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Diesel Combustion Orchestra | Puppet Show.
Tuesday, July 8. Zeitgeist. 8PM. $7 general/ $6 students & seniors/ $5 members. Booking
The Diesel Combustion orchestra features 15 to 20 of New Orleans leading improvising musicians, conducted by saxophonist Daniel Ostreicher. Clips and pictures of their latest performance at the blue nile can be seen at the www. openearsmusic. org .. web site. The evening will feature a performance by the Skookum HeeHee TumTum Automation Generator puppets.

Memories of Immigration
Wednesday, July 9. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. Booking
MEMORIES OF IMMIGRATION (MEMOIRES D’IMMIGRES), by YAMINA BENGUIGUI. France, 1997/8, 160 minutes (in three parts, will be screened with two 5 min. intermissions). In this seminal documentary, a triptych of stories spells out the painful fate of two generations of Maghrebi immigration to France. First we meet the men who left North Africa to forge their way in the paradise of France, only to discover that their paradise is one built of mud and tin roofs; then, the lives of the women who fared little better when they came to join their husbands struggling in this sad poverty. Finally come the stories of the children whose identity is blurred and forgotten as the pervasive French culture absorbs their Arab heritage.

Hi Five | Black Belt | Meadow Flow
Thursday, July 10. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Hi Five CD release show.

nola bike race presents: n.o.sprints indoor bicycle roller racing
Thursday, July 10. whirling dervish. register @ 9, race @ 10. $5 to race, free to spectate!. Booking
www.nolabikerace.com/goldsprints for more info!

N.O. Sprints Indoor Bicycle Roller Racing
Thursday, July 10. Whirling Dervish. Register @ 9, race @ 10. $5 to race, free to spectate. Booking
www.nolabikerace.com/goldsprints for more info! prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

The Prison and the Street
Thursday, July 10. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. Booking
THE PRISON AND THE STREET by Liliana Sulzbach. Cláudia is the oldest and most respected inmate at Madre Pelletier Penitentiary. The one who gives the orders and who protects. She protects young Daniela, for example, whose life is at risk because she is accused of having killed her own child. But Cláudia, like Betânia, is to leave the prison soon. Daniela will have to defend herself alone. Cláudia leaves in search of her son. Betânia feels the temptation of leaving the rules of the semi-open regime to one side, to live in freedom with a new love. O Cárcere e a Rua wanders between the cells at Madre Pelletier women’s penitentiary in Porto Alegre and the streets of the capital of Rio Grande do Sul state. Bars and freedom, women and crime, recovery and recurrence - this is what director Liliana Sulzbach tries to talk about. Her three characters are Daniela Cabral, aged 19, charged with the killing of her own son, Betânia Fontoura (picture), aged 28, condemned to 15 years for robbery, and Cláudia Rullian, aged 54, the inmate who has been the longest time in that place. The links and disconnections between prison and the outside world are the film's best part: upon watching the assisted freedom of Betânia and Cláudia, we add a piece to the social puzzle Brazilian documentaries are gradually putting together. (Brazil. 80 mins)

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Thursday, July 10. Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. Booking
OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES by Michel Hazanavicius. Grand Prize - Tokyo International Film Festival and Audience Award - Seattle International Film Festival. A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. An American born spy working for the French government, OSS 117 is gifted in all, and a gift to all women. It takes him just moments to learn any foreign language, martial art or exotic dance. Armed he is invincible. With no arms, he is indestructible. Naked, he is unbeatable and irresistible. After a fellow agent and close friend is murdered, Hubert is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he investigates Jack's death, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, burnishes France's reputation, quells a fundamentalist rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A blithe and witty send-up not only of spy films of that era and the suave secret agent figure but also neo-colonialism, ethnocentrism and the very idea of Western covert action in the Middle East. OSS 117 was first penned by Jean Bruce in 1949, four years before the first James Bond novel was published and became an international sensation with 265 adventure novels translated into 17 languages, 75 million copies sold, plays, comic books and now eight movies. Co-presented by the NEW ORLEANS CONSULATE DE FRANCE.

