News entertainment 2008-05-22 Andanh.com

Don't overdo it this weekend Wed, 21 May 2008 16:31:25 -0600

Sawyer Brown to replace Merle Wed, 21 May 2008 15:51:53 -0600

What's up with old country stars shedding their country garb? These dudes could just as easily be the News.

9:30 p.m., Friday, Budweiser Stage.

Hold Steady, Ben Nichols Wed, 21 May 2008 15:17:29 -0600

Ben Nichols, Little Rock's favorite gravel-voiced heartthrob, adds to the strung-out quotient in the new single from Rock Candy favorite the Hold Steady, "Sequestered in Memphis." It goes "subpoenaed in Texas/sequestered in Memphis."

"Laid up in Little Rock" can't be too far away.

The closest the Hold Steady come to LR on their summer tour is Oxford on Aug. 8.

The blues Wed, 21 May 2008 14:38:53 -0600
Mark your calendars, local blues fans. On Saturday, May 31, Blues Patrol, the popular local act from the ’80s, reunites at Cornerstone Pub to celebrate the release of “We Walked the Streets Like Giants,” a DVD that tells the band’s story. Former Circuit Judge David Bogard put together the film, a 10-minute snippet of which will screen at the event. Longtime blues jam organizer Jeff Weeden hosts. A jam, featuring other local musicians, precedes and follows the Blues Patrol’s performance. The show starts at 8 p.m.

Ettiem: the comeback! Wed, 21 May 2008 10:34:49 -0600

Easy Street Piano Bar and Cabaret Room, recently rumored to be closing, trucks along with a new regular DJ series, featuring Andrew Morgan, the man behind the dance parties in the basement at the Living Room (the halcyon days of Little Rock dance parties). Morgan, under the name Ettiem (check the electro jams), will spin “funk, soul, electro, new shit, Afrobeat, reggae, weirdo disco” along with Tel Aviv drummer Kyle Carpenter on Fridays beginning at 9 p.m. in the cabaret room. The series kicks off this Friday. No cover charge.

At the show, Morgan says he’ll also have details of the debut show by his new band, Eclipse Glasses, which he describes as an amalgamation of all those genres listed above. The band also includes vets of dozens of great local bands: Zach Reeves, Colin Miles, Kyle Carpenter and Lorenza Harrington.

I'm pumped. This band will sound nothing like them, but see, previously, one of LR's best, Chinese Girls.

Hag-less Wed, 21 May 2008 10:02:11 -0600

Merle Haggard has canceled his Riverfest appearance due to illness.

In a news release, Riverfest brass promise another big-named country star, possibly to be named as soon as this afternoon.

C'mon, Ronnie Milsap.

Last Night: Foxboro Hot Tubs Tue, 20 May 2008 09:01:11 -0600

Not in LR, but just the same.

Here's the tabloid-style British recap. (via NME)

The Little Rock-centric rundown:

After releasing a career-defining album that gets you called “a voice of a generation,” wins you Grammys and further solidifies your position as one of the world’s biggest bands, what next? Well, first chill out for a couple of years. Then: Spurn respectability, spurn U2 pretensions, come up with a not-so-secret alter ego, record awesomely derivative punked-up British Invasion jams and kick off your first tour in almost three years in a 300-capacity club in Little Rock.

That’s right, the stars aligned for intrepid club-goers in Little Rock on Monday, or at least those brave enough to wait in a line that, at its height, stretched two long city blocks: Green Day, playing under the pseudonym the Foxboro Hot Tubs, performed in town for the first time since 1993. Line-waiters weren’t disappointed.

It ain't over until ... Wed, 21 May 2008 04:45:00 EST
Pat Bagley / The Salt Lake Tribune

Hopper wins Republican Dist. 81 race Womack, Campbell in runoff for circuit judge Wed, 21 May 2008 04:41:00 EST
A battery failed in an electronic voting card containing the vote tabulation in the Midway polling place Tuesday night, but the 150 votes cast at the polling place were believed not enough to change the outcome of the House District 81 race in the Preferential Primary Election or to avoid a runoff in the Division 1 Judgeship race in the 14th Judicial District.

Ray W. Booth, 73 Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
A graveside service for Ray W. Booth, 73, of Mountain Home will be 10 a.m. today at Kirby's Tucker Memorical Cemetery. Mr. Booth died Monday, May 19, 2008.

Event raises cancer awareness Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
Twin Lakes Racquet Club recently took part in the Rally for the Cure, a breast-cancer awareness campaign that began as a grassroots golf program in 1996 and expanded to include tennis events.

Local children helped by Shriners Wed, 21 May 2008 04:50:00 EST
Juanell Potter knew something was wrong when she heard her 3-year-old daughter make a low cry in the kitchen.

Thomas Rex Flippin, 64 Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
A funeral for Thomas Rex Flippin of Cotter will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Randy Ludwig officiating. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. today at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Flippin died Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Little Rock at age 64.

High gas prices just tip of the iceberg Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
We're coming upon the first holiday weekend of the summer with gasoline prices inching closer to $4 per gallon.

Big Creek wins Ozark Cup Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
Big Creek Golf and Country Club defeated Harrison Country Club 16-13 to bring the Ozark Cup back to Mountain Home last weekend.

Hillary's no 'Comeback Kid' Wed, 21 May 2008 04:47:00 EST
WASHINGTON — Hillary's got her groove back, but for what?

Trammell, Giles will square off for Marion Co. judge Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 EST
Charles Trammell and James "Pete" Giles will face off in a runoff election June 10 for Marion County judge.

Life, liberty and a driver's license Fri, 16 May 2008 21:34:11 -0500
High fuel prices was the first thing I thought of when reading that Arkansas and West Virginia had the lowest percentage of people with college degrees.

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