Citizen Staff Writer
Mother’s Day

CHUCK GRAHAM

cgraham@tucsoncitizen.com

There will be a swinging side to Mother’s Day this year.

With three separate groups planning jazz events, moms with happy feet can enjoy their favorite music from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Opening the day is the poolside Jazz Brunch at the Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The hotel has a variety of pampering activities to celebrate Mom as the center of family life, including her own special drink: the Mom’osa. Music will be the bright and bouncy sort of traditional jazz played by the Arizona Roadrunners.

After that, it will be time to scurry downtown for the Mother’s Day Big Band Bash at 3 p.m., sponsored by the newly organized Tucson Jazz Institute, at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. The institute’s students are steeped in the sounds of big bands from the 1930s to ’50s. Their talents will be framed within ensembles named after jazz luminaries Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson.

All the groups will be joined by Grammy Award-winning sax soloist Brice Winston, a TJI faculty member and a touring regular with New Orleans’ trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Special guests the Blue Note Jazz Combo will perform, introducing a new piece by Max Goldschmid, “Omar’s Enlightenment.”

The Mother’s Day Big Band Bash will include a special package of gifts for every mother and grandmother (and great-grandmothers, too).

In the evening, jazzy families can add Latin spice to the day by taking their moms to St. Philip’s Plaza, 4280 N. Campbell Ave., at East River Road, for a 7 p.m. concert and dance presented by the Tucson Jazz Society. Headlining is the 10-piece Orquesta La Unica led by pianist Amilcar Guevara. Employing musicians from Venezuela, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Mexico, the band’s repertoire includes traditional and contemporary sounds of Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Cuban-style charanga.

Dancing will be encouraged, with several of the city’s Latin dance clubs using the event to showcase their polished interpretations of these popular steps.

IF YOU GO

What: Mother’s Day Brunch

When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday

Where: Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road

Price: no cover; brunch and other events priced individually

Info: 321-7621, www.sheraton.com/tucson

What: Mother’s Day Big Band Bash

When: 3 p.m. Sunday

Where: Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.

Price: $20 adults, $15 students and senior citizens

Info: 514-0935

What: Mother’s Day Latin dance and concert, featuring Orquesta La Unica led by Amilcar Guevara, presented by the Tucson Jazz Society

When: 7 p.m.

Where: St. Philip’s Plaza, 4280 N. Campbell Ave. (at East River Road)

Price: $20 general admission, $15 TJS members, $10 students

Info: 902-1265, www.tucsonjazz.org

OTHER MOTHER’S DAY EVENTS

“FESTIVAL DE REBOZOS” – THE BEAUTIFUL SHAWLS OF MEXICO: The event, presented by the Latin American Art Patrons, a support group of the Tucson Museum of Art, culminates with two public events: the Gala Celebration of Music and Dance and a Mother’s Day/Día de las Madres family celebration. A wide range of handmade rebozos from the finest silk to colorful cotton will be for sale in the museum store during the six-day event. All proceeds will benefit Latin American Art programs, exhibits and acquisitions at the Tucson Museum of Art. Viewing hours are: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays. Here’s the schedule: • 6 p.m. Saturday: Gala Celebration will feature Mexican appetizers, and a program on the history of rebozos in music, poetry and dance. Mariachi Luz de Luna and Folklorico San Juan will perform and the night’s guest MC will be Lupita Murillo of KVOA News 4. A fashion show demonstrating the many ways of wearing them will conclude the evening. Tickets are $30 a person. No- host bar will be available. • Noon-4 p.m. Sunday: Mother’s Day/Día de las Madres. A family celebration in which people can bring in rebozos from their family for expert evaluation, and watch a master weaver demonstrate her craft. There will be booths selling aguas frescas, churros and paletas (fresh fruit popsicles), and a photo booth for a family portrait. Admission to the event and museum is free. Where: Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, 140 N. Main Ave. Info: 624-2333, www.tucsonmuseumofart.org

MOVIES WITH MOM: “ALL ABOUT EVE”: Spend a special Mother’s Day with the woman who brought you into the world and the ever-fabulous Bette Davis in one of her more notorious roles. “All About Eve” is all about women clawing their way to the top. Davis stars as Margo Channing, a New York theater star whose protégée Eve (Anne Baxter) turns out to be quite the backstabber. But don’t worry, Eve doesn’t sit back and take it. All moms in attendance will receive a fresh-cut flower while they last, and there will be a free raffle for a basket of goodies that will make your mama feel special. The cherry on top? Mimosas will be for sale. (As the Loft says, “everyone in the movie is drinking, so why shouldn’t you?”) When: 1 p.m. Sunday Where: The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Price: $7 Info: 795-0844, www.loftcinema.com

SUNDAY

“MUSIC UNDER THE STARS”: Enjoy sweet music in the park with mom. The Tucson Pops Orchestra kicks off its “Music Under the Stars” 2009 season directed by Laszlo Veres. Performing with the orchestra will be local artist Crystal Stark. A magna cum laude graduate of UA, Stark was one of American Idol’s top 44 contestants in 2006. Adding to the entertainment, the Tucson Girls Chorus will perform under the direction of Marcela Molina. When: 7 p.m. Sunday Where: Reid Park – DeMeester, 900 S. Randolph Way Price: Free Info: 722-5853, www.tucsonpops.org

Citizen Staff Writer
Music

OTTO ROSS

ottoross@tucsoncitizen.com

Local funky-reggae-jazz band Triple Double get their name from a basketball term referring to an exceptionally versatile player who has double digits in three different stats. It is with this same versatility that Triple Double slam dunks on their new album, “Dot My Eighths.”

“Playing one specific type of music would get boring,” bassist Preston Winter says. “So if we can mix it up, do a little bit of this with a little bit of that, it’s never going to get boring. It’s fresh and exciting every time.”

Triple Double is so dedicated to this genre ambiguity that when asked what they would consider their predominant style, they respond with a well-rehearsed phrase that the members can recite from memory. Well, all of the members except the band’s new rookie player, Alex Sandweiss.

“It’s a funky reggae,” begins piano player Sandweiss, but he is quickly cut off by drummer Tom Cracovaner.

“No, it’s a soul-soothing funky, reggae, blues party! ” Cracovaner clarifies.

“I keep forgetting the ‘soul-soothing!’ ” Sandweiss says dejectedly as he mouths the phrase under his breath.

Triple Double was started in 2003 by brothers Jimi Cracovaner (guitar) and Tom Cracovaner (drums.) Together with Preston Winter on bass the band produced two albums.

About a year ago Sandweiss joined the team’s roster and the band began work on their new album, “Dot my Eighths.” The CD, the group says, is their best and most versatile, with much of the credit going to the addition of Sandweiss and his piano.

