So I just flipped on the inauguration, a few minutes before Obama took the oath, and who do I see playing to usher in the 44th President, our first African-American president, the first president who acknowledges having Jay-Z on his iPod? Let me give you a hint. It wasn't Jay-Z. It wasn't Kanye (although I doubt he will claim this president doesn't care about black people). Hell, it wasn't even MC Hammer. Nope, it was a cellist named Yo Yo Ma, if I am not mistaken, and while I can't hate on his
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Today in Cafe Society:
• Rock, paper, scissors, booze at Nine75.
• Mark & Isabella now open in Belmar.
• Just in time for the Super Bowl, a Milking It review of Cap'n Crunch's Touchdown Crunch.
• Buenos Aires Grill to close.
• Thanasi Foods thinks Bigs with bacon.
• The year of the ox -- and a second Star.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Live review: Umphrey's McGee at the Fillmore Auditorium.
• Also caught live: The Meat Puppets at the Bluebird The
In terms of music news this was a slower week in the Mile High City. The biggest items were news of Overcasters being invited to perform at South By Southwest on the heels of a particularly harrowing trip to the East Coast a few weeks ago with the Fluid, followed closely by DJ Vajra's inclusion in a Serato Scratch ad in BPM Magazine. This week, the first review of the Fray's new record also came down from Rolling Stone, who panned it and tossed in a Coldplay comparison for good measure. Beyond
I swear I don't work for DeRailed Ink, but I couldn't blame you for thinking so, considering the endless fawning I've done over their quirky sports-related T-shirts. I just happen to dig the designs, and want local sports fans to consider their options when shopping for gameday garb.
This time, it's their two Rockies shirts I'm pimping: "The Toddfather," honoring Todd Helton, and "Tulo jit 2 quit," which pays tribute to Troy Tulowitski and, of course MC Hammer. Not Hammer, MC Hammer. There's a
Warren Bedell​A native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Travis Egedy, who performs under the
name Pictureplane, has been rapidly gaining the attention of popular
underground bands from around the country for the last few years, most
notably HEALTH who took Pictureplane on a national tour in March 2009.
HEALTH was also instrumental in Egedy's signing to the Lovepump United
imprint. Because of this, Egedy has also received a decent amount of national press
including recent interviews in Pitchfork and Fa
