The Hold Steady is known for its songs about drinking in bars, among other things. So of course the Brooklyn band is playing the Gargoyle on April 6, according to Blurt. Why yes, the NO-BOOZE venue in town. Metrotix link live, buy tickets now.So, who's trekking to Bloomington or Urbana instead? I don't mind seeing most bands at the Gargoyle (contrary to most people), but not the Hold Steady. Does the band KNOW it's playing at a dry venue?
I've received a couple of reader e-mails noting the strange goings-on at some of the area's J. Buck's: signage disappearing, menus without the restaurant's name. This article from the Belleville News-Democrat does a nice job of summing up what's happening: The Clayton and downtown J. Buck's will remain J. Buck's, with siblings Joe and Julie Buck owners. The article explains the deal:The new arrangement cut the Fairview Heights restaurant and the ones
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Feeling macabre and like dancing tonight? Head to Off Broadway and check out Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death. Roy Kasten said this:
Bloomington, Indiana's Murder By Death overcomes aesthetic absurdity -- picture the Crash Test Dummies employing cellos to transform a barn dance into a slamming mosh pit -- by dint of pure excess. The string section, the shoegaze nostalgia, the prickly new-wave guitar licks, the cow punk cloppity-clip of the rhythms and the ghoulish grumble of Adam Tur
