official leave your genre at the door 2 lineup

Sad Gorilla
Heptic Skeptic
Satin Hooks
Brains For Dinner
Perseph 1
Fat Tony
Nosaprise
News on the March

tooo busy for my own good

So the past couple of months have been pretty insane.I played again with Portugal the Man in October and then did a few dates with Fat Tony and Devin the Dude.In between all that I now regularly perform with The Umbrella Man,occasionally with Free Radicals,as well as Sideshow Tramps.I've decided to stop trying to make this blog something that its not and just let it be an assortment of ramblings so that my friends,fans,and other folk can keep up with me without having to go to myspace when they're at work/school and what not.I will continue to post shows and all that jazz though as they come though.I'm excited to announce that my old band Heptic Skeptic will be reuniting in January for Leave Your Genre at the Door 2 at Fitzgerald's.It's going to be a really great night and the lineup is looking pretty wow already.I also found out that I will be playing SXSW again this year under the name Kam Franklin with a few good men behind me no specific dates yet but stay tuned to the sxsw website or here for updates. This week I'll be performing at Gritsy on Friday and if you are free tonight I'll be at the Continental Club with the Umbrella Man.Have a great week...

hurricane free

With hurricane madness,a extended lack of internet to my avail,and not enough time in the world I went a whole month with no kind of update.My apologies all around!Now that all that nonsense is over and I have internet access again there are soooo many good things coming up!My favorite bi annual street bonanza the Westheimer block party will be making its return Saturday Oct. 11th it will start at 11am with free shows going until 8:30pm with a big closeout show that you can pay for over at numbers.Check out the lineup and schedule below:







































































I have a lot of other events in my email box but I'm still waiting on the jpegs so it may be a couple of days but the block party deserves its own entry anyway.See you all there!

do you give a jam!

This Saturday marks the anniversary of one of my favority local events/benefits:The 3rd annual We Give a Jam School Supplies Drive and B-boy/girl competition put on my friend Nosa, better known as Nosaprise.All you have to do to get in is bring $7 worth of school supplies and thats it!!Performances by The Free Radicals and Marlon of the Havikoro crew will also be happening hope to see you out!!!

school is almost here

So there are a lot of cool parties,shows,and other hoopla coming up.The past couple of weeks have been busy as hell.I'm in the process of recording an album,registering for school,finalizing loans,and promoting the Bun B show at Warehouse Live on August 20th.Register at scion.com/livemetro to get in!!Did I mention that it's free????

ALSO...SXSW 2009 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Go to sxsw.com to try and make some shit happen.
See you in March!!!
For some reason my jpegs for all these events aren't working on blogger right now, but I will post them up as soon as the site will allow.

Have a great weekend guys oh yeah btw:

Free Riff Tiffs show at 2020 commerce tonight ;)

finally

Normally,I try to shout out to everything going on about town but this weekend I'm going be selfish and only endorse myself and my favorite people putting on shows this weekend:


It's all I've talked about since April.





































If you can't make it to Fitz you should at least haul your ass to the mink to catch EVERYONE on this lineup:


































Saturday night I return to my ska roots.I will be singing in the local ska super group The Pocket around 7:30 alongside tons of friends:































Then of course there is the 2 day monster happening at Shady Tavern:






































I'd throw a few explanations out there but ehhhh no time I have to go to Fitz now and start setting up already.I finally got my computer back so more updates and show reviews will be coming very soon!

Have a great weekend.

banditos,Two Star Cd Release

So last night I played the meridian with RX Bandits,Portugal the man,and facing new york.
I had too grandiose of a time.My show was a bit lazier due to the fact that I fell down the stairs earlier that day at Francisco Studios not cool....but luckily a lot of good stuff came out of the recording session that went down there.Shout out to bunny for making beautiful things come out of an ugly place

This weekend is the "Whatever look at me!" Houston Press Awards. I'm trying to decide if I should wear a different outfit for every stage I hop on or just make a statement with one outfit...I'm lame lol

I will be giving a real update with a list of shows you must check out!

