Lawndale Lions poster in "See Jane Run" [S2 Ep11]

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Mysteries of Lawndale - Esteem of the Investigator - Part 3

Mysteries of Lawndale – Esteem of the Investigator – Part 3

17 September 1997

Daria entered the office. “Can I help you?” the receptionist asked.

 “I would like to know what the procedure is for forming a school sponsored club.”

 “Well, the school already has a great number of clubs. Perhaps you would like to join one of them?”

 “No, but a list would be useful in future.”

 “Oh. I can give you the list of clubs, and the paperwork that the School District requires for the formation of a club, although it is the Principal who has the final approval.”

 “I see,” Daria said. She thought for a moment. Would she risk having an informal club? ‘No, Only if Ms. Li doesn’t approve it,’ she decided. “I will have that list, and the paperwork. I’ll have it back by the end of the day.”

 “Very Good, Ms. Morgendorffer,” the receptionist said. She quickly gave Daria a copy of the list of all the existing clubs in Lawndale High and the Club Foundation paperwork.

  At lunch, Daria and Jane looked at the paperwork. “Gee, Daria, this is complex. Just for forming a sponsored club!”

 “Not that complex.” Daria turned back to the first page. “Name: Mystery Club.” She wrote that down. She then filled in the description field.

 “That’s a long description.”

 Daria looked at the list of existing clubs. “I’m sure all these have similar lengths.”

 “Probably,” Jane said.

Quinn entered the room. “Welcome, Quinn,” Jenna Swartz, the President of the Anime Club said.

 “Hi, Jenna.” Quinn entered. The first thing she noticed was a large number of Sailor Moon posters. “We talk about more than Sailor Moon, right?”

 “Of course, Sailor Moon is just the most popular. There is also Dragon Ball Z, Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Ranma ½, among others,” Jenna said.

 “Cool, although I don’t think Ranma is, like, eew!”

 “Each to their own, I guess,” Jenna said.

 “Kimba is cute, don’t you think?”

 “Certainly,” Jenna said.

 Quinn sat down and saw three cute, albeit slightly geeky boys enter.

 “What’s your name?” the first asked.

 “Quinn.”

  Later, Daria and Jane passed Quinn in the hall. “So... like, what do you like to do after school?” a boy asked her, after they passed.

 “Nothing special. Like homework or practice for the various sports activities I’m involved in,” Quinn answered.

 “Oh...”

 “I do go out to the movies, or, like, a theme park... or out for a really fancy meal now and then... or maybe go to a concert, if, like, I know somebody's got good seats and is renting a limo and stuff.”

 “Cool,” the boy said.

 “You hear that? He hasn't got a prayer,” Jane said.

 “Tell me about it. That's my sister.”

 “Oh. Bummer,” Jane said.

 “It’s not that bad,” Daria said.

 “So, you've got any brothers or sisters?”

 “An older sister. I occasionally help her with her mystery solving.”

 That got Jane’s interest. “She helps you?” she asked.

 “Note the word ‘occasionally.’ She has occasionally noticed something I had missed.”

 “Ah.”

  Later that night, Daria went over to Jane’s again. First they watched Sick Sad World.

 “U.F.O. conventions, once sneered at as the domain of so-called "kooks," have become big, big business, drawing hundreds of thousands of people each year, people as sane and rational as you and I, who come simply to satisfy a normal curiosity.”

 “Hi! I'm Artie.”

 “Artie, hello. Tell me, what brought you here, Artie.”

 “It was a cone-shaped craft about 15 feet long, with an air speed of, oh, I'd estimate mach 12. They kidnapped and stripped me, examined me briefly, returned my clothes, and dropped me here.”

 “You know, that guy is from Lawndale. He works for various Pizza places,” Jane said.

 “Interesting, but before we investigate the town and its crazier inhabitants we need to get out of that self esteem class,” Daria said.

 “Sure,” Jane said.

 “You know all the answers to the questions on the release test, right?”

 “I've got them in my notebook.”

 “So, we can take the test tomorrow,” Daria said.

 “And then spend my afternoons solving mysteries,” Jane said enthusiastically.

 ‘She is a little enthusiastic. She could be hiding something. But what? I already know that her parents are hardly here,’ Daria thought. She had already had similar thoughts since the previous day, but had decided to wait until she knew Jane better before prying. She had no close friends and didn’t want to lose the opportunity. “Let’s prepare,” she said.

