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Open Spin
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3
Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
Bobby Mitchell
4
5
Michael Marcoulier
&
Anthony Klonaris
6
Mark Zeus &
Matt Harlan
7
Sunday Night
Open Mic
8
Open Spin
9
Wild West Chili Tasting
10
Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
The Fowler Brothers
11
12
Texas Songwriter Showcase
The Remnants of Polaris
Willie B - Host
13
Larry Wilson Duo
14
HSA Meeting
Sunday Night
Open Mic
15
Open Spin
16
 
17
Hard Times Soup
& Music Kitchen
St. Paddy's Day Party
Smythe & Taylor
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19
Happenstance
20
21
Sunday Night
Open Mic
22
Open Spin
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24
Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
The Fowler Brothers
25
26
Shake Russell Band
27
Willie B
CD Release Party
28
NSAI Sunday Songswap
&
Sunday Night
Open Mic
29
Open Spin
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31
Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
Dodd Eastham


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March 1, 2010 - Monday
Open Spin (Click to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
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Mondays are now host to "Open Spin" ... and the "OS" is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time slots (each time slot is one side of an album) and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring in your favorite album to spin a side and share ... we are looking forward to many, many trips down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
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Our spinning doctor is Mike Tristan.
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Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00 am
NO COVER
NSAI Open Mic
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March 3, 2010 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
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Join us for soup and song every Wednesday at our Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be soups to sample, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. We're all about soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
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Featured this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
starCindy Hudson star
starBarry Nicholson star

starPam Herndon star
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Hard Times Troubadors
starGuest - Bobby Mitchellstar
starBob, Jeff, Danny & Tonystar
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Soup 'n Songs start @ 7:00 pm
NO COVER
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March 5, 2010 - Friday
Michael Marcoulier & Anthony Klonaris
Two guitar wizards, the best harmonies you'll ever hear, and a long time JPHH favorite. Michael and Anthony have been around the Houston music scene for a long time. Michael Marcoullier from back in the day when Michael, John Vandiver, Shake Russell and Dana Cooper ruled Texas music stages. In recent years Michael has teamed with guitarist Anthony Klonaris. Anthony's extremely diverse

musical background includes everything from classical to rock to country and jazz.
We invite you to join us for a helluva night of music.
Showtime @ 9:00 pm
NO COVER
   
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March 6, 2010 - Saturday
Mark Zeus & Matt Harlan
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Tonight we welcome musical performers Mark Zeus and Matt Harlan.
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Mark is the omnipresent great god of folk/rock and honky-tonk, a veteran songwriter, live performer and recording artist whose music features an eclectic mix of folk, country, rock and blues often intertwined with various ethnic and indigenous rhythms.
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Houston songwriter, Matt Harlan, has just finished his much-anticipated studio album, Tips & Compliments. Matt will be bringing special guest musicians to help fill out the tunes and give a glimpse of what the new record sounds like. Join us for the official Houston CD Release Party ... there will be food provided and CDs aplenty!
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Matt Harlan is a songwriter's songwriter, composing scenic landscapes and pointed statements disguised as songs ... often non-linear, but always melodic. Harlan's works confront social norms, celebrate lives overlooked, or just wax poetic about coffee and bus-stops. Whatever the inspiration, the music is always heartfelt and genuine. Matt took First Place in the 2006 American Songwriter Lyric Contest for his song "Waiting For Godot."
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Showtime @ 9:00 pm
NO COVER
Mark Zeus
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March 7, 2010 - Sunday
Sunday Night Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Host: TC Smythe

