Ed Condran

3 days ago | thegazette.com | Ed Condran

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Stephin Merritt learned that the common law of business balance —you get what you pay for — is true, based on the last time the Magnetic Fields' singer-songwriter was in Iowa City in April 2022. "There was a barber across the street from my hotel, and I went to get a haircut," Merritt said while calling from Milwaukee. "I was amazed how cheap the haircut was in Iowa City.

1 week ago | tucsonweekly.com | Ed Condran

Jesika von Rabbit has a legitimate gripe. The singer-songwriter wants to know why her prepubescent niece gets more action on Instagram posting herself lip syncing awful pop music while Rabbit's original tunes don't score deserved notice. "There she is in Minneapolis posting stuff from her bedroom and getting all of this attention," von Rabbit said. "I just don't get it." Von Rabbit, who will perform Sunday, May 11, at Che's Lounge, will deliver her electro-pop.

1 week ago | tucsonweekly.com | Ed Condran

“She’s an indie rocker and nothing’s going to stop her.” Archers of Loaf’s “Plumb Line.” After studying playwriting for seven years at the University of North Carolina and Yale Drama School, comic Lewis Black barely made ends meet. He can’t help but look back and laugh at one missing aspect from his prestigious education. “No one at UNC or Yale ever taught me about plot,” Black said while calling from his New York City apartment.

1 week ago | breakingac.com | Ed Condran

Mike Lopez has witnessed the ups and downs of Atlantic City for more than a half-century. "I've seen it all," he said. "My family moved to Atlantic County when I was 7 years old. I remember getting into the station wagon with my mom and my brothers and sisters, four boys and four girls going to the Boardwalk and playing in the arcade."Who better than Lopez — aka "AC Mike" — to offer private 90-minute tours courtesy of Broadway Tram Tours?

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Ed Condran

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Kieran Bryant is following in his family's footsteps, literally. It was inevitable that Bryant would become a dancer. His older brother and sister were Irish dancers, and Celtic music was played throughout his Sydney home since his parents are hoofers as well. "It's in my genes," Bryant said while calling from Indiana.