“We’re doing a lot more harmonies on the vocals and we have a piano now,” Tom Cracovaner says. “(Sandweiss) has been a driving force behind the music with us.”

“(Sandweiss) has been an integral part of this album,” Jimi Cracovaner adds.

One song where Sandweiss’ piano influence is especially evident is “Harmony Love Affair.” As the name suggests, the song showcases the band’s harmony and vocal range that are sometimes lost in the bands faster and louder songs. With just the piano driving much of the song, the vocals come across crystal clear.

The band will perform this song and other material from “Dot My Eighths” at a CD release party May 1 at Plush. Audience members will receive a free copy of the disc and get to see the group in action.

“The most unique thing about our band is our live performance,” Jimi Cracovaner says. “We try to not just create the music but an entire experience. We really bring a lot of joy and happiness to our shows. It’s passionate. We’re just all very passionate. We dance, we try get the audience involved and send people home with a smile.”

As for the future, Triple Double plan to launch a regional tour to promote the new album. They also hope to continue their evolution as musicians.

“I can’t tell you exactly where our music will go but that’s half the fun,” Jimi Cracovaner says. “It’s kinda like life – you don’t really know where it’s going to go and you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

The band also plans to get a little practice off the stage and on the basketball court. Triple Double claims that they are not only versatile musicians but also damn good basketball players.

“I think we would like to take on any local band in pickup basketball,” Sandweiss says.

“Open challenge, bring it,” taunts Winter.

“Direct them to our MySpace page,” adds Jimi Cracovaner. “We’ll set up a game.”

Citizen Staff Writer
Music

OTTO ROSS

ottor@email.arizona.edu

Few people know that during the ’70s Tucson was a regular stop for many of history’s greatest musicians including James Brown, Little Richard, Ray Charles even Jimi Hendrix.

During this time, T. Richard Smith was the host of the IMPAK soul radio program and a key player of the cultural music scene that once thrived in our sunny city. Now IMPAK is back and the 56-year-old Smith is working to resurrect a small piece of the funk and style that Tucson has lost along the way.

“Back in my day, man, you had to know how to rhyme on time, to get it going down, make somebody’s liver quiver, make their back snap and make them get ready to rhyme with the rhythm. You had to have personality,” Smith says exhibiting no shortage of his disc jockey “personality.”

Smith was exposed to soul and rhythm and blues by his family at a very early age and carried an intense passion for the music as he grew older. At the age of 11, Smith recalls selling newspapers outside of the KTKT-AM radio station in downtown Tucson and deciding that he would someday make a career out of his love for music.

“I remember I was looking through the plexiglass, looking at the disc jockey and I said, “God, I want to do that when I get older,” Smith says. “Then this white guy comes out and he asked me what I was doing. I said, ‘I’m looking at the disc jockey because I want to be like him,’ and he said, ‘Don’t dream that, son, because there are no colored disc jockeys.”

Thirteen years later in 1974, Smith was hosting and producing the IMPAK radio show on KTKT, dedicated to spreading a genre of music that rarely received the airtime it deserved.

“The original explanation of IMPAK was to bring a sound that has impacted music around the world, which is rhythm and blues, soul and funk,” says Smith.

In 1984 management changed at KTKT and IMPAK was disbanded. Twenty-four years later, in 2007, Smith met with KXCI-FM’s rhythm and blues radio host Jason Hastings and the idea of resurrecting the IMPAK radio program came up.

“My show was the only one on the air that was playing any soul or funk,” remembers Hastings. “In terms of diversity of genres represented by the station, I think it is important to have more shows that feature soul and funk music.”

In April of 2008, IMPAK was back on KXCI-FM (93.1) every Saturday night from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday, Smith now plays classic soul music and gospel as well as rhythm and blues artists from around the state. According to Smith, IMPAK is a refreshing departure from the commercialized radio shows of today.

“Now you have radio that is so corporate. They have so many stations that they don’t give a damn about the community where they have the stations,” Smith says. “Mr. T’s flavor is different. I was the original ‘T’ in Tucson on the air. My flavor is different because I’ve lived those rhythm and blues. I’ve lived in a community where basically that’s all there was.”

Although Hastings’ KXCI show, “The Connection,” plays a similar genre of music as Smith’s, he has no problem acknowledging Smith as a local soul legend.

“T. Richard has a personality that’s larger than life. He has a wealth of experience in the industry. He’s been around to actually witness a lot of these acts and a lot of these musicians as they came up and became famous.”

Not only does IMPAK pump a wide array of classic soul tunes but it also gives listeners a glimpse into a time when Tucson was funky and disc jockeys were more than talking heads, Smith says.

“You listen to me, I’m going to take you on a history ride.”

IMPAK radio show highlights soul

IF YOU LISTEN

What: IMPAK, a radio show spotlighting classic soul, gospel and R&B music from around the state

When: 11 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday

Where: KXCI-FM (91.3)

Info: 623-1000, www.kxci.org

Citizen Staff Writer

BRIAN MORI

calendar@tucsoncitizen.com

A little humor can go a long way in assisting injured U.S. servicemen and women.

Comics for Courage will hold a one-night special Thursday at Laffs Comedy Caffé to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project, a nationally recognized organization devoted to helping maimed veterans recover and lead active, meaningful lives.

The show is the brainchild of Chris Cannon, a stand-up comic from Denver who retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1987. Since early 2008, Cannon has toured cities across the Southwest raising money for the Wounded Warriors by organizing comedy shows that feature local, regional and national comics.

WWP “is not the VA, but they care about you and are with you,” Cannon tells veterans. “I’m not going to get a TV show. This is a way I can do what I do and help.”

Cannon will headline the Laffs show along with Vietnam vets Gary Hood and Walt Maxam, both of Tucson.

Their humor is observational, the trio say, and offers each veteran’s perspectives on modern life.

“Everybody gets hit,” warns Hood, who describes himself as, “a liberal that makes Obama look conservative.”

Hood’s humor is dry and cutting. Of President Obama, he offers, “Once you go black you’re out of Iraq!”

Maxam, who works in the Marana Unified School District, is the “old man” making fun of the kids. He throws in a few Cialis and Viagra jokes to perk people up.

Cannon’s jokes poke fun at society. “I love hockey. If you don’t like your opponent, you take his nose off. On the street, you get 20 years. What’s two minutes” in the penalty box? quips Cannon, who’s written for Jay Leno and Bill Engvall.

While Obama jokes may be part of the act, Comics for Courage is about a bigger issue that transcends politics, Hood says.

