The Eyedropper loves lewd advertising and would probably love Dish n’ Spoon because she hears it has a delicious pay-what-you-wish lunch on Mondays—but this image is not what should have been this week’s Eyedropper. That’s where you come in, Dear Reader.

The Eyedropper was on her way to see Killah Priest and Eternal of the Wu Tang Clan (extended family? distant cousins?) at Corazón because that’s a pretty badass last-minute show (and on a Sunday!). She was walking through a dark corner of South Capitol (or SoCa, as douchebags might call it) when she heard someone walking up too close behind her. She veered off the sidewalk to get an eyeful of a man wearing a fleece on top, and nothing but sheer ladies leopard-print underwear with copious holes and a small black sock (to bulwark one of the holes) on bottom.

Naturally, the Eyedropper laughed at him.

Lady Undies: “Know of any good parties going on tonight?”

Eyedropper: “No. Definitely not.”

He walked on ahead, then stopped, turned to the Eyedropper and asked where he’d find Canyon Road. The Eyedropper gave him directions gladly (take that, Canyon Road).

This is all a long-winded way of asking: Anyone get a picture of Lady Undies?

The Eyedropper was too unsure of how crazy Lady Undies was to get a picture of him. It was also really dark and all the Eyedropper had was her camera phone and a propensity for punching dudes.

If you saw him, send pictures of Lady Undies to culture [at] sfreporter.com, subject “eyedropper.”

By Chloe Davis, SFR Intern

With drippy old-school punk sounds, Low On High brings a breath of fresh air to punk rock fans in Santa Fe. While the band’s sound doesn’t fall far from the tree of the prettier of Velvet Underground’s songs, one could say that Low On High is more active and energetic; it induces wild dancing and head bobbing, rather than shoe-gazing.

With LOH, Santa Fe filmmaker Jon Moritsugu and his wife Amy Davis have formed a band that tests its audience but is simultaneously totally listenable. Now this mixture of old-school and nu-wave plays at Corazón on Sunday along with Venus Bogardus, Rainbow Arabia and Broken Water as part of Corazón’s SXSF Transit Music Fest (Rainbow Arabia and Broken Water are on their way to Austin for SXSW).

Learn more about LOH and get the details on the performance below the jump.

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The end of this month marks South by Southwest, the legendary music festival in Austin that brings musicians traipsing from far and wide to play with thousands of other folk-rock-indie-alternative-generally cool artists. Santa Fe, depending on where you’re coming from, is on the way or very close to being on the way to Austin, so each year we get to rope in tons of talent that may not otherwise swing by our neck of the woods.

There are tons of chances to catch SXSW artists in Santa Fe this week; Corazón, for one, is holding the first (annual?) SXSF Transit Music Festival from March 11-15, bringing in tons of stellar acts on their way to Texas. Cowgirl has a bunch of shows this week as well, some of which we were able to feature in this week’s paper, but one of which slipped through the cracks (it got confirmed past our press deadlines): Anamieke Quinn will play the Girl this Friday, March 12, along with ABQ rockers Ants Have Voices.

Quinn is pretty much totally badass. She’s presently based in Phoenix, so she’s really coming out of her way to play for us, and we here at SFR are quite chuffed that she’s making the trip. While she’s played in bands since college and may perhaps be best known as the yodeling cowgirl that played with Phish for the band’s Vegas ‘96 show, Quinn is now a decidedly solo act. Lady-led bands are all well and good, but there are few things hotter than a girl onstage with an acoustic guitar (this, coming from a nothing-but-straight female), and that’s precisely what Quinn is.

Go below the jump for more about Quinn, plus a rundown of a slew of acts that are on their way to the Motherland. Continue reading »

For this week’s Eyedropper, I’ve compiled a list of the best Santas Santa Fe has to offer. Thanks to everyone who helped capture Jolly Old Saint Nick.

Walmart Santa

Although he has to deal with the frequent “Hey, at least I’m not Walmart Santa” gibe from his peers, this Santa gets by—by hawking locally made, fair trade, durable and nontoxic wares. What other Santa gets to empower workers, contribute to his community and not mortgage his family and friends’ future at the hands of a multinational conglomerate devil?

Found Santa

As we learned in last week’s SFR Talk, everyone is Santa Claus. Especially this man doing whatever it is he is doing.

Bar Santas

For those of us in the know, being Santa is not just a job for one man, but for many people—like these six or so Santas at Corazón. And like regular people, Santas need to blow off some steam at the bars before taking their sleighs out for a spin across the world.

Drive safe. Happy holidays.

Show us what has left the back of your eyelids burning. Send pictures of visual trespass and peculiarities to copyeditor [at] sfreporter.com, subject “eyedropper.”

I’m still not done posting the evidence of Santa Fe’s devotion to Halloween. Another batch of photos will follow after this post. And what is this post? It is a clip from Love Gun’s killer performance at Corazon on Halloween night. The audience was definitely enjoying Santa Fe’s favorite KISS cover band.