* Weston Smith returns to Northeast Mississippi with a gig at Boondocks Grill in Tupelo tonight.

* Listen to the sweet sounds of Scott Chism & the Better Half at Old Venice on Friday.

* The Persians have a gig at Dave's Dark Horse in Starkville Saturday night.

* Check out Andrew Bird at The Lyric Oxford on Monday. The Heartless Bastards open.

* Check out the zombie flick "Brain Dead," which will start showing at The Amp in Oxford this weekend.

* Wizard 106's Kelli Karlson and I weren't crazy about "The Last House on the Left," but check it out if you dare. It's in theaters now.