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[Wed, 31.May.06] Joey Ramone Birthday Bash feat. Alarm, The Star Spangles, The Strokes, and Wayne Kramer 19.May.06: New York Joey Ramone deserves a celebration once a year, every year, until the end of time. And one without Matt Pinfield and circus freaks just wouldn't suffice.

[Fri, 26.May.06] Guns N' Roses 12.May.06: New York G'N'F'N'R, baby. Here we F'N go.

[Thur, 25.May.06] Dark Star Orchestra 13.May.06: New York Raising the dead or spinning them in their graves?

[Wed, 24.May.06] Gomez 11.May.06: Chicago An exploration of musical multiplicity and how (not) to court manly men.

[Tues, 23.May.06] Pretty Girls Make Graves + Giant Drag 13.May.06: New York You can't just listen to the record. You gotta see'em live, dude.

[Mon, 22.May.06] Radiohead 6-7.May.06: Copenhagen, Denmark A report from the sexiest, most fashionable tailgate party of all time, featuring NEW SONGS BY RADIOHEAD!!

[Fri, 19.May.06] Belle and Sebastian 7.May.06: Ludwigshafen, Germany Lessons Learned on an Irksome Journey.

[Thur, 18.May.06] Sound Tribe Sector 9 5.May.06: Columbus, Ohio Cinco de Mayo in Columbus, Ohio has a nice little ring to it. Add Sound Tribe Sector 9 at the Newport Music Hall and you're looking at a night to remember.

[Wed, 17.May.06] Violent Femmes 5.May.06: Chicago The Violent Femmes aren't putting on nostalgia shows, so hold all your Rolling Stones comparisons. After all, you can't have nostalgia without an age to pin it on.

[Tues, 16.May.06] Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association 2006 National Conference 12-15.Apr.06: Atlanta It's the time of year when academics come together to discuss the finer points of pop culture, because, you know, pop really does matter.

[Mon, 15.May.06] The Black Crowes 22-24.Mar.06: Amsterdam, Holland Hanging on one of those gently curving, multi-consonant streets that crisscross Amsterdam, I felt rock 'n' roll's heathen gospel goodness seep into my pores...

[Thur, 11.May.06] Elbow 20.Apr.06: New York Some Elbow supporters may be content to keep their favorite British import to themselves, but when I see that pile of unsold tickets, it makes me want to shout.

[Wed, 10.May.06] Gorillaz 2 & 5.Apr.06: New York One demonic day and another in clear color...

[Tues, 9.May.06] Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Day 2 22.Apr.06: Hartford, CT Resurrecting the potency of hip-hop, or at least giving it a damn good go...

[Mon, 8.May.06] Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Day 1 21.Apr.06: Hartford, CT Hip-Hop goes to Hartford in search of something new.

[Fri, 5.May.06] Billy Joel 24.Apr.06: New York Only Billy Joel's name hangs from the rafters of the world's most famous arena, not the man himself. Love him or hate him, the Piano Man ain't going anywhere.

[Thur, 4.May.06] The Flaming Lips + The Go! Team 22.Apr.06: London Queens and Fallen Kings: A Royal Evening with the Flaming Lips.

[Wed, 3.May.06] HorrorPops 23.Apr.06: New York HorrorPops are like Blondie in the Cramps' lipstick. In other words, they're hell's perfect party band.

[Tues, 2.May.06] South 15.Apr.06: Chicago You'd think having a song or two on TV would go miles to getting your name and sound into the great unwashed, but it hasn't. Why the hell not?

[Mon, 1.May.06] Jerry Lee Lewis 15.Apr.06: New York Jerry Lee's fingers still sting the ivories, even if, these days, there's not a whole lotta shakin' going on.