Innermost | Cities Killed Starlight
Friday, July 11. Dragon's Den. 9PM. Booking

To Play and to Fight
Friday, July 11. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. Booking
TO PLAY AND TO FIGHT by Alberto Arvelo. To Play and To Fight presents the captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of hundreds of orchestras formed within most of Venezuela’s towns and villages. The documentary portrays the inspirational stories of world class musicians trained by the Venezuelan system. With interviews with many of the world’s most celebrated musicians including the great tenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo Mata, To Play and To Fight is an inspirational story of courage, determination, ambition, and love showing us that… only those who dream can achieve the impossible. (Venezuala, 90 mins)

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Friday, July 11. Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. Booking
OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES by Michel Hazanavicius. Grand Prize - Tokyo International Film Festival and Audience Award - Seattle International Film Festival. A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. An American born spy working for the French government, OSS 117 is gifted in all, and a gift to all women. It takes him just moments to learn any foreign language, martial art or exotic dance. Armed he is invincible. With no arms, he is indestructible. Naked, he is unbeatable and irresistible. After a fellow agent and close friend is murdered, Hubert is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he investigates Jack's death, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, burnishes France's reputation, quells a fundamentalist rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A blithe and witty send-up not only of spy films of that era and the suave secret agent figure but also neo-colonialism, ethnocentrism and the very idea of Western covert action in the Middle East. OSS 117 was first penned by Jean Bruce in 1949, four years before the first James Bond novel was published and became an international sensation with 265 adventure novels translated into 17 languages, 75 million copies sold, plays, comic books and now eight movies. Co-presented by the NEW ORLEANS CONSULATE DE FRANCE.

Have Heart | Verse | Wake Into The Nightmare | Jabberjaw
Saturday, July 12. High Ground. 7PM. $8.

Meth Teeth | The Fault Lines | Pallbearers | King Louie One Man Band
Saturday, July 12. Saturn Bar. 9PM. $5. Booking
Meth teeth rules and is from portland. faultlines are garage stuff from SF,CA...um,the pallbearers are the pallbearers from guitar center and louie is a donkey. If you want to hear any of these bands goto "myspace" and type their names in and their "profile" complete with "songs" will magically appear. 86'd.

Children of the Meghreb
Saturday, July 12. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. Booking
CHILDREN OF THE MEGHREB (SHORTS PROGRAM): THE CLIFF by Faouzi Bensadi. Two young boys survive by doing odd jobs (repainting tombs, collecting and selling empty bottles, etc.) near a cemetery and a beach - where the older boy meets his death, after being robbed of his meagre earnings. FIRST CHRISTMAS by Kamel Cherif. A Tunisian family, who comes to settle in France in the 1960’s, arrives just before Christmas. At school, little Rafik learns about Father Christmas. He tells his family, and everyone awaits their presents in great excitement. But nobody gets any presents, and a vengeful hunt for Father Christmas begins on the waste grounds and around the town. AVRIL by Raja Amari. Amina, a teenage girl, goes to work for Dalida and Farida, two strange sisters. The days are uncomfortably silent, but at night there are screams, and imaginary illnesses. In her innocence, Amina gradually sees through the secret of the sisters’ behaviour... but then they use her in their little game, like a living doll. WHEN THE SPARROWS FALL FROM THE SKY by Hassan Legzouli. The anguish of a peasant family, whose two eldest sons have gone to war. Their parents, wives and younger brother all await their return, hoping to be spared the worst... but the end of the story seems frighteningly inevitable.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Saturday, July 12. Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. Booking
OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES by Michel Hazanavicius. Grand Prize - Tokyo International Film Festival and Audience Award - Seattle International Film Festival. A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. An American born spy working for the French government, OSS 117 is gifted in all, and a gift to all women. It takes him just moments to learn any foreign language, martial art or exotic dance. Armed he is invincible. With no arms, he is indestructible. Naked, he is unbeatable and irresistible. After a fellow agent and close friend is murdered, Hubert is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he investigates Jack's death, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, burnishes France's reputation, quells a fundamentalist rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A blithe and witty send-up not only of spy films of that era and the suave secret agent figure but also neo-colonialism, ethnocentrism and the very idea of Western covert action in the Middle East. OSS 117 was first penned by Jean Bruce in 1949, four years before the first James Bond novel was published and became an international sensation with 265 adventure novels translated into 17 languages, 75 million copies sold, plays, comic books and now eight movies. Co-presented by the NEW ORLEANS CONSULATE DE FRANCE.

