The Fire This Time

Meanwhile Saturday, back at the Graves, it’s a Folklife Festival Preview with Circle Time music by Lisa Monet , songs by Melody Walker (featured on Folklife’s Songwriter’s Night, July 17) and neo-old timey tunes by Old Dog . (Lisa and Old Dog both play Folklife’s All Day Free Festival July 21.)

Big Pete’s Pizza in Northtown celebrates its 2nd anniversary July 5 (has it really been that long?) with a jam including members of Moo-Got-2 , Bump Foundation and (Little) Pete’s band, Nucleus . No cover, happy hour all night. Sounds like a blast.

Got a note from an old friend, Coleman , who moved up to the Snoqualmie Valley in Washington a few years ago. The former guitarist/bassman for now-defunct Humboldt County bands like The Yowling Zygotes and The Cow Persuaders is coming back for a show at Muddy’s Hot Cup Saturday, July 7, with the acoustic trio Ask Sophie : Coleman on guitar, Snoqualmie accomplices Joe Burgener and Cal Christensen on harp and percussion, respectively, playing eclectic folky country-ish music, “leaning toward songs that tell stories of outlaws, criminals, outcasts, and misfits.” They share the bill with Peggy Martinez ’ new band, No Not Yet .

A missive from (Rutabaga) Queen Monica notes, “In case you are mentioning Los Olvidados in the Hum for this week, you might like to know that they’ll be playing live at 1 p.m. Saturday, in the KSLG studio. I caught them last year sometime, at the Alibi, and adored them.” In case the reference slipped by, the forgotten band from Moorpark (down in Ventura County) is named for a classic Luis Buñuel film. A visit to their MySpace shows them to be a moody, slightly folky rock band with a classic SoCal flavor, as if the music of The Eagles, The Heartbreakers and The Burrito Bros was somehow genetically imprinted on them. Jay Dirt opens the show for them at the Alibi Saturday night, many hours after they play on the radio. Don’t forget.

Remember last week’s item about Steel Toed Slippers , the local kids battling for the national spotlight on The Early Show ? They won! Round one anyway. Heads up: Next vote comes July 16-18. Vote often. Really. Don’t forget. l

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