 
JPHH Open Mic
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March 8, 2010 - Monday
Open Spin (Click to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
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Mondays are now host to "Open Spin" ... and the "OS" is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time slots (each time slot is one side of an album) and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring in your favorite album to spin a side and share ... we are looking forward to many, many trips down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
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Our spinning doctor is Mike Tristan.
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Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00 am
NO COVER
NSAI Open Mic
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March 9, 2010 - Tuesday
4rd Annual Wild West Chili Tasting
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It's a chili tasting! Put on your apron, slave over a hot stove, and cook up your best gastronomical chili concoction. We will be sampling everyone's homemade chili...some mild...some wild...some to make your tongue wag...some paint peelers...and some guaranteed to remove upper lip hair or maybe the entire upper lip!
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Socialize and hang out with your friends over your favorite brew and chili samples discussing each selection's aroma, consistency, blend of spices and flavor. For added entertainment, tag your chili with a"special name" to excite the taste buds! Everyone
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from the most deranged chili junkie to your ninety-eight-year-old grandmother can enjoy tonight!
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So grab your Tums and let the taste testing begin!
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Chili tasting starts @ 5:00 pm and goes until the pots are licked clean!
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March 10, 2010 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
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Join us for soup and song every Wednesday at our Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be soups to sample, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. We're all about soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
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Featured this week:
Celebrity Chefs
starJudy Mood star
starPam Herndon star

starDavid Zeager star
starDonna Hill star
starNeil Pickett star
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Hard Times Troubadors
starGuest -
The Fowler Brothersstar
starBob, Jeff, Danny & Tonystar
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Soup 'n Songs start @ 7:00 pm
NO COVER
soup pots
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March 12, 2010 - Friday
Texas Songwriter Showcase
Some of the best singer songwriters from around the state of Texas grace the JPHH stage on the second Friday of each month. The featured band for this evening's showcase is The Remnants of Polaris. Please check back soon for details
Willie B: Willie describes himself as a bluesy guitar player, but he is so much more. He is a gifted and diverse guitar player who writes and performs in many musical genres. Willie writes and sings songs around the people in his life. He has been a past recipient of HFBSA's "Song of the Year" and "Songwriter of the Year". Willie has recorded four albums to date and is currently working on his fifth solo project.
The Texas Songwriters' Showcase is the longest running showcase in Houston. These songwriters will take to the stage to entertain you with colossal musical talent and wide-ranging experience ... you will not be disappointed.
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Host Willie B
Showtime @ 9:00 pm
NO COVER
 

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March 13, 2009 - Saturday
Larry Wilson Duo
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Larry Wilson is an Austin, Texas legend who started his career performing with Jimmie Carl Black (Frank Zappa's drummer). Larry teamed up with Jimmie LaFave for 17 years, touring in the U.S; Europe and Canada as well cutting mulitple albums. Larry also perfomred with blues legend, Miss Lavelle White and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. April 2nd 2009 was officially declared Larry Wilson day in Austin by Mayor Will Wynn for his contributions to Austin music.
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Joining Larry as half of The Larry Wilson duo, is Richard Jessee playing guitar with unbelievable style and true technique, Richard Jessee has devoted over twenty years to mastering and perfecting his art.
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A nationally known guitar player, Richard studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and received private instruction at the Birmingham

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School of Fine Arts. Richard has also studied with music industry greats including Larry Sinabaldi, who taught Al DiMeola. Richard has been featured in nationally distributed instructional videos and appeared on numerous albums. He is also a regular session player and has recorded multiple solo albums.
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Reviewers have raved about his "frightening skill," "un-nerving diversity," and "doses of brilliance."
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Together, Larry and Richard put on an electrifying and mystifying performance that will keep you spellbound and leave you speechless!
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Showtime @ 9:00 pm
NO COVER
   
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March 14, 2010 - Sunday
HSA Meeting @ 1:30 pm
Showcase to follow
Houston Songwriters Association

NSAI Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Host: Willie B

 
JPHH Open Mic

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March 15, 2010 - Monday
Open Spin (Click to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
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Mondays are now host to "Open Spin" ... and the "OS" is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time slots (each time slot is one side of an album) and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring in your favorite album to spin a side and share ... we are looking forward to many, many trips down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
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Our spinning doctor is Mike Tristan.
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Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00 am
NO COVER
NSAI Open Mic
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March 17, 2010 - Wednesday
Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen

