… as of Tuesday according to Blotch.

Kinky Friedman, country music iconoclast / mystery novelist / friend to animals / erstwhile gubernatorial candidate, will appear Thursday as the feature attraction at a fundraiser for the Jim Bob Norman Scholarship Fund. Admission is $100, and tickets are limited. To order tickets or for more information, call 817.334.0559.

For fans of live music on the Near Southside, The Fairmount needs your help. They have until this Thursday to come up with money to pay taxes, insurance and a two-year TABC license. “We had been in negotiations with an investor who died last week-the day before we were to get the needed cash,” Sally and JR said in a press release. “The agreement had not yet been finalized, so our financial help did not come through. I am asking all available musicians to come to the bar this week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and help us raise the needed funds.”

Do your part and go buy a drink or three to keep a vibrant live music venue afloat. Thanks to Stash Dauber for the h/t.

Green River Ordinance’s first major label CD release, Out of My Hands, came out on Feb. 24 and their CD release party is tonight at The Aardvark where they will appear with The Campaign and Jordan Critz. Tickets are $10 advance or $15 at the door. Doors open at 9 and GRO should be on about 11.

You read that right — Friend of W&C Ricki Derek will be appearing at the Fort Worth location of everyone’s favorite foodie fantasy-land.

Entry is free (it’s on the patio), and you can make a nice picnic by grabbing a few things to much on, a bottle of wine (or two!) and a table out under the stars. The show starts at 6PM, but if you want a table, plan on getting there EARLY.

Considering how good the weather has been lately, this could be a GREAT show.

Two Fort Worth musicians made the cut as finalists for the 2008 International Songwriting Competition, to be announced in April. In the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category, “Not Gonna Think” by April Geesbreght was selected, and in the ever-mysterious Performance category, “Sold Me Down The River” by Sam Shake Anderson was chosen.

God Bless Erin Rice at Pegasus News for doing the legwork for those of us who can’t make it the SXSW for the music. Why not let the music come to us? Rice has compiled a growing list of acts passing through the Fort Worth-Dallas-Denton area on their way into and out of Austin.

One that isn’t on the list that you must attend: Seattle’s Say Hi (pictured at right), who say on their MySpace page they are playing the Longhorn Saloon on St. Patrick’s Day.

Thanks for your work, Erin. We’ll write when we find out more.

Fifty years ago today, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper went down in plane crash in an Iowa cornfield, but earned Rock and Roll immortality because there’s no greater career move in rock than dying young. Let’s take a moment to remember Lubbock’s favorite son with his appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show above.
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As much as it pains me to recommend going to Dallas for anything, I will make exceptions occasionally. This is one: Go see Stephen Costello in the title role of Roberto Deveraux at the Dallas Opera. Costello practically stole the show as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor during the Fort Worth Opera Festival last year, and I think a talent like his deserves a special trip to Big D. He’s the shiznit and hope good things happen for him.

Thanks, people. Make it happen. The final performance is at 7:30 Saturday night at Fair Park.

So sayeth the band’s MySpace page, only two months after the release of their latest album, Down Like Anyone. Their last Fort Worth show will be Feb. 28 at The Longhorn in the Stockyards. Their final gig will be March 28 at the Grenada Theater. For old time’s sake, here’s “I Like U.”

I Like U