Bullet the Blue Sky
Patricia Vonne and husband/guitarist Bobby LaRoche are back from Europe, where their dates included a stop at France’s Tullins Festival. The duo’s Jovita’s homecoming Friday should feature songs from the album they’re slated to begin in October with producer Carl Thiel.
The Alamo Drafthouse has a couple of can’t-miss musical events on tap: the premiere of new corpse caper Grand Theft Parsons at the Alamo Village Friday, with live music from Freddy Steady’s Wild Country and Elizabeth McQueen, and Monday’s $1 Small Faces extravaganza, starring Ian McLagan himself, at the Alamo Downtown.
Sunday is the application deadline for the Austin Songwriters Group’s Old #9 scholarship, good for a free workshop with Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines. Check www.austinsongwriter.org.
The Austin City Limits Festival unveiled its 2004 schedule grid Thursday; see www.aclfestival.com. Upcoming TV tapings include Lyle Lovett Aug. 30, Sheryl Crow and Trey Anastasio during the festival, and the Pixies in October.
TCB Wednesday Movie Madness: Wild Zero, the tale of Japanese garage ruffians Guitar Wolf rocking out and fighting zombies. Plus live music. Beerland, free, 7pm.
This article appears in August 20 • 2004.