The music he's playing now is a long ways off from the punk rock bands he came up with in Tucson three decades ago.

But in those years, Billy Sedlmayr has amassed a lifetime of stories that he's putting into song. And he's captured the attention of a new generation, forging an unlikely collaboration with Gabriel Sullivan (Taraf de Tucson and lately Giant Giant Sand).

"Billy Sedlmayr represents everything about Tucson that I have come to love. The first time I heard him sing, I knew I had never heard anyone with such grit and conviction behind every word," says Sullivan, who's helping to produce Sedlmayr's first solo album and a documentary film about the project.

"His autobiographical songs are the stories that are never told in life, but carry more soul and passion than most can fathom. This record and film are just the beginning of tapping into a wildly talented man."

Sedlmayr and Sullivan began playing music together a couple years ago in the (late, lamented) Red Room, a cross-generational collaboration that proves the enduring strength of Sedlmayr's songs.

Sedlmayr has played with punk pioneers The Pedestrians as well as Giant Sandworms and he's been associated with musicians like Rainer Ptacek, Rich Hopkins, Van Christian and Dan Stuart.

To finish the album, Sedlmayr and Sullivan launched a Kickstarter project, seeking $10,000 to fund week-long recording and mixing sessions, additional filming of the recording process, editing of two years of already captured footage, hiring studio musicians and mastering and producing the record.

"For over 30 years now, Billy Sedlmayr has been deep in the fabric of Tucson music," says music writer Carl Hanni (a Tucson Weekly contributor), narrating the brief introductory video.

"To me Billy Sedlmayr is as Tucson as Sonoran dogs, saguaros and those monsoon sunsets that break your heart," Hanni says. "He's pretty much seen it all, from top to bottom, from dark to light. So, Billy's got some stories to tell and he's just looking for some help to get it done."

Check out the video for "Tucson Kills" below...

Tonight at the Rialto Theatre, Maryland-based music producer araabMUZIK is hitting the stage with his incredible ability to repeatedly smash an MPC and create fantastic beats as part of his dual-headliner tour with Brooklyn's Sleigh Bells, who were the subject of a feature in this week's Tucson Weekly.

And as a preview for tonight's show, check out araabMUZIK's remix of Sleigh Bell's "Never Say Die":

Tickets are still available for tonight's show at the Rialto Theatre for $23.

The press-release deets:

Grammy Award-winning DJ and producer Afrojack bring his massive dance beats and electrical new stage show to Kino Sports Complex on Friday, Oct. 26 as part of his 13- city North American “Jacked” tour.

The show at the complex’s south soccer fields begins at 6 p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m.

Joining Afrojack will be Shermanology—singers and performers Andy, Dorothy and Leon Sherman—and DJ and producer Bobby Burns.

Tickets for this 18-and-older, festival/no-seating show are $36 (limited quantity) and $100. Prices go up when the $36 tickets are sold out.

Shuttle buses will run nonstop between FinallyMade, 845 E. University #145, next to Pei Wei, and Kino Sports Complex at 30-minute intervals from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Shuttle tickets are $5.

Concert and shuttle tickets are available at www.ticketfly.com/event/162623.

Cameras, chairs, umbrellas, outside food or drinks, and bags are not permitted at the event.

Afrojack won Grammy Awards for Best Remix (Madonna, “Revolver”) in 2011 and Best Rap/Hip Hop Track for his co- production duties on Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now” this year. His hits include “Can’t Stop Me,” featuring Shermanology, and “Rock the House,” named the hottest dance song of the summer by the Los Angeles Times.

The fine folks at concert promotion outfit Stateside Presents have created a playlist of songs by acts coming to Tucson in coming weeks, in order to make it easier for you to decide which shows to go see.

Shameless promotional tool? Sure. Totally useful and a great listen? Yep, that too.

Track list:

*One Second of Love - Nite Jewel
*Li$ten 2 the Grrrrls - Ssion
*Hope for Us - The Jealous Sound
*Harps - The Sea and Cake
*Endless Flowers - Crocodiles
*Would That Not Be Nice - Divine Fits
*Red - Lost in the Trees
*Skyward Housing - Maus Haus
*Smile - The Drowning Men
*Orange Blossom - Gardens & Villa
*I'm Just Me - Diamond Rings
*Golden Age - Cult of Youth
*Truck - The Octopus Project
*My Life is Starting Over Again - Daniel Johnston
*Take Me Home - Perfume Genius
*Life Magazine - Cold Cave
*Grounds for Divorce - Big Business
*Prehistoric Dog - Red Fang
*I'm Broke - Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

Info about where and when to see these acts after the jump. (Disclaimer: A few of these shows have already happened.)

This is the last of these reminders I'll subject you to, but this is the final notice that submissions are due tomorrow — Friday, Oct. 19 — if you're interested in participating in this year's Great Cover-Up.

