TWO FOR THURSDAY: ANOTHER JAZZ POST!

HEY – GUESS WHAT WE LIKE? GOOD CITIZENS. No, we’re not talking about those price-you-out-of-the-Montrose townhome owners that always keep their yards clean and their shades drawn (die – or better yet, come to see what you have destroyed and live forever knowing it), we’re talking about people and organizations that do Eagle Scout level kickbacks to the people in our community that just kinda get overlooked (to say the least). And since we dig on music almost as much as we do Scandanavians, we’re more than happy to throw some of our measly promotional power behind an event that the good folks over at Nameless Sound have going on Saturday night, even though it involves out-of-towners (who, therefore, are mad suspect).

But first, Nameless Sound is an org in Houston that not only brings in some top notch music into town, but has does workshops and what-nots with those artists (and locals) targeted towards public schools, community centers, homeless shelters and whatnot. LIVE FROM THE PR PAGE, HERE IS WHAT THEY IS ABOUT:

Nameless Sound 's Creative Music Workshops are designed to stimulate a supportive environment for artistic exploration through music improvisation. The processes explored emphasize the important values of diversity, dialogue, self-awareness, group awareness, listening, creative problem solving, spontaneity, and risk taking. Creative Music Workshops offer the potential for personal growth and community development through creative improvised music.

So, pretty rad, eh? Well, double time when you consider that this weekend they’ll be offering up a performance by White-Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Lightning Bolt-covering Joe McPhee and The Thing (go read Anna Garza’s write-up of the show here). The show is at MECA, has a student discount, everyone under 18 gets in free and supports the wicked good work that Nameless Sound does. Yup.

(back to the ROCK after this post, we promise).