December 15-21

Monday, December 15:

Nic Goodson (Sleepy Horses), Ryan Hetrick, Craig Lieske (Garbage Island, Ether Frolic), Chip Mckenzie (Still, Small Voice and the Joyful Noise), Jef Whatley (Still, Small Voice and the Joyful Noise). Flicker. 8:30 p.m. FREE. www.myspace.com/flickerbar.

Holiday Free-4-All.

Tuesday, December 16:

Dead Confederate, Manchester Orchestra, All Get Out, Kevin Devine. 40 Watt. 8 p.m. $10 (advance). http://www.40watt.com/.

Wednesday, December 17:

The Dumps, Pride Parade, The Answer. 40 Watt. 8 p.m. $5 (Free with toy!) http://www.40watt.com/.

40 Watt Christmas Party. Open to the public, free admission with a toy.

Twin Tigers, Grape Soda, Witches. Go Bar. 10 p.m. FREE. www.myspace.com/gobar.

Immuzikation, Ashtray. Caledonia. 10 p.m. $5. http://www.caledonialounge.com/.

Thursday, December 18:

T.T. Mahoney and the Standard 8, Charlie Brown Christmas Live, Hola Halo. Flicker. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar.

The brilliance of T.T. and the boys on display as they perform Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas live in it's entirity. Get in the holiday spirit!

Friday, December 19:

Sleepy Horses, Brian Connell, Jim Willingham. Flicker. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar.

Saturday, December 20:

Liz Durrett, Ham 1, Jacob Morris, Patrick Carey. Flicker. 6 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar.

More pics from T.T. Mahoney party time

Thanks to Mary Katherine Youngblood for the pics.

You Wanna Get With Maurice?

Thanks to everyone who came to my house last Sunday for our keys player/singer/my roomate Hunter's b-day bash. Special thanks go out to ultimate party band T.T. Mahoney and The Standard 8 for coming over and rocking out our basement in a sailor costume and matching suits. It's taken me a while to post this because I have had a difficult time tracking down some decent photos of the festivities, but luckily J.J. snapped this one on his Blackberry and emailed it to me. Sure was a good time though and suprisingly the show sounded really good even though we crammed the band into a tiny little concrete enclosure. I had more than one person tell me that we must do this again sometime. Look out Secret Squirrel there's a new d.i.y. venue in town. If anybody who was there somehow reads this give me some pictures please.