Number one being the Two Star Symphony Cd Release at Rudyard's this Friday.Those cats are amazing minus nobody sending me a jpeg of the flyer for the show!!!!

check out my review in the Houston Press

http://houstonpress.com/2008-07-17/music/kam-bamitskam-ep/

feel free to comment on the Houston Press site about what ya think of it
Thanks for the love

Kam

July 31st!

support support support

wowwy mc wow wow

So with the most recent Houston Press article by John Lomax, I found myself extremely irritated and inspired at the same time. I feel like I'm one of those few remaining musicians that believe that as long as I keep at it with the promo,the good attitude,and desire and work ethic to create good music and put on a good show you CAN and WILL eventually "make it".I also believe in genre blending hence the inspiration for the upcoming "Leave Your Genre at the Door" event that I have been in everyone's ass about the past few weeks.It just kinda sucks as an artist when you put in loads of work and it continues to go unnoticed but it still serves as the leading fuel to the fire for many to continue to strive for that recognition.

Ahhhhh I don't want to read anymore articles by people complaining about how weak the scene is if they are doing nothing to help it.I'm making my attempt by not only doing this show on August 1st but by continuing to go out and hear unknown bands as well as still paying to see my friends perform that I see all the time. I'm also in the process of working on making all my shows more of an event and focusing more on the production of my music rather than just putting something out there just so I can say I have something out there.Be prepared for a big change from this local artist...great things ahead....

If I were to go out and about this week I'd go to:

mondayJuly 14th:
The Cheat & Guitars@Boondocks!
George Michael @ Toyota Center lol ;)

Tuesday July 15th:
Umbrella Man @ Continental Club(vote for us for "best roots rock" for the Houston Press Awards)

Wednesday July 16th :
Little Joe Washington@Boondocks

Thursday July,17th:
Less Than Jake/Big D and the Kids Table/Suburban Legends @ The Meridian (oh how I might have to go to this and return to my ska roots)

The Riff tiffs,Lisa's Son's,Ceeplus Bad Knives,Pale&The Takes @Numbers for Recession Thursdays

Hueman@Dean's

Speakerboxx at the Mink w/Squincy Jones,Dayta,Reko Trill and more!

Friday,July 18:
Tilly and the Wall,Elaine Greer,The Wild Moccasins@The Engine Room
Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township/The Hacienda Brothers/Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers/Molly and the Ringwalds @ The Continental Club

Saturday July 19th:

The Fucking Transmissions and Fat Tony @ 2020 commerce st.(I'm singing w/Fat Tony come say hey)

Windsor Drive/Deep Ella/The American Masquerade/Camera Can't Lie/Where Vegas Lies/Gatlin Elms @ Fitzgerald's
(I love the boys from windsor and the american masquerade it's sure to be a good night)

Sunday July 20th:

Rx Bandits,Portugal the Man, Facing New York and Kam!!!
13 bucks in advance and day of show!
come out come out!






























have a great week you guys!

LEAVE YOUR GENRE AT THE DOOR!

So my lineup has been tweaked and bent over backwards a few times but finally we have reached a good place!Check it out below show is weeks away hope to see you there:

Leave Your Genre @ The door August 1st
Below is the corrected and final lineup for the show
10 bucks for upstairs and downstairs at Fitzgerald's
Doors at 7pm first band starts at 7:30pm

The TonTons (http://myspace.com/thetontons)
Perseph 1& Andacc (http://myspace.com/perseph1)
Hueman (http://myspace.com/huemanband)
Kam (http://myspace.combamitskam)
Evak 1 (http://myspace.com/evak1)
Televison skies (http://myspace.com/thetelevisionskies)
Satin Hooks (http://myspace.com/satinhooks)
Lower Life Form (http://myspace.comlowerlifeform)
Babel Fishh (http://myspace.com/babelfishh)
Two Star Symphony (http://myspace.com/twostarsymphony)
Peekaboo Theory (http://myspace.com/peekabootheory)
B.B Aeroplane (http://myspace.com/bbaeroplane)
Dirty Dez (http://myspace.com/illasmeproductions)

ya'll are not ready!

