Here are Mother’s Milk’s recommendations for local events in the month of March. If you like drinking in public, you’d be well-advised to check ’em out.<\/p>\n
03\/09\/10 –\u00a0The Fisticuffs, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Sundials<\/strong> @ McCormack’s Irish Pub Jesus. It appears that concert season has started, eh? This is going to take a while. Okay, first off, The\u00a0Fisticuffs, Pedals On Our Pirate Ships, Sundials<\/strong> show at McCormack’s: Fucking A, Mac’s having shows again. All three bands kick ass, and since\u00a0Dropkick Murphys<\/strong> are a.) in DC and b.) sold out, it’s the only game in town or out. I’ll be there – will you? Then comes a showing of Boondock Saints, which is just a mighty fine movie to get drunk to – especially with a crowd. If you’re into watching movies in bars, that will probably kick some serious ass. Thursday has\u00a0They Might Be Giants and Jonathan Coulton<\/strong> at the National, thoroughly awesome geektastic music, as well as\u00a0Jet<\/strong> at the Hat Factory (radio rock, but solid), the\u00a0WRIR Benefit<\/strong>(lots of local bands, including bands featuring WRIR DJs) at the Camel, AND\u00a0Strike Anywhere<\/strong> – local hardcore heroes – at Plaza Bowl. WTF? They shouldn’t have so much awesome shit happening on the same day. I will be at They Might Be Giants, but I should probably encourage everyone else to go the WRIR benefit. We need the money more than TMBG does.<\/p>\n On Friday, there’s\u00a0Andrew WK<\/strong> at eight in the morning – he’s totally awesomely kick-ass live; sort of a punk-rock Meatloaf, if you’re not familiar with him. You should be.\u00a0Nyxe<\/strong> is doing a set at Element Lounge. I have no idea what her drum n’ bass sounds like, but she’s got quite a following in Florida, and I dated her for a few months, fourteen years ago, so she gets a shout-out. Saturday’s got\u00a0Jimmy Catlett Group and The Dregs<\/strong> at the Playing Field – they are awesome; JCG is my favorite local straight-up rock band; sounds like everything awesome about 80s\/90s pop-rock plus extra goodness unique to them, to me. Also,\u00a0Black Liquid<\/strong> is playing the Camel – if you’re into hip-hop and getting drunk, he’s a good call. OMFG!\u00a0Black Cash<\/strong> that day too? This is ridiculous. Black Cash is awesome – I’ll be at Jimmy Catlett because I missed him the last time he played Plaza Bowl, but fuck, man, if you like Johnny Cash, and you’d like to see him sort of channelled through a Nick Cave-vibe, then… well, then you have good taste, and you like Black Cash. This is so unfair. If you don’t go to at least ONE show on this day, you don’t like music.\u00a0Bermuda Triangles<\/strong> are also on Saturday. They’re a CNP band, which probably tells you all you need to know. So that’s what, four good shows? We are truly blessed. And I’m annoyed I can’t go to all of them.<\/p>\n Megadeth<\/strong> is playing the 930 on the 15th, but it’s sold out so it doesn’t matter. Same day, only here in RVA, not sold out, and cheaper, is\u00a0Good Luck<\/strong> at the Camel. Pop-punk goodness with kick-ass guitar-work; they are much beloved by Dan, so you hear them on Salad Days pretty regularly. I’ll be at that one too, prior to doing Mother’s Milk. They’re playing the next day in DC at the Black Cat. On St. Patrick’s Day, there is nowhere you want to be that isn’t McCormack’s Irish Pub. It’s the best bar in the city – I would argue, the state – every day of the year, but it transcends itself on St. Pat’s. On the 20th, the guy from Pedro the Lion<\/strong> is playing. Kinda whiny and he likes jesus, I think, but I hear well of him from tons of people, and he has a few songs I’ve played on the show before. Same day in DC? Sort of the opposite vibe, with\u00a0Anvil and Misstallica<\/strong>, an all-girl Metallica tribute. Obviously, they’re both quite metal.