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Tacoma Rock City
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 03:18:33 pm

During the course of this presidential campaign, Heart, Tom Petty and Jackson Browne are just a few rockers that have all publicly decried the use of their tunes by the McCain/Palin ticket. And now guess who's perturbed at the GOP's main man? Well, at least John Rich still wants to be his BFF.

Categories: alternative/indie, rock
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 12:08:37 pm

Yesterday, AEG Live announced that the Nov. 11 show featuring Q-Tip and up-and-coming rappers, the Cool Kids, to Showbox SoDo has been canceled. No official reason was given, but in Portland the show is being moved from the Crystal Ballroom downtown to the smaller Hawthorne Theatre.

Categories: hip-hop
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 06:06:06 am

The South Sound Blues Association is hosting another fundraiser to send the Michal Miller Band and Son Jack Jr. to the 25th annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis next February. It'll go down on Saturday at Jazzbones, and here's the lineup:

Fundraiser lineup

7 p.m.: Son Jack Jr
7:45 p.m.: Red Hot Blues Sisters
8:45 p.m.: The Wright Brothers
9:45 p.m.: The Randy Oxford Band
10:45 p.m.: The Brown and Blues Band with Doug Skoog
11:45 p.m.: The Michal Miller Band

Plus, there will be special guest appearances by Maia Santell and Mariano Silver

Categories: upcoming shows, jazz/blues