It's a question we all ask ourselves and our friends, perhaps more often than we'd like to admit:

"What the hell is going on this weekend?"

Luckily, Double Time Feel has got the answer for you, at least for this weekend. In fact, we've asked members from 2 local bands to give you a heads up on some great shows taking place on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. This is a chance to show your friends that this weekend, you are on top of the game and callin' the shots.

Friday, 10:00 PM
The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia)
The Narrator plays their record release show for All That To the Wall, now available on Flameshovel Records. If you are into the moodier, spazzy sounds of indie rock, this set is not to be missed. Also, opening the show will be Tight Phantomz, another band that everyone needs to see at least once in their lifetime. It's loud, it's proud, and it's pure rock and roll in every sense of the word. When the bands are done, there will also be a DJ set by members of Chicago's own Mannequin Men.

I had the chance to ask The Narrator's Jesse Woghin some quick questions about the show, booze, and dancing... here's how it went down:

DTF: What can we expect from your performance?
Jesse: Full-album streams, girlish screams and realizations of childhood dreams.

DTF: If I bought a round of shots for the band before your set (based on your recommendation), what would you pick for each member?
Jesse: James: Whisky
Jesse: Whisky / Tequila
Kevin: Tequila / Rum
Sam: Whisky
We are easy to please when it comes to booze, but are not too punk for the top-shelf. Or the middle one. We're maybe not punk enough for the rail, though.

DTF: What do you enjoy about playing music in Chicago?
Jesse: Lot of great venues with friendly folks working at them and a lot of great bands to rage the stage with.

DTF: Which member of the band is going to tear up the dance floor the most during the Mannequin Men DJ set?
Jesse: Probably James. He's got moves like Freddy Mercury. I might give him a run for his money, though. Go on. Take the money and run. Whoo hoo hoo.

DTF: Why should I come to your show?
Jesse: Dude. It's my fucking birthday. C'mon.

'nuff said!

Saturday, 3:00 PM
Hyde Park Art Center ( 5020 S. Cornell Avenue)
Locks is a duo consisting of Theo Katsaounis and Patrick Scott, although if you were to watch their set with your eyes closed, you'd swear there were at least 4 people on stage. Their experimental sound is full of surprises around every corner, and no one composition sounds like the next. In fact, each song can be a journey through a multitude of styles ranging from a electronically altered vocal loop layered over jangly rhythms, only to stop on a dime to present a bombastic drum fill with crushing guitar riffs. For this show, Locks will be joined by vocalist Carol Genetti in what is sure to be a set you won't want to miss.

In the spirit of letting the musicians speak for themselves, I asked Katsaounis and Scott similar questions about their show (and, of course, some having nothing to do with anything).

DTF: What can we expect from your performance?
Theo: Two dudes running with it as far as we can. Then when we've gone as far as our little saucers took us, we'd come back and say that 'we went there'.
Patrick: Exactly what Theo said, but with the all powerful Carol Genetti alternately shaking her head in bewilderment that we're really this ridiculous and showing us up.

DTF: What instrument best represents your personality?
Theo: The melodica. Why? Because it sounds like a harmonica, but isn't quite a harmonica. I sound like a musician, but am not quite a musician, and I have no personality.
Patrick: The sandwich, because it's a bunch of stuff all crammed together that probably wouldn't be that great on it's own but in it's unified form has made eating pretty spectacular for the past 4,000,000 years.

DTF: What do you enjoy about playing music in Chicago?
Theo + Patrick: Making our friends think they have to enjoy us by guilt trippin' them into coming to our shows. How can you not enjoy that?!!

DTF: In 5 words or less, explain how you feel about Paris Hilton doin' hard time.
Theo: Is this her sequel? (ed. note... LOL)
Patrick: I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, and that makes me very very happy.

DTF: Why should I come to your show?
Theo: Scene points baby!!!
Patrick: Because LORDI isn't playing until August.

So there you have it... scene points to be awarded on Saturday for your attendance... this makes the show pretty much mandatory.