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The IST List: Week of August 1
Seriously, is it time for First Thursday again? Highlights of this busy week include Neva Dinova at Emo's on Tuesday, Need New Body at The Parish on Wednesday, the Milago Moonlight Margarita Run on Thursday, and Dance Disaster Movement at The Parish on Friday.
Did we forget anything? Let us know.
M O N D A Y
art · The "Texas Monkey Project" is currently on exhibit at Progress Coffee [pictured: Michael Sieben's "Pink Monkey"]
music · Paris 49 weekly gig at Continental Club. No cover, non-smoking. [mp3 sample: Paris 49 - Chez Yvette]
music · 54 Seconds weekly gig at Lucky Lounge time [stream: 54 Seconds on Myspace]
theatre · Ginsberg, freedom of speech, and the now-famous 1957 obscenity trial come together with "Beat. A Play on Words" at Blue Theatre. 8pm. Through Wednesday.
T U E S D A Y
music · Neva Dinova, Mayday, Ghosts of the Russian Empire, and Real Live Tigers at Emo's. 10pm [mp3: Neva Dinova - At Least the Pain is Real]
music · Jack Johnson at The Backyard (sold out, but plenty of scalpers are happy to dump their tickets on you) 6:30pm [stream: Jack Johnson's Debut Album, Brushfire Fairytales]
theatre · Your last chance to catch "hOle" at The Vortex. 8:30pm
film · Ain't It Cool News brings you "Old Boy" at the Drafthouse Downtown (also Wednesday at 7pm) . 9:45pm
dance · Four on the Floor begin their August series of swing and lindy hop dance lessons at the Texas Federation of Women's Club. Take it from us - the instructors are amazing. [map]
music · Rock 'n Roll Duo Lottery at Beerland - 5 guitarists, 5 drummers, impromptu sets.
W E D N E S D A Y
music · Bring your dancing shoes and brace yourself for some stunning theatrics time when Need New Body take over The Parish with Pit er Pat (warning: first link will almost certainly induce nausea and/or vomiting). 10pm [mp3: Need New Body - Eskimo]
music · Loxsly, The Shells, and The Ta-das at Stubb's. [mp3: Loxsly - Dramatador]
music · Miss Lavelle White at Blues on the Green. 7:30pm [mp3: link]
in-store · She won't be playing a proper show, but Shannon McNally makes a short stop at Waterloo Records for an in-store. [mp3: Shannon McNally - Geronimo]
lecture · San Diego artist Victor Ochoa discusses "Chicano's in the Next Millennium: a Platica on Muralismo" at Resistencia Bookstore. 7pm [map]
fitness · Last Sunstroke Summer Stampede 5k at Town Lake, 7pm.
( F I R S T ) T H U R S D A Y
art · d berman gallery's newest show (warning: link contains nudity) features some amazing photography - George Krause's "Sfumato Nudes" presents the human form in all its flawed splendor while Sean Perry captures industrial forms in glorious black and white. 6-8pm. [image: "Revelation" by Sean Perry]
music · Labrador Retriever Rescue Benefit at Continental Club with Haybale, Daniel Link, and Rock Bottom Choir. $12, 10pm. [mp3: Daniel Link - Angel Falls]
film · Live chainsaws in the theatre and sushi models when the Drafthouse Downtown screens "American Psycho" with The Yuppie Pricks. 9:45pm and 11:45pm
music · Hurts to Purr, Maneja Beto, and La La Land at Trophy's. 9pm [stream: Hurts to Purr on Myspace]
music · Before 54 Seconds' bassist Rachel Loy embarks on a solo tour, check her out at Momo's above Katz's. 9:30pm
theatre · Check out Refraction Arts' performance of "The Philomel Project: A Barbarous Pleasure" at Blue Theatre before they embark for the New York International Fringe Festival! $15-$30, 10:30pm. Through Saturday
art · Gallery opening for Tina Medina's new mixed media works at Women & Their Work. 6-8pm.
fitness · The Town Lake Trail Foundation hosts the first annual Milago Moonlight Margarita 5k Run with music along the short trail provided by Darden Smith, Woode Wood and Abby Jones. Sunset, or around 8:20pm [race map]
music · Factory People host an advanced listening party of the new GENaustin benefit CD, oriGENal Voice, which features tracks by Blues Traveler, Matt the Electrician, Patty Griffin, Bob Schneider and tons more. Album contributor Shawn Pander will be signing, DJ Mahealani spins. 6pm
F R I D A Y
music · Dim Mak's Dance Disaster Movement with Kill Me Tomorrow and Glass Candy at The Parish Room. 10pm [mp3: DDM - Get Back on the Starting Line]
music · We're more than a little smitten with Holly Golightly, who's play Emo's along with Tom Hein and The Ugly Beats. 10pm [stream: Holly Golightly - Slowly But Surely LP]
music · The Arm with Young Heart Attack and Curt Kirkwood at Antone's. 8pm [mp3: The Arm - Vile Lives]
in-store · The Sidekick at End of an Ear. 6pm
