10/30/08

THURSDAY

Dropsonic, Self-Evident, Seymour Saves the World andSlepping in Gethsemane @ Turf Club, 9:00.

Mystery Palace and Lookbook @ that place where they make you want to smoke cigarettes (Brin Building, Camel Loft), zero bucks, 7:30.

International Espionage, The Slats, Kill to Kill and Middlepicker @ Hexagon Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

Strut & Shock, Military Special, Now, Now Every Children and Miss Georgia Peach @ Stasiu's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Little Brazil, Toma the 3rd and The Screens @ Uptown Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

Jenny Dalton, Aviette and Boom Booms for Everyone @ Kitty Cat Klub.

Yeasayer and Chairlift @ Triple Rock, 16 bucks, 9:00. (18+)

The Acorn, The Shaky Hands and Ohbijou @ 7th St. Entry, 8 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

Gastro Non Grata Sunday Nov. 9th 6-9

We live in a pre-packaged world of top 40 no-talent hacks on the radio, Polo shirt chain restaurants run by Sysco trucks championing the cheapest radiated meat available and washing it all down with frat boy macro-beers with no flavor that aren't even American owned.

I believe we have the answer.

Welcome to Gastro Non Grata.

Gastro Non Grata is a local chef, booze and music show created by Craig Drehmel and Jeff Mitchell. It happens four times a year at the Triple Rock Social Club. Explaining the whole idea can be tricky, but we'll start with our next show, November 9th from 6-9pm.

The music of Eclectone Record's Hojas Rojas kicks things off, then Chris Staples and Aran Madden of Furthermore Beer are going to pour samples and expound upon the virtues of their small Wisconsin Brewery. Chef Mike Phillips of The Craftsman Restaurant will then grind, case and grill sausage to be eaten later by the audience. We raffle off a few hunks of animal and then folk-rock sensation Tuesday's Robot hits the stage and works the crowd into a well-meaning frenzy.

By the time Tuesday's Robot is done, we're eating sausage and drinking more Furthermore beer. We raffle some more meat and then The Wapsipinicon, a new band featuring members of Cloud Cult and Skirt takes the stage. Post-Wapsipinicon, we're drinking and eating some more. Then City Pages Picked to Click band Private Dancer takes the stage to classic rock your faces off. To end it, Andrew of Kopplin's Coffee in St. Paul is going to teach the audience a little bit about coffee and sober us all up for the ride home.

The best part about all of this is that it is free to anyone over 21 years old. We're bringing the three great worlds of food, music and booze together and we would love some help getting the word out.

Your support is very appreciated

Craig and Jeff

10/29/08

WEDNESDAY

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, All Smiles and Matt Focht Band @ First Ave, 24 bucks, 7:30. (18+) Also playing free show at 2:30, Loring Pasta Bar in Dinkytown, in support of Obama Campaign for Change. Attendees required to register for two GOTV shifts.

Dressy Bessy @ Turf Club, 9:00.

The Alternate Routes and Rhinestone Diplomats @ 7th St. Entry, 8/10 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

Run Run Run and Revolver Modele @ Triple Rock, 8 bucks, 9:00.

The River City Rebels, Spacewolf and 1090 Club @ Uptown bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

10/28/08

TUESDAY

Starfucker, The Alpha Centauri and Ghost in the Water @ 7th St. Entry, 8 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

FoodTeam Trio @ Kitty Cat Klub.

World Series, rained out.

Economy Bad, stay home?

Fire Pit featuring Duraflame Firelog @ my house, $.50 PBRs, 9:00.

10/27/08

MONDAY

The Sword and Zebulon Pike @ Triple Rock, 12 bucks, 9:00. (18+)

Magnetic Morning, The Life and Times and Story of the Sea @ 7th St. Entry, 8/10 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

Jazz Implosion in the Clown Lounge @ Turf Club, 5 bucks, 10:00.

Method Man & Redman with Termanology and Evidence & Alchemist @ First Ave, 22 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

10/22/08

WEDNESDAY

Matthew Sweet and The Bridges @ First Avenue, 20 bucks, 7:00. (18+) My favorite Guitar Hero song is Girlfriend and I usually play it with my pants down. The first part has always been my little secret. The second part, not so much. Ask anyone.