Fatter Than Albert | Stuck Lucky | Call For Fire
Sunday, July 13. Big Top. 7PM. $5.
Fatter Than Albert's homecoming show featuring Community Records tour mates Stuck Lucky and extreme basket weaving champions Call For Fire.

Recovery Period | Ghost Towns | Gumbi | Party Time
Sunday, July 13. Dragon's Den. 9PM. $5. Four Square Fury
Recovery Period welcome home show, come tackle me with kisses. Ghost Towns and Gumbi venture from the north with super energetic post hardcore. If this show doesn't end in a sweaty dog pile, your mom will be pissed.

Algerie Mes Fantamas
Sunday, July 13. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. Booking
ALGERIE MES FANTAMAS by Jean-Pierre Lledo. ??Forced to leave Algiers when the fundamentalist attacks started, the author, a film-maker of "Judo-European" origin, finds himself in France 35 years after the exodus of his native community and family. He begins to film various people he comes across for several months in different towns. Seeing that the current crisis in his country revives ancient wounds that have never healed, he gradually discovers that his own wounds have been concealing others.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Sunday, July 13. Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. Booking
OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES by Michel Hazanavicius. Grand Prize - Tokyo International Film Festival and Audience Award - Seattle International Film Festival. A box-office sensation in France, comic star Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau somehow succeeds in spite of his ineptitude. An American born spy working for the French government, OSS 117 is gifted in all, and a gift to all women. It takes him just moments to learn any foreign language, martial art or exotic dance. Armed he is invincible. With no arms, he is indestructible. Naked, he is unbeatable and irresistible. After a fellow agent and close friend is murdered, Hubert is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he investigates Jack's death, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, burnishes France's reputation, quells a fundamentalist rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A blithe and witty send-up not only of spy films of that era and the suave secret agent figure but also neo-colonialism, ethnocentrism and the very idea of Western covert action in the Middle East. OSS 117 was first penned by Jean Bruce in 1949, four years before the first James Bond novel was published and became an international sensation with 265 adventure novels translated into 17 languages, 75 million copies sold, plays, comic books and now eight movies. Co-presented by the NEW ORLEANS CONSULATE DE FRANCE.

The Black Angels | The Warlocks
Monday, July 14. Republic. 8:30PM. $10 advance / $12 door.

Dirty South Revolutionaries | The Shotdowns | All Rise | The AIDS Patients
Wednesday, July 16. Checkpoint Charlie's. 10PM. FREE.
Dirty South Revolutionaries & Shotdowns both hail from NC. D.S.R. are ex-Choking Victim & play metal / punk hybrid & even play the tip game with you by slipping in subtle ska bits. Shotdowns play fast HC / punk. All Rise is a local political streetpunk band & AIDS Patients are scumbags who like GG a lot and come from red stick, LA.

La Traversee
Wednesday, July 16. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. Booking
LA TRAVERSEE by Elisabeth Leuvrey. Every summer, crowds of people cross the sea between France and Algeria, mainly between Marseilles and Algiers, a motley crew of men and women laden with suitcases and stories. At sea, you are no longer in France and not yet in Algeria. And vice versa. In this state of limbo, between two shores and two countries, the talk comes thick and fast, often out of necessity. In this strange enclosed world on board a ship, La Traversée shows these men and women who relate their stories. Screens with VOYAGES EN SOL MAJEUR by Georgi Lazarevski. Aimé has been planning his trip to Morocco for forty years. He has read all the guides, marked all the maps and taken a host of notes. Yet his wife adamantly refuses to go with him. Aimé is finally 93 years old when his grandson, director and photographer, decides to take him to Morocco. Whilst his wife, back at home, talks frankly about her life, the camera watches Aimé rediscover life, the world and others. He talks about his regrets, the missed opportunities and the lessons he has learnt in life. A bittersweet journey full of fleeting happiness, regrets and hopes for the future. Just like life!