Greetings from a well lit apartment in San Francisco

I still get immensely angry when people tell me it's "nice" out in San Francisco when they know I hail from Houston and make it very clear how anti-cold weather I am.
I should have brought a damn sweater.
Anyway I am here to play a dubstep show with my homie DJ Boggle and some other kids at Etiqutte Lounge tonight its looking like its going to be a good night.
My Leave your genre at the door project got a little tossed around for a sec so I'm having to redo flyers since I had to replace a few bands the new confirmed lineup is:

The TonTons
Dirty Dez
B.B Aeroplane
Perseph 1& Andacc
Hueman
Kam
Evak 1
Televison skies
Satin Hooks
Lower Life Form
Babel Fishh
Two Star Symphony
Peekaboo Theory

It's a mouthful with 13 artists but its the original way I wanted to go so it's going to be a great night...while a busy one,still a great one.See you all there on August 1st!

tomorrow!

I've said it already I know but I'm excited tomorrow at club Venue on main St. downtown the Red Bull official beat battle is happening!If you haven't already go rsvp at redbullbigtune.com and click on Houston!Featuring Willie D of the Geto Boys and Michael 5000 watts!

Doors @ 8:30pm
Free w/id
but make sure you rsvp for entry!































See ya tomorrow!

Happy Juneteenth

This the first day in my life that I have ever had to work on Juneteenth.
For those of you not in the loop on what I'm talking about be sure to click on the link
and learn about my excitement about this day:)

Today has been off to a ridiculous start minus me locking my keys in my car,I also came to work with my shirt on backwards,my fly open,and my hair looking something close to that of a a chia pet with the leaves that found their way to my head.So excusing the fact thatI'm being forced to stay here til 8:30 tonight I'm exicted because I'm playing Numbers with some really cool people.Come out!It's all ages and sure to be a good time :)

this week....

Wednesday:
The Roots at Warehouse...it sucks to be broke :(

Thursday
































I'm really excited to play with all of the bands listed above and I'm especially excited to hear the TonTon's live I have heard them since I was in Heptic Skeptic and they were still going by Helicopter Jones.It's been a while since those random Scout Bar shows lol yuck!

Friday

Ladyheat/The Tontons/Piano Vines/Earnie Banks @ The Backroom
Stadium/The Last Place You Look/Cruiserweight/Velora/Legacy Falls @ Fitzgerald's(I support all things Cruiserweight)

Saturday
MFAH music series with Tha Fucking Transmissions.



























































Sunday
Tom Waits at Jones Hall!!
Russian Circles(sargent house)/Daughters/The Roller @ Rudyard's


Next week calling out all producers and people who think they are producers this event is for you:































The event is free 21+ all you have to do to get in is RSVP at http://www.Redbullbigtune.com !!


Then coming at ya Friday, August 1st:

12 bands.
10 dollars.




















Featuring:
Evak 1
Television Skies
Babel fishh
Lower life Form
I&I(Fat Tony and DeeRail)
Hueman(formerly Snowshoe and Lewis)
Two Star Symphony
Kam
Satin Hooks
Perseph One&Andacc
Peekaboo Theory
The F*cking Transmissions

don't even act like you're ready because you aren't!

