Here are Mother’s Milk’s recommendations for local events in the month of February. If you like drinking in public, you’d be well-advised to check ’em out.

02/03/10 – Strange Brew (film) @ Capital Ale House
02/05/10 – WRIR Birthday Bash @ The Renaissance Ballroom
02/07/10 – The Residents @ 930 (Washington, DC)
02/10/10 – Cracker Acoustic featuring David Lowery & Johnny Hickman @ Ashland Coffee and Tea
02/12/10 – German Fasching w/ The Continentals @ Capital Ale House
02/13/10 – White Cross, Octane Saints, Beex, Red Angel Dragnet, The Splints @ Plaza Bowl
02/16/10 – Willie Nelson @ The National
02/20/10 – Nouvelle Vague @ 930 (Washington, DC)
02/21/10 – Frank Turner @ The Camel
02/22/10 – Flogging Molly, Frank Turner @ The Norva (Norfolk, VA)
02/23/10 – Dropkick Murphys @ The Norva (Norfolk, VA)
02/24/10 – Snoop Dogg @ The National
02/28/10 – The Queers @ Black Cat (Washington, DC)

Well, Strange Brew is a movie starring Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. We can’t believe we haven’t seen it. Movies at Capital Ale are free, so if you’re of a mind to watch a Canadian beer movie, you could certainly do worse. The WRIR Birthday Bash has a bunch of bands, a cash bar, free food, and the greatest DJs – and listeners – in the city of Richmond. It’s always a good time.

The Residents are a seminal band that is probably worth checking out, but… we’re not gonna lie. We’ll be watching the Superbowl that day. The Cracker acoustic gig is more an interesting curiosity than a must-see, in our opinion, but we’re not super-big fans of Cracker. Still, we’ve played a few of their songs, and it’s an excuse to go to Ashland. German Fasching? It’s essentially Mardi Gras for Krauts. Could be a good time; we’ll be checking it out, if we’ve got bank for beer. That mega-show is almost a replacement for the cancelled show from December – White Cross, Octane Saints, and Beex are all a MIGHTY GOOD TIME (We have said it before) and the other two guys are good enough to be in the same lineup, so I can’t imagine that they suck.

Willie Nelson. Do I need to say anymore? If I do, you probably wouldn’t like it. If I don’t, you probably would. I declare that “’nuff said.” Nouvelle Vague does awesome lounge covers of 80s New Wave and Punk classics; their version of the Dead Kennedys’ ‘Too Drunk To Fuck’ is a neo-classic.

FRANK TURNER! Hell yes: solo show at the Camel – right underneath the WRIR studios! – and then a gig the following day at the Norva, opening up for Floging Molly, America’s best Pogues-denying Pogues-influenced trad/punk crossover. The day after? Same venue, same vibe: Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys. We may be looking for a place to crash in Norfolk so we can catch both of those.

Snoop Dogg has done much to promote the drinking song in hip-hop culture, penning the instant-classic ‘Gin and Juice’ amongst other standouts. Plus you don’t have to drive anywhere. Last but not least, The Queers come highly recommended by Richmond’s (and the Slickee Boys’) own Dirty Dacoit Dan.

MUST SEE: Frank Turner at the Camel or at the Norva. I don’t care which one you go to, but he is a simply-not-to-be-missed live act. I’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for the Norva show, incidentally – keep listening for further information.

That’s all I have for this month: Thankfully, there’s something worth doing every week. As always, if you know of a show that should be on our list, email me at mothersmilkradio@gmail.com and I’ll be sure to add it to the list. Thanks for drinking!

— devlocke

Hey!  Ready to drink?  I certainly hope so.  Cuz’ I am ready to get your ears all liquored up, and where your ears go, your body really oughta follow.  Otherwise, you will look very silly, without ears and all.  Setlist is below, as always, holler at me if you’ve got a request.