Cheb Mami, the Kid
Thursday, July 17. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. Booking
CHEB MAMI, THE KID by Rabah Mezouane. ?The youngster has grown up, the "cheb" (kid in the Oran dialect) has aged and Rai is still with us! From the age of fourteen, Mami "the kid" built up a solid reputation as an singer at weddings and circumcisions in Western Algeria. Rai, that subversive and rebellious music, rapidly became a channel for the confusion of a society torn between tradition and modernity, and then became a musical political language. Rai spread like wildfire through Algeria before conquering the world, and the Kid went all the way to the United States to work with the biggest names in World music. From Saïda, his native town: "the happy one" in Arabic, and the title of one of his albums, to "Let me rai", Khélifati Mohamed, known as Cheb Mami, remains the most emblematic reference of this international music. Inch’Allah! Screens with TANGER, LA REVE DES BRULEURS by Leila Kilani. The border at Tangier is a presence: it can be seen, it appears at any moment, it can be felt everywhere. It is the water. Opposite, there is a continuous line: Spain, Europe’s last natural advance. A "burner" is someone who is ready to accept anything in order to get away: someone who is prepared to burn his papers and his identity, making this departure an irrevocable undertaking.

Leech | Haarp | Thou
Friday, July 18. Big Top. 8PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
First Thou show in New Orleans since March. Fresh from tour, hating each other, hating the world. Eternal god, we approach thee.

The Loblaws | The Ergs | Hunchback | Rougarou | The Rooks
Friday, July 18. Big Top. 5PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
Matinee show. Pop punk to the max.

Like Skyscrapers | Landings
Friday, July 18. PJ's Coffee. 8PM. FREE. Booking
Fun and free for all ages. Acoustic and indie rock. Email if you'd like to play PJs.

Leech | Fiya | Thou | Barghest
Saturday, July 19. House of Screamo. Dusk. $5. An Idea Like No Other
Last show of the Thou summer tour. In the wood, brick, and mortar domain of despair. Follow the lighted path. Follow the cloaked ones. And speak not a word.

SFN | We Need To Talk | Lincoln Battalion | Raum
Sunday, July 20. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. $5. Noxious Noize
SFN come from WI and play fucking fast HC / powerviolence w/ some grind influence, and outta no where slow it waaaaaay down to a sludgy crawl. WNTT & LB both hail from Baton Rouge. WNTT is a whirlwind of thrash / HC, while LB play more sludge inspired punk. think Black Flag meets Eyehategod. lastly Raum (from NOLA & MS) play punishingly slow sludge with the odd fast part. this show will certainly make some ears bleed. if it's too loud... well, u get the idea.

Bella Morte
Sunday, July 20. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. $2 more if you're under 21. Howlin Wolf Booking

NOMO
Sunday, July 20. Republic. 8PM. $8. Infectious Publicity

L'antietam | Werewolf Casey | Party Time | Sisera
Tuesday, July 22. Dragon's Den. 6PM SHARP. $5. Light's Bane Booking
L'antietam are a hardcore band from Boston. Remember when they played with Kid Crash last year at Tulane's Der Rathskeller? More bands TBA

Weekly Open Mic Night
Wednesday, July 23. Tarantula Arms. 9:30PM sign-up for acts; 10PM show starts. FREE.

Meadowflow | Big Baby | Hat Talk
Friday, July 25. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.

Dhalism | Hearts Grow Dim | Collapsar | In Tomorrows Shadow
Saturday, July 26. ECA Conference Center (Monroe). 7PM. $5.

The Walking Bones | We\'re Only In It For The Honey | Cutter
Saturday, July 26. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. $5.
The Walking Bones are chaotic, melodic, and hypnotic all wrapped up in one tight-ass punk rock\'n\'roll package. We\'re Only In It For The Honey rock as hard as The Stooges and Guns\'N\'Roses put together and are ready to party down. Cutter is a brutal hardcore punk band from Brooklyn, NYC. Unbeatable show.

Mod Dance Party
Saturday, July 26. Saturn Bar. 11PM.

Wolf Parade
Saturday, July 26. Spanish Moon.

Peter Young | This Time Tomorrow | We Need to Talk
Wednesday, July 30. House of Screamo. 7PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
Animal right activist Peter Young returns. Short talk plus vegan hardcore from Seattle (This Time Tomorrow) and party (i.e. rave) hardcore from Baton Rouge / Metairie (We Need to Talk). If you haven't heard, TTT's new stuff is more black metal, heavier, with deeper and darker vocals. This is going to be THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED WE NEED TO TALK RECORD RELEASE SHOW. Kill or die.