I know,I know I suck at life and I will try my hardest not to make these entries only once a week when there are tons of things going on.Well this weekend was over packed.Between the Bunny Camp,Gritsy,random goings on at the Silo,rehearsals,and shows my brain is barely functioning.Did I mention my day job moved my hours up an hour so the new day is 6am to 4:30...yeah ridiculous right?ahhhh anyway this weekend looks like I maybe going to Denton...but the museum is supposedly featuring the boys from Tha Fucking Transmissions or TFT according to the flyer.Should be a good time...anyway I'll either edit this later or write a more thought out entry later.Happy monday!

man oh man oh man

So this weekend was a ridiculous one. I brought in my birthday on Friday at midnight while at the Los Skarnales show at Fitzgerald's. I have been going to Skarnales shows for years and must say that it was one of the best shows I had seen them do to date.I ran into a bunch old friends and brought in 21 with Jagerbombs and whiskey sours.To continue the madness on Saturday night after I did a mini set at Rhythymatic I went to my birthday party at Boondocks.Dirty Honey was going on,Witnes was on the turntables,even more familiar faces came out and drowned yours truly in Red Snappers,kamikazes and more Jager!Needless to say that somewhere in between the liquor,havikoro bboy circles,and 2am I wound up safely on my friend Christa's couch.Thanks for the good time folk! There are a lot of good shows/events happening this week so I am going to just drop my endorsement down on a few of them! Tonight
Wicked poseur and Awake and Boondocks'
O'Pioneers and Teenage Cool Kids at The White Swan Tuesday The Umbrella Man with The Pearls at The Continental Club(I'm in both bands so I have to promote!)
RZA/Zeale32 at Warehouse(if I wasn't playing this is the show I'd be at)
Songwriter's workshop at Dean's featuring Hueman

Wednesday
???find me something to do

Thursday
Mates of State@Warehouse Live
Satin Hooks,Tha Fucking Transmissions,Shina Rae,The Delta Block,Bases Loaded
Western Civilization/Via Audio/Jukebox The Ghost @ XO Bar & Lounge
Dj IP Freely at Speakerboxx@ Mink-Backroom

Friday
The Bunny Camp Party feat. you(genius),Fat Tony,Dee Rail and some chick named Kam ;)

























Saturday
Gritsy! going down at Bollywood Bar on Main st.



















The American Masquerade/Pin Up Pilot/The Phlegmatics @ Fitzdown
The Finalist/Knock Out Kings/The Last Starfighter/Cromwell/Eldridge @ Fitzgerald's upstairs

Sunday
Sun., June 15 - Rancid/Complete Control/Deathbed Repentance/Hell City Kings (aftershow) @ Warehouse Live

I'm pretty biased when it comes to Rancid.

Looks like its going to be a pretty awesome week filled with some really great shows so I hope to see you guys out and about.

Congrats Barack!!!

This made my week!

So my very first Dillo Day at Northwestern University was a good one featuring performances by the cool kids,broken social scene,third eye blind,2 sets by flosstradomus(spelled so wrong i'm sure) and a closing performance by Common. Let me just say Northwestern must be one of the nicest college campuses next to Pepperdine in Malibu,CA that I have ever seen.The day was a bit out of control with the mud taking over everyones body but it was all in all a great time.I'll edit this later to add photos.

This week is my birthday week and I'm excited and I've already mentioned that I will be having my party at boondocks Saturday night but Friday I will be returning to my oh so nerdy ska roots and checking out one of my fave local bands of all time Los Skarnales along with other fellow homeboys Brains For Dinner at Fitzgerald's my birthday weekend is sure looking to be a good one!































Also if you are out and about tonight come to the Continental Club where I will be singing with the Umbrella Man! Have a great Tuesday!

RIP Bo Diddley

Before I start babbling about my Chicago trip I just wanted to pay a respect to the man that is Bo Diddley. Rest in peace.


























Bo Diddley December 30,1928-June 2,2008

countdown to dilloday

Well I just got really excited because I realized that it is Thursday and not Friday and tomorrow I leave for Chicago!!!Now,before I go I wanted to leave you with an assortment of things to do this weekend as well as a few events you should be checking out if you haven't already made plans of your own...

This weekend...


I endorse anything Dayta does,especially when Michelle Tanner is subconsciously telling me to come party.Especially since I myself am a Gemini Ahhhh...






















