Subject: Jonas Brothers

• Concert Schedule for this Weekend

  July 11, 2008

• Why wait until December? Let's commence with the 2008 music year in review

  January 24, 2008

• Rainn Wilson comedy The Rocker is more childish pop than hardcore funny

  August 21, 2008

• Rolling Stone: Still Blowing Bob Dylan

  Rolling Stone, that music magazine that felt it necessary to feature the ladies from MTV's The Hills on the cover of its May issue, just released its list of top 50 albums of 2008. Wouldn't you know it; they put Bob Dylan at number two. Why not number one, Rolling Stone? Maybe because they realize it's the year 2008 - and believe me, they do by putting Taylor Swift and The Jonas Brothers at numbers 39 and 40, respectively. At least they put those two right next to each other to get that crap o

  December 11, 2008

• Violet Wild at Last Exit

  It's nearly 1 a.m. and I'm a few drinks into the night. I'm at Tempe's Last Exit Bar & Grill to watch Violet Wild, one of my favorite local pop-rock bands who used to play anywhere and everywhere a year ago and pretty much whored themselves out in the local music scene - playing gigs almost every week. It's been awhile - at least three or four months - since I last caught them live and I can't help but get caught up in the cheesiness of the band tonight. It's everywhere! Bobby Scott, the ba

  December 22, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and i

  December 30, 2008

• Reality Show Results Episodes: The 11th Plague

  So after sitting through two hours of complete pap Tuesday night as American Idol's first group of 12 attempted to stay on key long enough to get halfway-decent remarks from the judges, you'd think we'd deserve a break, right? In the Land of the Sea-douche, however, there is no rest for the weary, and so we were forced to sit through an hour-long results show Wednesday night that could have taken all of 30 seconds using Michael Scott's method of naming people on The Office (check it starting at

  February 19, 2009

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Punks Out in Meet with Janet Napolitano

  Rep. Raul Grijalva: According to The Hill, He's just wild about Nappy... I had been hoping that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus would take a thick paddle to Janet Napolitano's ever-generous backside when they met with the new DHS head for the first time today. But, alas, some of our congressional leaders are as worthless as a week-old bowl of menudo. If they took anything to their private get-to-know-ya session with our skunk-coifed former Guv, it was a feather to better tickle her tuchi

  February 26, 2009

• American Idol Top 13: Battle of the Crying Young Mothers

  CAW CAW to you too, Megan Corkery. At long last, it has come to this--after weeks of watching tone-deaf wonders humiliate themselves during the first round of auditions, some slightly less tone-deaf wonders forget the lyrics to their songs during Hollywood Week, Casey Carlson give a bad name to bubble tea makers everywhere and Pacittigate--we finally get to hear the Top 12 bring it. What's that, you say? The producers mindfucked us last week, along with poor Anoop Desai, and turned the Top 12 in

  March 11, 2009

• ZOMG!!! The Jonas Brothers Coming to Jobing.com Arena on August 11

  The Jonas Brothers There's been a non-stop chorus of girlish screams of joy coming from across the Valley since this morning, and we've finally deduced they cause behind all the shreiking: The Jonas Brothers are coming in concert this summer. The trio of Disney-programmed animatronic pop robots Disney-backed pop stars will visit Jobing.com Arena in Glendale on Tuesday, August 11, as of their upcoming world tour. Fresh off the heels of last month's flick Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Ex

  March 20, 2009

• Just Announced: Lucero, St. Vincent, George Jones

  Lucero is coming to town in May. A lot of big indie shows -- but not big, big shows -- in last week's concert announcements. Lucero, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are coming to Rythm Room in May, as are Margot & the Nuclear So and So's. St. Vincent plays Modified on Sunday, May 31, which is right about when it'll be starting to get super hot in there. Meanwhile some old fellas (George Jones, Kenny G., Joe Cocker) are also coming to town. Read on for full listings.

  March 24, 2009

• Summer Guide: Discover Nature and Find Yourself

  June 4, 2009

• Swine Flu Taking Its Toll on Concerts

  Mexico City, as well as the rest of the country, has seen a recent trend of canceled concerts due to swine flu concernsCan't get enough swine flu coverage? Thought maybe reading a music blog would offer you an opportunity to get away from the media blitz surrounding the fervor? Well, such is the nature of the beast that the swine flu has now affected concerts, forcing cancellations all across Mexico and even a few select shows in the U.S. Many shows in Mexico have seen their dates either be canc

  May 4, 2009

• Other People's Blogs: Scarlett Johansson/Pete Yorn Album Due, RIP Jay Bennett, Grizzly Bear Video

  NME: Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn album on the wayElectric Mustache: Video: Grizzly Bear Black Cab SessionSo Much Silence: Jay Bennett (1963-2009)Pitchfork: R.I.P. Jay BennettIdolator: The Jonas Brothers Are Looking Over Their Collective Shoulder

  May 26, 2009

• Eric Clapton Is God, but Steve Winwood Is Not

  June 25, 2009

• Jonas Brothers to Come to Valley and Play, Yes, Kickball

  In what will probably be described sarcastically as a "dream come true," by fathers of 10-year-old girls across the Valley, the Jonas Brothers are scheduled to play in a public kickball game in Peoria in August. The pop-tarts -- who vehemently campaign for chastity, clean living, and just about everything else the rest of us mortals do to have fun -- have agreed to play a game of kickball at the Peoria Sports Complex on August 11th against 104.7 KISS deejays Jo

  July 24, 2009

• Where It’s Legal to Sleep with a Jonas Brother

  August 6, 2009