“You don’t have to be partisan. It’s not, ‘Who did you vote for?’ It’s, ‘Some kid is hurt and you want to help.’ ”

Wounded Warriors get comic relief from vetted acts

IF YOU GO

What: Comics for Courage comedy night benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.

When: 8 p.m. Thursday

Where: Laffs Comedy Caffé, 2900 E. Broadway

Price: $15 single, $25 for two; reservations suggested

Info: 323-8669, www.laffs tucson.com, www.wounded warriorproject.org

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Music

STEPHEN ROSANELLI

Special to Metromix.com

You’ve likely heard of local band Golden Boots, because this is one group that, over its seven-year history, has played any place it could.

Any place?

“We did a show in an office building for AmeriCorps at 9 a.m. under fluorescent lights during a coffee break, where employees came to watch us play” says Ryen Eggleston, who founded the band with Dimitri Manos.

That’s dedication to the craft, folks.

“At another show, our amp blew up onstage” Manos says, “which, by all accounts, is a pretty good sign that you’ve arrived.”

Another good sign came Tuesday with the release of Golden Boots’ latest album, and the accompanying party to celebrate is Friday at Plush. And “The Winter of our Discotheque” (Park the Van) is more than just a clever take on a Shakespearean quote; it’s the next mutation of their self-described “alt-gothic country” sound.

“Each album is different,” Eggleston explains. “I would describe this one as more ‘woody’ sounding.”

“This album is more of a strange, angular creation” Manos offers. To see what they mean, check out their MySpace page for a sample of tracks off the album. (Better yet, buy a copy at the show.)

The band – filled out for the last couple of years by Nathan Sabatino and James Grip – has eight or nine albums, Eggleston estimates. (“There’s some contention between me and Dimitri on this,” Eggleston says.) All have been self-recorded, with “Winter of our Discotheque” captured, he says, at the former Scrappys space downtown.

As with all their albums, it was mixed at Sabatino’s Loveland Studios.

Highlights include “Knife” and “Ghosts,” both of which have videos, and “Country Bat High II,” though we’re not completely sure if the song is a true sequel or even what a “country bat” is, for that matter. Manos seems reluctant to elaborate, merely saying that “Country Bat High II” came about as a Willie Nelson-style ditty that he began working on after the rest of the band went to lunch. It was rediscovered later in the recording process and made the final cut of the album.

We asked about the name Golden Boots and if it referred to the “Academy Awards of the Western” used to honor cowboy movie actors. Wrong. It refers to a lyric in one of their early songs, and they embraced the name after receiving compliments about it and feeling that it fit the band.

This go-with-the-flow ethos brought the two here in the first place. Though they met in the Old Pueblo, Eggleston and Manos hail from Philadelphia and kind of meandered their way to Tucson.

“I was heading out to California, and stopped in Tucson, and just ended up really liking it,” Manos says.

Eggleston, who says he arrived a year later in 2000, had a different approach.

“Well, I was wandering around the country hitchhiking and ended up in New Mexico for a while. I was looking for a city that felt like it had a smaller feel to it. Tucson fit the bill.”

After officially unveiling “Winter” on Friday, the band heads out for a 10-day tour and then, in April, heads to Austin, Texas, to play the Park the Van showcase at South by Southwest.

Lately the two have been listening to such diverse artists as Dead Sea, the noise band Harry P—yand John Denver, and Motown in general. So if that’s any indicator as to what the next Golden Boots album will sound like, it will be interesting to see how the two weave them into their changing soundscape. And, with more than an album out every year, we may just find out soon.

IF YOU GO

What: Golden Boots CD release, with Big Daddy Bobby and Bob Log III

When: 9:30 p.m. Friday

Where: Plush, 340 E. Sixth St.

Price: $7

Info: 798-1298, plushtucson.com

Citizen Staff Writer
Entertainment

Entertainment news about personalities and events with an Old Pueblo connection.

Sleeping Violet CD release party set for Saturday

With songs written with arena-rock constructs – big riffs, dramatic vocal lines, guitar solos, fist-pumping tempos – Tucson fivepiece band Sleeping Violet is ready to release its debut CD “Holding Back.”

The disc was recorded at Tucson’s Loveland Studios by award-winning producer Nathan Sabatine. Its tracks range from rockers such as “The Big Parade” and “Can’t Fill Those Shoes” to more melodic tunes such as “Walls” and “Softly Insane.”

Formed in 2008, the group includes members of prog rock band Sensory Brainwash Project, rockers Eight Way Echo and alternative band Days Unfold.

According to press materials, Sleeping Violet will appeal to fans of Taking Back Sunday and Tongue Dried Sun.

The CD’s unveiling occurs with sets by other local bands, 7 Days of May and Crossing Sarnoff. When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: O’Malleys On Fourth, 247 N. Fourth Ave. Price: call for cover Info: 623-8600

Lederman hosts book

signing at Bookmans

Join local author and Jewish educator Amy Lederman as she discusses her book “One God, Many Paths: Finding Meaning and Inspiration in Jewish Teachings.” When: 7-8:30 p.m. Jan. 29 Where: Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, 1930 E. Grant Road Price: free Info: 325-5767, www.bookmans.com

Tucson resident McCarthy wins showcase on ‘Price is Right’

Tucson resident Kelsey McCarthy won the showcase on Monday’s “The Price is Right,” walking away with about $21,000 in kitchen appliances, living room furniture and maid service for the year.

The experience on the popular TV game show “was a dream come true. It was amazing,” says McCarthy, 26, a special education teacher at Gale Elementary School.

To boost their chances of being told to “come on down!” she and her friends wore bright yellow shirts emblazoned with a giant picture of host Drew Carey and the words “Drew’s Crew.”

She bid the closest to the actual price of a ceramic cooker. She then played for a car but lost out.

She was charmed by Carey, whom she says is “very nice, very sweet and a lot more handsome in person.”

Tucson Citizen makes it onto PerezHilton.com

OK, folks, the Tucson Citizen is officially a celebrity, because it’s been mentioned on PerezHilton.com, “Hollywood’s most hated Web site.”

Over the weekend the site, managed by snarky entertainment blogger Perez Hilton, ran this tidbit in its Media Minute under the headline “R.I.P.”

“Newspaper publisher Gannett is offering to sell certain assets of the Tucson Citizen. If a sale is not completed by March 21, Gannett said it will have to close the newspaper.”

The post elicited five comments ranging from the indifferent (“Yawn. So What?”), the concerned (“You know Tucson is going down the drain. Instead of advertising for sales, everything is advertising ‘going out of business’ . . .”)., and the curious (“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity . . .” – part of a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.).

Send submissions to calendar@tucsoncitizen.com.

