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Al Qaeda: They'll damage only your hearing. Where: Caf Du Nord Details: Performs at KFJC's 50th anniversary show on Friday, Dec.

Out of all of the bands that made SST Records a towering force in the American underground during the mid-'80s, the Meat Puppets lasted the longest, surviving where other bands fell apart.

J Mascis & The Fog December UK Tour Including ATP Nightmare Before Christmas and 10 Years of ATP Festivals J Mascis and The Fog is a project of Dinosaur Jr.

There was nothing Sunday-sized about the crowd at SPACE last weekend, when Michael T. Fournier and Zeth Lundy took turns reading from their books, both part of Continuum Press's 33 1/3 series.

All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of.

Is there anything more genuinely exciting than hearing The Stooges will reunite for a 2010 tour? Yes, beloved guitarist Ron Asheton sadly passed in January of a heart attack.

$20-$25. 8:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 6. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. 404-524-7354. www.variety-playhouse.com. The first time I saw the Jesus Lizard play was Oct.

After D. Boon's death forced The Minutemen to an untimely end, the surviving members regrouped in Firehose and got back to work.

A protest is planned for today against a Minuteman border group. Leaders of the Brown Berets de Aztlan said they plan to demonstrate outside Pima County Superior Court.

The group gets things underway Oct. 2 and 3 in Cambridge, MA. Four dates on the 27-city trek are co-headlining shows with Built to Spill; the remainder are headlining dates, with the exception of the tour-closing Nov.

$10. Greg Ginn may be best known for leading the hardcore punk brigade Black Flag, which he founded and fronted from 1976 to 1986, but in no way whatsoever has he faded into obscurity.

In the unpredictable wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc.

Spoonfed Tribe won Best Live Band at the 2009 Fort Worth Weekly Music awards. Spoonfed Tribe bassist Jerome57 was catching a buzz with Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins backstage at Lollapalooza.

The proto-punk trailblazers have announced two shows in which they will play their landmark 1973 album in its entirely Shake appeal ... Iggy and the Stooges have revived their legendary lineup.

After you get your eyes peeled off at the Tivoli by the Ssion's Boy premiere, head down to the Record Bar and seal the deal with a trifecta of weirdity, courtesy of a local drone master and a couple of Oregon kooks.

There's no Convention and Visitors Bureau in Taylor. There's nothing at all, really, save a vintage two-screen cinema, fitting considering the historic downtown 15 miles east of Round Rock on Highway 79 exudes the aura of a black-and-white film where father still knows best.

Here are The Chronicle's picks for nightclub happenings this weekend. Compiled by Michelle Broder Van Dyke, Kimberly Chun, Mosi Reeves and Chris Sabbath.

A lawsuit alleging that state officials conspired to prevent an anti-illegal immigration group from participating in the state's Adopt-a-Highway program was settled, a court document states.

A lawsuit alleging that state officials conspired to prevent an anti-illegal immigration group from participating in the state's Adopt-a-Highway program was settled, a court document states.

Our Band Could BBQ Your Life is a festival where British acts emulate their indie idols from the 80s US underground Tonight Matthew, we're going to be ... US underground trailblazers Black Flag.