It Takes Two

This is undoubtedly to be filed under toot-tooting our own horn, but I would be remiss, under any circumstances, toot-toot, if I did not mention the local rock fete that's set to rain glimmering shards of awesome on the Mercy Lounge stage this Saturday. Sure, the Summer of Dreamz is now ripped at the seams, but as the Scene's little music blog turns 2, it's hard to believe that the Cream odometer just cranked its way past 16,000 comments. That comes out to almost a comment an hour, every hour, for two straight years. As you're reading this, someone's probably on there telling someone else (maybe me) to shut the fuck up.

But just as likely, TobintheGnome's there wishing My Bloody Valentine (or one of 175 other bands he will gladly enumerate) would play Nashville. Or simple mike is recounting old Nintendo cheat codes. Or someone is pretending to be "Casio's mom." Or someone's actual mom is defending her son's band against "haters." (We get those sometimes.) Or someone is railing against hipsters in capri pants. Sure, things may get harsh sometimes, if not downright crazy, but a Cream thread is often hilarious, occasionally startling and always one refresh away from getting utterly ridiculous.

But there's a show we need to talk about. First off (and staying with our theme of self-love, toot-toot), a stellar lineup of local bands will be playing covers of other local bands—current and dearly departed, famous and obscure. I've been sworn to secrecy (and even vaguely threatened) by various band members, so all I can say is there are going to be some real treats, and a few surprises. We've also analyzed the data from our Most Awesome Nashville Rock Song survey, which will be performed live. Between sets, local DJ duo Curse of the Drinking Class will be spinning while you belly up to the bar for $1 pints of Yazoo Summer Cream Ale, which they brewed just for us again this year. We'll be giving away an iPod Shuffle, tickets and gift certificates. There will be free stickers. There will be posters by Boss Construction. There will be much gladness and jubilation, and rocking.