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KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE ROCK-N-ROLL GROUND!!!

Sad Dog MySpace Profile Song of the Week: �The Slimm Slide� by Wild Chipmunk and The Cuddly Poos
www.myspace.com/saddogkc

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
Lillibelle Presents: A Kid Friendly Show @ THE RECORD BAR
Featuring Emma Feel and Eric the Magician
Doors open at 4pm
$2 Cover for Children, Kids over 21 Free!
It�s time to introduce the kiddos to the ROCK! The last Lillibelle�s Presents at Record Bar featured It�s Over and proved to be a huge hit! I�ll be there tonight with the niece and nephew in tow. -jaq
www.emmafeelmusic.com / www.lillibellekids.com
Sorry Pups! I had this show listed for Monday, August 7 in last week�s Sad Dog. So, if you thought you missed it�you still have another chance to get tix so the kiddos can get their ROCK ON!

The Pitch Music Awards @ UPTOWN THEATRE (3700 Broadway)
7:30 pm / $5
VIP Tickets $15 and includes pre-party, well drinks and appetizers
You had your chance to vote, you had your chance to check out the nominees last Thursday at the Pitch Showcase in Westport and tonight you�ll see who takes home the prize. Hosted by Brodie Rush, tonight�s awards show features live performances from Anvil Chorus, Grand Marquis, Leo Project, and more.
Tickets available at Uptown Box Office (816) 931-3330 or Ticketmaster (816) 753-8665 www.pitch.com/musicawards/2006

The Pitch Music Awards After Party @ DAVEY�S UPTOWN
Featuring: The Golden Hearted Whores and Be/Non
And the party just keeps getting� better. These two KC favs have the goods to keep you movin� all night!
www.myspace.com/thegoldenheartedwhores / www.be-non.com

Andrew Ashby, Second Story Man, OK Jones Jr. @ THE BRICK
Andrew Ashby plays in a great little band called The Caves with some fellas from The Hearers, The Belles and his other band The String and Return, as well as a lovely little lass from In the Pines. Tonight he takes the stage solo. Second Story Man is an indie band from Louisville.
www.myspace.com/missouricaves / www.myspace.com/secondstoryman

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
The Throttlers, Super Black Market and The Last of the V8�s @ THE BRICK
A high octane charged rock-n-roll trifecta hits The Brick tonight!
www.myspace.com/thethrottlers / www.myspace.com/superblackmarket www.myspace.com/thelastofthev8s

Wild Chipmunk and The Cuddly Poos and Mr. Marco�s V7s @ DAVEY�S UPTOWN
The Poos make us wanna garner roller skates. Truly something to behold � check their MySpace, if you haven�t been witness to this extra-ordinary outfit.
www.myspace.com/wildchipmunkandthecuddlypoos

Bottle Rockets w/ the Bel Airs @ KNUCKLEHEADS
Bloodshot artists the Bottle Rockets are out with a new album �Zoysia� (In Stores Now) and back on the road. I still revisit their first two releases Bottle Rockets and The Brooklyn Side and can remember the days when I traveled to Memphis in May just because they were on the bill. These Festus, MO boys have been bringing on the Americana Rock for over a decade and still kick out the goods. -jaq
www.bottlerocketsmusic.com / www.belairs.com

The Silvermen and The Von Hodads @ MIKE�S TRAVERN
Sponsored by PBR
Tonight�s a CD release party for the local rockabilly trio known as The Silvermen. Special guests The Von Hodads western surf outfit will kick off the festivities.
www.thesilvermen.com / www.myspace.com/thevonhodads

Melismatics, Anvil Chorus and St. Simone @ RECORD BAR
You can�t deny the pipes of Anvil Chorus lead singer Anna Cole!
www.melismatics.com / www.myspace.com/anvilchorus