  After the preparation, Jane then showed Daria her wandering siblings rooms. “Maybe, there is a clue here as to where she went,” she said as she lead Daria into her sister, Penny’s room.

 “You don’t know?” Daria asked.

 “Last I heard, she was in Mexico City, eight years go,” Jane answered.

 “Interesting,” Daria said. She looked into the room. It would have to be a long term project. Whatever clue Penny Lane had left wouldn’t be easy to find.

Houston Texas Tourist Attractions

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Two Charities Propose New West Side High School Campus

The newest high school in Chicago may land in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood.  That’s where Chicago Hope Academy hopes to move its operations, and establish an athletic campus for its students, and the community.

Also involved in the project is the Chicago Lions Charitable Association, which says it, “fosters and promotes rugby sports competition more broadly among the general populations.”

The location of Chicago Hope Academy’s proposed athletic fields ①, high school ②, and supplemental parking lot ③.

The plan is to put up a high school for Chicago Hope on the southern portion of the property between West Polk and West Taylor Streets, just west of the Union Pacific railroad embankment.  The athletic facilities would be one block north, across from Altgeld Park. The two blocks would be joined by a mid-block crosswalk across Polk.

You may recognize the northern block as already being pretty sporty.  It’s currently kitted out with a Quest gymnasium, an outdoor running track, and a general purpose athletic field.  The new plan will include two athletic fields (fake grass, boo!), and a fieldhouse.  One of those fields may get a seasonal doming so that the kiddies can practice thought the winter months.  Quest will continue working there.

Currently, Chicago Hope has 230 students, 20 teachers, and a score of staffers.  The student body count could increase to 600 in the new facility.  The zoning application also mentions that a number of other organizations are welcome to athletic support, including the Near West Side Little League, and “neighborhood and volunteer driven leagues, coordinated by the CLCA/CHA managers.  Youth rugby and soccer leagues are also envisioned in conjunction with Rugby Illinois, Chicago Wapiti Rugby clubs, AYSO and other soccer organizations.”

But it won’t be just footie and the front row going all Garry Owen on this pitch. The project includes a dog park, a community garden, a playground, and space for pickleball courts, tennis courts, basketball courts, and batting cages.

The two charities think this is a good location for a high school, in part, because it would serve as a buffer between the residential neighborhood to the west, and the industrial area to the east.  Technically, the high school would be inside the boundaries of the Western/Ogden Industrial Corridor, which is currently significantly less industrious than it once was.

Address: 731-799 South Washtenaw Avenue

Address: 2605-59 West Harrison Avenue

Zoning: M1-1 and C1-2 → C3-1 → IPD

High school size: 148,836 square feet

Number of students: 600

Automobile parking: 612 spaces on-site, 325 in a new lot across Taylor Street

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

September 2019 diagram of Chicago Hope Academy

from Chicago Architecture https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2019/09/23/two-charities-propose-new-west-side-high-school-campus/

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"Murder, She Snored" [S4 Ep04]

Artist Raskal @cruzinstylostattoo @cruzinstylostattoo @cruzinstylostattoo SOUTHBAY TATTOO ・・・ #lion #liontattoo #losangeles #losangelestattooartist #southbay #wilmington #hawthorne #torrance #carson #lomita #sanpedro #gardena #lawndale #harborarea #palosverdes #hermosabeach #manhattanbeach #redondobeach #sepulveda #figueroa #southbaytattoo #longbeach #dtlaartsdistric @southbaytattoo #cruzinstylostattoo #blackandgreytattoo #hibiscustattoo #sunkencity (at SOUTHBAY TATTOO & PIERCING) https://www.instagram.com/p/B27uLluBdw_/?igshid=1qdk8mevv47ww

I got to witness something epic this past Monday. @billionairepa @allahsapprentice @19_keys @britt4point0 @nellelove plus King Q spoke life into over 2500 students at Lawndale High School in LA It takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable enough to put yourself and your story out there to help others. These kids are our future, whether we want to acknowledge it or not, so we have to stop feeding them bullshit. However the message get across—just get it across. I’m still too transparent to speak to kids in this type of establishment, but I’m working on a way to refrain from cursing and still be as effective with my message lol. Song playing is “Falling Apart” by Aina Brei’Yon The Black Lion album (at Los Angeles, California)

