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January 21st, 2010
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Author: by Stephen Seigel
EX-X Two punk legends whose careers can be counted in decades are hitting our fair burg this week. At a time when there were very few women in punk rock, Exene Cervenka was one of the most original. As co-frontperson of X, still regarded as one of the best, and most groundbreaking, L.A. punk bands, Cervenka’s unorthodox vocal harmonies with John Doe set the group apart from not only their contemporaries, but even current acts: X influenced countless bands, but…
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by Stephen Seigel
TO HELP YOU SURVIVE THE SEASON From family and friends visiting to cooking a crowd-pleasing meal and battling crowds to get that last minute shopping done … you know where we’re going with this: We all know the holiday season can be a mighty busy, mighty stressful time. Well, we’re here to help. Even the most fervent fan of the season needs some time to relax, and what better way is there to do so than to take in some…
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by Stephen Seigel
COVER-UP AND TUNE IN Two of my favorite holiday-season musical events occur this week. One has nothing to do with the season at all; the other has everything to do with it. The former is the 12th annual Great Cover-Up. An eclectic roster of local bands and musicians have been toiling away, forsaking their original tunes to learn songs by an artist more famous than themselves, in order to perform a one-time-only set at the shindig—all for a very worthwhile…
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by Stephen Seigel
GET ME NEW YEAR’S INFO, DAMMIT! To start off, a quick reminder to all clubs, restaurants, other venues and/or promoters hosting New Year’s Eve celebrations that will feature live music or other similar festivities: There are only a couple of days left to send me details about your event to be included in our annual New Year’s Guide. Considering how little information I’ve received so far, I’m not sure what part of “free publicity” you don’t understand. All you need…
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by Stephen Seigel
PRATTLE ABOUT SEATTLE What are the odds that two up-and-coming Seattle bands would each play a free show on successive nights in Tucson? This week, I’d give you even money. First up, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, the Starlings set up shop in the lounge at Plush. The trio—Joy Mills, Tom Parker and Aimee Zoe Tubbs—is currently working on a full-length follow-up to its 2008 album, Marveling the While. An early 2010 release is expected, but in the meantime, the group…
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by Stephen Seigel
INFORMATION, PLEASE In the Tucson Weekly’s Dec. 24 issue, we’ll feature our annual New Year’s Guide, a handy go-to resource to help you plan how you’ll usher in 2010. But in order to inform our readers of their options, we need to know exactly what in the heck is going on. That’s where you come in. If your club, restaurant or other venue is hosting a New Year’s celebration that will feature live music, let us know what you’ve got…
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by Stephen Seigel
GIVE BACK, ENJOY MUSIC With Thanksgiving upon us during this especially trying year, perhaps it’s time to help those who are less fortunate. Two benefit shows this week make that fun and easy to do so. Since 2002, local guitarist, singer, songwriter, label owner and volunteer Rich Hopkins has held a benefit show for the Casa Maria soup kitchen the day before Thanksgiving, and this year is no different. From a previous column, here’s the lowdown: “For (roughly) 25 years,…
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AWFUL RACKET, INSANE CLOWNS Perhaps it’s a Halloween hangover: The Rialto Theatre this week hosts a pair of acts known as much for their costumes and stagecraft as their music. First up is GWAR, which was formed in the late ’80s at a Virginia university, reportedly as an experiment in marketing. Not that it really matters; all the band’s members wear elaborate creature-costumes—and while the people wearing the costumes have changed somewhat over the years, the characters remain the same.…
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by Stephen Seigel
ALL SOULS PREPARES FOR ITS CLOSE-UP If you haven’t seen the mural painted on the east wall of the Rialto Theatre, you might think that Sunday’s show there is just another Calexico concert (not that there’s anything wrong with that). It is not. Sunday is, of course, the day that this year’s annual All Souls Procession—the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) parade—will take place, and this year’s procession itself looks to be more special than usual: It’s…
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by Stephen Seigel
A RATHER FUN NIGHTMARE When I was young, we children ruled Halloween. We’d dress up as Gene Simmons, get as much candy as we could lug around from neighbors we didn’t otherwise engage with, and feast on our bounty for what seemed like months. However, I don’t remember my parents ever coming home sloshed dressed as sexy pirates. In recent years, Halloween has become more of a holiday for grown-ups, and for those 21 and older, the place to be…
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