ST. PATRICK'S PARTY O'Plenty O'Fun!
O'Smythe & O'Taylor
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Join us for soup and song every Wednesday at our Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be soups to sample, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. We're all about soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
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Featured this week:
Celebrity Chefs
starLinda Thompson star
starJudy Mood star

starBarry Nicholson star
starLarry Boyd star
starJudy Rozek star
starJoe Henry star
starVirginia Pruet star
starNeil Pickett star
starCarol Dwyer star
starPam Herndon star
starDon Kraus star
starTony Kozel star
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Special Guest Hard Times Troubadors
starSmythe & Taylorstar

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Leapin' Leprechauns - let's have some fun! The Shamrocks will be a shakin'! Today, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from; everyone’s a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. What better way to celebrate your Irish heritage, however newfound, than by partying with your fellow Irish-for-a-day friends. Get giddily green and join us for our St. Paddy's Party O'Plenty O'Fun, the green beer will continue to flow until the last leprechaun is left standing. Wear your lucky GREEN!
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A bit of malarkey & lots of green beer ... make no mistake ... you'll want to be here!
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Music by that almost Irish, almost famous band, O'Smythe and O'Taylor!   They are sure to put on a show worth big tips! 
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And ... if the luck of the Irish be with you, you may be a winner in our beer glass giveaway.
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Soup 'n Songs start @ 7:00 pm
NO COVER
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March 19, 2010 - Friday
Happenstance
Happenstance is a trio of acoustic singer-songwriters who play original music, sing great harmony, and challenge their audience to have as much fun as they do. With a collective experience of over 70 years of professional entertainment, they draw from an extensive list of original material as well as the occasional unexpected cover song. Happenstance always gets the audience involved in the show and makes sure everyone leaves with a smile on their face and a song in their heart.
'Electrifying Acousticana' is the term that they use when people say "What kind of music do you play?" Not always

 
knowing what to tell them, 'electrifying acousticana' is as close as they've been able to come. Drawing upon acoustic music and Americana primarily, they play a melting pot of musical genres, styles, and influences.
DOUG COPPOCK
Doug Coppock has lived and performed in the Central Arkansas area since 1989, after moving from Houston. As a solo acoustic performer Doug has played at many of the Arkansas folk venues, private parties and house concerts. He was selected as a New Folk Finalist (Kerrville Folk Festival’s Songwriting Competition) in 1985, 1987, and 1988, sharing the stage with the likes of Buddy Mondlock, Pierce Pettis, and others. He has attended song-writing school and has studied with Rick Beresford, Allen Shamblin, Gail Davies and others. Doug has been a good friend of ours since he first discovered Kerrville in the mid-eighties.
DAN CLANTON
Dan has performed at folk festivals and VFW clubs, bars and restaurants, in ballrooms and on street corners from Boston to Seattle, and points in between. He has studied songwriting with the likes of folk legends Peter Yarrow, Steve Gillette, and Tom Paxton, and won awards for his own songwriting. He has shared stages with such well-known artists as Ray Wiley Hubbard, Allen Damron, Crow Johnson, and many others
. Dan has hosted several weekly Singer-Songwriter Showcases and Open Mics in the Central Arkansas area.
BROOKS WALTHALL
While living in Kentucky, Brooks formed his first band, a bluegrass group called The Dangling Participles. Playing in virtually every club in the southern Kentucky area, the Participles mixed traditional bluegrass instrumentation and attitude with contemporary and classic rock to form an early version of jam-grass. He went on to play as a solo acoustic performer, then in an acoustic duo and later in a touring band that opened a national tour for Pauley Shore. Brooks started his own recording studio and record label, Lo-Fi Recording, recording most of the popular acoustic music performers in Central Arkansas.
This group is enjoying remarkable success and JP Hops House is proud to present an evening of Happenstance.
Showtime @ 9:00 pm
NO COVER
   
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March 21, 2010 - Sunday
Sunday Night Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Host: TC Smythe