A Tree Grows in Lawndale - Facebook Edition

A Tree Grows in Lawndale – Facebook Edition Brittany Taylor Kevin looks like a rebel in his new jacket! Kevin Thompson Thanks Babe!! <- Picture -> Jane Lane Where’s the bike? Kevin Thompson Huh? Daria Morgendorffer That’s a motorcycle jacket. It’s made out of leather to protect you from scrapes when your head’s bouncing off the grille of a truck. Jane Lane If you’re wearing it for style, then it is a waste of a perfectly good cow. Sick Sad World Is your cutlery holding an edge or going over one? “Diary of a mad steak knife,” tonight on Sick Sad Work. Rita Chalmers So Mom’s paying for the room Helen Morgendorffer Honestly, I don’t care if Mother’s paying for your new family room! Daria Morgendorffer Maybe she can get a new family to go with it Rita Chalmers What? Helen Morgendorffer Daria’s practicing… for something.. Daria Morgendorffer A salesman’s got to dream boy. Jake Morgendorffer Damn neighbor’s dog got into the trash again! Now there’s garbage all over the street! Next thing there will be abandoned cars on the front lawn. Daria Morgendorffer I’ll run out and pick up some cement blocks before they’re all sold out. Helen Morgendorffer Calm down Jake! Helen Morgendorffer We’ll talk about this another time, Rita! Jake Morgendorffer We’re on a fault line too! Jane Lane Oh look, the circus is coming to town. Daria Morgendorffer On what appears to be a very fast lawnmower. Brittany Taylor Don’t we look like rebels? <- Picture -> Jane Lane Oh, yeah, that cricket in your front teeth is very James Dean Jefferson Brown Oh, no! Kevin has crashed into the Tommy Sherman Memorial Tree! Kevin Thompson From now on, I only drink Yoo-Hoo! Brittany Taylor NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Daria Morgendorffer --> Jane Lane You know, if you break up Brittany’s attempt at thought, it looks like a Mystik Spiral song. “Armpits have feelings, but not for me. Now what do I do with lips empty?” Jane Lane Are you sure you don’t want to replace “lips” with “skull”? Daria Morgendorffer It’s a work in progress Michael Mackenzie --> Kevin Thompson Come on, man, it’s just a sprained knee. You gotta play. The team needs you. Kevin Thompson No it doesn’t. The only team that needs me is the one that sits all the time. The Chess Team Michael Mackenzie But you don’t know how to play chess. Brittany Taylor I got an “A” for a poem I didn’t know I wrote? Steven Taylor and Ashley-Amber Taylor like this. Brittany Taylor is now single. Jane Lane Does Study Hall go faster when you’re somewhere else? Daria Morgendorffer Life goes faster when you’re somewhere else. Jane Lane Well, the Tommy Sherman Memorial Tree is still dead. Brittany Taylor Tommy Sherman is Haunting us! Charles Ruttheimer III Listen to my announcement of the latest game where the Lions lost heavily to Oakwood! Chuck Announces – Lions Still Losing – ‘Mad Mack’ doesn’t have it. Angela Li This is really bad for Lawndale High! I’ve got to do something about all this loosing! Sandi Griffin Something to take our minds off that abysmal game. Shopping at Cashmans! Quinn Morgendorffer, Stacy Rowe and Tiffany Blum-Deckler like this. Sandi Griffin Something is odd at Cashmans. No one’s serving us! Quinn Morgendorffer The unpopular persons dressing room. The Horror! Angela Li I hope this Ringer is worth it! Brittany Taylor, Angie Zammit, Lisa Fischer, Nikki Dowling and Donna Bolton are attending the event Exorcism of Tommy Sherman’s Ghost Anthony DeMartino Now they a dumb enough to believe that their bathroom is haunted by a ghost! Lawndale Shopper Lawndale High’s Football team is the worst in Lawndale History! Jake Morgendorffer See, Helen! Helen Morgendorffer Remember that he had to be had to taken off his roof by the fire department because he thought he was being chased by screaming mice.