The GypSea�s 9th Art and Curiosity Show @ THE ROGER �RAMJET� MCBRIDE SCULPTURE PARK (1 & 1/2 Blocks East of 7th and Prospect)
This �Nomadic Installation and Art Event� is the brainchild of local musician Mikal Shapiro. The event runs from 4pm to around the 10:00pm hour and features live music by It�s Over, The Boon and Joel Craft as well as Shadow Puppet Players, water dance performers, fire dancers, burlesque and much more. Tonight is also the CD Release of The Boon�s freshman album �Fools Gold�. For more information contact kooshapiro@yahoo.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
Golden Hearted Whores and Morning 40 Federation @ FRED P. OTTS
The Whores have been somewhat rare lately but here�s your 2nd chance this weekend to catch these rock-n-roll bad boys in action.
A friend recently tried to describe Morning 40 Federation to me. He described this New Orleans group like this, �a bizarre mix of Dixieland, rock, soul, and jazz stirred up with a WHOLE bunch of booze. Kinda like Tom Waits meets Fishbone, meets Dr. John, and that�s not really very accurate.� Basically��hard to describe. They used to play in KC pretty frequently and built a healthy fan base. But it�s been awhile. Hmmm�might have to try and catch this one after Slaid Cleaves of course. �di
www.myspace.com/thegoldenheartedwhores / www.myspace.com/morning40federation

Slaid Cleaves @ KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON
A few years back, on a road trip, I was heading into the KC area and caught a story on NPR about Slaid. This was my first introduction and it was love at first listen. If you visit his website the first words to catch your eye say �Slaid Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes records. Tries to be good.� That pretty much sums it up. This singer-songwriter definitely has that country edge but it must be that northern upbringing that doesn�t let his music venture to far into the woods. He seems to enjoy both sides of the Mason Dixon line as he can sing about eatin� fresh Maine lobster and swimmin� in Barton Springs (Austin, TX) in the same song. I�ve seen him perform live only once when he experienced sound malfunctions leaving him without a microphone. Without a step he moved to the front of the stage, asked everyone to quiet down, and belted it out, truly unplugged. Slaid is the real deal and I can�t think of a better venue than outside at Knuckleheads to see
him perform. Thanks Frank! The ladies of Sad Dog have tickets in hand and are counting the minutes till show time. -jaq
www.slaidcleaves.com

MONDAY, AUGUST 14
Brother Ike�s Rural Grit Happy Hour 6-9pm @ THE BRICK
Rural Grit features an eclectic mix of ever-changing musicians and down-home southern fried cookin�.
www.thebrickkcmo.com

Brodioke, The Ultimate Karaoke Experience, 10pm � 2:30am @ THE BRICK

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15
Needmore Discs presents:
Boozeday Tuesday Matinee @ MIKE�S TAVERN
Featuring: Atomic Kings and Cowtown Playboys
It�s a rockabilly throw down with local boys Cowtown Playboys and Atomic Kings from Fort Smith, Arkansas.
$1 PBR draws
www.atomickings.com / www.cowtownplayboys.com

Gary Numan and New Skin @ RECORD BAR
Uh huh, the man behind the 80�s classic �Cars� is on a North American Tour. But if you are looking for a journey back to the days when bad hair and color coordination were hip heed the warning from Numan�s website, �Anyone looking for a trip down memory lane, well you might as well sell your ticket now because that isn't going to happen.� Get a preview of the show by checking out the album website listed below for some live video footage.
www.numan.co.uk / www.jagged-album.com

George Jones @ THE MISSOURI STATE FAIR (Sedalia, MO)
I have to thank Lynn G and her, always informative, KC Rockabilly E-Newsletter for giving me the heads up on this one. When I was a kid my dad would take me to the MO State Fair every year. We ate too many corn dogs, rode too many rides and watched many a car race...it was always a blast and would definitely be worth the drive to catch country legend George Jones. If you find yourself free and itchin� for a weekday road trip get yourself to Sedalia. -jaq
www.georgejones.com / www.mostatefair.com
Be sure to check out Lynn and Hepkat on 90.1 KKFI every Friday from 5pm to 7pm for the Rockabilly Mood Swing! If you want the scoop on rockabilly and roots rock shows in and around KC, shoot an email to KCRockabilly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe to her weekly E-Newsletter.
www.kkfi.org

