NCAA Tourney Update

Lots of upsets & surprises last weekend. How about Kansas dropping off in the first round? Now that's entertaining. Wake Forest, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Gonzaga, UConn, & Syracuse are also out. Games will resume Thursday and continue thru Friday night. After that my friends, it's on to the the Elite Eight round. See below for this week's schedule.

Chicago Region
Illinois vs. UW-Milwaukee
Thursday 6:25pm

Arizona vs. Oklahoma St.
Thursday 8:55pm

Albuquerque Region
Washington vs. Louisville
Thursday 6:10pm

Texas Tech vs. West Virginia
Thursday 8:40pm

Syracuse Region
UNC vs. Villanova
Friday 8:55pm

Wisconsin vs. NC State
Friday 6:25pm

Austin Region
Duke vs. Michigan State
Friday 6:10pm

Utah vs. Kentucky
Friday 8:40pm

All times above are CST and can be viewed on CBS depending on your region.

Music Sounds Better With You: Part II

Upcoming Shows Update
4/1 Drive By Truckers @ Mississippi Nights
4/1-2 Bobcat Goldthwait @ Funny Bone
4/7 Crystal Method @ Pop's
4/24 The Doors @ Robert Orpheum Theater
4/26 Muse @ The Pageant
4/28 ..Trail of the Dead @ Mississippi Nights
4/30 Coachella Music Festival - Indio, CA
5/1 Coachella Music Festival - Indio, CA
5/2 Billy Idol @ The Pageant
5/3 New Order @ Aragon Ballroom - Chicago
5/4 Garbage @ Metro - Chicago
5/4 Weezer @ Aragon Ballroom - Chicago
5/4 Elvis Costello @ The Pageant
5/7 Joe Jackson w/Todd Rundgren @ Orpheum Theater
5/7 Lenny Kravitz @ The Pageant - SOLD OUT
5/11 The Doves @ Madrid Theater - Kansas City
5/13 " " @ Vic Theater - Chicago
5/13 Green Day @ Savvis Center
5/19 Agnostic Front @ Pop's
5/20 Dave Attell @ The Pageant
5/20 Bill Maher @ Robert Orpheum Theater
5/23 The Killers @ The Pageant - SOLD OUT
8/24 Brian Wilson @ Robert Orpheum Theater
12/14 U2 @ Savvis Center

Check out Ticketmaster or Metrotix for ticket availability.

Put Down That Damn Eyeliner

Historic Gothic Highlights

This is the condensed version. You can check out April's Spin for the complete list. And away we go...

400 German tribes called 'Goths' began a 200 year campaign against the Roman Empire
1100 Gothic architecture is in including gargoyles, stained-glass, and flying buttresses.
1431 Vlad 'the Impaler' Dracula is born as well as the legend of Dracula.
1849 Edgar Allan Poe's death day.
1882 Bela Lugosi is born.
1897 The Dracula novel is published by Bram Stoker.
1956 'Bela Lugosi's dead', and Robert Smith is born.
1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show debuts. "Don't dream it, be it..."
1979 Joy Division, Bauhaus, and The Cramps steer music in a new post-punk/gothic direction.
1980 Ian Curtis (Joy Division) dies. Sad but true...
1988 Hot Topic is born.
1989 James O'Barr publishes the comic book entitled The Crow.
1994 Al graduates high school...not gothic, but good to know. The Crow is released in theaters featuring Brandon Lee who mysteriously dies on the set during filming.
1999 Goth culture is scrutinized in the media thanks to a little incident known as Columbine.
2004 The Curiosa tour kicks off featuring The Cure, Interpol, Mogwai, Muse, and a handful of other goth/emo bands. Great show if you missed it....
2005 Cheer Dark is born to help keep that black fabric well... black. Cheer rules!