My homeboy Nosa received a really nice write up on Chron.com and I just wanted to shout out his show since I won't be at it.Ladies its free for you till 11!At least thats the time I think I see on the flyer...my eyes have been a bit sassy with me this week.






















Let us also not forget about the oh so fabulous Gnarfest going down on Sunday either!Hopefully I will be back in time if not have a great weekend!
Be safe!Also............if you happen to be free June 19th you should make your way to Numbers...just saying:)

mfah mixer return

This weekend was a good one indeed!It started off on a sour note with my NYC trip getting cancelled last minute due to my flight being cancelled and all other roundtrip flights being sold out...fucking lame.But since that happened I got to check out a bunch of shows,parties,and run into a bunch of familiar faces I hadn't seen in quite a while.The highlights were definitely the random warehouse party on Friday with Skeez's crew and performances by Peekaboo Theory and Perseph 1.Always good to see my homies doing their thing :) Saturday I went to the mixer at MFAH and had a bit too much to drink but a damn good time over all. I really wish those things were year round and inside all the time instead of outside in the swamplike weather.I somehow missed mathletes but caught Voxtrot.Good times indeed. The next one is on June 21st so if I'm in town I'll stop being lazy and take some photos.My memorial weekend was topped off by the 5 dollar Jager shot +lonestar chaser at Catbirds...um can somebody tell me why I didn't know about this sooner?Wahhhh anyway.

This weekend I'm going to be in Chicago indulging in all the musical ear and eye candy that is Common,Broken Social Scene,and Ted Leo and the pharmacists,but if I get my ass back in time I hope to go to the afterparty for the new downtown skatepark opening this weekend...can somebody say finally?Alright I'll say it,finally!!!!!Check it out!




also if you are looking for something to do tomorrow Murder by Death is playing Walters.That's all that really needs to be said.

Birthday plans....

I realized if it were any other birthday, things would be different.While I would normally be at Rhythmatic at Dean's on the first Saturday of the month,Saturday June 7th, is going to be my 21st birthday.
That being the case I'm flipping the switch and doing what I want to do.Starting off by not being downtown.The last thing I want to do is encounter an HPD cop atop a horse on main st. when I'm at my most intoxicated...I feel better taking my chances at Boondocks and its dancefloor.....

There you have it!Saturday June 7th,sometime after dark I hope to see you and your people!Besides you can't beat good soul music!

Feel free to roll through and T-Pain me :)

Is it Friday yet???

So this Memorial weekend I will be playing in New York city.This will be my second time around and I'm excited about it! It will be a dub step show going down at The Pyramid Club in Manhattan for the Konkrete Jungle weekly up there. I want to send out a big thank you to the small but growing dub step community they have taken me more places in the past 6 months than I have been in my whole life. Before I swarm into Manhattan I will be spending Saturday and Sunday in Baltimore hitting up a few house parties so if you are going to be in the Baltimore/D.C area link up with me!Just to close out the dub step topic just wanted to send out a little reminder:



















Tonight I will be doing a couple sets first over at the Continenal Club with my buddy Nick Gaitan then jetting over for a bit to Dean's with the boys from Hueman formerly Snowshoe and Lewis for the songwriters workshop/jam session.Damn,its only Tuesday...sometimes I really do wish I didn't have a dayjob. Thank goodness for organic foods and exercise otherwise I would have reached my limit a long time ago!
Hint to promoters: I still have yet to find a good consistent Wednesday night thing to do....it use to be Witnes at the Flat when he was here but now I'm lost with out hump day plans...get on it!

As for Thursdays shout out to Mister Andre who will be doing it big over at Speakerboxx this week.So,I'd appreciate it if after you leave the Free Press shindig at Numbers you make your way over to The Backroom...





































I swear Thursday seems like new Friday...sometimes,at least.Someone let me know when the real Friday actually does get here though.

