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Great bands played downtown during First Friday, which offset the sucky traffic situation
Oh First Friday, how I love you and hate you at the same time. Great bands, but parking sucks. I braved the heavy downtown streets and it was another good weekend of music. I actually made it to a new bar for me, First Round Bar and Lounge, at the corner of 11th and Broad. The bar used to be known as Club Sparxx. I can say this: It’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I am not sure what exactly I was picturing, but it’s a cool little venue for bands. Vox Inertia was playing, another
band that you guys need to check out. First, though, you need to get out of the house and try something new. Motivation from Matt Stone. Feels good. What happens when you kill one of the greatest musicians of all time you ask? The death penalty? Life in prison? Nope, just a couple months of free house and board in a state prison. Michael Jackson murderer, Dr. Conrad Murray, is set to be sentenced on November 29, and more than likely will get off with a slap on the wrist. Next thing you know they’ll be letting out Mark David Chapman. To put it bluntly, the system works: ask Lindsey Lohan. I think I’m going to have to become a fan of the Detroit Lions. Fans are outraged that the band Nickelback has been booked to perform their halftime show during this year’s Thanksgiving matchup with the defending Super Bowl champs the Green Bay Packers. An angry fan has started a petition that now has over
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comes out of North Wales and called The Joy Formidable. Ello Govner! They’re a great band that opened up for the Foo Fighters in Atlanta. Lead singer Ritzy Bryan looks like a crazy baby doll, and she acts like it too. Two thumbs up, out of two thumbs. If you’re reading this on the day the paper hits those beautiful yellow boxes, head out and see the Atlanta-based McNary Band. They’re performing at Surrey Tavern Thursday, November 10, with Augusta favorite Sibling String. Enjoy, my friends. And last in local events, come out and say goodbye to a great band. L.i.E is calling it quits, so check out the event B.y.E. to L.i.E. w/ Artemia and Rooftop Harbor at Sky City, November 11. What shows am I missing? Where should I be going? Email matt@ themetrospirit.com.
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45,000 signatures demanding that they bring in a band more “American.” It seems the fan is angrier about the band being Canadian than their music being horrible. God Bless America. You stay classy Detroit. Thom York decided to stop being a recluse and has finally started to book new tour dates for his band Radiohead. The band will be in Atlanta March 1 at Philips Arena. Oh baby. Famous teenage lesbian pop singer Justin Bieber is caught in the middle of a paternity suit filed by some whack-job. There’s no way this will hold up, and with the support of Ellen and Whoopi, he’ll get through this. Tell Usher I said hello. The sound of this news story will make all the indie girls weep. After two years of marriage, Death Cab For Cutie frontman and singer/actress Zooey Deshanel are calling it quits. No real specified reason. In related news, Death Cab For Cutie’s next album will actually be good. My recommended band of the week
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