Rex Hobart Honky Tonk Supper Club (7pm) @ RECORD BAR
www.rexhobart.com

DJ Rico Spins @ DARK HORSE TAVERN
10pm to 3am Every Tuesday

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16
His Last Chance, and Destination Go @ DAVEY�S UPTOWN
www.myspace.com/hislastchance / www.myspace.com/destinationgo

Anything Goes Wednesday�s @ THE BRICK
Roach of Spice of Life Productions hosts this free Open Mic Night.
Every Wednesday (8:30pm to Midnight), Sign up starts at 7pm
Questions? Email: roach@spiceoflifeproductions.com or for details call
816-421-1634

DJ Robert Moore (10pm to 3am) @ KARMA
Tune into 89.3 FM (KCUR) for Sonic Spectrum every Saturday, 2pm to 4pm, where you�ll hear everything from indie rock to honky tonk.
http://www.kcur.org/sonicspectrum.html

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
Split Lip Rayfield w/ Drakkar Sauna @ DAVEY�S UPTOWN
$15 DOS / $12 Advance; 8:30pm; 21+
We couldn�t believe it when we heard it. Split Lip Rayfield would be coming to Davey�s. As you know Split Lip Rayfield�s guitarist Kirk Rundstrom has been battling esophageal cancer for the past six months or so. That chemo is some mean stuff and often times taking a greater toll on the body than the illness it fights. But, Kirk has been feeling well, exercising, practicing with the boys and wanted to get back up on the stage�rightfully so, it�s where he belongs. There�s not a better way to spend your money this week. You will get one hell of a show. Often hailed as bluegrass, that never quite sits well with me. Sure they play traditional bluegrass instruments but the essence of their punk and metal backgrounds has a mighty clutch on their sound. And as a bonus, Wayne Gottstine (Mandolin), long time Split Lip member who parted ways with the band last year, is slated to join Kirk, Jeff and Eric at a few of their scheduled shows.
You can also purchase CDs from Kirk�s other band Grain & Demise online at www.grainanddemise.com. All money from Grain and Demise CD sales assist with Kirk�s medical bills and help to support his family including two young girls. -di
www.splitliprayfield.com / www.drakkarsauna.com / www.grainanddemise.com

Strange Bedfellows @ RECORD BAR
Spinin� electro-wave classics and more

TRIVIA CLASH w/ Pat Hopewell @ RECORD BAR
Starts 7pm weekly w/ Cash Prizes!
www.myspace.com/triviaclash

Dames Booze Chains & Boots (10pm-2am) @ THE POINT (917 W. 44th Street)
Miss Tex spins the sounds of Rockabilly, Psychobilly and Punk.

ON DECK:
August 18 Split Lip Rayfield @ THE BOTTLENECK (Lawrence, KS)
August 18 Alejandro Escovedo @ DAVEY�S UPTOWN (Tickets on sale now through
Ticketmaster or inquire at Davey�s)
August 18 & 19 The Third Annual North vs. South Music Festival in LAWRENCE, KS
August 19 Split Lip Rayfield @ AUNTIE MAE�S (Manhattan, KS)
August 20 Bruce Cockburn @ GRAND EMPORIUM
August 21 Split Lip Rayfield @ BOTTLENECK (Lawrence, KS)
August 24 Billy Joe Shaver @ KNUCKLEHEADS
August 26 Jon Dee Graham (3-Piece) @ DAVEY�S UPTOWN
September 6 The Paybacks, Federation of Horsepower and Charley Horse @ MIKE�S
TAVERN
September 9 Crossroads Music Festival @ GRINDERS SCULPTURE PARK
September 27 The Black Crowes @ VOODOO LOUNGE (Tickets On Sale August 9)
September 30 Calexico @ BOTTLENECK (Lawrence, KS)
November 10 Bob Schneider @ BOTTLENECK