Almost forgot but its about damn time:





























The oh so fabulous just in time return of the hipster free for all Starbucks Music series at the MFAH hosted by BBoy Craig and Karina Nistal. This thing is normally accompanied by a decently priced cash bar and a banger afterparty.

Shout out to the locals

It has come to my attention that Boondocks(which would be my favorite local bar if it weren't for the super slow bartenders that seem incapable of making drinks in a quick and consistent manner....you know that whole thing bartenders are supposed to be the master of?whatev.) has started having little local showcases on Monday nights.I sadly missed the one with Ryan Scroggins and The Trenchtown Texans last week but if you are looking foward to something to do tonight(Monday) I know that local punk trio Alarma! and Innerlights will be doing their thing tonight with The Last Place You look and Lazlo following suit next Monday.
This weekend was the final open weekend for the Grab Bar over on Pierce Street.Grab definitely was not one of the most glamorous places in the world but good times were had there and it will definitely be missed.
Continuing on with this new and oh so fabulous trend with showing off the local talent in Houston Free Press Houston has started what they like to call Recession Thursdays where they bring in an assortment of locals and force them to fight to the death in this huge battle dome...also known as Numbers.They haven't put up a new flyer for the talent playing this Thursday but here's the one for last week so you can kinda get the gist.


























I'm hoping to make my way out there before I play there on June 19th...womp.Anyway the site has it promoted that upcoming shows will be featuring The Ton Tons,Tha F*cking Transmissions,and a whole lot more. I hope we can get this to be a big thing...and or something that runs longer than a month. Come on Houston support your locals or at least support the economy by putting some $2 Lone Stars into your system.

Rumor also has it there is some shindig going down at the MFAH all I heard was cheap cash bar so I may need to go out and help the economy myself tonight and take in a little art.All in all have a good week I will return to you with more ramblings sooner rather than later.

Also...I don't know if I like this or not:



















PS I wish someone was taking me to the Police/Elvis Costello concert tomorrow night :(

Things to do this weekend....

I decided that being that summer break is upon us this weekend would be a good time for me to return to my old stomping grounds in League City,TX. I am a native Houstonian but during my high school years found myself in the little town but moved back to the H after my senior year.Tomorrow and Saturday will be dedicated to the beach and 21st birthdays for a few of my good friends with a return Saturday night to the Grab Bar closing party.There are a lot of shows/parties going down so if you need something to do here are a few ideas:

























The grab party I already know will be ridiculous,it's the last weekend that it will be open so bring yourself on out!!Also there will be an after party for the Radiohead show that everyone but me is going to because I suck at life....

No Flyer but this was the email that was fowarded to me:
Date: Apr 15, 2008 9:30 AM
Subject: TURBO RECORDS TOUR w/ D.I.M / OCELOT / BIRD PETERSON @ #'s
Body: Ok Houston, once again i am going to bring some AMAZING new dance music artists to Houston, once again i am asking for your support !!!! Come out to this party, show me you want more of this!!!! If you are sick of seeing the same old artists week in and week out and wonder why the hell no one brings this stuff to town.. well... because it's up to you to support it. You say you like dance music, you say you like new electro you say you like all the stuff coming out of Paris/ Germany / UK / Sweden / Australia / USA.. well lets see just how much you like it.... SPREAD THE WORD!

RADIOHEAD AFTERPARTY & TURBO RECORDS "OMNIDANCE" TOUR
*Lots of freebies from Radioheads new album "In Rainbows"
** Maybe some surprise guests.. who knows?

Music by:

D.I.M (Hamburg Germany) www. myspace. com/dimhh
turbo records / boys noize records
"Airbus Baby " " Is You " " Frogger "
Has remixed: Chromeo "Fancy Footwork" , Midnight Jauggernauts, Franz & Shape. Has been remixed by JFK of MSTRKRFT.

