Subject: Blondie (Musical Group)

• Concert Review: Republic Tigers and Ultimate Fakebook, Jayrock 4 at the Uptown

  Scott Spychalski "I'm so freakin' excited, I can hardly play!" Click here for slide show. Balding, bespectacled Bill McShane did manage to play -- very well, actually -- last night at the Uptown as he rejoined his old mates, bassist Nick Colby and drummer Eric Melin, to reunite their band, Ultimate Fakebook for a set, which, Melin promised before the show, would save the universe. And it seemed like it may have, at least for some super-enthusiastic fans at the show.

  February 6, 2009

• Discount Dogs

  David Bowie has sold his name to a Target clothing line, and a local filmmaker is involved in the promotions.

  November 29, 2007

• Served!

  The Soul Servers dish out

  the diff-hop.

  June 22, 2006

• Blondie

  Saturday, July 13, at Verizon Amphitheater.

  July 11, 2002

• A Graveyard Smash

  The Coterie's scare tactics work.

  October 12, 2000

• Big Bangs theory

  The late Lester Bangs represented everything a music critic should aspire to but rarely achieves.

  June 22, 2000

• Ray of spite

  Deathray, featuring two former members of Cake, plays pop the right way.

  May 25, 2000

• Bunnygrunt

  May 14, 2009