For the weekend of March 19, 2010....
1)Needtobreathe, with Stephen Kellogg and Graham Colton Friday night at the Majestic Theatre. 8:30pm. BONUS: Check out Needtobreathe at Lunchtime at the Food Court at the new University Square on campus. A free acoustic show, plus a chance to meet the band. Noon on Friday!
2)Cash Box KingsCD release party, Saturday night at the Crystal Corner. This traditional Chicago blues band is bringing out some heavy hitters to play with them for their CD release party. Oscar Wilson, Joel Paterson and Clyde Stubblefield will be sittin' in! The new album is called "I-94 Blues."
3) Benefit for Laurie Koch, Sunday at 1pm at Hawthorn's in Oregon. Laurie is a longtime friend of the Club Tavern, who went to work at the salon above the club in 1988. She's recovering from some pretty serious medical issues and could use some help. The event includes a $10 spaghetti dinner, with door prize entry form, live music from the Petty Things and Joel Pingatore and the Playground of Sound, door prizes, raffles, silent auction and more.
Freaky Band Name of the Week: Crappy Dracula, at the Frequency Sunday night. Punk from Milwaukee. Songs include the peppy " Hospital Waste Management Facility Party." With The Type and Earl Foss and the Brown Derby.
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Have you heard the song "Rumble and Sway" yet on Triple M?
The singer sounds like a raspy blues dude who's definitely been around the block a few times....but surprisingly, Jamie N. Commons is only 23 years old!
He was born in England, but...
Last week, I decided I would try one new, healthy food a week, and asked my facebook friends to make some suggestions.
The first thing I tried was mango. I'm sure I've had other mango flavored things, and mango as part of something else, but...
There's only one thing that might be worse than the Neil Diamond/Barbra Streisand duet "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." And that's Jonathan Suttin doing his best crooning...doing both parts. Most unpleasant.
A lot of people liked this song...
Artist: Alchemilla
Hail From: Boston
Song: 'The Wheel'
Album: Diamonds From The Penny Arcade
Sounds Like: Hole, Pearl Jam
In Their Words: "Alchemilla had been trying to write a ballad for a little while but it wasn't happening. There...
Last weeks challenge we thought went excellent! Of course we are a little biased.
The drinking song couldn't have been any better, or any less fun. We had a blast through out the whole process, and our performance rocked.
This week is an easy...
So the story goes Michael Jackson completed this song while watching cartoons with Paul McCartney. We'll just let that sink in for a moment.
Not sure what cartoons they were watching, but it must have worked because this song made it to number 2...
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