The Tuesday Show Low Down (Or "I Can't Come Home, Grace, I'm An Adult. ...")

You know that you've become a "dog person" when you remember your puppy's birthday (Keegan now equals one), but the dates for you girlfriend's and father's escape you beyond, well, the month.

Damn. Can't believe I missed The Movies and The Savages at Spaceland last night -- but like Lou Reed said, "Some people like to go out dancin'. Other people? We gots to work! (Watch me now.)"

Here's what the rest of this week is looking like, show-wise:

Tuesday, December 16
- Karin Tatoyan, War Tapes, Seasons, Exitmusic @ Spaceland
- Check One Twosday @ Echoplex (FREE until 10:30)
- Native Fauna, Gods Gang. Spirit Vine, Vum @ Echo
- Resident Hero @ The Troubadour
- Mercury Rev with Imaad Wasif @ The El Rey
- Gary Jules @ The Hotel Café
- Mike Stinson & Dave Gleason @ The Redwood Bar
- A Pablove Supreme Benefit: Eulogies, The One AM Radio, & Sara Lov @ Space 15 Twenty (FREE)
- The Sword & Year Long Disaster @ The Viper Room
- Automatique, The Holy Angelfire, & TheRandies @ Mr T’s Bowl
- These Arms are Snakes @ The Knitting Factory
- Cheap Trick @ The House of Blues
- The Atma, Black Apples, Easy Marks, & Kingsize @ The Silver Lake Lounge

DECISION:
Tonight's line-up at Spaceland -- Karin Tatoyan, War Tapes, Seasons, and Exitmusic -- is pretty varied and interesting.

Wednesday, December 17
- HORSE THIEVES + OLIVER HALL GROUP + AMANDA JO WILLIAMS + BIG EAGLE @ Echo Curio
- Indie 103 presents CLUB NME with Them Terribles @ Spaceland
- Mezklah & Fitter @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Metallica & The Sword @ The Forum
- Low End Theory: Flying Lotus & The Long Lost @ The Airliner
- Jail Weddings, The Growlers, Some Days @ The Echo
- Ralphene, Service Group, Visa Versa, & Clevis @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Dub Club @ Echoplex
- The Virgins @ The Troubadour
- Marathon Live’s 2nd annual Musical Christmas extravaganza featuring everybody you know @ 3 of Clubs

DECISION:
I caught Amanda Jo Williams a week or so ago opening up for Eagle Winged Palace and, while freak country probably isn't for everyone, I thought it was at times pretty amazing.

Thursday, December 18
- Juliette Commagere, Obi Best, & wait.think.fast @ The Troubadour
- NOBUNNY + THEE MAKEOUT PARTY + ROUGH KIDS @ Echo Curio
- Victim Vision, Ure, & Guppies @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Respect with T-Power, Noface, Clutch, MC Ridda, MC XYZ @ Echoplex
- Emily Wells @ The Hotel Café
- Spaceland on Ice w/ Dogweed & Bollweevil @ Pershing Square (FREE)
- Decay Fest II Night 1: Kalish, The Porpoise Code, Khalija, & Sweat Shop Boys @ Pehrspace
- Metallica & The Sword @ The Forum
- Crinoline, Better Talk Now, The Mekalekahis, & Kamikaze @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Hyperion Tavern Old-Time Jam @ The Hyperion Tavern
- The Mormons, Bastidas, The Health Club, & Family Tree Analog @ The Smell
- Amazing Baby, Warpaint, & Light @ Bordello

DECISION:
I haven't caught former (?) Hello Stranger lead Juliette Commagere on her own yet, but pop acts Obi Best and wait.think.fast are good live.

