Roby.

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The Naught and Electric Sunshine, Oct. 20, 2006 at Slim's

Last night I checked out The Naught, a new band with Erik Sugg (Cherry Valence, Dragstrip Syndicate) and Chris Jones (The Loners, Vanilla Trainwreck, hundreds of other bands) at Slim's. Sorry, but I do not know the bass player. When someone starts paying me to do this, I will do a better job of finding out who is actually in all these bands I go see. Anyway, last night was The Naught's first show, and I was mighty impressed. I've said before that Erik is one of my favorite guitar players in the area. He hadn't been playing for a while, so I'm glad to see he's out there again. Chris was tight as always, and the unknown (to me) bass player was really good too. They played a few covers as well as some Nuggets-style garage rock with a little bit of shoe-gazing swirl. Check out the feedback-laden jam that Erik puts on in the video. I just wish my memory card hadn't filled up before the song was over.

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Electric Sunshine is Eddie Taylor and Paul Dressel, both of Big Joe. Eddie has been in lots of bands that I love, including The Loners. Electric Sunshine also has a Nuggets feel, but a little more diversified. Several songs included hints of Big Joe's country-ish guitar rock, and one, possibly my favorite, was certifiably funky.

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Movies and pics from The T's

The T's played on Friday, Oct. 13 at Kings, and they impressed me again. This time I got some video, so perhaps you can see and hear why I like them so much. They opened for Crave, a band that's certainly talented, but just didn't do anything for me. They had a lot of fans at the show, so I'm sure they aren't particularly concerned if I don't like them.

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A Rooster for the Masses movie

... from last night's Alzheimer's Awareness benefit at Kings.

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