Tony Dagradi | Rick Trolsen | Simon Lott | Peter Harris
Thursday, July 31. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10:30PM. Scatterjazz
yike-oh!!! start your satchmo fest weekend out right!!! sax guru Tony Dagradi making a rare foray into the world of totally free-form experimental music... mind you, a world he has often been a part of in his days in new york and boston and here in NOLA..just not very often anymore... Trombone Titan Trolsen, Smilin Simon Lott on drums and Amphetamines and the rock of Peter Harris on upright bass, all making shit up together for one night only.....how bad can that possibly be??? dont miss...

Peter Young | This Time Tomorrow | Chopsley | Reclaim Life
Thursday, July 31. Zeitgeist. 7PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
Peter Young / This Time Tomorrow southern Louisiana part II. Plus, the first appearance of Chopsley since May. Two shows in three months? Has the world gone mad?

The Last Priority | All Rise
Friday, August 1. Checkpoint Charlie's. 11:59PM LATE SHOW AT MIDNIGHT. FREE. Noxious Noize
this show will start @ midnight after the previous show ends... ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST FIRST, (though technically it's the morning of the second). now that we've cleared that up....... TLP are spiky punx from CA who play fucking fast, political HC. All Rise are local boys who play politically charged streetpunk.

Jeff Albert Quartet
Sunday, August 3. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10:30PM. Scatterjazz
the partly structured, partly improvised music of Jeff Albert's (trombone) working group playing freely improvised pieces and such crowd pleasers as " Chalk and Chocolate" , "It may have been a Napkin" and "I was just looking for my Pants"... one of the more imteresting working 4tets on the nola improvised music scene, and we dont hear them often enough.. with also Ray Moore on saxophones, Tommy Sciple on Basses, and Dave Cappello on drumkit.... cheers...

PUNK AND METAL NIGHT
Monday, August 4. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Noxious Noize
First Sunday of every month!!! DJ Chrischarge spins, this month All Rise & Raum perform.

Lair of the Minotaur
Friday, August 8. Dragon's Den. Noxious Noize

Innermost | Lux | 3rd Echo
Saturday, August 9. Howlin Wolf. 9:30PM. $8. Booking

Dissent | Hellkontroll | Lincoln Battalion
Sunday, August 10. Hi-Ho Lounge. 9PM. $5. Noxious Noize
This one's gonna hurt your ears... Dissent are from TX and play political stenchcore / crust. fans of Deviated Instinct, Hellshock, Sacrilege & Hellbastard will lose it. Hellkontroll are a 2-piece from Baton Rouge / Austin, TX who play some of the most relentless, distorted noize you'll ever hear. fans of HC, death metal & grindcore seem to all agree, they're sick. Lincoln Battalion from Baton Rouge play punk-influenced sludge, for fans of both styles.

Birth Control | Lincoln Battalion | Strugglebear
Monday, August 11. Checkpoint Charlie's. 10PM. FREE. Noxious Noize
eclectic weirdness meets sludge head on... Birth Control from PA & Strugglebear from Baton Rouge both challenge your perceptions of traditional rock / punk... Lincoln Battalion (Baton Rouge) & the super-secret guest of honor both blaze it up, slow it down & sludge it out.

Cower | Hellkontroll
Monday, August 11. Dragon's Den. 7PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
Brutal hardcore from Portland.

Evil Army | Haarp | Mars | A Hanging
Friday, August 15. Hi-Ho Lounge. FREE.
EVERYONE GETS ON THE GUEST LIST!!! come celebrate Daphne's birthday with Evil Army from TN & some of NOLA's newer metal, HC & sludge bands. DAPHNE'S BRUTAL B-DAY BASH!!!

The Unnaturals | The Bills
Saturday, August 16. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Aysia 999
First anniversary party.

Who Calls So Loud | Party Time | Vita Nuova
Monday, August 18. Dragon's Den. 7PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
Ex-members of Funeral Diner and Portraits of Past.

Eyehategod | Hellkontroll
Friday, August 29. One Eyed Jack's.

Phobia | Impaled | Illogicist | Malignancy | Maruta | Hellkontroll
Sunday, August 31. Hi-Ho Lounge. 8PM EARLY SHOW. $12. Noxious Noize
WILLOWTIP RECORDS TOUR: all grindcore / brutal death, and local thrashers Hellkontroll get you warmed up with their manic wall of fucking noise... lineup includes Illogicist (Italy), Phobia (CA), Impaled (CA), Malignancy (NY, member of Mortician), Maruta (FL) & Hellkontroll (LA / TX).

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