Movies About Girls, the t-shirt! For teenage losers of all ages! Original design by Ken “The King of Podcasting” McIntyre.

Just a quick pimp to remind you all to tune into Loudcaster tonight at 6 PM EST for Episode #80 of the Movies About Girls podcast! To mark this glandular milestone tonight, we’ll be  giving away a brand-spanking new Movies About Girls t-shirt. Make your ex jealous! Be the envy of hat-wearing-hipsters! Look 10lbs thinner! Embarrass your Mom! Anything can happen when you’re sporting the new MAG t-shirt. Trust me.

For all things MAG, check out the Movies About Girls Radio Network. If you like what you hear, vote for us on Podcast Alley or, leave us a comment on iTunes. Want to talk to MAG? You can call us anytime at 206-426-6504.

Directly following tonight’s MAG-cast, I’ll be GTFO to catch Aerosmith tribute band, Draw The Line at the Tractor Tavern. Will the faux Bad Boys of Boston will live up to the recent Tyler/Perry shenanigans of late? I can only hope…

“The Last Ride” by Bob Dob. Oil on panel.

You only have until June 30th to check out the latest show at Seattle’s Roq La Rue gallery, Tiger Tiger Burning Bright. ALL proceeds from the sale of these prints will be donated to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the Wildlife Conservation Society earmarked for tiger conservation efforts.

Images from this exceptional group show, here.

Jane’s Addiction Cinco de Mayo show at the Bardot in LA.

According to Jane’s Addiction.org, the first 100 fans in line at the Bardot in LA tonight will get to see the band tear through a short, five-song set. The gig will also mark the first appearance of former Guns ‘n’ Roses guitarist Duff McKagen,who joined the Jane’s lineup last month.

More via Janes Addiction.org.

The Bride of Dr. Larka. For Michael K.

This is Oaxaca, Mexico based artist Jerónimo López Ramírez, also known as Dr. Lakra (or Dr. Delinquent) first solo exhibition in the U.S. Larka’s work has been described as playful, hallucinogenic, vulgar and erotic. Or, in other words, completely excellent.

Larka has been making a living as a successful tattoo artist since the early 90’s and began selling his paintings as a means of paying his taxes in Mexico. He uses everything from vintage Mexican pulp fiction novels, magazines and photographs to create his paintings and drawings. Dr. Larka’s engagement runs through September 16th at the ICA Boston.

A small gallery of Larka’s work can be viewed via MoMA.

Lush Life @ Roq La Rue in Seattle. Now through May 7th.

Marion Peck, (partner of the great Mark Ryden) and Travis Louie are two of the 20+ artists in Roq La Rue’s latest show, Lush Life.

More via Roq La Rue.

Pinball Art: Fine Art opens today at the Pacific Pinball Musem in Almadea California. For NPD.

This vintage pinball exhibition includes posters and artist’s creations and reinterpretations of classic pinball art. Lucky visitors will also get to try their luck with some of the pinball machines in the museums collection.

It all kicks off today at 2pm at the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, CA. The show runs through March 2, 2010.

Joseph Arthur, Turn You On (ahem, mission accomplished Mr. Arthur). From one of my favorite records of 2008, Temporary People. Performance recorded live in January 2009 at KEXP.

Ohio native and now one of Brooklyn’s finest, Joseph Arthur will be at the Triple Door in Seattle tonight, January 15h and also Saturday, January 16th. Both shows are all ages. You can also catch Arthur performing a few songs live on the radio via KEXP at 5:00 pm today. You can stream the performance as it happens online at KEXP.org.

Arthur is also an accomplished painter. During this tour, a limited number of Arthur’s paintings will be for sale at his shows.

Joseph Arthur is one of my favorite performers of the last decade. And his deeply personal music becomes even more stirring when performed live.

Tickets are $20/advance and $23 DOS. More here.

Blondes Away, 16″ x 20″, Acrylic on Canvas. By Neil P. Doherty, 2009.

The first, First Thursday Art Walk of 2010 is tomorrow. If you’re headed out downtown tomorrow night, I highly suggest you swing by The Pioneer Square Saloon and check out all new works from local artist and friend of this blog, Neil Doherty. Doherty’s paintings and photos will be adorning the Saloon throughout the month of January.

Weirdness by Weirdo.

Graffiti artist Weirdo will open a solo show, Orchestra of Old Souls, on Friday, December 4th at the Upper Playground location in Seattle’s UD.  Here’s Weirdo on his inspiration for Souls:

I believe sometimes old souls can be trapped in any “shell” or form, and that death of the body is the only way that the soul may be free to do what it is destined to do somewhere else in this immense universe that we truthfully know nothing about.

Artist events at UP draw big crowds and this will be no exception so get there early. The show kicks off at 6:00.

Show poster by Sarah. Nice!

