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BeatNonStop
A Weblog by Chris Macias
Pop music critic
Music geek (n. myü-zik 'gEk)

1: A person who proudly wore KISS commemorative pajamas in third grade.
2: A person who owns multiple copies of the same album, still buys vinyl and has a room dedicated to 2,000 or so CDs and records.
3. A person who wrote a five-part series about traveling with a local band in their stinky van - and loved every minute of it.
4: Chris Macias, serving Sacramento's music scene since 1999.

• June 20, 2008
  Jun 25th Strings and things "Sunday Single" is big on bands that truly do something different, so we're happy to say that the De...
• June 13, 2008
  Jun 25th Come on, shake shake it Shakedown is the right kind of band as Sacramento kicks into summer. Its blend of rock and regg...
• June 6, 2008
  Jun 25th Random Rapping Random Abiladeze (say: Random A-bil-a-ties) is a local rapper and spoken word poet who just dropped an a...
• Zombie Love
  May 22nd May 16, 2008 Danny Secretion is the drummer and songwriter for local punks the Secretions. But every so often the dude ...
• I've got a Fever...
  May 13th May 09, 2008 Bright Light Fever's putting the finishing touches on its latest album, but "Sunday Single's" got the good...
• Sunday Single Showcase full line-up
  May 13th May 09, 2008 Sunday Single Showcase full line-up Woo ha! The line-up for the next "Sunday Single Showcase" is now comple...
• Tina Turner coming to town
  May 13th May 08, 2008 She's got legs, she knows how to use them. And then Tina Turner's going to strut all over the stage when s...
• Tesla tour
  May 13th May 07, 2008 Speaking of popular Sacramento bands in the 1980s, Tesla recently announced a world tour. No dates so far fo...
• Tagg, you're it
  May 7th May 06, 2008 Wow, didn't realize that the buzz was so big on the Bourgeois Tagg reunion concert coming to the Crest Theat...
• Can you feel the love?
  May 7th May 02, 2008 Kepi  is the former frontman for the Groovie Ghoulies, Sacramento's premier pop-punk exports. Alas, those...

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