Good Wood Lumbers Back

Good Wood makes its long-overdue return to Missoula this weekend for a two-night stand at Sean Kelly’s. I can hardly say enough in praise of the Flathead Valley-based band, which features two original members of the Mission Mountain Wood Band – Steve Riddle on bass and Christian Johnson on fiddle, mandolin and guitar [...]

Battle-Free Band Bonanza Begins!

Okay, so I’m not supposed to call it a “battle of the bands.” It’s more a showcase, I’ve been told. Except that there’s voting, and finals, and a winner that gets some cool schwag….

….But it’s not a battle.

Got it? Good.

The PBR Performance Series returns this week for the third year, [...]

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The return of the Loft Above Higgins Alley

If you didn’t notice that the Loft Above Higgins Alley had stopped hosting concerts, you may be excused. The change only happened at the beginning of December, around the time when most local nightclubs cut back on live music offerings for reasons of the season. And really, it wasn’t like the Loft had [...]

News Haiku 1/30

Azure skin and goo Pounding beats and flashing lights People go gaga.

Manilow and Rotten: the Secret Link

My Entertainer co-conspirator Jamie Kelly just informed me that Arlo Guthrie has joined the growing and bizarrely diverse group of musicians who are throwing their names behind presidential candidate Ron Paul.

Here’s a little quote from Mr. “Alice’s Restaurant” about why he loves Paul:

“I love this guy. Dr. Paul is the [...]

Robbed

Missoula artist Michael DeMeng‘s world has been turned upside down recently. Part of that is because he’s on the opposite side of the earth, in Australia, where toilets go the opposite direction and people refer to random strangers as “mate.”

That’s weird enough. But then he got robbed.

Send him some good Missoula [...]

News Haiku 1/29

Who knew there was a Hooters University? I’m…I’m…just speechless.

News Haiku for 1/28

Icy lake, fractured: Man jumps in to get pulled out. Some jobs really suck.

BIG JAMES’ BONE

Okay, so it’s not like there’s a huge pool of world-renowned blues trombonists out there. And thus it may not sound like much to say that “Big James” Montgomery blows them all away. Big James is a big fish in a very small pond. But he’s a fish you’ll want to catch, if [...]

News limerick of the day

My mom is trying to convince me that I should write news limericks instead of haikus. She whipped this one up as proof of her point. I think I need to hire her!!

There once was a numbskull named Bush who deserved a kick in the tush; he took us to war, couldn’t [...]