 
JPHH Open Mic
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March 22, 2010 - Monday
Open Spin (Click to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
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Mondays are now host to "Open Spin" ... and the "OS" is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time slots (each time slot is one side of an album) and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring in your favorite album to spin a side and share ... we are looking forward to many, many trips down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
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Our spinning doctor is Mike Tristan.
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Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00 am
NO COVER
NSAI Open Mic
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March 24, 2010 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
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Join us for soup and song every Wednesday at our Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be soups to sample, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. We're all about soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
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Featured this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
starJudy Mood star
starTim Ingalls star

starPam Herndon star
starstar
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Hard Times Troubadors
starGuest - The Fowler Brothersstar
starBob, Jeff, Danny & Tonystar

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Soup 'n Songs start @ 7:00 pm
NO COVER
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March 26, 2010 - Friday
Shake Russell Band
Kerrville Partner

For more than three decades, Texas singer

Mike Roberts, Shake Russell, Doug Floyd

songwriter Shake Russell has been entertaining audiences with his unique, Americana style of folk-rock. If you're a true Texan, then Shake Russell's music has touched your life in some way. If you're not, it happened without your knowing it. Over seventeen million copies of this Texan's songs have been bought while being recorded by such distinguished artists as Clint Black, Ricky Skaggs, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Carolyn Dawn Johnson and others. In 1986 Shake wrote the regional favorite, "Traveling Texas" to commemorate the Texas sesquicentennial.
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Shake's band members, fellow veterans of the Texas music scene, are Doug Floyd on mandolin and Mike Roberts on acoustic bass. The trio's contemporary acoustic arrangements, coupled with melodic three-part harmonies, create a unique, modern sound for those classic Shake Russell songs.
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We are always thrilled when Shake chooses to play our humble establishment. Please join us for what is always a great "shakin" show.
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Showtime @ 9:00 pm
$15.00 COVER

 
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March 27, 2010 - Saturday
Willie B CD Release Party
Willie describes himself as a bluesy guitar player, but he is so much more. He is a gifted and diverse guitar player who writes and performs in many musical genres. Willie writes and sings songs around the people in his life. He has been a past recipient of HFBSA's "Song of the Year" and "Songwriter of the Year".
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Money Think$ I'm Dead is Willie's fifth solo project. Come be part of the festivities as Willie and friends launch this new project. Kim Kyle will open the show this evening and 'The Money Think'$ I'm Dead Band' will follow. Lots of guests will be on hand including; The Hanshaws - vocals, Otis Futhermucker - harp, Dennis Chalman - pedal steel, Cameron Scott - saxphone, Dave Corbet - drums and Adam Aarom - bass.
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Showtime @ 8:00 pm
NO COVER

Willie B
 
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March 28, 2010 - Sunday
NSAI Sunday Songswap @ 4:00 pm
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Every 4th Sunday JP Hops House will host a NSAI Sunday Songswap from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, followed by our traditional Sunday Night Open Mic
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This is not a formal meeting, program, showcase or critique format- just writers hanging out with other writers, giving and getting some inspiration. We will do a “song circle” style of gathering, for writers to try out a new song or two and get feedback from fellow writers.  You do not have to be a member of NSAI to attend or participate. Go to http://myspace.com/nsaihoustonnorthmetro for more information, or send an email to nsai.houstonnorthmetro@gmail.com.
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Sunday Night Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Host: TC Smythe
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NSAI

Open Mic
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March 29, 2010 - Monday
Open Spin (Click to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
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Mondays are now host to "Open Spin" ... and the "OS" is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time slots (each time slot is one side of an album) and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring in your favorite album to spin a side and share ... we are looking forward to many, many trips down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
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Our spinning doctor is Mike Tristan.
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Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00 am
NO COVER
NSAI Open Mic
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March 31, 2010 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
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Join us for soup and song every Wednesday at our Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be soups to sample, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. We're all about soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
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Featured this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
starPam Herndon star
star
Mike Selewach star

starDonna Hillstar
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Hard Times Troubadors
starGuest - Dodd Easthamstar
starBob, Jeff, Danny & Tonystar
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In addition to soup and songs tonight, we are celebrating Dodd's birthday with him.
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Soup 'n Songs start @ 7:00 pm
NO COVER
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