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Hands Up Houston

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About Me

We are Hands Up Houston. A promoter/booking collective in Houston, TX. What does that mean? We promote concerts. You may have been to our shows and not even known it. Here are some of our greatest hits...
2000:
At The Drive In / Murder City Devils @ The Engine Room
New Found Glory / Dashboard Confessional @ The Oven
2001:
Jets To Brazil @ Oberholtzer Ballroom/UofH
Alkaline Trio / Dashboard Confessional @ Rice U
The Anniversary, The Mars Volta, Mates of State @ Engine Room
Superchunk @ Rice University
The (International) Noise Conspiracy / Rival Schools / The Hives @ Mary Jane's
2002:
Le Tigre @ Rice University
Thursday / Coheed and Cambria @ Mary Jane's
Fugazi @ International Ballroom
Clinic / Apples In Stereo @ Mary Jane's
Taking Back Sunday (three times) @ Mary Jane's
Brand New (twice) @ Mary Jane's
Everytime I Die / Bleeding Through / 18 Visions @ Mary Jane's
Thursday / Poison The Well / Cursive @ International Ballroom
Hot Hot Heat / The Pattern @ Mary Jane's
Les Savy Fav / Pretty Girls Make Graves @ Mary Jane's
Thrice / Hot Water Music / Coheed and Cambria @ Mary Jane's
2003:
Interpol @ The Engine Room
Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Engine Room
The Faint / Les Savy Fav @ Numbers
Cursive (twice) @ Mary Jane's and Numbers
Alkaline Trio / Pretty Girls Make Graves @ The Engine Room
The Fall @ Mary Jane's
Brand New / Senses Fail / Moneen @ Mary Jane's
Neil Hamburger @ Silky's
Give Up The Ghost / The Bled @ Mary Jane's
Yeah Yeah Yeah's / The Locust @ Numbers
2004:
The Walkmen / French Kicks @ Mary Jane's
Broken Social Scene @ The Proletariat
Pedro The Lion @ Walter's
Deerhoof @ Mary Jane's
Beulah @ Mary Jane's
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy @ The Orange Show
Silverstein / Alexisonfire @ Mary Jane's
Plea For Peace 2004 / Cursive @ The Engine Room
The Unicorns @ Walter's
If you have been to any of our shows, or wish you were at one of these shows, we want to be your friend! ADD US!
First name: Hands Up Houston
Last name: Hands Up Houston
E-mail: [email protected]

My Interests

Norway.
Bubble tea.
Sending low offers.
Taking your money.
Sending out e-mails.
Buying chips and salsa.
Monopolizing the scene.
Dinners on your money.
Counting our scene points.
(Not) Updating our website.
Giving multiple hand stamps.
Hanging out with Erik Carter.
Being elitist indie prick snobs.
Being scenesters... duh.

I'd like to meet:

People who want to come to our shows!!!!!Upcoming Events:

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2005
WALTER'S ON WASHINGTON

HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW (DRIVE THRU RECORDS)
HELLOGOODBYE (DRIVE THRU RECORDS)
PUNCHLINE
A THORN FOR EVERY HEART

DOORS AT 8 PM - SHOW AT 9 PM
$10.00

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2005
MARY JANE'S FAT CAT

BEEP BEEP(Joel from THE FAINT)
ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE
+1

DOORS AT 8 - SHOW AT 9PM
$8.00

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2005
MARY JANE'S FAT CAT

HIGH ON FIRE(Relapse Records)
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS(No Idea Records)
KYLESA(Prank Records)

DOORS AT 8 - SHOW AT 9PM
$

Music:

AC/DC, The Bad Plus, Baxendale, The Beatles, Bedhead, Belle and Sebastian, Black Flag, Blonde Redhead, Broken Social Scene, Burning Airlines, Charles Bronson, Chavez, Chokehold, Combatwoundedveteran, Decendents, Dinosaur Jr., Discount, Don Caballero, The Epidemic, Foo Fighters, Get Hustle, Hella, Hey Mercedes, Hot Hot Heat, Hot Snakes, Hot Water Music, Hum, Iron Maiden, Jawbox, Jeff Buckley, John Vanderslice, The Kills, The Lapse, Le Shok, Le Tigre, Led Zeppelin, Less Than Jake, Lightning Bolt, The Locust, Minus the Bear, Morrissey, The New Year, The Notwist, Orchid, Pearl Jam, Pink and Brown, The Police, The Postal Service, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Q and Not U, Queens Of The Stone Age, Reindeer Section, Rush, Secret Mommy, Shudder To Think, Sloan, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Smoking Popes, Spoon, The Stills, The Streets, Superchunk, Superdrag, Supergrass, Ted Leo, The Unicorns, Unrest, The Who, Yo La Tengo, The Zombies