Rudyard's British Pub

TONIGHT
WE KICK THINGS OFF WITH
BooTown Presents: My Last Action Feeeeeling (8pm)

 

“Local performance company BooTown brings back the film Last Action Hero for My Last Action Feeling, the fifth incarnation of the group’s Benshi-style performance. In Japan, Benshi performers memorize Western movies and then reinterpret the story for an Eastern audience. Burleson and company mix things up by turning the kitschy action flick into something completely different. This version has all the blood, guts and comedy of the original with a few more feelings and a pint sized therapist — and a completely different story arch.

To make things even more interesting, Burleson and video editor Austin Havican are trying something new and adding outside material from Japanese commercials Arnold Schwarzenegger did around the time the film was released.

Assisting Burleson will be a cast of voices including anime voice genius Andrew Love, Benshi second timer Matt Benton and BooTown’s co-artistic director Emily Hynds. Houston musician Joe Mathlete, who has worked with the Catastrophic Theatre, will write and perform an original score for the performance.

My Last Action Feeling will be performed at the following venues:

• The Summit (3536 Navigation) on March 14-15
• The Orange Show (2402 Munger) on March 22
• Rudyard’s British Pub (2010 Waugh) on March 25, 27 and 29

The performance at The Orange Show will also feature a set by Hearts of Animals and free beer from Saint Arnold Brewing Co.”

- Houston Culture Map
https://houston.culturemap.com/eventdetail/bootown-presents-my-last-action-feeling/

 

FOLLOWED BY
Broken Gold ( Ian of Riverboat Gamblers) * Johnwayneisdead

 

Broken Gold (Austin, TX)
https://brokengoldatx.com

Broken Gold emerged naturally with inspiration stemming from front man, Ian MacDougall’s (guitarist for The Riverboat Gamblers) oftentimes-tragic personal experiences. Taking a negative – being stranded on the streets of New York with no shoes in the middle of winter – and turning it into a positive the likes of the energetic anthem “Locked out,” Broken Gold has provides a soundtrack to recovery from life’s catastrophes.

The band’s debut album, Recovery Journal, deals with events that span from heartbreak and addiction, to rebellion and life at home. At times, the album offers lyrics pulled directly from MacDougall’s own recovery journal that he kept following a traumatic accident in October of 2009 – hit by a car while riding home on his bike – that left him hospitalized and with major injuries that threatened to end his career as a guitarist.

Take the emotional unrest that was the result of that extremely close call and throw in the styling of long-time friends, Patrick Lillard (bassist and previous member of The Riverboat Gamblers) and Richard Cali (drums), and the result is the kind of strong yet unforced sound that only comes with shared experiences and years of jamming together.

With major support pouring out of the streets of their hometown, Austin, TX, Broken Gold is now answering the call from devoted locals for a full-length album.

Rock, pop, punk – Broken Gold pays homage to a hefty assortment of influences, which include The Clash, Big Star, The Who, The Smiths, Stone Roses and New Order. The band’s powerful vocals rip through the heavy blare to grab your shoulders and shake you into submission.

Johnwayneisdead (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnwayneisdead/398255826928236

made up of jw from Letters to Voltron and Kris Jett of The Be Sharps comes an acoustic punk/garage duo that combines darkly heartfelt themes with catchy hooks, and a beat you can dance to.