October 29, 2005: Azul Tequila mariachi band, wedding reception, Austin TX

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the final darling touch on Ana’s all-Austin downhome wedding, appetizers from Chick’afil [pronounced Chick Filet and Ana’s favorite crap fast food restaurant], desert from Amy’s Ice Cream [Joe’s employer]

October 29, 2005: Kalico Kings, Cedar Street Courtyard, Austin TX

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different band /same shit cover music, actually music was fine but the 30-40s something crowd upsets me, everything from metal to Nelly

October 25, 2005: Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Waterloo Records, Austin TX

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thought Rockboy might love them what with the Cash but they weren’t so Cash, laidback bad-boy country, I enjoyed them maybe more than Rockboy, and of course this one we were on time for

October 22, 2005: DJ Swamp, Red-Eyed Fly, Austin TX

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I knew of one song he did with Beck (‘Pullin’ Up Roots’), we decided to go because description of him was wicked and evil, he was a good DJ—Metallica, new wave—and it turned out he was an even better rapper, gothic men with black fingernails should not rap, show was entertaining for its uniquity, ended up being disturbing because he was clearly mentally unstable (thus genius) or at least horribly miserable, and though he clearly hated us (the crowd) he seemed slavishly hungry for our worship or was trying really hard to promote his albums by throwing them into the crowd, and pouring beer from a pitcher into upturned mouths

October 21, 2005: Aimee Mann, Waterloo Records, Austin TX

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I left work early to see her and we got there in time to see last half of last song, there was a fight

October 16, 2005: The Go! Team, Emo’s, Austin TX

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oh my god they sucked ass, interesting concept—three prog guitarists with a cheerleader hip-hop girl and a gawky girl, high energy and no grab, they had their 70s moments I guess and the prog without hip-hop girl was fine but overall just CRAP

October 16, 2005: The Grates, Emo’s, Austin TX

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fantastic!, cutey girl in a retro dress—I was embarrassed at her leaping and little-girl antics but it proved infectious and punkish, happy guitarist but freakishly happy drummer staring and smiling broadly in her little boy hair cut with ear curls, great variety, beautiful voice, rocking guitar and drums, interesting and entertaining and captivating, different, new wave says Rockboy but then more, from Australia, fantastic!

October 16, 2005: Triumph of the Gnomes, Emo’s, Austin TX

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screaming thrash metal from skinny fey boys, very odd, singer was thrashing so much in his audience of two that he nearly lost them, when the chaos would stop he would adopt a very gay persona, there was something artsy about them

October 16, 2005: The Word Association, Emo’s, Austin TX

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five guys rapping over the same beat looping again and again, unfortunate for that to be Rockboy’s first exposure to hip-hop

October 15, 2005: The Adicts, Emo’s, Austin TX

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Rockboy was so excited to see this shticky punk band, they dress Clockwork Orange style with the lead in white face paint but unfortunately their depth ends there, I am apparently not a fan of “anthemic” “oi! Punk”—how is it punk to sing en masse to lame lyrics?—i hate solidarity of any kind…in brief

October 15, 2005: Bang Sugar Bang, Emo’s, Austin TX

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from LA and friendly (Rockboy talks to all bands), hot rocker chick, per Rockboy they are in the style of old-school punk