Lambchop and Alejandro Escovedo play Friday night in Durham, and we've got loads of verbiage about both. See the click-through for more.

I long ago accepted that few people are as hung up on Alejandro Escovedo as I am. But I have also accepted that one of my ongoing missions in life is to try and get as many other people as possible hung up on him, too. And so I am delighted to report that Escovedo is headed back our way -- he'll play Duke University's Reynolds Industries Theatre on Nov. 13, according to his tour schedule, on a bill with the outstanding space-country ensemble Lambchop.

That's nearly six months away, so you have plenty of time to make plans.