Subject: Eric Melin

• Concert Review: Bang Camaro

  February 19, 2008

• Concert Review: The Dead Girls, the Hot Toddies and LoFi. 6/2/09, at the Replay.

  REVIEW BY ABBIE STUTZER Last night at the Replay, each bands' show had a unique quality. LoFi had a calm and intimate act; the Hot Toddies had a subtly dirty and reserved set, and the Dead Girls had a powerful, steady performance.Abbie StutzerLonnie Fisher (left) and Cody Henry get LoFi. Lonnie Fisher (vocal, guitar), former member of Lonnie Fisher and the Funeral and Sturgeon Mill, and Cody Henry (vocals, bass), started off the evening with their quiet, but strong semi-acoustic set. LoFi sat

  June 3, 2009

• The Last Hurrah

  January 29, 2004

• Bacon Shoe headlines Scene Stealers party at SXSW

  Eric Melin and J.D. Warnock, the men (and erstwhile musicians; see: Ultimate Fakebook, the Dead Girls) behind locally based movie Web site Scene-Stealers.com are mad taking over SXSW this weekend, hosting three separate parties on Sunday, March 15. If you're down in Austin for the Interacitve portion (March 13-17) of the mammoth music, film and everything-that-is-cool festival, follow your meat sniffer to the Stealers' "Bacon-Flavored Interactive After Party," featuring, who else? Bacon Shoe. Th

  March 2, 2009

• Dispatch from SXSW: Bacon Shoe, the Republic Tigers

  The South by Southwest music festival doesn't officially start until next Wednesday, but that hasn't stopped KC bands from making a few Austin appearances a little early. This is my first time at SXSW, and I was fortunate enough to make it down a little early for SXSW Interactive, the biggest geekfest since ... well, since ever, really. That's not an insult -- nerdiness is the new hotness, and if you're into Web or video game design, SXSWi is the place to be. You know you're at a super-nerdy co

  March 14, 2009

• Doc Rock

  February 5, 2009

• With two new EPs and an upcoming album, Dead Girls Ruin Everything gives itself a second life as just the Dead Girls

  November 27, 2008

• KC: Big Small Town

  Though it’s a city of nearly 2 million people, the metro can feel a lot like Mayberry.

  September 25, 2008

• Dead Girls Ruin Everything

  April 27, 2006

• Ultimate Fakebook

  Saturday, March 6, at the Bottleneck.

  March 4, 2004

• The Klammies Go Uptown

  A recap of all the music, awards, glamour, and humor that encompassed the fourth annual Klammies (Kansas City/Lawrence Area Music Awards).

  April 6, 2000

• Around Hear

  March 23, 2000

• Mean Melin wins the U.S. Air Guitar Championships' Kansas City Regional

  Nicole ReinertsonMean Melin won the 2009 U.S. Air Guitar Championships' Kansas City Regional competion at the Record Bar Tuesday night.Mean Melin rocked so hard that he split his pants. It wasn't the usual pants split from behind but in the crotch ... in front of a crowded Record Bar ... while playing air guitar.  Luckily for him -- and us -- he was wearing tighty whities. Even luckier, Mean Melin has no shame.Mean Melin is the air guitar alter ego of Eric Melin. Going into Tuesday night's

  June 10, 2009

• Concert Review: the Creature Comforts reunion at the Record Bar

  Saturday night's Creature Comforts reunion show at the Record Bar was one of those nights where I hung out, drank too much, and generally acted like I was ten years younger than I am. And, really--the Creature Comforts were a major part of my early twenties. Confession time: while I've probably seen more Ultimate Fakebook shows that I have Creature Comforts shows, the Creature Comforts were always my favorite. As much as I enjoyed the UFB reunion show, this was the one to which I was really loo

  June 22, 2009

• Worst Song Ever?

  Back and forth across MySpace and Facebook this week has been this "is this the worst thing ever?" series of links and vids between Eric Melin of Scene-Stealers and Aaron Weber of Transbuddha. I present to you the three worst offenders. You judge as to which is the most horrible thing ever created. Is it Brokencyde's auto-tuned crunk-core anthem "Freaxxx"? Or do we go one step further with the screamo-meets-electronica of Confide, and their frighteningly awful Postal Service cover? There's

  July 24, 2009

• Eric “Mean” Melin is a real musician — but it’s air guitar that might make him a star

  August 6, 2009

• Reporter's Notebook: You, too, can play air guitar like the pros

  Eric "Mean" Melin is Kansas City's hope for air-guitar greatness (read more in this week's feature, "Air Guitar Hero"). His airness began 19 years ago at Kansas State University. Let's time warp to 1990 when a long-haired metalhead known as simply Eric Melin demonstrated how to air guitar. OK. Trust me, he's a lot more experienced now. He better be. Friday night he'll serve up a lesson to America's best air guitarists in the U.S. Air Guitar Championships. Mean Melin better not forget the les

  August 5, 2009

• Aireoke In Lawrence Tonight

  Aireoke is a combination of air guitar and karaoke that was created by "Air Guitar Nation" star Bjorn Turoque, and it's at the Jackpot in Lawrence tonight. ​You get to get up on-stage and make like a rock star. You can bring your MP3 player and shred to your favorite tunes (my suggestion? "Headbanger Face Rip" by Municipal Waste or Corrosion of Conformity's "Big Problems"), or select from the vast, totally awesome selection Aireoke will have on hand. The event is hosted by 2009 KC air gu

  October 7, 2009

• Concert Review: Brendan Benson at the Bottleneck (plus Dead Girls video)

  Going into a show aware of an artist's reputation, but completely unfamiliar with any of that artist's material is a double-edged sword. I've not a clue as to how any of Brendan Benson's studio work compared with the live show he and his band put on Saturday night at the Bottleneck. Thus, while being completely ignorant with anything he's done, I'm going into this without any preconceived notions. Nick SpacekBrendan Benson​I can state categorically that every single word of praise I heard

  November 16, 2009