Bands I want to see, with ratings from 1="Heard of 'em" to 5="Really want to see live" Wednesday 2 Emo's Main Room 8:00-2:00 Rhymesayers Show, incl. 3 Emo's Main Room 12:00 MF Doom Rapper; worked with 3rd Bass and MC Paul Barman http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Byudgylk1xpeb 5 Exodus 1:00 Ozomatli A unique wall of sound; members of Jurassic 5 backed by a full latin band. One of my favorite bands. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B2z220r6at48j 1 La Zona Rosa 1:00 Modest Mouse 2 Cedar Street 11:00 Schrodinger's Cat Fun local A Capella band 1 Stubb's 12:00 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Thursday 1 Blender @ Ritz 1:00 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists 1 Cedar Street 1:00 Gary US Bonda 2 Continental Clb 1:00 Southern Culture on the Skids 1 Elysium 10:00 I Love You, But I've Chosen Darkness 3 Emo's Main Room 9:00-12:00 Def Jux Crew, incl. 4 Emo's Main Room 10:00 The Perceptionists feat. Mr. Lif & Akrobatik NE Rappers with a political bent and unstoppable freestyling skills 2 Jackalope 9:00 The Crack Pipes Good local punk rock with political edge 1 Stubb's 11:00 The B-52's 1 Stubb's 12:30 Junior Senior Friday 1 Antone's 1:00 Mekons 2 Club DeVille 12:00 Neil Pollack and Tammy Faye Starlite I've read stuff by author Neil Pollack and it's very funny. 1 Emo's Annex 1:00 Suicide Girls Burlesque Paul went one year and said it sucked -- not even R-rated. 3 Emo's Main Room 8:00-2:00 Fat Wreck Chords Feature set for one of the best Punk labels, incl. 3 Emo's Main Room 1:00 NOFX 4 Opal Devine's 8:00-2:00 Johnny Cash Tribute Show 4 Stubb's 12:45 Polyphonic Spree One of the hits of ACLFest, an unparalleled vocal symphony http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/main.html 1 Tambaleo 1:00 David Garza 5 Auditorium Shores ???? Toots and the Maytals Some of the founding fathers of roots reggae, still going strong 3 The Vibe 8:00-2:00 Legendary Music, incl. 5 The Vibe 12:00 The Grouch and Eligh 4 The Vibe 12:45 Living Legends crew West coast underground rap. 3 Zero Degrees 8:00-2:00 var. Dirty South rappers and DJs Saturday 3 Aussies 8:00-2:00 Murder Dog Magazine / Damage Control feature, incl. 3 Aussies 11:30 Swishahouse 3 Aussies 12:15 UGK presents MDDL FNGZ H-town rap. 3 Austin Mus Hall 12:00 N.E.R.D. This is the band of The Neptunes (who produce pretty much half of all commercial rap hits) 1 Buffalo Billds 1:00 The Decembrists 1 Emo's Main Room 11:00 Har Mar Superstar If you saw Starsky and Hutch, this is "Dancing Rick"s band. 3 Emo's Main Room 12:00 The Hives 1 La Zona Rosa 9:00 Liz Phair 1 La Zona Rosa 11:50 Cracker 1 La Zona Rosa 12:50 Camper van Beethoven 5 Soho Lounge 8:00 Trachtenburg Family Players An "indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop band" http://www.slideshowplayers.com/jtmain.html 3 Soho Lounge 1:00 Daniel Johnston 2 Auditor Shores ?:?? Junior Brown Sunday 1 Emo's Main Room 12:00 The Diamond Smugglers (Neil Diamond Cover band)