Jake Morgendorffer The value of our home destroyed. Our life’s investment gone! Good-bye retirement. Good-bye, condo on the golf course. We’re ruined! Daria Morgendorffer So my sister’s scouting out new zip codes, my father’s so mad he can only see the color red, and the other day when my mother was paying bills, I caught her trying to smudge her return address labels. My home life’s becoming intolerable. Jane Lane _Becoming_ intolerable Daria Morgendorffer Is there such a word as “intolerabler” Thomas Sloane I take it your quarterback is still wallowing in self pity Jane Lane He needs a reason to feel good about himself. Daria Morgendorffer He could go back to third grade, where winning a paste-eating contest still stands for something. Thomas Sloane Actually why not send him back to elementary school? Daria Morgendorffer Because he would never meet the academic requirements Thomas Sloane I mean as one of those safety lecturers. He could talk about how stupid it was to wipe out on his bike. Daria Morgendorffer It’s a good thing we only had to go to Mr. O’Neill to get the ball rolling. Kevin Thompson This safety lecturing stuff is cool! Brittany Taylor … … Kevvy! … … *sniffle*! Michael Mackenzie --> Kevin Thompson Please come back! Brittany Taylor My Kevvy wouldn’t let Lawndale become a loser town! Brittany Taylor and Kevin Thompson are now in a relationship Charles Ruttheimer III Listen to my announcement of the latest game where Kevin Thompson makes his triumphant comeback! Chuck Announces – Star Quarterback Kevin Thompson scores again! Jake Morgendorffer --> Lawndale Shopper I’ll bet you didn’t try to drive down property prices. Lawndale High’s quarterback is fit as a fiddle and Lawndale’s got a winner school and the best people want to live here and buy houses at market value. Daria Morgendorffer This is a day of miracles.

Hitchhike Love: The Best of The Week

A Giant Dog. Photo: Daniel Jackson

  Well, we’re inching closer and closer to SXSW meaning that we should see a steady influx of bands coming to town for about two weeks.  The next seven days are pretty stacked with performances by A Giant Dog, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Priests, while locals like Miears and Mydolls host special sets as well.  Houston, your week is packed and planned out.

  Wednesday you should swing by White Oak Music Hall downstairs to get your throwback fix, when the thrash metal of California legends Suicidal Tendencies perform.  While these guys have been around since the early eighties, they’ve pretty much locked into their current sound, meaning last year’s World Gone Mad is on par with their previous albums.  The metal of NOLA’s Crowbar will be on as direct support while the thrash of Colorado’s Havok will open the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $24.75 and $30.

  House of Blues will have the first night of The Art of The Teese from Dita Von Teese.  The burlesque revue featuring the famous pinup model and author should be tantalizing to say the least, and the 18 & up show has received plenty of press.  The doors are at 7 pm and tickets are between $40 and $100.

  Priests. Photo: Audrey Melton/Pitch Perfect PR

  I’d guess that many of you would be over at Walter’s for the post punk sounds of DC’s Priests. The popular quartet has turned heads for a good while now, but their latest album Nothing Feels Natural from early this year is their most progressive and cohesive to date.  Add to that an intense live performance and you have a recipe for a heck of a great show.  The aggressive bedroom electronica of DC’s Olivia Neutron John will provide direct support while The Lories will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets for $12.

  On Thursday you could start off for the beginning of a concert series hosted by Mid Main Lofts called First Thursday.  The series kicks off with two stellar Austin acts thus being Calliope Musicals and Buenos Diaz.  Calliope Musicals has been hailed for their crazy live shows, and their latest release, Time Owes You Nothing from last year, really makes this trippy psych band pop.  However, they shouldn’t out shadow the beauty and complexity that Buenos Diaz offers up. With recent tracks like “San Fransymphony” and “ 1 2 3 4,” Diaz, who is originally from Houston, is on the verge of giving Elvis Costello a run for his money, as he’s as diverse and equally talented.  The all ages event has gratis adult refreshments, things open up around 6 pm, and it’s 100% FREE.

  If you’d rather get some Americana in your life, then you could head to Smart Financial Centre in Sugarland to catch Colorado’s The Lumineers.  Though the band that’s known for intimate performances is in its fifteenth year, last year’s Cleopatra proves they aren’t going anywhere soon.  Iceland’s Kaleo will provide direct support while the Americana of Susto will open the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $49.50 and $64.50.

  Kyle Hubbard. Photo: Jessica Weiss Beal/Courtesy of Artist/Facebook

  Satellite Bar will host the hip hop of Extra Regular featuring Houston’s Kyle Hubbard alongside Fullmetal and DJ Discipline.  With a stacked group like this, their live set should be pretty legit. Virgil Wolfe will go on prior with Grid Squad on before that.  Houston producer, rapper, DJ Mark Drew will spit rhymes as well while Beonk will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets for $7 or $10 for under 21.

