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Much like the band's frontman, Ryan Adams, himself, Friday night's sold-out Cardinals show at the Uptown was short, dark and depressing.
I'm tempted to make this post merely a photographic supplement to the hilarious and vitriolic review my Star counterpart Tim Finn filed early Saturday morning, which has garnered an amazing 61 comments as of this writing. Well done, Tim.
From what I've heard, Adams makes few live appearances at which he does not
The Lonely H hail from Seattle and feature a frontman who's about as tall as Chewbacca. Drawing from a diverse array of influences, they manage to sound like an amalgamation of every classic rock band you've ever heard. There's some Allman Brothers jam in there, a little of Ronnie Van Zant's drawl, some Blue Oyster Cult cowbell--like I said, a little of everything. Still, their sound comes about in a manner that's refreshing and comfortable.
You almost have to liken the Lonely H to a new pair o
BY ELGIN SMITH
After hearing so much about Widespread Panic over the past few years, I decided it was finally time to take the plunge and check the band out in concert. While I knew of Widespread's heroic status in the upper echelons of jam, I had only heard a few songs here and there, and figured that these cats probably saved their best stuff for their live shows.
Unfortunately, the music that I heard during most of last night's show just wasn't that interesting.
Elgin Smith
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​If you've ever sat down to play a video game for a few minutes and end up staying for a few hours, you're not necessarily wasting your life (your parents might disagree); you might actually be experiencing a state of mental optimization known as flow. Clive Fullagar, a professor in Kansas State University's psychology department, and Associate Professor Patrick Knight have designed an experiment to allows students to sit down, plug in and crack out to Rock Band. Their goal: to discover what
