Because not all of us are looking for a 5-course menu, some of us just want some solid music, food and plenty of drinks to forget ourselves into 2009.Highway 99 Blues Club1414 Alaskan Way, 382-2171festivities begin at 7:00pm, $15 cover2171Enjoy The Wages of Sin (rockabilly+bluegrass with a little surf/speed), Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers (straight up old school country fun), Purty Mouth (John Waters’ would be favorite country band, if he only knew), AND…burlesque. Straight up bar food with a southern flare. eat your weight in catfish bites, suck back a few hurricanes, and hoot and hollar your way into 2009.Skylark Cafe & Club3803 Delridge Way S.W., 935-2111festivities begin at 8:00pm, NO coverFeaturing The Velveteen Lotharios (loungy swank, possibly dancing girls) early and The Stevedore (hmmm…twang and whimsy meets early glam?) late. Top notch pub grub, including a “miss your momma” worthy meatloaf special, Skylark has one of my favorite dips in town.