One of my favorite punky trio’s, The Electric Kisses will open this super-sonic Sunday show at The Funhouse tonight. The Kisses will be giving a bunch of their new material a spin before making way for the crunchy goodness of The Coloffs. Matt Mayhem headlines this garage-y gig, bringing his one man band, Apple Jacks and hot dogs all the way from Idaho. Did I mention the cover is only $5? Don’t miss it…

Oh so pretty. Robert Mapplethorpe and his frequent subject, Patti Smith.

The exhibit, featuring over 1,500 Polaroids taken by Mapplethorpe between 1970 & 1975, will be on display at The Henry Art Musuem in Seattle through January 31st.

More here.

Frank Zappa, acrylic on vinyl by Daniel Edlen.

Vinyl Killers started showcasing works of vinyl art back in 2003. Vinyl Killers 7 opens on October 29th at The Goodfoot in Portland, Oregon. Among the contributing artist to the show is prolific vinyl artist Daniel Edlen. The show poster for VK 7 features Edlen’s amazing portrait of Tom Waits.

More on Edlen here.

Zombies of Mass Destruction. A Zomedy about Zombies. For LP.

The special effects in Zombies of Mass Destruction were done by Tom Devlin. Devlin’s credits include movies like, Caged Lesbo A Go-Go, The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror and a flick that Steven King called “hilarious”, Poultrygeist: The Night of the Chicken Dead.

On October 24th, Zombies of Mass Destruction will play at the Admiral Theater in West Seattle as part of The Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

More on ZOMD here.

Davila 666. Photo by Victor Pagan. For LP and Surly.

If you’ve missed Davila 666 (the greatest thing to come out of Puerto Rico since Tito Puente) because you were busy getting rained on at Bummershoot (thanks Andy) last month, then get yourself to The Funhouse for tomorrow’s early show. Davila 666 shares the bill with Sonic Chicken 4 from France, the garage goodness of Aurora Roarers, Ape City R&B and Watch it Sparkle.

Funhouse doors are at 3:30 and the cover is only $7! If you do the math, that’s less than $1.50 per band. You’re budget might be low (like mine) but this show is crappy-economy-friendly!

Future of the Left @ Neumo’s. Tuesday, October 13th, 2009. Photo by Cherrybomb’s iPhone.

I wish this photo could have showed Andy Falkous’ bulging neck veins from last night. Anyway, Future’s show last night at Neumo’s was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. Then And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead came on stage and blew what was left of Neumo’s roof right the fuck off.

A million thanks to Dr. H for GTFO with me last night and for making sure I had a drink in my hands at all times.

More on Future of the Left, here.

Future of the Left, The House the Hope Built. From 2009’s Travels With Myself and Another.

The Welsh chops on Future of the Left’s frontman Andy Falkous kill me almost as hard as his gut-wrenching vocals. Anyway, I suspect that the crowd at Neumo’s will be a bit livelier than the one in this video for Future’s The House that Hope Built. Mostly because I will be there, but I digress. The point of this post is this. Anytime 2/3’s of McLusky come to your town, you go see them. True story.

PS: October 13th is today!

El Lobo! Davila 666 plays The Funhouse tonight in Seattle.

Screw Bumbershoot! San Juan, Puerto Rico’s garage heros, Davila 666, have finally found their way to Seattle. Davila plays The Funhouse tonight and an all ages show tomorrow with the Coconut Coolouts at The Morgue.

Mescaline Skull painted on 12′ vinyl record by Jason Atomic.

A favorite artist of this blog, Jason Atomic, has contributed pieces to the Noise of Art Custom Vinyl Art Show at the East End Art Club in London. I’ve also just learned that Arizona artist Daniel Edlen, another prolific muse of yours truly, also contributed pieces to the collection. The show opens today, September 3rd and runs through September 20th, 2009 and features works of art created on old 12′ LP’s.

Thanks to Jason Atomic and Vinyl Art for the link.

Hotels. For Stacey.

The track, Near the Desert, Near the City from Seattle’s Hotels gets me right in the 80’s. Just like the bands Gary Newman homage above. Near is from the bands second record, Where Hearts Go Broke, out this past February.

Hotels will play at 2:00pm on the EMP stage at Bumbershoot on Saturday, September 5th.

More on Hotels here.

Radio Rockets, The Electric Kisses and Thankless Dogs @ The Monkey Pub, July 18th, 2009. Poster by Sarah.

After 14 of making music from somewhere deep inside a Seattle garage with bands like The Castros, The Earaches and his latest venture, Radio Rockets, vocalist and guitar slinger, August Henrich is taking a break from the limelight. Henrich says he plans to spend more time in his studio recording and composing music as well as mastering a backlog of vintage archived Earache material.

Tonight the Rockets will once again share the stage with The Electric Kisses (Henrich’s excellent wife Lori plays the drums for the punk trio) and the scruffy-fuzz of the Thankless Dogs. Get your earplugs and your ass out to this show. I wouldn’t miss it for anything.