Setlist:

Johnny Paycheck – Colorado Cool-Aid
Guy Clark – Hemmingway’s Whiskey
Johnny Winter – A Jack Daniel’s Kind of Day
Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
Chris Connelly – Shipwrecked
Frank Turner – I Don’t Care What You Did With Your Gap Year
Rev. Horton Heat – Drinkin’ and Smokin’ Cigarettes
The Triffids – Farmers Never Visit Night Clubs
Old 97’s – Crash On the Barrelhead
Cheap Girls – Her And Cigarettes
Million Dead – The Kids Are Going To Love It
Smut Peddlers – Off the Wagon
Municipal Waste – Drunk As Shit
Pulp – The Fear
Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies (Acoustic Version)
Yellow Note vs. Pukka – Naked, Drunk, and Horny
Kenickie – Come Out 2Nite
The Red Crayon Aristocrat Club – Another One
Murder Inc. – Mrs. Whiskey Name
Chokecherry – Teargas And Whiskey
David Byrne – The Man Who Loved Beer
Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown
Chuck Berry – Downbound Train
Hayes Carll – Knockin’ Over Whiskeys
The Cheaters – Evan Williams
Alestorm – Wenches and Mead
Beanie Sigel – In the Club
Voicemail – Close To Drunk*
Ying Yang Twins – Grey Goose
The Beegees – Things Go Better With Coca-Cola

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* – I couldn’t find a website.  YOU try searching for freaking ‘voicemail’ and see what you get.

— devlocke

So, then… it snowed, if you haven’t looked outside.  So you might be trapped at home.  If you’re not, and you’re suffering from ye olde cabin fever, why not check out Horror Sundayz?  Joseph has a downright awesome lineup this weekend:  The Whip and the Body, directed by Mario Bava, can’t fail to be solid.  Christopher Lee?  And, err, directed by Mario Bava?  That’s at 8:00 PM.  10:00 PM brings you the more recent film The Bunker which I’ve heard lots of good things about.  It’s been on my to-watch list for a couple of years.  Finally, at midnight… A bonafide classic, Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead.  This is one of my favorite Fulci flicks, and is tons o’ fun.  And plagues and gore and apocalypse.  The good stuff!

Horror Sundayz:  every week from 8 PM to close at McCormack’s Irish Pub, 12 N. 18th St., Shockoe Bottom.

— devlocke

Woot!  Today, we’re celebrating the corporate victory at the Supreme Court last week!  We don’t really agree with the decision, but we loved that it gave us an excuse to play all branded-drinking-songs.

Miss the original airing?  Download the podcast HERE! A list of all of our podcasts is available via the link on the left, if just one episode is not enough.  Thanks for listening, and keep drinking!

Setlist:

The Untamed Youth – Pabst Blue Ribbon
Die Toten Hosen – Zehn Kleine Jaegermeister
Piss Drunks – Black Label Me
Rob Tognoni – Jim Beam Blues
Mark May – Icehouse Special
Super Chikan – Fighting Cock
Afroman – Colt .45
Deak Harp – Mad Dog 20/20
The Pogues – Sayonara*
Jeff Buckley – Monologue: Fabulous Time For A Guinness
Margaret Barry – Guinness Song
Giles Farnaby’s Dream Band – Newcastle Brown Ale
Loquillo – Chanel, cocaina y Dom Perignon
Alestorm – Captain Morgan‘s Revenge
Tyler Pursel – Hold Your Keystone High
Crass – General Bacardi
2Pac feat. Obie Trice – Hennessy
Olde English – O’Doul’s feat. Jesse Novak
Busta Rhymes – Pass the Courvoisier
The Ramones – Gimme My Steel Reserve
The Macc Ladds – Boddies
Public Image Ltd. – Miller High Life
The Human League – Gordon’s Gin
Adam Carroll – Ol’ Milwaukee‘s Best $
George Jones – Wild Irish Rose
Johnny Johnson & Keith Richards – Tanqueray
Elliot Smith – St. Ides Heaven
The National – Bitters & Absolut
Jeezy – All I Need (Patron N Weed)
Billy Murray & The Haydn Quartet – Budweiser‘s A Friend Of Mine
Lord Issa – Natural Ice Megamix
Skream – Pass the Red Stripe

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* – Obviously, ‘Sayonara’ is not a brand name of beverage.  Well it might be, but the reason I played this song is because the chorus mentions ‘Mekong Whiskey’ which is, in fact, a brand name, as linked with the asterisk.

$- This appears to be about Old Milwaukee, judging by the lyrics, but the title could be interpreted as being about Milwaukee’s Best.  Your call.

— devlocke

Yay!  Boozin’ musics is here – crack open a bottle and drink with us!  Setlist is below, give us a call or hit us up on AIM at WRIRAllNight if you’d like to holler.  Do you Facebook?  If so, click here for the Mother’s Milk page and become a fan!  Never miss out on our updates, features, and general awesomeness.

