To begin with a piece of honesty, this was a show that was not on my radar. While I can listen to it, I, generally, try to steer clear of things that label themselves as “folk-pop” because it’s a sound that I find particularly uninteresting. In reality, the only reason I ended up at this [...]

I’m trying to solve some problems with the spamming on this blog. It’s gotten out of hand. Although I do need some cut rate Viagra, Vicodin, Xanax, and Valium, I don’t need eighty people telling me about it all of the time. I’ve had to cut off comments for the time being. If you want [...]

As you may or may not know, many universities and colleges around the country have already started their fall sessions. The University of Iowa is no exception. I should know through my various frustrations at riding a bike through this town. The first week of the session generally tends to bring a lot of cultural [...]

Following the strangeness and punk fury that was Friday night, Saturday offered a far different experience for the listening public. This wasn’t my first go ’round with The Blow. I’d seen her when I lived in Ohio…twice. The first time, it was an apartment party. She was getting into the crowd, dancing and having fun [...]

Alright, as you can see, there were a number of shows, so let’s get this started properly. The first show that I went to on this weekend was the Idiot Glee. I was, personally, very excited for this show. Paddywhack hasn’t left the rotation in my household since I got my hands on it. While [...]

I realize that I gave no explanation to this whole situation. I can refer you to the weekend column that I write for a better, more detailed sketch of what’s happening at the Firecracker 500 as well as about that Haley Bonar show at the Englert. If I weren’t so pumped to see garage rock, [...]

I apologize for the late notice, but the Firecracker 500 Festival is happening at the Blue Moose for the weekend. It’s 20+ garage/surf/punk bands just going for it with their music. It’s going to be a fun show for sure and passes are cheap. It’s 25 bucks for three days. It turns out to be [...]

As I looked through my email just a second ago, please do not try to get in contact with me on MySpace. I don’t use it anymore. Find me on Facebook or dial me up on twitter @acethinks where you can read my brilliant insights on Pretty Little Liars and other random things.

I’m still going to be posting here on the website, but my daytime hours in which I normally posted are going to be occupied by the magic that is the Women’s World Cup. That’s right. Ladies. Playing Soccer. In Germany. Don’t run to your televisions yet; the games are over for the day. They’ll be [...]

Last night was a crazy night of show programming here in Iowa City. There were two major acts taking stage at different venues. One was Del the Funkee Homosapien. I’m going to have a write-up about that too, but I’m writing that for Little Village. If you want to read that one, you’ll have to [...]