<\/p>\n Ben Folds<\/strong> is playing the National on the 21st. Everyone knows Ben Folds, and thinks his single Brick was very pretty, right? Apparently, he is playing piano. The\u00a0Jim O’Ferrell Band<\/strong> is playing the Camel on the 22nd. I am giving them a shout-out not because they’re particularly good – I’ve only heard one or two tracks, and they were decent, but they didn’t change my life – but because the first weekend they moved to RVA happened to be a fund-drive weekend. And they were really drunk and kept calling the station during my phone shift, requesting themselves. It was awesome and a bit sad, at the same time, but they had fun and so did I. They’re rock, and least one of them’s an Iraq War veteran, because they have a bunch of songs that deal with that.<\/p>\n On the 26th, you’ve got\u00a0A Good Natured Riot<\/strong> at Capital Ale. They’re sort of bluegrass\/country type stuff, if I recall correctly. I remember they kicked a lot of ass at the last fund drive, but uhmm… I was drinking, so I don’t remember them very well, now. I was surprised that I liked them as much as I did, at the time – I should probably see them again so I can firm up my conception of their sound. YOU, on the other hand, might want to see them just because they’re good. The\u00a0Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars<\/strong> are playing that day and the following, at Bogart’s. They’re a rousing good time; feel-good funk that people would dance to in any city but Richmond, and sometimes even do here. On the 28th,\u00a0Foxy Shazam<\/strong>‘s playing the Canal Club. I can’t remember where they’re from, but I saw them with Tubring and they were great. Glammy punky fun-times, and I recommend ’em.<\/p>\n Wilco<\/strong> is playing on the 29th. I know lots of people who like them, but I find them kinda mediocre, so I don’t mind at all that they’re sold out. Maybe you care. Maybe you have a friend at the National that can get you inside. More power to you, buddy. Last but not least,\u00a0Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine<\/strong> (!!!!!!!) is playing the Black Cat on the 30th, and playing here in RVA at the Canal Club on the 31st. It’s Jello Biafra – a living legend, he’s sort of like punk rock’s Noam Chomsky. You may have heard of his former band, the Dead Kennedys. The other bands at the Canal Club show are also quite good; I think they’re all local, cuz’ I know all the names.<\/p>\n There ya have it. This month has a shit-ton of kick-ass shows.<\/p>\n MUST SEE SHOW: There are a bunch, but I have to go with\u00a0Jello Biafra<\/strong> at the Canal Club. 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\n03\/09\/10 –\u00a0Dropkick Murphy’s<\/strong> @ 930 Club (SOLD OUT)
\n03\/10\/10 – Boondock Saints (Movie) @ Capital Ale House
\n03\/11\/10 –\u00a0They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton<\/strong> @ The National
\n03\/11\/10 –\u00a0Jet<\/strong> @ The Hat Factory
\n03\/11\/10 – WRIR Benefit featuring\u00a0The Moonbees, Hot Lava, The Way of the Sun, Microjoy<\/strong> @ The Camel
\n03\/11\/10 –\u00a0Strike Anywhere<\/strong> @ Plaza Bowl
\n03\/12\/10 –\u00a0Jet, Andrew WK, Carbon Leaf<\/strong> @ 930 Club (FREE, but it’s at 8AM)
\n03\/12\/10 –\u00a0Nyxe<\/strong> @ The Element Lounge
\n03\/13\/10 –\u00a0Jimmy Catlett Group, The Dregs<\/strong> @ The Playing Field
\n03\/13\/10 –\u00a0Black Liquid<\/strong> @ The Camel
\n03\/13\/10 –\u00a0Black Cash & the Bad Trips<\/strong> @ Cary St. Cafe
\n03\/13\/10 –\u00a0Bermuda Trianbles<\/strong> @ The Triple
\n03\/15\/10 –\u00a0Megadeth, Exodus, Testament<\/strong> @ 930 Club (SOLD OUT)
\n03\/15\/10 –\u00a0Good Luck<\/strong> @ The Camel
\n03\/16\/10 –\u00a0Good Luck<\/strong> @ Black Cat
\n03\/17\/10 – St. Patrick’s Day (no bands as far as I know, but a damn good time) @ McCormack’s Irish Pub
\n03\/20\/10 –\u00a0David Bazan<\/strong> (Pedro the Lion guy) @ Alley Katz
\n03\/20\/10 –\u00a0Anvil, Misstallica<\/strong> @ 930 Club
\n03\/21\/10 –\u00a0Ben Folds<\/strong> @ The National
\n03\/22\/10 –\u00a0The Jim O’Ferrell Band<\/strong> @ The Camel
\n03\/26\/10 –\u00a0A Good Natured Riot<\/strong> @ Capital Ale House
\n03\/26\/10 –\u00a0Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars<\/strong> @ Bogart’s
\n03\/27\/10 –\u00a0Oregon Hill Funk All-Stars<\/strong> @ Bogart’s
\n03\/28\/10 –\u00a0Foxy Shazam<\/strong> @ Canal Club
\n03\/29\/10 –\u00a0Wilco<\/strong> @ The National (SOLD OUT)
\n03\/30\/10 –\u00a0Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine<\/strong> @ Black Cat
\n03\/31\/10 –\u00a0Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Landmines<\/strong> @ Canal Club<\/p>\n