Citizen Staff Writer
Music

CHUCK GRAHAM

cgraham@tucsoncitizen.com

The Tucson Jewish Film Festival heads into its second weekend, adding a live performance by the Saul Kaye Jewish Blues Band to highlight the TJFF Chai 18th Anniversary & Bar Mitzvah Party! That exclamation point is an official part of the title, to emphasize the exuberance of this occasion.

Kaye is a career blues and jazz musician with six solo CDs on his résumé. Last year he recorded a 12-song album of Jewish blues and began spreading the word coast to coast. His intent is to give biblical figures from the Old Testament and the Torah a new voice, often presented in secular settings.

Born in South Africa, Kaye traveled with his parents to their new home in central California. As a kid he was drawn to the blues through late night radio. In his early teen years Kaye began playing guitar in blues jams, later attended Berklee College and then nurtured his blues love in northern California.

“At the Tucson JCC we’ll be playing some of the more high-energy tunes from the album (“Jewish Blues”), but please make two things clear about the show: it is not klezmer music and I’m not proselytizing. I don’t have an agenda.”

Kaye always felt a symbiotic bond with the African blues tradition coming from the history of slavery in America.

“Jews have been enslaved in many countries over the centuries, including Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Rome, Greece, Germany and Malta,” Kaye explains. “So, like the African slave experience proved to be a catalyst for blues, so the path of Jewish history fostered its own form of soulful tears.”

Given the volatile situation in Israel right now, Kaye also believes it is important “to take these stories out of the political agenda and put them into the home, among families where they belong.”

That would include a concert setting, as well, for Kaye’s experience as an entertainer in both secular and Jewish surroundings has been equally positive. He believes in the power of people going out to hear the music, to experience it while feeling they are part of a singular community

“In a Jewish setting, people are really listening to the words,” he says. “In a more secular setting, they are listening to the groove.”

The Chai 18th Anniversary & Bar Mitzvah Party! begins with a special screening of the 2008 family comedy “Sixty Six.” British actors Helena Bonham Carter and Eddie Marsan are cast as the parents of 12-year-old Bernie (Gregg Sulkin), whose bar mitzvah falls on the same day as the final match of the 1966 World Cup.

After the movie comes a special dessert reception, pizza and dance party with the Saul Kaye Jewish Blues Band.

The Tucson Jewish Film Festival continues with a full schedule of films through Jan. 22, plus additional films Feb. 15 and Feb. 22. For the remainder of this week’s schedule check the Movie Happenings page.

IF YOU GO

What: Tucson Jewish Film Festival’s Chai 18th Anniversary & Bar Mitzvah Party!

When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

Where: Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road

Price: $18 adults, $15 students, seniors over 65 and JCC members

Info: 299-3000 Ext. 200, tucsonjcc.org

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Music

ADAM MCKIBBIN

Special to Metromix.com

Boulder, Colo., may conjure visions of snow bunnies and jam bands for most people, but Nathaniel Motte and Sean Foreman are determined to stick their city on the map for a different reason. The party-rap duo known as 3OH!3 is on the rise with a grimy, grungy new album (“Want”) that pulls heavily from crunk and electro. For the past year, they’ve been inciting sweaty young Coloradoans to throw faux gang signs and sing along to lines like “Shush, girl, shut your lips/Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips.” After a successful summer on the Warped Tour, they’re now taking their party-time gospel from coast to coast and perform in Tucson on Thursday.

Motte recently sat down with Metromix to discuss beat-making, partying, parodying and chasing half-naked after fans.

Q: You and Sean met in physics class. Were you good students?

A: Yeah, I actually graduated summa cum laude – like 3.95, I think. Sean did an English major and math minor and I think he graduated with a 3.93 or something like that. So, yeah, we were both really good students.

That’s not very rock ‘n’ roll.

Or it’s very rock ‘n’ roll. It works either way.

If you guys are just out at a club or at someone else’s concert, are you two still the party starters? Is that strictly stage persona?

We’re not going apes— every second of our lives. (Laughs) I mean, it is a persona and it is something that we adopt and can quickly get into when we have shows. I think in life we’re just a couple of dudes who like to have fun. We’re not wasted and throwing up all the time with tons of babes all over. Not by any means. It’s mostly dudes hanging around.

But there’s a lot of girl drama on the disc. Have any of the real-life inspirations ever nailed you for putting them in a song?

Not too much. We definitely draw from some specific life experiences in our songs, and Sean does a little more of the lyrics than I do, but I think it’s mostly witty, sassy stuff that can be applied to a lot of different aspects of our lives. But, yeah, for one reason or another, a lot of that comes out as based around chicks.

Who do you think is making the best beats these days?

I think there’s a lot of crazy s—. Benny Blanco, who we’ve worked with, is really incredible. He’s like a 20-year-old crazy genius. We’ve been influenced by the electro s— that’s coming out of everywhere, but especially the French stuff like Justice. As the technology gets cheaper and more accessible, it’s incredibly liberating. Anyone can make beats. If it weren’t for cheap beat-making technology, we wouldn’t be doing what we’re doing.

There’s a tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top quality to much of “Want.” Most of your fans who throw up gang signs are presumably not in gangs. Does that make it all a parody on some level?

There’s an important distinction that we draw: rather than making fun of music, we’re having fun with music. Coming out of the scene we came out of, we felt sometimes that it was taboo to have fun. Music had to be so heavy. We want to have fun with the s— we do – whether that’s rap or that’s electro. We’re dead serious about the music we make. We try to make music that’s new and different and progressive. But one of our main motivating factors is to have fun.

You get some pretty interesting offers from your female fans online. I saw an invitation to a dry humping session and a few offers to bear children.

Ooh, there we go. I’m gonna take those up. I think that’s a good decision for me at this point in my life.

Have you had a crazy fan interaction in person?

You know what, last night, we had a crazy great show. It was sold out and exactly what we’d hoped – sweaty, crazy kids going apes—. At some point, someone stole Sean’s shirt from the stage – because by that point we were half-naked and it was too hot to be in clothes. At the end of the show, we were hanging out and signing autographs and Sean was talking to a fan about his shirt – and she said “Oh, it’s in that pickup truck over there.” Sean turns and looks over and this pickup truck screeches off. So Sean chases it. He’s dressed just in Daisy Dukes and basketball shoes and he’s running this truck down. They get to a red light and he thinks he’s going to get his shirt back, but the truck just blew the red light and kept rolling. (Laughs)

But s— gets crazy up there – whether it’s us in the mosh pit getting our belts ripped off or Sean bleeding pretty much every night from some sort of random injury. It gets crazy. It’s not a show unless we sweat and bleed.

IF YOU GO

What: 3oh!3 in concert

When: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Thursday

Where: The Rock, 136 N. Park Ave.