  Friday you can get your metalcore fix at The Secret Group with Los Angeles’ Silent Planet. While the band hasn’t even been around five years, their latest release Everything Was Sound has kind of catapulted the band onto may fans of the genre’s radar. California’s Hail The Sun will provide direct support where Orange County’s Dayseeker will go on prior.  The intensity of Illinois’ Ghost Key will also be on the bill while Houston’s Great White Fire will open the all ages show with doors at 6 pm and tickets between $13 and $15.

  Houston punk legends, Mydolls will be over at Lawndale Art Center for their Speakeasy series. The show that will feature the band performing as well as discussing the band’s storied career that spans right at four decades together.  The all ages show with doors at 7 pm will be a rare treat and will also include a limited number of red vinyls of the band’s latest album It’s Too Hot For Revolution for the 100% FREE show.  The Girls Rock Camp alumni group, Lazer Kittenz will open the show.

  MIEARS. Photo: Daniel Jackson

  Upstairs at White Oak Music Hall, Houston’s MIEARS will unveil her solo album Who Will Save You? at her album release party.  While this set will include a live drummer, I’ll say that hearing these songs live at a private event a couple of weeks ago really brought the room together as they hit like they’re supposed to with intensity and synthesized soulfulness.  Houston’s TEE VEE will be on as direct support and should bring their indie electronica to life, and Pearl Crush will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm for the 100% FREE show.  Tickets for those under 21 are $5.

  Satellite Bar ushers in the return of the raucous sounds of Austin’s A Giant Dog.  After inking a deal to Merge Records, the band has really gotten the steam they deserve with the success of Pile alongside the band’s crazed live sets.  The crazy and tripped out rock of Houston’s Frog Hair will provide direct support while the indie rock of Huntsville’s The Hammer Party will go on beforehand.  Howard and the Nosebleeds will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and a $10 cover.

  Sick Of It All. Photo: Uncredited/Century Media Records

  Walter’s will host the 30th Anniversary tour of New York hardcore legends Sick Of It All.  While it’s been 30 years, these guys still go hard when they play live and last year’s When The Smoke Clears proved they aren’t slowing down. Eighties punks Murphy’s Law will be on as direct support and should make for a nostalgic show no matter what.  There’s no word of openers, but that could change for the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets between $18 and $20.

  The Clinic will have the garage tinged reggae rock of Washington’s Rik & The Pigs.  Here in support of last year’s Don’t Tell On Me, they should be pretty interesting with their lo-fi sound. The punk of Houston’s The Pose should be dropping a new album as direct support while the intensity of Sexpill will be on beforehand.  No Come will also be on the bill and the hardcore of Houston’s Substance will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and a $5 cover.

  At Valhalla on the campus of Rice University, you can get down with the psych pop of NOLA’s Caddywhompus. Mixing psych and electro harmonized pop rock, these guys pack a punch and this year’s upcoming Odd Hours sounds impressive to say the least.  Austin’s Moving Panoramas will also be on the bill while the always good time chill vibes of Houston’s Deep Cuts will perform as well.  The folk hop of New York’s Jack Toft will open the all ages show that gets going around 8:30 pm and it’s 100% FREE.

  Killer Hearts. Photo: Uncredited/Courtesy of Artist/Facebook

  Rudyard’s will have Houston’s Killer Hearts over to spread their glam heavy sleaze rock all over those who attend. Mixing street glam with sleaze rock, these guy make a searing sound that makes you feel like it’s the seventies and everyone is about to fight.  Their release Death On The Dial is full of solos and throwback goodness that’s hard to ignore, like High Voltage era AC/DC when the band was still inventive.  The rapid fire rock of Die Fast will be on as direct support while the garage punk of Idiot City will open the 21 & up show with doors at 9 pm and an $8 cover.

  The newest edition of Terraform will take place at a new venue called The Church.  Featuring sets from Russia’s Mindex and LA’s Asteroids & Earthquakes, the dance party that also has Austin’s Detox Unit and more should be a real trip.  More information is here, it gets going with doors at 10 pm and the open bar event is a measly $15.

