The Deathray Davies play the Idle Rich Pub.

The Valentines play the Double Wide, with support from The Good Sons.

Craig’s List is fascinating: a market place, a meeting place, a meat market. Apart from single-handedly decimating the traditional media’s classified revenues, Craig’s List also provides some mighty humor.

To start off a new blog-only segment, “dconstructing craig,” we bring you a fine specimen of local Dallas music classifieds, an ad so compelling and rich that, well, uh: wow. If this is the future of rock, then give me Adult Contemporary Christian.

we are an original rock band that has over 50 songs ,i play guitar and sing and also create, we also have a drummer and we practice all the time,we need serious musicians that are easy to get along with and dont have there head up there ass, we will be recording a cd soon so we need you to complete the sound ,ages between 18 and 33 reply ,im 29 and our drummer is 24 we sound like nirvana,beatles,doors,and a few different heavy metal bands , it depends on the song, anyways we hope to here from you soon because we are ready, are you?

A few things to note:

1. It’s a single sentence. Must be a Joyce fan.
2. “we sound like nirvana, beatles, doors” doesn’t contradict “we are an original rock band,” does it?
3. Every band needs a frontman who can “and also create.” Ability to spell and punctuate optional.
4. I like the super-arbitrary 33-year-old cut-off. Jesus would have just made it.
5. The guy who wrote this is 29 years old. IJS.

Zapruder Sequence plays Lee Harvey’s, with support from Lovie. Or the other way around. Who knows? Lovie plays first.

Salim Nourallah plays Standard and Pours, with support from Vanessa Peters.

El Gato plays Club Clearview, with support from the astounding Salim Nourallah and I Love Math.

As promised, here is the second hour of our discussion with Ken Bethea. If you were left wanting more music in the last hour with Ken, then you will be satisfied today. The ‘dconstruction gong show’ debuts with four hopeful contestants, only one of which gets a full dconstruction endorsement. And frankly, I’m surprised by the winner - and the prize: an opening slot on the next Old97s tour*.

In total, it’s a good show, with lots of music from the likes of:

• Auto Escape
• Ashburne Glen
• Clay & Electronic Cowboys
• The Promise Loaf
• The Shapes
• Millicent Friendly
• Black Tie Dynasty
• The Slack
• The Old 97s
• Ken Bethea

Please enjoy.

Tearing it down,

Lindsay

* I’m pretty sure this offer was made in jest. Please, no emails or lawyers.

Direct download: 11_dconstruction.org_10.19.2005.mp3

A few posts ago, I made mention of Ken Bethea as a possible guest. I received a sniping email in reply, to the effect of, “anyone who writes a song about chicken ravioli obviously has no business talking about music.” To that person - and to all of you who think similarly - I agree with you. There is no room for songs about Cajuns and their microwaves. However, those same persons have never met Ken, like I’ve had the fortuitous opportunity to do. He’s tricky; that East Texas drawl belies sharp opinion and keen insight. And we are glad to have been able to record it for you.

We talked with Ken in two sections, originally intended to air some weeks apart. Because we’re already behind schedule, I’m posting them both, one today and the other tomorrow. Each show is just slightly over an hour.

In today’s show, we talk about and listen to:

• Joe Kirkland (”Joe K”)
• Patrick Boothe
• Dave Little
• Scrap Hotel
• Cowboys and Indians

Tomorrow’s show gets even more interesting, as we play the dconstruction gong show for the first time, a raucous rally through some of the many demos sent to us by bands. Come back tomorrow for this show and full notes.

Tearing it down,

Lindsay

Direct download: 10_dconstruction.org_10.18.2005.mp3

Looks like the lovely folks over at Apple have finally updated the iTunes Podcast Directory. We’re back in, though we show up twice. The iTunes buttons at the top and right of the page will now work properly. Please click them.

Thank you, Apple.

We’ve always known Dallas has a fertile music scene, and it seems some other people think so, too. To that end, it’s time for dconstruction.org to acknowledge and welcome some new Dallas-based podcasts to the cast-o-sphere. Obviously, there’s no real comparison between these newcomers and the First, Best and Only True Dallas Music Podcast. Nevertheless, they are worth mentioning. Maybe.

• Texas Gigs: Though by no means a newcomer to the scene - or Internet audio - the interview format with Kate Mackley is certainly new. So far it’s been awkward, fawning, technically inept and an all-around amateur effort - but I ended up listening to the whole thing, anyway. Maybe you will, too.
• Quick’s PodQast: Isn’t that cute and clever? The “Q”? Oh, those savvy corporate brand managers. But despite the Belo-born marketing and affiliation with the stodgy Dallas Morning News, Quick has already become a champion of sorts for local music with their JuQbox (oh, look: more branding). Now, Hunter Hauk comes out with a weekly (?) three-song podcast to highlight more local artists, theoretically with more critical precision than the round-robin lottery of JuQbox. That precision is made suspect with the inclusion of Max Cady in the first episode, and Hunter’s stilted, teleprompter delivery adds little confidence. Still, we here at dconstruction.org know Hunter’s a man of taste and letters, so we await a maturation of his show.
• Dallas Does Indie: Popping, crackling and hissing in a pair of headphones near you, Dallas Does Indie is a low-rent Tracks Up the Tree, playing music that has no tie to Dallas but that the podcast originates from DFW. Some kudos to Jaisen Swords, who runs the site, for including Chet Baker in the inaugural episode.
• Indie Interviews: Another show out of Dallas, but having little to do with Dallas, this podcast sounds very much like an undergrad media project or some starry-eyed demo sent to NPR, but it’s well researched and the access “your host Garrison Reid” gets to bands like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Decemberists and The Wrens is impressive. Too bad the dynamic and dialogue between “your host Garrison Reid” and his guests are so lackluster. But, we’ll keep listening and waiting for improvement.
• The DFW Localshow: Veering perilously close to trademark infringement upon Chris Ryan’s Local Show, this short podcast seems dedicated to scripted commentary and absolute crap music. Whoever is behind this site, please report to Coke Machine Glow for re-education.

All of these podcasts except Dallas Does Indie and Indie Interviews are without an RSS feed. This matters to very few of you, but I’ll mention it anyway: podcasts should have an RSS feed. It’s kinda the point.