Price: $12

Info: 629-9211, www.ticketmaster.com

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Shopping

Q: I started collecting beer cans when I was a teenager and now have several hundred, mostly representing breweries or brands that no longer exist. Some of the more obscure ones include Denver Beer, Topper, GB, and Acme. I would like to contact others who share my hobby. – Cole, Tucson

A: First, let’s review a little history. Before Prohibition, beer was shipped in kegs. The first patent for a lined can was issued to the American Can Co. in 1934. Gotfried Kruger Brewing Co. was the first to use the new container. Cans were an inexpensive alternative to kegs and an immediate success. The cone-top can was introduced in 1935 and the aluminum pop top in 1962. Serious collectors search for cans that are free of dents and rust. Some collectors purchase only cans that have been opened from the bottom.

Typical prices for rarer cans include Fox Deluxe Beer, cone top, $300; Frankenmuth Premium Dry, $90; Lion Pilsner Crowntainer, cone top, $350; Velvet Glow, $55; Wiedeman’s Special Bohemian Brew, $350; and Tivoli Western, $45.

One of the better clubs is Beer Can Collectors of America, 747 Merus Court, Fenton, MO 63026, and www.bcca.com. There are several guides. My favorite is the Official Price Guide to Beer Cans by Bill Mugrage, published by House of Collectibles and in its fifth edition. Although this book is a little dated, it contains a great deal of information and should be helpful, especially for the new collector.

Q: My sister has a casserole dish that is marked Kitchen Kraft. We remember this piece from when we were children and think it might be from the 1940s. How much do you think it’s worth? – Lucy, Tucson

A: Kitchen Kraft is a line of kitchenware that was produced by Homer Laughlin during the 1930s. I don’t know the color of your casserole but found two on eBay, a cobalt blue piece, $95, and the other in yellow, $50.

Q: I have an Avon bottle, “Kitten’s Hideaway,” which was issued at least 30 years ago. I have been offered $25 for it but think that might too low. – Carole, Tucson

A: Take the $25. Your bottle is from 1974 and is valued at $10.

E-mail questions to contactlarrycox@aol.com

FIND OF THE WEEK

It isn’t unusual to find an old turn-of-the-century typewriter but it is more difficult to find a vintage machine with its original shipping crate. This Remington Standard from about 1910 is $350 at American Antique Mall, 3130 E. Grant Road.

Citizen Staff Writer
Culture

CHUCK GRAHAM

cgraham@tucsoncitizen.com

The long friendship between contemporary composers Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson is the subject of “Copland and Me,” presented Sunday afternoon by Chamber Music Plus Southwest.

Thomson is the “Me” in the production, his part played by Armin Shimerman, best known for his roles in the “Star Trek” series on TV. The actor played Quark, the entrepreneurial Ferengi bartender who ran all the entertainment concessions on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”

The womanizing alien’s love for gold is well-documented. Quark has appeared in three of the “Star Trek” series – “Deep Space Nine,” “The Next Generation” and “Voyager.”

Prior to his adventures in outer space, Shimerman had rewarding stage careers in Los Angeles and New York. He played in the Broadway production of Richard Rodgers “I Remember Mama,” appeared with Chris Sarandon and Teri Garr in “Broadway,” with Lynn Redgrave in “St. Joan” and in Joseph Papp’s production of “Three Penny Opera” starring Raul Julia.

In the music world, Thomson was not only considered one of America’s most respected composers, he was also regarded as one of the country’s most knowledgeable music critics. Writing in the New York Herald Tribune, he became known in the first half of the 20th century for his keen analysis of trends in all forms of music.

At the same time, Thomson maintained a close personal friendship with Copland. The two met in Paris shortly after World War I, when both were students of the French pedagogue Nadia Boulanger.

Not long after, Copland returned to the United States to begin his career. Thomson remained in Paris until the Nazis pressured his return to America in the mid-1930s.

“Copland and Me” was written by cellist Harry Clark, co-founder of CMPS with concert pianist Sanda Schuldmann. Both will perform, plus soprano Jennifer Nagy.

Clark and Schuldmann will complement Shimerman’s portrayal by playing selections from Thomson and Copland as well as works by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Included in the program are songs by Thomson set to texts written by Gertrude Stein. There is also a seldom-performed Bernstein piece for soprano, piano and cello.

IF YOU GO

What: Chamber Music Plus Southwest presents “Copland and Me,” starring Armin Shimerman

When: 3 p.m. Sunday

Where: Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

Price: $35

Info: 400-5439, www.cmpsouthwest.org

Citizen Staff Writer
Comedy

OTTO ROSS

ottoross@tucsoncitizen.com

Comedian Doug Stanhope has no reservations joking around about his wife’s abortion or the porn he watches during a drug binge.

These are simply the more interesting parts of his life he uses in his generally raunchy comedy routines.

After being stood-up by Stanhope at the scheduled time of our interview I was glad to receive an explanation on my voice mail four hours later.

“Hey, it’s Stanhope. Sorry, I’m an a—–. I went parasailing all day and forgot all about (the interview.)”

When I did manage to get a hold of Stanhope he was loading up at a wine bar in the Tampa International Airport waiting to catch a plane to Tucson for his show here Saturday at Club Congress.

Stanhope started his comedy career hanging around dive clubs in Las Vegas in the ’90s. He missed the big comedy boom of the ’80s, so Vegas’ open mics were better than nothing.

“There were six open mics a week,” Stanhope says. “They were all really (crappy), but it was stage time.”

Eventually Stanhope was picked out of the masses of casual comedians and got bumped up to the red line lounge circuit – also crappy – where he slowly rose in the ranks to his current comedian status.

It was during his time in traditional comedy clubs that Stanhope began to run into trouble regarding the subject matter of his sketches.

“Comedy clubs cater to anybody who thinks comedy is just one narrow product. At one point I was fired within the week,” Stanhope says. “People didn’t know who they were coming to see.”

Stanhope never let these setbacks get him down.

“They would usually pay you,” he says. “They help you work less for the same money.”

These days Stanhope tends to stay away from the comedy club scene and prefers to perform in bars. Stanhope has developed such a strong fan base that he could perform just about anywhere and draw an accepting crowd, he says.

“I just tell (my fans) where I’m going to be and they show up no matter what the club is. It could be a gay bar, it doesn’t matter,” he says. “Whatever it is, it turns into a Doug Stanhope club for that night.”

It has taken no shortage of time to develop that particular group of fans. Stanhope, who is 41, will soon be approaching 20 years since those open mics in Vegas and after all that time he seems to have become a little jaded about comedy.

