And to top it off, he had at least a 10 minute bit about one of my wife’s absolute favorite things in the world: giraffes. Come back again Eddie! If I had the money I’d go back for a second show!

Eddie Izzard will be performing for three nights, June 6, 7, 8 at The Paramount Theater here in Austin! If you haven’t heard of Eddie, he is, in my opinion, one of the most brilliant, intelligent and hilarious comedians ever. I’m always surprised at how many people I meet are indeed not only familiar, but in fact die hard fans of his. His humor is simultaneously absurd and cerebral tackling many subjects such as history, bigotry (Eddie likes to wear women’s clothes), movies, love, flags, monkeys with banjos, royalty being attacked by crazy dogs, Star Wars, riding a Vespa and coolly saying “Ciao”, murderous dictators and oh so much more.

Tickets go on sale March 16 at 10 a.m. here. Prices range from $40-$72.50.

For anyone who might not know, Velvet Revolver consists of Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum from Guns N’ Roses, along with Scott Weiland who was the vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots. Dave Kushner is the other guitar player in the band who always seems to get completely overlooked since he wasn’t part of a super famous previous band.

They have become one of my favorite bands. They really do sound like a perfect mix of GNR and STP to me. We saw them last time they came through here and they put on a great show.

You can have previous ideas or outlines but you can’t actually have anything written before midnight tonight so no continuing or finishing up old projects (well not officially with NaNo anyway, but no one says you can’t use November to kick yourself into gear finishing up some project).

John and Ryan gave a brief talk/explanation of the movie beforehand and once the film was over, I had a million questions for the Q&A we all though was going to be next. To our horror when the lights went up a lady was standing in the front of the house telling us that there was supposed to be a Q&A but Ryan wanted to leave, and since John was traveling with him he had to leave too. BOO! Why did we all pay extra money to see your movie if you won’t let us ask about it, and why couldn’t Ryan just hang around for 30 minutes after? Sixth street’s not going anywhere, buddy. Bad form.

I wish there was some way to get ahold of John August, though. I really liked his movie.

Anyone seen her live? How is she?

I suspect Win Butler and Co. of foul play. Who put up the White Stripes against Arcade Fire anyhow? On the other hand, if AF’s not your forte you can at least beat the crowd out to 6th street.

(I kid, Win. Call me.)

Update (2007.09.12 15:14 CDT): MTV reports that they pulled out due to Meg White’s “acute anxiety”. They’re canceling their entire U.S. tour. Muse, who was already scheduled to play ACL, has been moved into their spot and the schedule for that day has been shuffled around.

The Show Band of the Southwest, as photographed by Jerry Hayes on Flickr

Michael Barnes at the Statesman has reported that beloved Austin actor Joe York has died in his home in Brooklyn. Joe was most recently seen in Zach Scott’s production of Rocky Horror Picture Show, which I saw and briefly wrote about. Joe was an electrifying presence on the stage and I regret that I only got to see him once, but once was enough to have his image burned in my memory to this day. A great artist has been lost today, but his art lives on, and he will be missed.

Ohhhhh-kay.

It turns out we had stumbled in on Dr. Sketchy, which involves drawing and drinking once a month, usually at Beerland. Pretty cool, guys. Now that I know they exist I may show up with my sketchpad next time.

Becky and I hung around the bar until the first band showed up, then we moved to a table closer to the stage. I apologize for not knowing the band’s name but they were rockers from Beaumont and, from the sound of it they were a last-minute add to the lineup. But they were really good, loud but still listenable, and I wish I knew who they were so I could go see them again.

Next up were the Jungle Rockers, and when we saw them loading an upright bass and conga drums onto the stage we knew we were in for something awesome. Sure enough the Jungle Rockers are a rockabillyesque band reminiscent of the stray cats and there was a fair bit of shimmying going on in the crowd. Seemed like they were well-known among the crowd and they sounded great- I really want to see them again soon.

Finally Sons of Hercules took the stage and blew my mind. Frank Pugliese’s an amalgamation of every Rolling Stone, a writhing, yelling banshee of a lead singer backed by blasting beats and roaring rock n’ roll. It was so intense I had to go to the back for some air but still, by all accounts they were badass. Awesome band- shame all their shows are in San Antonio for awhile… watch that myspace and the second they come back, plan to check them out.

All in all it was a great night for a little live music :)