HEADS UP:
Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra @ DAVEY�S UPTOWN
Friday, August 18th 10pm; $20.00
Time for another big heads up as one of SAD DOG�s all time favs makes his way to the Davey�s stage next weekend, Friday August 18th. Get your tickets now as his shows often sell out. Alejandro was named artist of the decade in 1999 by No Depression Magazine, last month he shared the cover of No Depression with Jon Dee Graham also coming to Davey�s on August 26th. Al recently battled a near fatal bout with Hepatitis C but he�s back as we knew he would be. He is a great artist and composer without parallel, and has shared the stage with artists such as Los Lobos, Wilco, Calexico, and John Cale who produced his latest release �The Boxing Mirror� (May 2006, Back Porch Records). This time through he�s bringing his orchestra. Al�s previous bands include The True Believers, Buick MacKain, Rank and File, and The Nuns. This one is not to be missed!
www.alejandroescovedo.com

ON THE ROAD AGAIN:
It�s Over @ PHYLLLIS�S (Division & Wood, Chicago, IL)
Another heads up to our friends in the Chicago area. It�s Over is headed to Chi-Town and will be performing with Sad Dog compadre Frankie O�Malley (of The Safes) and The Party Downers (Members of Days Off). I caught this line-up a few months ago and it proved to be one mighty fine night of music. -jaq
www.myspace.com/itsoverkansascity / www.thesafes.com

JAQ�S NOTES:
ALERT � LUCERO FANS!
Being a loyal Lucero fan, I subscribed to their email list so that I can keep up with the boys and what�s up in Lucero news. This week I was hit with a bonus update. Their new album �Rebels, Rogues & Swords� is scheduled for release September 26th. Being the kind souls they are, and apparently backed by someone who knows a bit about promotion, they sent out a notice for pre-ordering. By heading to their website you can pre-order the album and the CD will be shipped to you one week prior to the release date; for an additional fee you can get their new limited edition �Rebels, Rogues & Swords� t-shirt and an exclusive 3 pin set (I am a sucker for band merch); and, this is the kicker, an immediate digital download of the album sent to you within 2-4 days of your order! Today I received an email with a link to download the album saying, �this is being sent to you because you were kind enough to purchase the physical CD from Lucero�s web store.� They also kindly ask that I �limit this t
o my personal use�. And being that they were kind enough to share this advance download for my listening pleasure, I feel I must oblige them. I would like to share my thought on this new release with you all, and will in the very near future, but I am currently in the process of the download and need to spend some quality time with the tunes before I can share my thoughts. What can share is that Lucero knows what I like and keeps shellin� out their dirty country punk influenced rock. There hasn�t been a Lucero album that didn�t immediately rule the CD player or a Ben Nichols lyric that didn�t have me singing along in high volume. For now you can visit www.luceromusic.com to preview 4 tracks from the new album or make a purchase and get the download yourself. And the best news of all, with a new album comes a new tour and new dates for November and December will soon be announced. You can also visit http://www.airamerica.com/maddow/ for an archive interview and acoustic song perfor
mance from the Rachel Maddow Show, August 4 at Air America Studios. Enjoy!

DI�S NOTES:
Short and sweet this week. I�m getting out of this heat and hitting the movies tonight. I need to get my scare on and it looks like The Descent is just the ticket. On my trip to Chicago last weekend I picked up a fun read in Chuck Klosterman�s �Killing Yourself to Live: 85% A True Story�. It�s an expansion on an article he wrote for Spin Magazine about his cross-country journey to visit America's most famous rock-n-roll death sites. I�ve been a long time fan of this rock journalist first in his book �Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota,� and then by the hugely entertaining �Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto�. It is sometimes eerie how closely his perspective on culture and his taste match mine but it�s exactly that that makes him such a fun read for me. He�s a regular contributor to Spin Magazine and it�s often those pages I turn to first. His first stop in �Killing Yourself�� is to the Chelsea Hotel where he meets a frustrated G.M. who in
sists that his hotel not be aligned with the death of Nancy Spungen. It was after all, her boyfriend, Sid Vicious that was the accused. That�s about as far as I�ve gotten in his journey because he spends the first chapter discussing how to choose music for a road trip (he ends up packing 600 CDs) and pondering his relationships with two women and admits there�s even a third who we�ll meet later in the book�it is a true road trip book. It doesn�t just capture the highlights but gives you the dirty stuff to�those things that you think about on the open road on the way to the next pit stop.

