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This review should be in the paper, but it can't be, and here's why: It was a club show, which means that I'm sitting here just past 1 a.m., so I've missed any deadline. The only day it makes sense to go in the paper is Sunday, but Sunday's Extra section went to press a couple of days ago, so we can't get any news in it.

At least I can be looser here than I would for print.

That said, let's talk about an amazing bunch of performers, Jason Ricci and New Blood, who just finished up at Blue 5 Restaurant.

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Like a musical time capsule. Check out the review.
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He was 72.
Read more here: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-mcgriff27-2008may27,0,841800.story
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From new channels editor Dwayne Yancey:

> The Seed are back on top the MusicCast Top 5 for the second week in a row -- and the eighth week out of the past nine. They got displaced once by the Pickin Buds. But watch out -- because our newest video on the MusicCast is coming up fast. That's "Nothing But Wrong," by Jimmy Danger, featuring Neanderpaul, and even though it's only been up on the site for a few days, it's already gotten enough plays this week to pull a tie for second place. We base the MusicCast Top 5 on who gets the most plays -- no payola here -- so if there's someone you like, just keep on clicking.

TOP 5 MUSIC VIDEOS

this past week on roanoke.com

1. "No More," by The Seed

2 (tie) "Demijohn," by the Pickin Buds

and "Nothing But Wrong," by Jimmy Danger, featuring Neanderpaul

4. "Can You Understand," by The Seed

5. "A New Season," by The Seed

We've touched on this one a little bit recently, but haven't fully fleshed it out.
So, here we go. Tell us your favorite local bands, solo acts, duos, whatever. And put a Web link to them, if you can, so we can all hear just how awesome they truly are!

Thanks to Ron Bailey at http://ronbailey.us/blog/ for beating me to the punch on this one.

>Southern Culture on the Skids will play Awful Arthurs (Towers Mall) on July 25… you’ll probably want to wear your dress overalls and your new ball cap for this one.

>Bring yer dancin’ shoes - and a bucket of fried chicken, too.

I searched the Web over -- pollstar.com, scots.com (Southern Culture's Web site), Awful Arthurs myspace page. Finally, I found the date listed at Yep Roc Records online. Yep Roc is SCOTS' label, so I reckon they know when the act is going to play.

Not clear yet whether the show is at Towers Shopping Center. That's usually where they play. I'll update when I know. UPDATE: Here's the link to Awful's confirmation. It's at Towers, on a Friday.

Anyway, you all know that drummer Dave Hartman and bassist/singer Mary Huff are from Roanoke. Here are a couple of podcasts I've done with them: Full band, from 2006 | With Hartman, from 2007

Neanderpaul, aka Paul Mays, is a guy who loops tunes and plays mad guitar. He's one of our old MusicCast guests, and he did us the solid of posting this video with a new collaborator, Jimmy Danger. It's your basic mainstream metal, with Neanderpaul singing his lungs out.

As always, there's mucho musica at Awfuls locations everywhere. Electric Chameleon, Drivn, The Seed, Blue Mule, The Kind, The Palominos, Mid-Atlantic Kingz, Gasoline Alley, Little Rodger and the Cheap Thrills, Alliens, Shayar and Krooshal Force, and Half Moon are among the plethora.

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From new channels editor Dwayne Yancey:

> Forget the Obama-Clinton race. We have quite a contest on our hands here. Last week, the Pickin Buds knocked The Seed out of the top spot on the MusicCast that the jamsters had held for six weeks. Well, this week, The Seed returned the favor, and returns to the No. 1 spot with "No More." The margin? Just one play (We base the MusicCast Top 5 on who gets the most plays week-to-week).

> Also returning to the Top 5 this week: Mack Jones, who dislodges the Roanoke Allstars, whose "OxyContin Rock" had been a Roanoke standard most of the spring.

> If you think your band's video should be in the Top 5, well, post it to our site, and maybe it will be. We base this list on who gets the most plays each week, so keep clicking. Details are below.

> Here’s the week Top 5, based on number of plays on this MusicCast this past week:

1. "No More," by The Seed"
2. "Demijohn," by the Pickin Buds
3. "Can You Understand?," by The Seed
4. "A New Season," by The Seed
5. "We Underground," by Mack Jones

Next update coming: May 28.

I had an interesting e-mail conversation last week with one of my bosses (too many bosses, I tell you!) Anyway, we were trading thoughts on favorite concerts, venues, hangouts, and the idea morphed into a question of the week.

So tell me: What's your favorite haunt of today, yesterday or both? It can be in Roanoke, Blacksburg, the town where you went to college -- or all of the above. What are some great shows you saw there?

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