Is there something political going on this weekend?

Like most folks down here at Press Herald Plaza and at news outlets around the state we've been getting flooded with news releases and updates from candidates and their emissaries.

Strangely enough all these dispatches seem to go right to my Spam folder.

Stay tuned to NXT this afternoon, along with the Weekend Blog, we'll have a fresh new podcast up for your listening pleasure.
Tony Giampetruzzi, communications director for Opportunity Maine stopped by the studio to talk about how they plan to get the word out about the student loan tax credit for graduates who stay in Maine to work. For this week's music we went with Cosades who announced this week they're breaking up. Look for their final performance on Valentine's Day at the Big Easy.

FRIDAY

• It's a mash#up kinda night over at Empire Dine & Dance as rockers Hiss and Chambers are playing with a pre and postgame assist from beat maker J.hjort. Show starts at 9 p.m. and is $5.

  

• Sexy indie superstars The Cliks are rolling into town tonight and are playing The Big Easy at 9 p.m. The Toronto#based band that is bringing androgyny back hard to rock is in Portland again with Loverless as the opening course. Ticket's are $8.

  
  

• This one is a head scratcher, but looks intriguing. Over at Geno's tonight would you believe it's a Cowboys and Aliens party? Show up dressed for the affair and it's only $4, no pistol or raygun and it's $6. Covered in Bees and Man#Witch are providing the soundtrack for this abomination of science and history. Admit it, it's things like this that make you love Portland.
  

SATURDAY

• SPACE Gallery is showing the film "Kurt Cobain About a Son" tonight at 7 p.m. Anyone who was old enough to remember Cobain's death knows his life has been dissected many times over. About a Son is different in that it uses nothing but footage, interviews and other recovered bits of Cobain to tell the singer's story. Film starts at 7:30 p.m., tickets are $7.

• ALL AGES ALERT: Metal fiends Dead Season are putting on a show tonight, apparently one of their last before starting work on a new record. Check 'em out now before they go underground for a few months. Kipe is also along for the ride and is opening this show. Doors at 7 p.m. and tickets are $10.
  

Finally, your weekend video is too good, and too saucy to show here, but trust me it's worth it. I think we all know about my professed love of "Yacht Rock," the musical ouevre, as well as the online series of the same name.

Well after many months they have returned with a new episode, and it is delicious. Let me ask you, do any of these things interest you: Parrot Heads, Kevin Bacon, Jason Lee, Kenny Loggins, Michael MacDonald, and bacon?

To quote Kevin Bacon (as portrayed by Jason Lee) "Let's sizzle with the crunch...the bacon's making a movie!"

It's got some "adult themes and language" so pop out the headphones and push the young ones aside. It's worth it. Yacht Rock Episode 11 - "Footloose"

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