The Little Ones and Love in October @ 7th Street Entry, 8 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

Reloaded Wednesdays with Toki Wright, Media Addicts, El Guante and DJ Anton @ Turf Club, 4 bucks, 9:00.

KFAI House Party Presents Eric Sommer (7:00) followed by Beguine Bros Old Time Country and Western Revue, Ltd (9:30) @ 331 Club, zero bucks.

10/21/08

TUESDAY

Jennifer O'Connor, Communist Daughter and The Western Fifth @ 7th Street Entry, 8 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

Lozen, The Repulsors and Disasteratti @ Turf Club.

Combat Astronomy, Ghostband and Kevin Long @ Uptown Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

TV on the Radio and The Dirtbombs @ First Avenue, 20 bucks, 6:00. (AA) Indulge me while I briefly editorialize: I despise TV on the Radio.

Framework (feat. Chris Olson, Chris Bates and Jay Epstein) @ Kitty Cat Klub.

OH! And NKOTB is playing at the Xcel, with Natasha Bedingfield. The economy is bad. Keep your money. Or donate to a Senate campaign. Don't go to concerts like this. Or do whatever you want. I don't care. Just don't go to TV on the Radio. Seriously, they're bad. But really, do what you want. $37.50-$77.50, 8:00. (AA - duh.)

10/16/08

THURSDAY

2 Tone Runts, Gay Witch Abortion, Black Audience and The Nightinghales @ 7th Street Entry, 10 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

Crooked Fingers and The Ugly Suit @ Turf Club, 12 bucks, 9:00.

Against Me!, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Future of the Left @ First Avenue, $22.50, 5:30. (AA)

Jackson Browne @ Orpheum Theater, $59.50 - $39.50, 7:30.

How Birds Work @ Artists' Quarter, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Pretty Boy Thorson, MC/VL, Rope Trick and Cortez the Killer @ Hexagon Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

Rufus Wainwright and Sam McTavey @ State Theater, $42.00 - $32.00, 7:30.

Brother Ali @ Whole Music Club (Coffman), zero bucks, 7:30. (AA)

Plastic Chord, The Hasbeen, Kid Theodore and The Brutes @ Uptown Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

Morning Society, Prozac Rat and Iye @ Eclipse, 7:00. (AA)

Strange Friends, Chokecherry, The Teeth, Spokes Hotrod and Gun Club @ Nomad World Pub.

Franco Funicello, Sleep is the Enemy and Capturing Virga @ Big V's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

The Moonrunners, Yellow Minnow and No Man Stranger @ Stasiu's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

10/15/08

WEDNESDAY

Minus the Bear, The Annuals and Themes @ Varsity Theater, 18 bucks, 7:00. (18+)

Pretty Boy Thorson & The Fallen Angels, Choke Cherry, Amen & The Hell Yeahs and The Gateway District @ Stasiu's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Alejandro Escovedo and The Satin Peaches @ Fine Line, 18/20 bucks, 7:30. (18+)

EMOT, The Wapsipinicon and No Bird Sing @ Uptown Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

Digable Planets, Maria Isa and Cash I$ @ First Avenue, 18/20 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

Tender Meat, Little Boxes and Zombie Season @ Turf Club, 9:00.

10/14/08

TUESDAY

Deerhoof, Experimental Dental School and AU @ First Avenue, 12/14 bucks, 5:30. (AA)

David Byrne @ State Theater, $46.50-56.50, 7:30.

Teenage Bottlerocket, The Straight A's, The Yuckies and The Throwaways @ Triple Rock, 10 bucks, 5:00. (AA)

Valient Thorr, Black Tusk and Tweakbird @ 7th Street Entry, 10 bucks, 8:00. (18+)

James Buckley Trio @ Kitty Cat Klub.

Kill To Kill, Feral Children and The New Monarchs @ Uptown Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

The Acceleratii, Laundromat Vacation, run:stop:explode and Kevin Long @ Turf Club, 9:00.
James Buckley Trio @ Kitty Cat Klub.

Kill To Kill, Feral Children and The New Monarchs @ Uptown Bar, zero bucks, 9:00.

The Acceleratii, Laundromat Vacation, run:stop:explode and Kevin Long @ Turf Club, 9:00.