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Hillstomp to bang out beats on pickle buckets
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One man's trash is another man's instrument. At least for Portland, Ore., blues duo Hillstomp. The unorthodox band will be playing at Nick's Night Club tonight with Aubrey Debauchery and The Puke Boots. Drummer John Johnson - yes, that's his real name - sets himself apart from other musicians by playing on cardboard boxes, plastic buckets and a Weber grill lid instead of a typical drum set.
'Sideshow' mixes magic, music
Chico Cabaret transforms into creepy circus with magician Wayne Houchin's gross-out gags
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Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and see the sideshow - full of the weird and the wonderful, the surprising and bizarre, the peculiar and unimaginable. But bearded ladies, extra limbs and alligator skin are not on the program. Magician Wayne Houchin and songwriter Josh Funk took the stage Friday and Saturday at Chico Cabaret, creating a circus-like mesh of magic and music to produce "Sideshow," a benefit performance for the theater.
Leslie Williams: Worst pseudonyms in music
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Little kids playing "pretend" often come up with the most ridiculous-sounding names. As a wee one, I thought it would be a good idea to be called Ms. Donut Sparkles. But once I hit 6 years old, I came to my senses and decided being named after a fatty pastry was a bad idea.
The Matches to ignite campus
Oakland-based punk rock band will light Free Speech Area on fire at 6 p.m. today
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Most students would hate to be stuck on campus on a sunny Friday afternoon, but this week before the sun goes down, the microphones will go up. Staged in the Free Speech Area, The Matches, an Oakland-based band, will be performing its punk rock riffs for a free show benefiting the Butte Humane Society.
Friday Night Concert series to heat up City Plaza with funk rock
Big Mo & The Full Moon Band get hips swaying in preparation for summer concerts
Blues music doesn't necessarily seem like it would make women lift their tops, but at a show in Sacramento, Big Mo & The Full Moon Band proved seven men in their 40s can induce an unusual audience reaction by playing the blues. "There must have been something in the air.
Butte students strut styles, slam outdated fashions at 1078 Gallery
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With summer around the corner, people are revamping their closets and getting ready for the season's hottest styles. Butte College students will put on a fashion show to give students a sneak peek of the dos and don'ts Friday at 1078 Gallery. The event will be produced and directed by students in the fashion show production class Tracy Hansen teaches at Butte College.
Jazz X-Press to groove for benefit at Nick's Night Club
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Graffiti is welcome in few places on campus, but associate professor Rocky Winslow proudly displays his decorated office walls, tagged by distinguished jazz musicians including Bobby Shew and Lori Bell. Winslow is the director of the jazz studies program and the student ensemble Jazz X-Press.