“I hate to say this because it will be misread, but (comedy) is such a fraudulent art form, pretending to say things as if you just made them up, even though you say them every night!”

Not only does the delivery become monotonous, but after a while it sometimes becomes difficult for Stanhope to come up with new material. Luckily, life always manages to throw a curveball to replenish his arsenal.

“In this career you go through valleys when you think, ‘I’m done. I’m washed up. I can’t think of a new joke. I can’t think of a new opinion or anything interesting.’ Then your mother kills herself using her White Russian to down her morphine pills and you think, ‘Wow, that’s something.’ ”

Fortunately or unfortunately, Stanhope says his current tour is full of new and interesting material and his visit to Club Congress will have no shortage of updated hilarity.

Living just a couple hours from Tucson in Bisbee, Stanhope is no stranger to Club Congress, nor is his cat.

“Club Congress is one of my favorite places to perform,” he says. “We have a cat named Meatwig that came from Club Congress. We found it behind the jukebox; I was drunk, I thought it was a rat.”

While some, perhaps many, may be offended by Stanhope’s viewpoints or the things he discusses, popularity is the furthest thing from his mind. As for fame or fortune, Stanhope’s goals for the future are modest. “To have as much fun as I possibly can, because you die at the end. That’s what I’ve heard.”

Comic, cat dig Club Congress

IF YOU GO

What: Doug Stanhope Comedy Performance

When: 8 p.m. Saturday

Where: Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St.

Price: $20

Info: 622-8848, hotelcongress.com

Freelance
Music

CARRIE GAYNE

Special to Metromix.com

Here’s what we learned after 10 minutes on the phone with Mason Jennings: Not a lot. This is a man, apparently, who likes to let the music do the talking.

It’s a good thing, then, that Jennings is on his seventh album, which was recorded in the woods of Minnesota. Playing all of the instruments himself – guitar, bass, drums, piano and harmonica – “In the Ever” was released on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. It was his first time working with the label and, he says, it was a pleasant experience for him.

“Everyone (at Brushfire) was really supportive,” Jennings says. He plans on staying with the label for his next album, which he hopes to start in winter.

He speaks rather vaguely about his songs, using words such as “folk,” “sparse and intimate” and “personal” to describe them. He also notes his music “doesn’t sound like anybody else’s.” Oh, and Johnny Cash is his favorite musician.

Not specific enough? We didn’t think so either, because there are several standouts on “In the Ever.”

“Something About Your Love” sounds like it came off Neil Young’s 2000 “Silver & Gold.” It’s a beautiful song, the kind of song that people fall in love to and want played at their wedding four years later. It’s the type of song that many people would love for their partners to write for them, perhaps getting depressed when they discover that will never happen. And then there’s “Your New Man,” a cute story Jennings tells about losing a girl and then getting her back.

“I Love You and Buddha Too” is easy to like as well, a catchy and upbeat take on religious tolerance. “How Deep is That River?” is another tune about religion, except it’s a bit more serious. In it, Jennings seems to explore the depth of his beliefs. It’s thoughtful and shows that he’s always trying to learn more about himself and grow as an individual.

In addition to channeling energies into his new album, which was released in May, Jennings also contributed to the soundtrack for “I’m Not There,” director Todd Haynes’ recreation of Bob Dylan’s life. Haynes used different actors (most notably Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett) to portray Dylan in the various stages (and personalities) of his life. The soundtrack sees Dylan’s songs as performed by more than two dozen musicians, including Tucson’s own Salvador Duran and members of Calexico. For his part, Jennings interpreted Dylan’s “The Times They Are A Changin’” and “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” both of which were lip-synched by actor Christian Bale. Not a bad gig.

At the end of the “I’m Not There” project, Jennings says, he got to perform in New York City with all the musicians who appeared on the album. It was a rewarding and fun experience for him, he recalls.

Jennings’ upcoming trip to the Old Pueblo will be his fifth visit to our fair city. And, he says, he’s excited to be coming back. Although he’s pretty partial to the north woods, Jennings notes he enjoys Tucson with its rugged charm, Hotel Congress and trains howling through downtown.

Who does he expect to see at his show? Well, just about anybody. His music seems to appeal to a diverse group of people of all ages and backgrounds.

“That’s the great thing about it,” he says.

IF YOU GO

What: Mason Jennings

When: 8 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St.

Price: $16 advance, $18 day of show

Freelance
Music

CARRIE GAYNE

Special to Metromix.com

Here’s what we learned after 10 minutes on the phone with Mason Jennings: Not a lot. This is a man, apparently, who likes to let the music do the talking.

It’s a good thing, then, that Jennings is on his seventh album, which was recorded in the woods of Minnesota. Playing all of the instruments himself – guitar, bass, drums, piano and harmonica – “In the Ever” was released on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. It was his first time working with the label and, he says, it was a pleasant experience for him.

“Everyone (at Brushfire) was really supportive,” Jennings says. He plans on staying with the label for his next album, which he hopes to start in winter.

He speaks rather vaguely about his songs, using words such as “folk,” “sparse and intimate” and “personal” to describe them. He also notes his music “doesn’t sound like anybody else’s.” Oh, and Johnny Cash is his favorite musician.

Not specific enough? We didn’t think so either, because there are several standouts on “In the Ever.”

“Something About Your Love” sounds like it came off Neil Young’s 2000 “Silver & Gold.” It’s a beautiful song, the kind of song that people fall in love to and want played at their wedding four years later. It’s the type of song that many people would love for their partners to write for them, perhaps getting depressed when they discover that will never happen. And then there’s “Your New Man,” a cute story Jennings tells about losing a girl and then getting her back.

“I Love You and Buddha Too” is easy to like as well, a catchy and upbeat take on religious tolerance. “How Deep is That River?” is another tune about religion, except it’s a bit more serious. In it, Jennings seems to explore the depth of his beliefs. It’s thoughtful and shows that he’s always trying to learn more about himself and grow as an individual.

In addition to channeling energies into his new album, which was released in May, Jennings also contributed to the soundtrack for “I’m Not There,” director Todd Haynes’ recreation of Bob Dylan’s life. Haynes used different actors (most notably Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett) to portray Dylan in the various stages (and personalities) of his life. The soundtrack sees Dylan’s songs as performed by more than two dozen musicians, including Tucson’s own Salvador Duran and members of Calexico. For his part, Jennings interpreted Dylan’s “The Times They Are A Changin’” and “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” both of which were lip-synched by actor Christian Bale. Not a bad gig.

At the end of the “I’m Not There” project, Jennings says, he got to perform in New York City with all the musicians who appeared on the album. It was a rewarding and fun experience for him, he recalls.

