FEBRUARY 2010 NEWSDUMPSTER SUCH A SHORT MONTH, SUCH A LONG SHOWS. WAIT, THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.

An Organ so Great, They Named a Card Suit After it. Judging by the stacks of heart-shaped chocolate boxes appearing in stores everywhere, we figured it must be getting close to Valentine's day. Since we don't ordinarily celebrate this festive time, we took our best shot at suggesting some heart-themed things to do this February 14th. And the best part is that you don't even need a Valentine: Listen to a song with the word "heart" in it. Visit your cardiologist. Soon after they started dating, Ken prepared for Rebecca a dish he learned from his mom involving chicken hearts. Unfortunately, it turned out that Rebecca had already eaten at the bank. I know this isn't a suggestion, but it's mostly true. Draw a heart on a scrap of paper, tear it out and fold it into an airplane. It's fun and flies poorly. Savor a package of Love Hearts® candy as each romantically-inscribed heart gets mercilessly pulverized or simply melts away into nothingness. Running Out of West, Part 2. This Newsdumpster comes to you from the Camping World in Dothan, AL, where the Blue Meanie is in surgery for a water leak. We're into our third week of our Further West Tour 2010, disco-ing our way towards California. If you or someone you know lives along our tour route, this might be the year to invest in platform shoes. Plus, we have a handful of photos from this tour at our MySpace site. We regret to say that more will likely follow.

Calendar for February and Early March.
Please check our online calendar for changes, because the ones below might have been typed in all wrong.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 6:30 p.m.
Eufaula Carnegie Library
217 N. Eufaula Ave.
Eufaula, AL 36027
334-687-2337
Price: Free.

Thursday, February 4th, 6:30 p.m.
Terrebonne Parish Public Library - Main Branch
151 Library Dr.
Houma, LA 70360
985-876-5861
Price: Free.

Saturday, February 6th, 2:00 p.m.
Terrebonne Parish Public Library - East Houma Branch
778 Grand Caillou Rd.
Houma, LA 70363
985-876-7072
Price: Free.

Monday, February 8th, 4:30 p.m.
Ouachita Parish Public Library, Main Branch
1800 Stubbs Ave.
Monroe, LA 71201
318-327-1490
Price: Free.

Thursday, February 11th, 7:00 p.m.
Fort Stockton Public Library
500 No. Water St.
Fort Stockton, TX 79735
432-336-3374
Price: Free.

Saturday, February 13th, 6:00 p.m.
Las Alturas House Concerts
4055 Tamarisk Rd.
Las Cruces, NM 88011
575-522-5197
For more information or an invitation, please contact Lee at 575-522-5197 or by e-mail at houseconcerts (at) comcast.net or by MySpace message. Price: $15 suggested.

Monday, February 15th, 7:00 p.m.
Artesia Public Library
306 W. Richardson Ave.
Artesia, NM 88210
575-746-4252
Price: Free.

Thursday, February 18th, 12:00 p.m.
AMP Concerts at the Tony Hillerman Library
AMP Presents Hungrytown
8205 Apache Ave. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Price: Free, but reservations required. Click here to request a reservation for this show.

Thursday, February 18th, 7:00 p.m.
AMP Concerts at Chroma Studios
AMP Presents Hungrytown
600 1st St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Price: $15 advance, $20 day of show.

Sunday, February 21st, 4:00 p.m.
House Concert
Tucson, AZ 85705
Potluck at 3, show at 4. Please call Shea or Richard at 520-829-4101 or email svanrhoads (at) gmail.com for an invitation.
Price: $10 suggested donation.

Thursday, February 25th, 6:30 p.m.
Aliso Viejo Library
1 Journey
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
949-360-1730
Price: Free.

Saturday, February 27th, 12:00 p.m.
Oxnard Public Library
251 South A. St.
Oxnard, CA 93030
805-385-7532
Price: Free.

Wednesday, March 3rd, 7:00 p.m.
St. Helena Public Library
1492 Library Ln.
St. Helena, CA 94574
707-967-2805
Price: Free.

Barely hanging on through the doldrums of winter? Visit hungrytown.net or MySpace.com/hungrytown and barely hang on through the doldrums of Ken and Rebecca.