It's been a long weekend of repetitive news about the airborne death flu and nerd movies. And if you're like me, then you're a huge fan of pun-based entertainment headlines such as "Wolverine Claws Its Way to Box Office Top," although a more nerd-oriented hed would have specifically mentioned that those claws were made from "nerdamantium," and somehow worked in a reference to boobs. After the jump, some more mean comments about nerds! Click here or on this picture of what it looks like when co
Okay, well, you should only be afraid if you hate good music and/or harmonies. Last night in St. Louis, the ACBs, Justin Ripley (and his merry crew of musicians) and the Blind Eyes made my power-pop-loving ears quite happy. The same trio will be burning up I-70 with a show at Mojo's in Columbia tonight and one in Lawrence at the Jackpot tomorrow night.Kansas Citians know the first two acts well, of course. And at the show, the ACBs' harmonies were reliably spot-on, and Ripley's garage-pop j
It's a good year to be Rob Pope. The Get Up Kids bassist is not only selling out venues with his old bandmates on their reunion tour, Pope's other band, Spoon, is preparing to drop a new one, his second with the Austin-based band.
Pope (2nd from left) got that Spoon, that Spoon that Spoon-ful.On Thursday, December 3, at the Midland by AMC, Pope, lead singer Britt Daniel, and those two other guys dip into town to headline KRBZ's the Buzz Stole Christmas show. Also on the duosyllabic bill