Jennings’ upcoming trip to the Old Pueblo will be his fifth visit to our fair city. And, he says, he’s excited to be coming back. Although he’s pretty partial to the north woods, Jennings notes he enjoys Tucson with its rugged charm, Hotel Congress and trains howling through downtown.

Who does he expect to see at his show? Well, just about anybody. His music seems to appeal to a diverse group of people of all ages and backgrounds.

“That’s the great thing about it,” he says.

IF YOU GO

What: Mason Jennings

When: 8 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St.

Price: $16 advance, $18 day of show

Citizen Staff Writer
Games

Editor’s note: Tucson Citizen reporter B. Poole has played “World of Warcraft” since March 2007. He is seriously addicted to this online-only game, which allows players to interact with others from around the globe to complete quests or kill non-player characters or each other. Through “World of Warcraft,” Poole has met gamers from Singapore, Brazil, France, New Zealand, Canada and more than a dozen states from Florida to Washington. He sometimes forgets he can’t make himself invisible in real life.

At first, I resisted “World of Warcraft.” That lasted about a week, then I was hooked on the computer game, which can be played only online with a high-speed Internet connection.

I am not alone.

Since WoW launched in 2004, it has grown to more than 11 million subscribers worldwide – each of whom pay $13 to $15 per month. The game, much like other online environments such as Everquest and Second Life, does not have the feel of a video game.

It’s more like a place to hang out with friends – with a heavy dose of shooting, spell-casting and demons, dwarves and dragons.

On Nov. 13, WoW publisher Blizzard Entertainment will release an expansion to the game – “The Wrath of the Lich King.” The much-anticipated launch will bring a fourth continent into the game world – Northrend – as well as thousands of new weapons and other gear and new skills and opportunities for player-vs.-player and player-vs.-environment combat.

The Lich King will also likely lure new players and spur old ones to new enthusiasm. WoW subscribers have been waiting for this launch for more than a year.

The expansion is selling fast in pre-orders. Many stores, including most local Gamestop stores, will be open at midnight Wednesday to let gamers get their hands on the goods as early as possible. Gamestop near Craycroft Road and Broadway has sold more than 200 pre-orders.

Daily WoW player Clint Wallace, a local insurance company staffer, is eagerly awaiting the release.

“I’m going to go to Gamestop to pre-order, just to make sure it’s in stock and I can have it after work on the 13th,” says Wallace, 31.

Some gamers will take vacation days to play next Thursday and Friday. Expect low attendance in some classes at the University of Arizona. Call your favorite store to see if it will be open for midnight sales.

New content, which Blizzard keeps flowing in periodic minor updates between major expansions such as Lich King, is a big draw for Tucsonan Scott Martin, 33, who has played for about 18 months.

“That’s kind of what keeps you coming back,” says Martin, owner of Arena Gaming, 1740 E. Fort Lowell Road. Martin hopes to have the game loaded on computers in his store shortly after the midnight release.

The game has something for everyone. If you want a point-and-shoot combat game, you can play WoW that way. If you want group interaction, you can do that.

There are simple tasks and beasts that can be tackled solo, or there are raid “dungeons,” areas accessible only in high-level groups with advanced weapons and armor.

“Just like life, there are decisions. Whatever you want it to be, it can be,” says Wallace, who sometimes logs in and just chats with friends.

The expansion will also introduce the death knight, a new type of character that combines skills from other classes (there are eight: rogue, mage, hunter, priest, shaman, warrior, paladin and druid). Players will be able to start a death knight at level 55 – more than halfway to the top level of 80 in the expansion. Currently, the top level in WoW is 70, which can take months of daily play to achieve.

New content also includes siege vehicles and destructible buildings and a new player-vs.-player battleground, Strand of the Ancients.

Some of the new features are already in the game. Talent trees, in which players assign points to customize their skills, already show talents to level 80. The skills, however, will not be available unless you buy the expansion.

Another new feature added in a recent update is the achievement system, which tracks accomplishments from the number of fish caught (yes, you can fish in WoW) and number of recipes learned (you can cook, too. I am a Chef de Partie, having learned 75 recipes).

The expansion, which requires both the “World of Warcraft” base game and the “Burning Crusade” expansion released two years ago, will launch with a suggested retail price of $39.99.

BRAD POOLE

bpoole@tucsoncitizen.com

“WRATH OF THE LICH KING”

What: ‘World of Warcraft” expansion

When: Available Nov. 13. Some stores will be open at midnight Wednesday for impatient gamers. Call to check for midnight sales.

Where: Wherever video games are sold

Cost: “World of Warcraft” base game and “Burning Crusade” expansion, $40 when purchased together at Best Buy. “Wrath of the Lich King” expansion, $40. Subscription – $12.99 monthly if paid for six months in advance, $14.99 if paid monthly

Free trial: Free trials of “World of Warcraft are available for download at www.worldofwarcraft.com. For a link see this story at www.tucsoncitizen.com.

GAME TIDBITS

• Includes hundreds of new quests to take characters from level 70 (the current maximum) to 80

• Has a new class, the death knight, which is a “tank” class. Tanks keep the attention of enemies while other players deal damage. The death knight, depending on customized skills, can also be a pure damage-dealer.

• Features new dungeons (player-vs.-environment group play areas) and a new battleground (player-vs.-player area)

• Includes more useful high-level patterns and recipes for all professions

• Has new daily quests, including more quests that will change daily – much the same as current cooking and fishing quests, which rotate daily

• The first patch (downloadable upgrade) after the Lich King release will allow ground mounts to swim

• The first patch after the Lich King release will include siege weapons that can destroy buildings

Citizen Staff Writer
Music

CLAIRE ENGELKEN

calendar@tucsoncitizen.com

With the nation’s financial situation looking rather dismal these days, it’s important to support the local economy . . . but don’t worry, this contribution will be fun. For one night only, downtown will become a mecca for all things music during the annual Club Crawl on Saturday. And the concept is simple, too: more than 75 (almost all) local bands and musicians performing at 24 different clubs, bars and outdoor stages, all for about $10.

While Club Crawl offers a variety of musicians to choose from, James Brown-loving, musical Renaissance man Michael P. Nordberg promises to make his audience smile . . . and dance. Nordberg, a longtime local musician, is bringing his “funky R&B sound” to the Bud Light Lime Music stage.

“The exposure is great,” says Nordberg, 39, a newcomer to the event. “I like the idea of it (Club Crawl) and I definitely would like to do this in the future.”

Nordberg isn’t rockin’ the Club Crawl gig solo, however. He will be joined onstage by the Michael P. Band, a group of nine locals made up of backup singers, tenor and baritone saxophone players and a percussionist.

