The Steam Donkeys, winners of this year’s Top Original Group in the Buffalo Music Awards, will welcome back lead guitarist Charlie Quill for a pair of shows this weekend—combined with the slinky Telecaster attack of current picker Dave Kimball. They’re joined by Dan Delano on keyboards, John Brady on drums, John Weber on bass, and [...]

Only in Memphis in the 1960s could a band like the Box Tops have emerged. It was a town all about music, still in the shade of the long, long shadow of Sun Records, Elvis, and the host of rock and country greats on the imprint, while also serving as the American southeast’s qualified hotbed [...]

After you’ve slept off all of that holiday turkey and stuffing, come on down to Nietzsche’s on Friday night (Nov. 27) for our live Battle of Original Music (B.O.O.M.). This showcase features Hunger Anthem, the Tins, the Frontline, and Colors in the Air, who will be showing off all they’ve got in order to win [...]

As Heidi Klum might say, “One day you’re in; the next, you’re out.” So goes it with dealers for the Swedish automaker Saab. Just last week we read that 81 dealers (including Checkpoint Foreign Cars on Kenmore Avenue) received notice that their Saab franchises would be dropped after the purchase of the company from General [...]

Bruce Springsteen is 60 years old! Sure, he doesn’t look or act like it, but it’s reality. He can’t go out and scream, strum, sweat, and pour his New Jersey heart out for three friggin’ hours night after night forever. Could this be the last ever? It’s the last night of this tour, that’s for [...]

AV columnist Bruce Fisher sends in this reflection on How Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s bad economics could turn Blue states Red in 2010:
Jim Hightower, the former Texas politician and veteran political wit, was fond of excoriating political moderates as he was of skewering Republicans. “Ain’t nothin’ in the middle of the road but yellow lines [...]

AV columnist Bruce Fisher sends in this reflection on How Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s bad economics could turn Blue states Red in 2010:
Jim Hightower, the former Texas politician and veteran political wit, was fond of excoriating political moderates as he was of skewering Republicans. “Ain’t nothin’ in the middle of the road but yellow lines [...]

The Classics on Elmwood concert series returns tonight from a two-year hiatus with a performance featuring internationally renowned guitarist Mir Ali. Accompanying him will be members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Amelie Fradette (cello), Betsy Reeds (flute), and associate concertmaster Amy Glidden (violin). This concert will also function as the quartet’s release of their collaborative [...]

What you’re looking at is one of 120,616 1949 Mercury coupes built by the Ford Motor Company. And I’d guess that about 120,600 of them were eventually chopped, lowered, and given zoomy paint jobs during the custom-car craze of the 1950s. This is one of the most popular cars for customizers, and it’s amazing to [...]

The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw is based on the true story of All-American football star Michael Oher. The movie opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, November 20th – but you don’t have to wait that long. Join Artvoice at a free preview advance screening on the evening of Wednesday, November 18th [...]

Remember New London, Connecticut? In 2005, the struggling city won a Supreme Court case to bulldoze the homes of many residents, citing eminent domain, to make way for a huge expansion for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. The city threw in crazy tax breaks to lure the company there, in an effort to revitalize the city. The company [...]

For a born-again, turn-the-other-cheek, ride-that-Gospel-ship, my-check-kiting-days-are-over Christian, Joe Illuzzi certainly is given to fits of stunning vituperation. The bile he unloaded last night is particularly freighted with hate and slander.
On Cheektowaga Democratic chairman Frank Max:
One of the bloggers arrested for indecent exposure  known for fabricating stories, libel, etc. & getting paid to do it wrote [...]

Tonight is the second annual celebration of  all things Lebowski at Voelker Lanes (corner of Elmwood and Amherst, across from Joe’s Garage). Thirty dollars  (a portion of which benefits the local chapter of the American Cancer Society) buys you unlimited bowling and shoe rental, some local comedians, live music, and an open bar from 11pm [...]