Friday, December 19
- FIEND FOLIO II with MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY + SPIDER PROBLEMS + UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND + BAXTER HOUSE @ Echo Curio
- Alas Alak Alaska, Fancie, VOICEsVOICEs, Voice On Tape, & American Gil And the Major Dudes @ The Smell
- Invisible Children Benefit @ The Troubadour
- LA Record presents: YaHoWha13, The Moon Upstairs @ Spaceland
- Jon Brion @ Largo
- The Duke Spirit & The Cheat @ The Roxy
- Pins and needles, citizen savant, secret society of the sonic six @ The Scene
- Decay Fest II Night 2: Dog of Tears Orchestra, dEaThSaUcE, KnobGoblin, Defrag, & Matthew Setzer & Ulrich Krieger @ Pehrspace
- Megasapien, Cindercone, Potato Bug, Skywreck, & Former Human Beings @ Mr T’s Bowl
- People Under the Stairs "10th Anniversary Show" w/ Ugly Duckling, Cut Chemist, DJ Mark Luv @ The El Rey
- Ragsy LP Release Party @ The Hotel Café
- Darker My Love, The Muslims, Lumerians @ Echoplex
- Thee Makeout Party, A.M., Christmas Island, & Wet Cassette @ The Smell
- Club Underground @ The Echo

DECISION:
Classical Geek Theatre is putting on another Fiend Folio night at Echo Curio, this time with Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Spider Problem, and more. Should be loud and packed and fun and BYOB fabulous.

Saturday, December 20
- The Great Deceivers (tribute to King Crimson), Ninja Academy, Polar Goldie Cats @ Spaceland
- THE GIFT MACHINE + SOUL JUNK + THE RHONE OCCUPATION + MARSHWEED @ Echo Curio
- X, The New York Dolls, & Cracker @ Club Nokia
- Davin Givhan, Learning Music, The Hurt, & Eugene @ Pehrspace
- The Tulsa Skull Swingers, Sierra Swan, The Heartstring Symphony, Criminal Belly, Itti Confetti, & more @ @ Mr T’s Bowl
- English Beat @ The Key Club
- Whispertown 2000 Holiday Extravaganza @ Relax Bar
- JEWLTIDE @ The Troubadour
- Will Sheff of Okkervil River, The Tallest Man on Earth, & Bird of Youth @ Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge
- Hepcat w/ The Expanders @ The El Rey
- Greg Proops Holiday Bash @ Largo
- Funky Sole @ The Echo

DECISION:
"Learning Music began as a collaborative album-a-month project. Started in November 2006 by John Wood (keyboardist for Inara George, Sebastien Tellier, Mike Andrews, Willoughby, Kelly Osbourne, Obi Best, etc.), the series included an album recorded entirely on handheld cassette recorder, a collection of music videos, an autobiographical musical written by a robot, and dozens of homemade electro-acoustic folk-pop anthems.

"Twelve months and twelve albums later, Wood decided it was time to get out of the house. Inspired by the early works of Terry Riley, the Talking Heads, and Storm & Stress, Learning Music became a live band, which has included as little as four to as many as twenty musicians at one time."

Sunday, December 21
- Buddyhead Christmas Party: The Duke Spirit, Dead Meadow, Entrance Band, Josh Homme, Jeordie “Twiggy” White, Xu Xu Fang, Wires on Fire, & Dios Malos @ The Hotel Café
- Snow in LA: Daedelus, Busdriver, The Mae Shi, Rumspringa, Entrance Band, Fools Gold, Haim @ Echoplex
- An Evening of Sorrow w/ Emily Kokal from Warpaint & Thousand Dozen Gloves @ Bordello
- Tyler Hilton @ The Troubadour
- The Terrapin, Summer Darling, Vaudeville, Correatown @ Spaceland
- Part Time Punks @ Echo
- Xmas Benefit show for the Downtown Women's Center w/ Ladies and Gents, Box Violet, All or Nothing HC, The Outskirts, We Float, and more @ The Smell

DECISION:
I never thought I'd see Xu Xu Fang, Dios Malos, Dead Meadow, and Wires on Fire play at The Hotel Cafe, let alone together. Points for loudest xmas event at unlikeliest place.

That's it. Please lemme know if I missed anything.