UPDATE:  Miss the show?  Grab the podcast here.

Setlist:

Steven Seagal & Thunderbox – Gunfire In the Jukejoint
Scott H. Biram – Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – Let It Ride
Frank Turner – The Real Damage
Frank Turner – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the One Of Me
Frank Turner – Heartless Bastard Motherfucker
Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s – Broad Ripple Is Burning
Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s – Mariel’s Brazen Overture
Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s – Page Written On A Wall
Murder By Death – 52′ Ford (Live)
Murder By Death – Brother (Live)
Murder By Death – Until Morale Improves, The Beatings Will Continue (Live)
Hayes Carll – Drunken Poet’s Dream
Hayes Carll – I Got A Gig
BooB – Ninjas
Brian Eno – Back In Judy’s Jungle
The Men They Couldn’t Hang – Dog’s Eyes, Owl Meat, and Man Chop
Tool – Sober
Foetus Inc. – Bedrock
Revolting Cocks – Beers, Steers, and Queers
George Thoroughgood & the Destroyers – I Drink Alone (Live)
Kiss – Cold Gin
Guns n’ Roses – Nightrain
Rev. Horton Heat – Drinkin’ and Smokin’ Cigarettes
Pet Shop Boys – You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk (Attaboy Still Love You When You’re Sober Mix)
Severed Heads – Heart of the Party

— devlocke

We’ve got tickets to give away tonight, to Zappa Does Zappa on Thursday at the Hat Factory!  Give me a call at the station after you hear me play a Zappa song, and the first one gets ’em.  Cool?  Cool!

UPDATE:  Miss the show?  Download the podcast here.

Setlist:

The Faces – Cindy Incidentally
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Frightened Rabbit – The Modern Leper
The Amoeba Men – Tan Lines and Watered Down Cocktails
Prick – I Apologise
Generation X – Kiss Me Deadly
X – We’re Having Much More Fun
The Simple Things – Vodkas With Stalin (link goes to Jimmy Catlett’s website; there is no site for The Simple Things and Jimmy Catlett went on to… form the Jimmy Catlett Band (surprise!))
Hugo Haggie – Whiskey River Caroline
The Mekons – The Letter
The Cars – Drive
Frank Zappa – Agency Man
Frank Zappa – Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink
That Mitchell and Webb Sound – Season 3 Ep 5 (excerpt)
Frank Zappa – Titties and Beer
The Beach Boys – Chug-A-Lug (Surfin’ Safari)
Horatio Lee Jenkins – Drunker Than Satan
Tom Waits – Jesus Gonna Be Here
Johnny Cash – Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea
The Dolomites – One More Bottle To Drink (link is only thing I could find related to the band; article does not represent the opinions of Mother’s Milk)
Blood Or Whiskey – Breaking Through
The Macc Lads – My Pub
Frank Zappa – Advance Romance
The Waco Brothers – Do What I Say
The Blood – Drunk Addict
Evil Idols – Short Tale About Whiskey And A Lady
Gang Green – Have Fun
Red Alert – Long Night In Long Island
Onkel Tom Angelripper – Caramba, Caracho, ein Whiskey
Onkel Tom Angelripper – Trink, trink Brüderlein trink
Onkel Tom Angelripper – Wer hat das Bier erfunden
Hayseed Dixie – Hungover Brokedown
Dean Martin – Baby, It’s Cold Outside (With Martina Mcbride)
Mudd Helmet – 12 Oz. Closer To God (link goes to Wes Freed’s page; there’s nothing on the Internet for Mudd Helmet, apparently, and Wes Freed was a member (also famous for other bands and DBT album covers))

— devlocke

— devlocke

First show of the year!  First show of the decade!  Start it out right, with much booze and good happenings.  At least, that’s my advice… if you’re drinking along at home, it will be perfectly easy to do.  Just so you know, this month’s Mother’s Milk Concert Calendar is out, though it’s a short one.  Read it here!  Do you Facebook?  If so, click here for the Mother’s Milk page and become a fan!  Never miss out on our updates, features, and general awesomeness.

UPDATE:  Miss the show?  Download the podcast here!