“Everybody in the band are big-time professional people, and bandleaders in their own right, so I try not to push us too much,” Nordberg says. “We don’t feel a lot of pressure, so when we do get together it’s great. I feel like there’s a future with this particular group of people.”

Despite emerging on the local music scene in high school as a budding percussionist, Nordberg only recently formed the Michael P. Band.

“With this particular band, it still feels like it’s very young,” he says. “I feel like we are starting at the beginning and trying to gain a following; it’s hit or miss.”

After releasing an album in May, titled “Hungry Like a Hound Dog,” Nordberg said he was unsure about the future of the band. After a “great set” at the Tucson Weekly’s Tucson Area Music Awards (TAMMIES), Nordberg decided the Michael P. Band was worth investing in.

“The sound was wonderful and the people were just great,” he says. “It made me want to keep going with this in a lot of ways. It did touch people, and I thought maybe we could do some more of this.”

The band plays songs written by Nordberg, many from his recent album.

“I just write about everyday life situations. I wish I was a better writer, but honestly, I just try to make the words rhyme,” Nordberg says. “I wish I had something to say like Bob Dylan, but really I just want to jam.”

Nordberg has been “jamming” in Tucson since the ’80s. After graduating from Santa Rita High School with a strong background in percussion, Nordberg pursued his passion through the help of a University of Arizona percussion scholarship. It was in college that Nordberg picked up both the bass and the guitar, and decided to take his career to the next level with a move to New York.

After a decade in the Big Apple, Nordberg returned to the Tucson music scene.

“Tucson has a huge wealth of local musicians, but it seems like a lot of the places (venues) are closing down and the interest from people is waning,” he says. “I played in a band here 15 years ago and there were so many places available. It wasn’t hard to make a living. Now, it’s really hard.”

Despite the lack of local venues, Nordberg has managed to stay busy. In addition to his solo career and the Michael P. Band, he plays in various local bands ranging from “country and rock ‘n’ roll to more rockabilly stuff.”

“I play almost every night of the week,” he says. “If you name a local musician, I probably know them and have played with them.”

To home in on “one particular funky type sound,” Nordberg formed his current band.

“The horn players really kicked up the sound,” he says. “And one of my favorite things to do is sing with ‘The Chimes,’ which is what I call my two backup singers.”

SCHEDULE

Schedule is subject to change. Go to clubcrawl.ning.com for updated schedules and maps.

Bud Light Lime Music Stage, slightly north of the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue

8 p.m. – Nancy McCallion

9 – Grams and Krieger

10 – Mr. Boogie Woogie and Guitar Ray (Holland)

11 – Al Foul

midnight – Michael P. Band

KRQ Stage, Rialto Parking Lot, 318 E. Congress St.

8 – Kool Shades

9 – Spirit Familia

10 – Cosmic Slop

11 – Tongue Dried Sun

midnight – American Android

Cricket/ The Mountain Stage, slightly north of the Congress Street and Fifth Avenue intersection

8 – Skitn

9 – Loren Dircks

10 – Haley Jane

11 – Little Sisters of the Poor

midnight – Greyhound Soul

Tejano / La Preciosa Stage, slightly east of the Congress Street and Sixth Avenue intersection

8 – Ritmo Tejano

9 – L.N.O.

10 – Relente

11-1 – Se Salen

Rialto, 318 E. Congress St.

8 – Marianne Dissard

9 – Andrew Collberg

10 – Fell City Shouts

11 – The Jons

midnight – Mucca Pazza (Chicago)

Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St.

8 – Garboski

9 – Mission Creeps

10 – Crossing Sarnoff

11 – Family of Light

midnight – Blackwood & Co.

Congress Outdoor Stage, Hotel Congress parking lot, 311 E. Congress St.

8 – Feel Good Revolution

9 – Underwater Getdown (Phx)

10 – R’Cougar

11 – The Swim

midnight – Holy Rolling Empire

The District, 260 E. Congress St.

Church of Rock Revelations

Hosted by Rev. Larry

9 – Hellrancho (Phoenix)

10 – SuperGiant (Albuquerque, N.M.)

11 – Holy Dose

midnight – Great American Tragedy

1 a.m. – Split Hoof (Austin,Texas)

Sharks, 256 E. Congress St.

8:30 – Bala Blanca

9:45 – Los Nawdy Dawgs

11 – Noid

midnight – DJ Chucky Chingon

Sports On Congress, 254 E. Congress St.

Hosted by Black 1

10 – Random

10:30 – Novelty

11 – Big Meridox with DJ Bonus

11:30 – People of the Sun

midnight – “Get Loose” with DJ Bonus and DJ Hometown Herm

Vaudeville Cabaret, 110 E. Congress St.

9 – Wolfman & the Nards

10 – Lovemound

11 – Midnight Ghost Train (New York)

12 – Tom Walbank

1 – Last Call Brawlers

O’Malleys, 247 N. Fourth Avenue

9 – Citizen Saint

10 – AV (Phoenix)

11 – Abandoned By Heroes

12:30 a.m. – Redlands

The Hut, 305 N. Fourth Ave.

8 – The Right Thing

9 – Ghost Cow

10 – The Hounds

11 – Shrimp Chaperone

12:30 a.m. – Troy’s Bucket

The Hut Outdoor Stage, 305 N. Fourth Ave.

8 – Mickey Blues Robinson and The Mighty Joel Ford

9 – Thee El Camino Royals

10 – Dusty Buskers

11 – Planet Jam

12 – Tryst

Red Room at The Grill, 100 E. Congress St.

10-midnight – DJ Sid Da Kid

Winsett Park, 316 N. Fourth Ave.

7-9 – Desert Bluegrass Association

Delectables, 533 N. Fourth Ave.

7-9 – Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl

Cushing Street Bar, 198 W. Cushing St.

7-10 – Jeff Lewis and Friends

Magpies, 605 N. Fourth Ave.

7-9 – 4th St. String Band

Martin’s, 557 N. Fourth Ave.

8-10 – Salvador Duran

Chocolate Iguana, 500 N. Fourth Avenue, Suite No. 1

7-9 – Phil Borzillo

Café Passe, 415 N. Fourth Ave.

7-9 – Jimmy Carr hosts: Jim Cox, Rosano Bros., Tharon Carlson and David Bryant

Enoteca, 58 W. Congress St.

6-9 – Mood Swing

Casa Vincente, 375 S. Stone Ave.

7-9 – flamenco dancing and music

IF YOU GO

What: Fall Club Crawl

When: 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday

Where: various downtown venues, including outdoor stages

Price: Wristbands are $8 in advance and $10 at the door, and are available at all three Bookman’s locations.

Info: www.clubcrawl.net