In recent years, Black Francis has been perhaps a little too prolific for his own good, releasing a stream of albums marked as much by a shaky grasp of quality control as by the dizzying brilliance of his original Pixies work.
Black Lips are a psychedelic freak-out filtered through distortion pedal garage rock. Like a car with snapped brake cables, Black Lips careen out of control, as if they could fly apart or crash at any moment; they are a raucous whirl of a punk band.
WHY stop with the Forum for Black Journalists (FBJ)? Why not rather gladden the ghosts of DF Malan, JG Strijdom, HF Verwoerd et al and go the whole hog?
A new book concerning Ghosts and ghost hunting has reported that Pride Park has a rather unusual ghost, a large Black dog! The book written by psychic Philip Solomon and is entitled "Haunted Derby".
It's hard not to notice that during the last year and a half, Tulsa's local music movement has taken on a new life. Sure, the old stalwarts are still hammering away: The Plumbers, Imzadi and Snapdragon continue to draw the covers crowd; Red Dirt and Honky Tonk still have The Rangers, Boland and LaRu By Gary Hizer.
THE ALABAMA THEATRE, Barefoot Landing, U.S. 17, North Myrtle Beach, will present "One, The Show" at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Monday through Thursday featuring America's favorite music, country, Broadway, bluegrass, gospel, comedy and everything in between. Saturday, the theater will feature the Drifters, Coasters and Sonny Turner at 7 p.m. Eddie Miles, a Salute to Elvis will be held Sunday. Ticket
Sixth-placed Orlando Pirates will be looking at closing the gap between the leading pack when the MTC Namibia Premiership resumes tomorrow following last weekend's enforced breather from league activities, with all members in the 12-team elite league finding themselves entangled in the first round of the lucrative MTC NFA Cup competition.
Admission is free unless otherwise noted. Silent auction for Newspace Center for Photography: Bid on photographs by Larry Fink, Stu Levy and Terry Toedtemeier among others, signed and limited edition photography books and gift certificates in support of the center's programs.