Setlist:

The Supersuckers – A Good Night For My Drinkin’
Scotch Greens – Drinkin’ By the River
Hank III – Thrown Out of the Bar
Gang of Four – To Hell With Poverty
Everclear – The Twistinside
The Hold Steady – You Can Make Him Like You
The Gaslight Anthem – High Lonesome
Murder By Death – Fuego!
Chris Isaak – Let’s Have A Party
Pulp – Party Hard
Malcolm Middleton – Solemn Thirsty
The Dubliners – Peggy Gordon
Ceann – Johnny Jump Up
Blood Or Whiskey – Breaking Through
The June Brides – Sick, Tired, and Drunk
Guns n’ Roses – There Was A Time
Horsehead – Walk It Off
Warren Zevon – The Hula Hula Boys
Alkaline Trio – Emma
Dropkick Murphys – Vice and Virtues
Electric Six – Gay Bar
The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers
Elliot Smith – Last Call

*** SHOUTOUT TO DARNELL DOING PCP IN HIS CAR ***

Richard Thompson – God Loves A Drunk
Tom Waits – Falling Down
Love and Rockets – Yin and Yang (The Flower Pot Man)
Old Crow Medicine Show – Humdinger
Red Elvises – Juliet
Drive-By Truckers – Dead, Drunk, and Naked

— devlocke

Woot!  How goes it?  I did not prepare anything for tonight, because I just got back into town a few hours ago.  So I made a quick survey of stuff I haven’t played in forever, and grabbed some stuff I have played never, and we’re just gonna see what happens.  Hope you’re ready for a rollicking good time – drink up!

UPDATE:  Hey, did you miss the show?  Download the podcast here!

Setlist:

The Pogues – Boys From the County Hell
The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God (12″ Single Remix)
The Pogues – The Rocky Road To Dublin
The Pogues – Boat Train
Christy Moore – Delerium Tremens
Old 97’s – Niteclub
Great Big Sea – Cod Liver Oil
Danny Schmidt – Happy All the Time
The Tossers – Drinking In the Day
Kirsty Maccoll – Teenager In Love
Rev. Horton Heat – Beer Holder
Slim Dusty – Pay Day At the Pub
X – The Have Nots
Andrew WK – Come Dance With Me
The Damned – So Messed Up
Swingin’ Utters – Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones
Dean Martin – Bourbon From Heaven Medley
Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm – I Ain’t Drunk (I’m Just Drinkin’)
The Rolling Stones – Shine A Light
The Boy Bathing – A Fire To Make Preparations
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League – Back To Blue
Mekons – Chivalry
Dropkick Murphys – Barroom Hero
Supagroup – Ruling (Is Its Own Reward)
The Macc Lads – Alcohol
Hospital of Death – Kicked To the Kurb
W.A.S.P. – Blind In Texas
Frown – In Praise Of Bacchus
The Monks – Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face

— devlocke

Hey, guys… totally random mess of a show, tonight.  It’s gonna be great.  These are the most fun, because I’m scrambling around, desperately trying to find something to follow up each song with, and I end up playing stuff I haven’t played in a while.  So crack open a tasty beverage, crank up the tunes, and allow me to inebriate your ears!

UPDATE:  Miss the show?  Check it out here!

Shane MacGowan & the Popes – Christmas Lullaby (edit)
Red Elvises – Drinking With Jesus
Mojo Nixon & Jello Biafra – Drinkin’ With Jesus
Spirit of the West – Guildhall Witness
Fruit Bats – Unusual Friend
The Triffids – Blinder By the Hour
Frank Turner – Sunday Nights
Jimmy Catlett – 3.0
The King Khan & BBQ Show – Tryin’
Scritti Politti – Road To No Regret
Bran Van 3000 – Drinking In LA
Dave Gahan – Bottle Living
The King Khan & BBQ Show – Animal Party
Lily Allan vs. Scooch – Lilyest Hobo mashup
The House Devils – The Charladies’ Ball
The Irish Rovers – Whiskey On A Sunday
Great Big Sea – The Night Pat Murphy Died
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine – Johnny Cash
Mad Caddies – Drinking For 11
The Who – Old Red Wine
Hanzel und Gretyl – Fukken Uber Death Party
Rob Zombie – Pussy Liquor
Pigface – I Can Do No Wrong
Manowar – Brothers of Metal
Alabama Thunder Pussy – Whiskey War
Nashville Pussy – Dead Men Can’t Get Drunk
FEAR – I Believe I’ll Have Another Beer
Bruce Willis – Turn It Up (A Little Louder)
Alien Sex Fiend – Class of ’69

— devlocke