
New Mexico's most venerated rock bar—and recipient of a 2008 Nickelodeon Parents' Pick award for Best Place for a Parents' Nite Out, lest we forget—turns the ripe old age of 12 this weekend. To commemorate more than a decade of hearing damage, the Launchpad will once again turn up the volume with a birthday music marathon on Saturday, May 16. Doors open at 3 p.m., and a first come, first served "food/barbecue thing" prepared by Richard Agee is covered in the $5 admission charge—but you must be 21 or older to get in. Sorry, actual 12-year-olds. If you throw your shoes in a fit of adolescent jealousy as you read the scheduled lineup, I'll understand:
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Abstract Rude says he knew he had arrived when he signed with the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal Records in 1995.
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The Doomsdayers, Ends !n Tragedy, The Rum Fits and OuttaGear stitch together an all-ages psychobilly/punk bill at Santa Fe’s Warehouse 21 (1614 Paseo de Peralta) on Friday, May 15. Doors open at 7 p.m., $5 gets you through them. (Laura Marrich)
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Reviews of new music releases.
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