OCELOT (Austin Tx, UK)
iheartcomix records
an amazing electro act with two guys, one from Austin, one from UK, opened for Felix Da Housecat at Richs last year and TORE the roof off!!!

BIRD PETERSON (Austin Tx.)
This guy has been putting out some solid productions and remixes for quite some time, a little bit of everything, Bmore/ Electro etc.
Played @ ROCKBOX quite a few times and always brought the party!

The FACTORY PARTY (Houston Tx)
LIVE BAND! This band is on fore right now, amazing live show and so fun to watch, kind of remind me of an updated Joy Division mixed in with a little Interpol and The Cribs for good measure but definitley have a sound all thier own.

DAMON ALLEN vs.

FIXTURE (STEREO! / GET FILTHY)

CEEPLUS BAD KNIVES

MICHELE vs. BOY BOY

FredSTER

The CELEBRITY DJ JACOB MTHRFKN CALLE

+++Artists + Photographers on site, displaying works in the back bar

SATURDAY MAY 17th @ NUMBERS
300 Westheimer
All AGES

Cheap drinks / dance music / art
This will be fun!!!

REPOST and SPREAD THE WORD!!!

***Get 10$ discount tickets from any of the artists playing the event

*******************************************************************************
So as a early birthday present to myself since I most likely won't get to have a party and Rhythmatic will be happening that same night I will be going to Chicago the weekend after I get home from New York for "dilloday" the annual music festival that happens at Northwestern University and it will be exactly one week before my birthday!I will be turning 21 :)

Featuring
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
and
COMMON!!!!!!!

i have yet to see Common live and I'm sure a show in his hometown will be a million times better than a show anywhere else ya dig???I will be taking photos:)

Did I mention the best part? I will be staying with my oldie but goodie friend Courtney from Creek :)
She's fab!


anyway hope everything goes well for everyone this weekend I'm not working tomorrow for once so we are already off to a good start:)

gaitan my man!

Tacos-a-Go-Go on Main St.is one of my favorite places of all time, not only because its delicious and open so late on the weekend,but because every time I go there I habitually run into some of my favorite people.Last night was no exception!As I was leaving Tacos-a-go-go I ran into my buddy Nick Gaitan. Formerly of Los Skarnales, and now of The Umbrella Man, Nick informed me that there was a comedy/music night that recently started at The Continental Club next door and that I should come back by to jam with them later on. I had already planned on going to a jam at Dean's but I figured since I have a residency there that I could be late and a slew of musicians would be there holding down the fort. So I came back only to arrive at the end of the comedy show and was shocked at how funny the comedians actually were.Normally when I go to comedy shows in Houston I have to make sure that my standards are set low...but these guys made me change that notion really quick with their shits and giggles aimed at family,race,and the surely legally insane prostitutes on Main St. Gotta love it.Anyway,I ended up jamming with Nick on bass,Robert on accordian,and a couple of their friends in tow to a few random improv blues/country songs.This comes as a big deal to me because I along with many others have been on the Gaitan waiting list for a while now it seems...just another thing to do if you ask me!I'm ecited and we plan to make this a regular thing on Tuesdays and Sundays.It will be early on Tuesdays though because I still do my regular songwriters workshop at Dean's with Wasi Townsend,Zero,Tony Henry,Snowshoe and Lewis and a hoard of others.This summer is looking to be a busy one indeed.

Oh!!!First week of June I will be doing a mini tour I guess of California!With dates in Los angeles and in San Francisco followed by a possible Las Vegas addition. Stay tuned and thank goodness its almost Friday.

interview!

The internet approved blog established by producer Hollywood Floss just did an interview with me when you get the chance go on ahead an check it out here!

Thanks Floss!

