TCB
By Christopher Gray, Fri., April 23, 2004
Bullet the Blue Sky
Western Wednesday this week: Sam Peckinpah's 1969 bloodbath The Wild Bunch. Beerland, 7pm.
Members of David Bowie's band, as Spooky Ghost & Friends, play the Continental Club Wednesday, the night after Mr. Jones' sold-out Backyard date. Keep your eyes peeled for thin, white, vaguely dukelike onlookers in the back room.
Alt.country chanteuse Neko Case canceled her May 22 Parish show this week to allow for her steel guitarist's heart surgery, but will reschedule soon with all tickets good for the later date. In a related development, Senior Music Editor Raoul Hernandez has locked himself in a Chronicle supply closet and refuses to come out.
The Continental Club hosts a listening party for Loretta Lynn's new CD Van Lear Rose Saturday at 7pm. Neither Lynn nor producer Jack White is expected to attend, but she would appreciate it if you call CMT and request her video so she doesn't have to do it herself.
Road trip alert: Hirsute Houston Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top get back on the bus this summer, July-September. Lone Star fans have their pick of Wichita Falls, Beaumont, and Hidalgo June 25, 26, and 28.
It disturbs "TCB" to no end to report that locally, the traditional handshake greeting is increasingly being replaced by people helping themselves to a handful of ass. This is acceptable social behavior only if one yells, "I'm Rick James, bitch!" while doing so.