This year's event will take place at Plush on Thursday, Dec. 13, Club Congress on Friday, Dec. 14, and the Rialto Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 15, and all proceeds will be donated to the Southern Arizona Artists and Musicians Healthcare Alliance (SAAMHA — formerly TAMHA), which you can read about here.

To submit an application, just send your band name, what type of music you normally play, your top three choices of acts you'd like to cover, contact info (name and email address or phone number) to greatcoveruptucson@gmail.com.

And, in case you have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, read all about the event here.

Deron Miller (CKY, Foreign Objects, World Under Blood) created a Kickstarter project yesterday to record a solo album and have it released by next year. The incentives aren't all that bad and the ten bucks really comes out to be a pre-order when you consider it. After one day and with thirty-one days left the project has already received about $2,500 of the $35,000 goal. Check out the crowd-funding project here.

• Lisette Oropesa stars as Lucia in the Oct. 20 performance.

Arizona Opera opens its season with Lucia di Lammermoor at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, and 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21. Tickets range from $25 to $125. For information, visit www.azopera.org. For tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com.

Opera Synopsis:

In the Scottish highlands, a feud drives men to murder and a woman to madness. Fragile Lucia secretly loves Edgardo, the sworn enemy of her brother, Enrico. To ensure the Lammermoor family retains its standing, Enrico is determined to marry his sister to the scion of a powerful family. Enrico’s deceitful scheme forces Lucia into a loveless marriage, driving the devastated girl toward madness. In the battle between love and family, will anyone win?

Hailed by The New York Times for her magnetism and seductive tones, famed Soprano Lisette Oropesa plays the role of Lucia. Ornate costumes and grand, gloomy Scottish castles are the backdrop for this Arizona Opera production of Donizetti’s dramma tragic, set in the 17th century. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

It's been a decade since Lauryn Hill, hip-hop goddess and onetime member of The Fugees, released a new album — and that was the scattershot live session MTV Unplugged No. 2.0.

But the Rialto Theatre has just announced that Hill (who now prefers to go by Ms. Lauryn Hill, like, all the time) is scheduled to appear at the venue for a show on Monday, Nov. 26.

Hill has been in the news recently, though not for her music. This summer, she pleaded guilty to three counts of tax evasion, with each count carrying a maximum sentence of one year. She arranged to have her sentencing moved to Nov. 27—the day after the Tucson show—so that she could make arrangements to pay her back taxes.

This all comes on the heels of a decade of odd behavior by Ms. Hill in which she's regularly been as many as two hours late to show up for performances, at least one of which was described as a "live obituary."

But in recent months she seems to be on an upswing, with shows garnering largely positive reviews, as well as the debut of at least one new song.

She also recently announced a string of live dates with Nas, all but one of which precede the Tucson date.

So, these shows may very well be a cash-grab to help pay the bills—but that didn't stop you from going to those Pixies reunion shows, did it?

Tickets for the Rialto show go on sale on Friday, Oct. 19. Advance tickets are $58 for general admission on the floor and $63 for reserved seats in the balcony.

Let's all hope for the best here, shall we?

• Fook

Fook, the morning-show host at KFMA FM 92.1/101.3, moved to Tucson last year from Chicago, where he was a DJ for Q101. Ever since, he’s been waking up KFMA fans with sarcasm and hilarity.

What was the first concert you attended?
Public Enemy with Neil Young—at the time, what I thought was the most-bizarre pairing ever, until I discovered Cool Ranch Doritos and mushrooms.

What are you listening to these days?
I always listen to a lot of reggae and Fun Lovin’ Criminals, but recently Awolnation, Metric and 2 Chainz.

What was the first album you owned?
Billy Joel’s Glass Houses—I was about 7 and was simply attracted to white men with Afros, i.e., father figures.

What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love, but you just don’t get?
Dubstep. See Key and Peele’s latest skit to know my exact feelings on it.

What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live?
Easy, and it fits both categories: Guns N’ Roses.

Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure?
Eh, I have very little musical guilt. I have so much actual life guilt to contend with that I simply don’t have time. In that vein: Please let it go, Nickelback-haters. Seriously, they haven’t dressed up like clowns and eaten people. Save your rage for shit that really matters.

What song would you like to have played at your funeral?
Christopher Cross, “Sailing,” and then into “The Imperial March” for the dirt-throwing.

What band or artist changed your life, and how?
Strangely enough, Radiohead. I was on the air, protesting a bad call by the Chicago City Council to not let them play at a park in town, and I organized a moon-in. The moon-in was busted by squad cars, cops on horses and paddy wagons. Therefore, we did not moon. Biggest regret/failure/success of my career.

Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time?
It’s an unfair question, but Paul’s Boutique.

What song should everybody listen to right now?
The new Soundgarden single “Been Away Too Long.” It’s furious.