In case you haven't noticed (or in case you're too lazy to scroll down the page just a little), we--the indomitable staff of the Westword Cafe section--now have a twitter feed. We're also sporting a couple of new bylines, some fresh blood, and have been working hard to keep the beast fed and the Cafe Society blog updated throughout the week with all the breaking news, weird rants, gossip and scurrilous rumor we can cram in. We've been expanding our beats, digging for stories, drinking on t
Plans for the Who's next tour might still be up in the air, but frontman Roger Daltrey has decided to hit the road to keep his pipes in shape on his "Use It or Lose It Tour," his first solo outing since 1985, which includes a stop at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, October 20. Reserve tickets are $49.50-$69.50 and go on sale Saturday, August 8. Actor/comedian Steve Martin, meanwhile, will be bringing his banjo to play an evening of bluegrass with the Steep Canyon Rangers at the Paramount on
Simon Pegg's advice for Falcon: Escape! Escape!
The Twitterspere absolutely exploded yesterday with commentary about accidental-whistle-blowing, Today-show-vomiting Balloon Boy Falcon Heene, with celebrities among the countless thousands exercising their fingers on the topic both before and after the lad tottered out of the attic and onto the nation's pop-culture pantheon. Of course, the after-tweets are funniest, as you'll see from our top ten list below. Hear from John Mayer, Diablo Cod
SoKabs (via Flickr)Did you see this yet? We just caught a link to this on Twitter (thanks, MyBodySings), a list of artists whose music was used "during the detention and interrogation of" to torture "prisoners at Guantanamo and other US facilities"? The list, published by the National Security Archive and reportedly culled from recently declassified documents, contains an range of music, from the Barney Theme Song and Meow Mix Jingle to Limp Bizkit and Matchbox Twenty. We see where they're go
