EARLY Monday Blog Fest.

Good Sunday morning to you all. I'm doing my Monday Blog today so I don't forget.

There's lots of stuff going on at The Fork This week, so let's get down to business:

The Fork

On Valentine's Day there will be a balloon and rose sale benefiting Emrald Night, our marching/concert band. Be sure to bring some money. Latex Balloons coming in Pink, Red, White, Purple, and Green will be $1.00 each, and roses will be $3.00 each, and they are the prettiest roses I've ever seen.

Also, the FCCLA will be selling Valentine's Day Candy Grams this week, so be sure to bring money for that also.

In addition to these two sales, the School newspaper will be on sale this week as well, the price is $0.50, so bring a couple of quarters and see if someone left you a Valentine's Day ad.

The Valentine's Day Dance will be held this Saturday, so I hope you have a date! See the website for more details on that. The Xbox raffle will be held that night, so if you bought a ticket, make sure you're there!

The Ham

There are lots of good local bands coming up this week. First off, if you aren't doing anything tonight (Sunday) Full Of It, a political punk band from Birmingham will be playing Admission is $6. Here's the lineup:

SUNDAY FEB 12TH $6
New Mexican Disaster Squad, Redneck Manifesto, Attack Formation, Probably Tornadoes, Full of it(they live!)
http://www.purevolume.com/fullofit
http://www.purevolume.com/newmexicandisastersquad


Also coming up this week is a great show, including Locust Fork's own Danger! and Mountain Brook based band The Ackleys. They have just come back from touring south Alabama and Florida, so be sure to give them a warm welcome back! This is going to be a great show, so don't miss out! There may also be a surprise band playing, so make sure you're there, who knows who it could be? It's also Baak Gwai's (great band based in Tuscaloosa) CD release show, so make sure you bring money for a demo, the price is five bones.

Friday Feb 17th
Baak Gwai (cd release show!), The Ackleys, DANGER!, mystery band?
http://www.purevolume.com/baakgwai
http://www.purevolume.com/theackleys

A week from today holds a great show as well. The Lawrence Arms are playing Birmingham, they are a great band that should be shown a great turnout so that they'll come back, they're definitely worth seeing. Also playing this show is two local bands: The Payoff (very good, very mature rock) and Hot Collar (straightedge punkrock from the ham)

FEB 19TH
The Lawrence Arms, The Loved Ones, The Payoff, Hot Collar

http://www.purevolume.com/thelawrencearms

http://www.purevolume.com/thepayoff

http://www.purevolume.com/thelovedones

ALL OF THESE SHOWS ARE GOING TO BE AT CAVE9. Be sure to not get the place in trouble, there were some problems a couple of weeks ago with crowd control. IF THEY SELL OUT GO HOME, DON'T CROWD THE STREETS.

Directions can be found at:
http://cave9.com

Movies This Week

New movies out this week include The Pink Panther, Final Destination 3, Firewall, and Curious George. So if you're looking for something to do on Valentine's Day, take your significant other to the movies!

Band of the Moment: Mates of State.
Mates of State is a California based band composed of two musicians/singers: Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel. They are just an organ and drumset, and two amazing voices. Their genre is hard to describe, but it is very catchy and maybe even a little bit 'poppy'. Their first record was listed in the New York Times as one of the best records you probably didn't hear in 2000, as told by their website. Their lyrics are deep, and melodic. You can check them out on their website at http://matesofstate.com.


Well, I think that's all for this week. Be sure to keep reading, if there are any changes I will definitely get them up here. Hope you all have a great week!

~J-Mart.