Sorta and The Drams play The Barley House, Saturday, December 31st, 9:00pm.

El Gato, Pleasant Grove and Lovie play The Double Wide, Friday, December 23rd.

So, we kicked up a little dust with this last podcast. Our commentary on Cindy Chaffin and TexasGigs.com seems to have raised the ire of quite a few people. To them we say, “Thanks for listening!”

But to the rest of you who might be curious about the hullabaloo, here’s what was said about Cindy:
 

L: Cindy Chaffin has been doing TexasGigs.com and live broadcasts from shows for years now.
R: Well, for a couple – well, TexasGigs for years and live broadcasts for about a year and half.
L: And most recently, she’s been doing podcasts herself with, uh…
R: Because, you know, we haven’t had her on.
L: Right, yeah, well, we think that.
R: Cindy, Cindy: I still love you even though you’re wrong about a lot of shit.
L: She provides an invaluable resource. Uh, and she is the foil, or we are the foil to Cindy, because we are discriminating.
R: Although, you know, Lindsay: I saw her earlier this week and she said, “Hey! I’m not a cheerleader! I’m not a cheerleader! I don’t talk about bands I don’t like. I just don’t bring them up.” And I said, “Well, Cindy. You know, the problem then is, your taste is not particularly great.”
L: OK. We’re going to stop down right now because there was a band, uh, there was an artist that she recently found and recommended. And I was like, “oh, this looks interesting” – until I listened to it. And this is why - Cindy provides a great service; I love her website - I think her taste is off.
R: And, and, well let’s, he asked the question; let’s answer the question. TexasGigs.com tries to be more than just Dallas, but she’s based here. They do - and for our listeners - they provide a very good listing of bands that are worthwhile to go see. And, a listing – they try to do a listing of all bands. But, they point out which bands are worth going to see. They also have Texas Radio One, which plays live music that they will - they will send Cindy or someone else out with a computer and you can listen to the show as it’s being performed. They now do a podcast. And all of that is great. I’m really glad she’s doing it. She has put her heart and soul into it. That’s great. We are just a different animal. We are trying to be critical. She is trying to promote; we are trying to promote, but we are trying to promote only the good and get away from the bad.

And here’s the official response.

But, boy: did people get angry.

And all of that is fine. Amusing, even. It’s not everyday we get called jealous, cynical, drunken, flaming, hipper-than-thou cocksuckers living in our mother’s garage who work in custodial maintenance, drunkenly bloviating incoherent nothings which bolster our unfilled musical egos. And no one seems to like my glasses.

Vitriol aside, we stand behind our words. In brief summary, they were:

1. TexasGigs.com is an invaluable resource
2. We admire Cindy for her work and passion
3. Cindy is not a critic, though we attempt to be
4. We think she likes some crap music

I would think that anyone consuming the work of both TexasGigs.com and dconstruction.org would agree to the first three points. The fourth is a matter of taste. Just like my glasses.

dconstruction

Post script: have you seen the new Texas Gigs? It’s swell.

The Valentines open for Radiant at The Cavern. Doors at 6:00pm, show at 10:00pm. 18+ show.

Solly, Escort Service and Crushed Stars play the Doublewide, Thursday, December 8 at 10:00pm.

See? I told you we’d be back. I hope you hadn’t given up on us. We were just busy scheming, but now we’re back with a new episode and another in the wings - both with three members of The Valentines.

This most recent show is our first with a band - and the first with multiple guests. We get a little rowdy sometimes - and probably offensive - but in general, it was a delight for Robert and me to speak with Joey, Aaron and Laura. Making it even more delightful was the opportunity to call Brooklyn and check in with Sarah Hepola, who has been all internationale recently.

Making it even more delightful was all the booze.

In this episode, we listen to and/or talk about:

• The Freek Out
• The Tah-Dahs
• The Valentines
• George Gimarc
• Zen
• Belaire
• TexasGigs.com
• Kurk Thurmond

Please enjoy responsibly.

Tearing it down,

Lindsay

Direct download: 12_dconstruction.org_12.06.2005.mp3

The Art Conspiracy is a benefit uniting local bands (The Happy
Bullets, Pleasant Grove, The Theater Fire, Salim Nourallah, I Love Math) and 100 local artists who are pooling their talents to raise money for The Children’s Health Fund’s hurricane relief efforts. The CHF provides medical and mental health services for children in need.

8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005

The Texas Theater
231 W Jefferson
Dallas, TX, 75208