GOSSIP: DOM TO DO SOUND AT THE PROLETARIAT

BRING THE NOISE: Domokos, who, like Prince, Cher and Oprah, does not have a last name, has been signed on by The Proletariat to be their sound engineer for their Wednesday night Commune Music series. As A Pink Cloud and with stints in current and past groups like Rusted Shut, Helios Creed/Chrome and Swarm of Angels, the new man wearing the old cans has shown a propensity for the rough, the ready, the unreduced and the loud – no clue how or if this will translate into his live engineering or why anyone thought citizen journalism was a good idea. Dom, who had no comment for this story because we did not ask him, will have his first go of it at tonight’s Valentine’s Day Massacre show, featuring The Medicine Show, Dizzy Pilot and Lions plus a live date auction hosted by Arthur Bates. Congratz Dom.

Update: Add to the bill SouthernBellugosi (who was formerly known as Erin Dance) and Down From the Clouds. There will still be an auction, but only an evening with a bachelorette is for sale - sorry ladies. $8 or $6 for people with mustaches (seriously).

Def Jams: Hearing Aid Benefit @ The Prolo

Ok, so there is a lot of jokes to make here; a music benefit for the hearing impaired; a silent auction; Dizzy Pilot.The long and short of it is, though, is that a guy named Jeremy Trujilo temporarily lost his hearing due to a prank gone bad and was compelled to put something together to raise money for Houston’s Center for Hearing and Speech. Good for him.

The Sunday event, which gets started at six, features a bill with 7 bands, 2 different DJ groups, auctions for art by local artists, raffle prizes, that fajita guy and drink specials. Truth be told, I haven’t even heard of most of these bands, but T&T Music Factory never disappoint when on the decks and this is as good a chance as any to scout out any up and comers to add to your i-list.

Hearing Aid Benefit Show, featuring:
Information Tree, Down from the Clouds, Erin Dance, Dizzy Pilot, Sinews, Shina Rae, Jeff Harms plus DJs T&T Music Factory and Fuzzy Boots.

Sunday January 28^th at The Proletariat. +18. $8 or $6 w/canned good.