  Saturday you can start off at The Clinic when the hardcore metal of Houston’s The Lion of Wall Street swings by to perform.  Mixing elements of punk, metal, and thrash, these guys are definitely worth checking out, and their latest Oil should peak your interest.  No Remorse will be on as direct support while Valens will play one of their last shows under that name.  The surf rock of Total Nightmare will also be on hand and the metal of Shellshock will also perform. Houston’s Date & Destroy will open the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and an $8 cover.

  Deafheaven. Photo: Kristen Cofer/Anti Records

  In the studio at Warehouse Live, I’d guess many of you would head over to catch the experimental black metal intensity of San Francisco’s Deafheaven.  After the intense sounds of 2013’s Sunbather, one of the craziest live acts you can see returned in 2015 with New Bermuda, thus proving they weren’t done being inventive.  These guys are a trip to see live, and the brutal instrumental sounds of This Will Destroy You as direct support just make this show even sweeter. Multi-instrumentalist Emma Ruth Rundle will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets between $18 and $20.

  Over at Satellite Bar you can get your skankin’ shoes on for the always entertaining ska of Houston’s The Suspects. Though they’re pretty long overdue for a new album, their last release in 2000, Lost Along The Way still holds up. The ska punk reggae of The Inverters will be on hand as well while the reggae of Metanoia will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and a $12 cover.  

  Walter’s will host the most reinvented version of Americana that you’ve ever heard when Austin’s The Cover Letter performs a headlining set.  Kind of like if the rock of Meatloaf was thrown into the folk world, this five piece offers multiple instrumentation and multiple vocals on their latest, this year’s Cities Made of Sand.  Houston’s The New Offenders will bring their bluesy sound to life as direct support while the blues infused sounds of Houston’s Sik Mule will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets between $8 and $10.

  Whit. Photo: Scot Overholser/Courtesy of Artist/Facebook

  The Waughford will have the release party for the new single from Whit.  Since lead singer Madison moved to Austin to become a part of the group Sailor Poon, we’ve heard very little from the band that had played sporadically at best before, so this should be worth coming out for. The indie rock of Cleen Teens will go on prior while Traci Lavois Thiebaud will open the 18 & up show with doors at 8 pm and a $10 cover.

  Notsuoh has the solo sounds of The Wiggins over to headline the trippy venue.  The Wiggins have been around a good while, and with the last album Greater Minds, Jon Read takes his solo sound to a whole new level.  The crazed one man drums meets electronica sounds of Pitter Patter will be on beforehand while the never disappointing strangeness of Ak’chamel will go on prior.  There’s also an ice cream tripatorium and live performance art from Jeremiah Carroll for the 21 & up show with doors at 8 pm and a $5 suggested donation.

  On Sunday you could get going over at Walter’s for the second installment of the You Need Pics event.  This time there will be multiple photographers on hand to take pictures of you or your band while $3 Bloody Mary’s and $3 Screwdrivers are served by me behind the bar.  DJ Playlist will be on hand to churn out jams, and if you’ve wanted or needed new pictures, this is the place to get them from the likes of Daniel Jackson, Jordan Asinas, and many many more with more information available here.  The all ages event has a signup sheet and a $5 per person cover with doors at noon.

  Green Day. Photo: Uncredited/Creative Artists Agency

  Later on over at Toyota Center you can catch the always entertaining pop punk of Green Day. It’s hard to believe these guys are still around, as many said that pop punk would never go anywhere back when these guys dropped their album Dookie.  However, a lot has changed since, a punk rock opera, a show on broadway, and last year’s Revolution Radio prove that these guys had more in the cards.  It doesn’t hurt that they’re impressive to see live either.  The intense energy of Against Me! Will be on as direct support and openers for the all ages show with doors at 6 pm and tickets between $39.50 and $69.50.

  The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Photo: Courtesy of Artist/Bradley Garner

  On Tuesday you might want to catch the psych revival music of The Brian Jonestown Massacre who will headline a set over in the big room downstairs at White Oak Music Hall.  While this band was on every record label’s list to sign the controversial ways in which they conducted themselves kept them out of the mainstream.  However, aside from that, they might be one of the best live bands you can see perform and their latest release Don’t Get Lost from this year is breathing new life into their brand.  Flower Graves, formerly known as Mikey & the Drags will get things started for the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $20 and $25.

  That’s about all that’s happening around town this week.  No matter what you decide, remember that getting home safe is in everyone’s best interest so please, drink like an adult.

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