So this weekend was an eventful one. I wasn't able to make it out to everything including the rad roots blog launch at the F
Flat and Carnival at club next due to the fact that the drinks were a bit too strong at the DAM show at Warehouse Live.It was a good night and anytime we get a Matt Sonzala sighting in the H these days you know the night is going to be a good one!

image courtesy of HoustonSoReal

My Saturday was taken over by Gritsy(photos all by Omar):











































































































































After Gritsy I found myself with about twenty minutes left before 2am so I jetted over to Boondocks and caught the end of dayta's set. It was banger he through in a nice blend of old school Michael Jackson into Marvin Gaye which was a nice,soft end to a loud night.

tgif

Man...so the weekend is upon is and I forgot to mention another big thing going down tonight my friends Ryan and Dawn are launching their blog tonight...with a more formal-esque launch party going down at the flat tonight.I know the blog is supposed to be focusing on everything from urban music to art to whatever else they feel like talking about so after the DAM/H.I.S.D show at Warehouse I plan on showing my face at the flat.Looks like a good time,no cover:

AHHH snap make it official

I decided to stop being lazy and actually put some real use into this blog.I'm temping in corporate America right now and due to whatever previous employee behavior all "social networking sites" are blocked...including all major email sites(myspace,facebook,gmail,yahoo etc.) simply put lame times a million.So I'm having to seek out other promo tactics to get my work accomplished.This summer is going to be a busy one!My doo wop group The Pearls will begin out first series of shows starting this Mother's Day with continuous back to back dates.Check the myspace for The Pearls for future shows.

As for my solo stuff I have a TON of stuff coming up!This Sautrday night I will be doing my regular hosting gig at Gritsy! at G.r.a.b Bar.This will be the final Gritsy at G.r.a.b since it will be sadly closing soon.The Dubstep scene has been really good to me so I make sure to show it love as well!June 13th I will be playing with Fat Tony and Yougenious at the Mink/Backroom.Then that next week I will be in the FreePressHouston local music series at Numbers.Then right afterward will be the two monsters:

July 20th I will be playing with one of my favorite bands the RX Bandits at the Meridian.

My previous band Heptic Skeptic pretty much idolized this band because we,also, had started out as a ska band and were slowly on the up and comeup to finding our own sound.Sadly when we finally got it thats when some of the other members wanted to go and try out a few other ventures in their lives.

On May 30th it will mark the one year anniversary of the breakup of Heptic and the beginning of me,Kam,the solo artist. It's been a rough year but it is finally beginning to pay off!!!July 20th is going to be proof of that with an insane amount of hard work and networking,you can achieve goals(playing with the bandits) that once seemed impossible.Okay now that the after school special is over here are some show details:

RX BANDITS,PORTUGAL THE MAN,KAM,FACING NEW YORK!!!

Tickets are 13.00 at livenation.com!!!

meridianhouston.com

Sunday, July 20, 2008

MeridianDoors: 7:00 pm Show: 8:00 pm

1503 Chartres Street

Houston, TX 77003713.225.1717

The other monster will make is appearance August 1st.I use to book shows all the time back in the day but haven't done so in at least a year so I decided to make a return to that aspect as well and bust out with one of the most diverse local shows you are going to see .

Featuring:

Peekaboo Theory

Perseph 1&Andacc

Nosaprise

Kam

I and I(Fat Tony and Deerail)

Babel Fishh

Evak 1

Lower life form

Two Star Symphony

Snowshoe and Lewis

tha f*cking transmissions

Satin Hooks

Television Skies

It's going down August 1st at Fitzgerald's starting at 6:30pm with music starting at seven.

For a complete list of dates for all my shows be it my solo stuff,doo wop,dubstep whatever just go to my myspace .

So this weekend I hope to see you out and about at one of these things:

Friday(tomorrow):

Saturday night:

Be safe and have a good weekend ya'll!

9-5

They weren't lying when they said the older you get the harder it gets.
I'm driving myself crazy trying to book shows,get into shape,make a name for myself,attend studio sessions,and get a decent consistent job to pay off my monthly annoyances.Not to mention finally,finally finish up school.Soon.soon.

All the things I'm trying to accomplish will fall into place.