THANK YOU to Jason Harper (Music Editor, The Pitch) for unknowingly providing us with our subject line this week. Good luck with the big show tomorrow night!

BLOGS AND SITES:
www.backtorockville.typepad.com/
www.littlehits.com
www.livinginstereo.com
www.patchchord.com
www.therestandstheglass.com

ON THE AIR:
WEDNESDAYS:
Mid Day Medley w/ Mark Manning, 10am-noon, 90.1 KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
FRIDAYS:
Friday Morning Buzz w/ Arjay, 6am-8am, 90.1 KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
Rockabilly Mood Swing, 5-7pm, 90.1FM KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
The Red Wheelbarrow, 9-11pm, 90.1 FM KKFI www.kkfi.org (KC)
SATURDAYS:
Cyprus Avenue, 12-2pm, 89.3FM www.kcur.org (KC)
Sonic Spectrum, 2-4pm, 89.3FM www.kcur.org (KC)
Plow the Fields, 2-4pm, 90.7FM www.kjhk.com (Lawrence)
Retro Red-Eye Express, 10pm to 1am, 90.1FM, www.kkfi.org /
http://retroredeye.blogspot.com (KC)
SUNDAYS:
Download, 8-10:30pm, 100.3FM www.v100rocks.com (Topeka)
Homegrown Buzz, 9-10pm, 96.5FM www.965thebuzz.com (KC)
The Lazer Local Music Show, 10pm-12am, 105.9FM www.lazer.com (Lawrence)

KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE ROCK-N-ROLL GROUND !!
Jauqui & Diana & Max (the-ever-happy Sad Dog)
�Support Live Music"
Sad Dog Productions
sad-dog@att.net

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Please contact venues to confirm shows!
Anchor Bar 935 State Line (in the West Bottoms)
Balanca�s www.balancaskc.com
Beaumont Club www.kcclubs.com 816.561.2560
Blayney�s of Westport www.blayneys.com 816.561.3747
Bottleneck, The www.pipelineproductions.com 785.841.5483
Brick, The www.thebrickkcmo.com 816.421.1634
Davey�s Uptown Ramblers Club www.daveysuptown.com 816.753.1909
Fred P. Otts Plaza 816.753.2878
Grand Emporium www.kcclubs.com 816.561.2560
Harry�s Country Club 816.421.3505
Jilly�s (1744 Broadway) 816.221.4977
Knuckleheads Saloon (2715 Rochester) www.knuckleheadskc.com 816.483.1456
Kyle�s Tap Room (6825 N. Oak Trafficway) 816.420.9099
Late Night Theatre (1531 Grand Blvd.) www.latenighttheatre.com 816.474.4LNT
Mike�s Tavern www.mikestavernkc.com 816.444.3399
Mountain Music Shoppe www.mountainmusicshoppe.com 913.962.9711
Needmore Discs www.needmorediscs.com 913-248-8622
Prosperos Bookstore www.prosperosbookstore.com 816-531-WORD
RauschHouse Screen Printing www.rauschhouse.net
Record Bar, The www.therecordbar.com 816-753-5207
Replay Lounge (Lawrence, KS) www.replaylounge.com
The Icehouse (3125 Wyandotte) www.myspace.com/icehousemedia
The Point (917 W. 44th Street) 816.561.7600