Music this weekend -- Brandon's listening notes

Last Friday was a totally packed and totally awesome jangle-flute-pop show. Like 20 new people signed up for this mailing list, even. Last Saturday, not so packed, but such good songs, and such good Peter-Nevins-vs-Bushwick-muggers-chase-scene-tales as well. Spread your love a bit. Weekends are long. Kinda. Okay, or not. Friday, K Records' Karl Blau returns again with a few friends in-tow-- he won't be living in Queens forever (I don't think) so see him while you can! The Creek and the Cave's informative website tells me it is also bartender Vin/Vince/Vinny/Vinsanity's birthday. Buy him a drink. Er, he probably gets those anyway. Give him a big tip, then. Saturday, talent-attractor and very fine soundman-in-a-pinch Andy Guthrie hosts a jazz night on the LICene. As an added bonus, it is also apparently Australia Day at the Creek and the Cave, which hopefully entails black-and-tans comprised of Foster's and vegemite. As a hybrid, it'd be sweet if someone covered "Waltzing Matilda" or Men at Work on the sax. Or, stumble down the street for some free bluegrass at Dominie's Hoek. I also hear there's a sweet themed party at a semi-known communal loftspace on the northern edge of the nabe to our east. Just sayin'.op You've got tions, Queens. Oh yeah, the Silent Barn in Ridgewood is probably up to something as well. Also, anyone ever go to this bar in Astoria called Sparrow? I hear it's pretty decent. We're getting there. And not priced-out, or pet spas (yet). See you out, BZ ***Friday, January 25*** KARL BLAU (Queens, NY) http://www.myspace.com/karlblau "When he's at his best, Blau resembles a prophet scarfing honey in the desert, a John McPhee speaking in tongues, chanting in a whisper from Lord Byron's Vision of Judgment about out-of-tune angels." -PITCHFORK MEDIA STEBMO (Seattle, WA) http://www.myspace.com/stebmo "Grooves, jazz, and outer explorations: It's all on the table . . . a fine fancy feast." -SEATTLE WEEKLY PURE HORSEHAIR (Brooklyn, NY) http://myspace.com/purehorsehairmusic "Both songwriter and voice carry sincerity and a sense of urgency that is missing from most of what I hear today." -4F Music starts at 9 PM $5 THE CREEK AND THE CAVE http://www.thecreekandthecave.com 10-93 Jackson Ave. Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, NYC 1 stop from both Manhattan & Brooklyn! 7 to Vernon-Jackson G to 21 St E-V to 23 St-Ely Av B-61, Q-67, and Q-103 Bus ================================================ ***Saturday, January 26*** BRIAN SEEGER (Manhattan, NY) http://myspace.com/brianseeger PETER NEVINS (Queens, NY) http://myspace.com/andyguthriemusic SEAN NOWELL (Manhattan, NY) http://myspace.com/seannowwell Music starts at 9 PM $5 THE CREEK AND THE CAVE http://www.thecreekandthecave.com 10-93 Jackson Ave. Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, NYC 1 stop from both Manhattan & Brooklyn! 7 to Vernon-Jackson G to 21 St E-V to 23 St-Ely Av B-61, Q-67, and Q-103 Bus ================================================ ***Saturday, January 26*** VINCENT CROSS (Manhattan, NY) http://www.myspace.com/vincentcrossx GOOD COMPANY (not Bad Company) Can't find a website, but they probably have a song and album of the same name. Music starts at 9 PM FREE DOMINIE'S HOEK http://www.myspace.com/dominieshoek 48-17 Vernon Boulevard Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, NYC 1 stop from both Manhattan & Brooklyn! 7 to Vernon-Jackson G to 21 St E-V to 23 St-Ely Av B-61, Q-67, and Q-103 Bus ================================================ OTHER UPCOMING SHOWS IN THE NABE (seriously, this list will look full again next week, oy) +02/01: The Majorleans, The Bright Lights, The Lavenders @ The Creek and the Cave +02/02: Born at Sea @ Dominie's Hoek +02/08: Dave Unger @ The Creek and the Cave +02/15: Matt Jones @ The Creek and the Cave +04/04: Real Live Tigers, Lightning Paw @ The Creek and the Cave http://www.LICpop.com