BeatNonStop A Weblog by Chris Macias Bee 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, the Bee's pop music critic, serving Sacramento's music scene since 1999.

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June 1, 2005

Queens rule

Holy power chords, Batman. Last night's Queens of the Stone Age show at Empire rocked pretty darn hard. The band basically played a greatest hits set from its last two albums, "Lullabies to Paralyze" and "Songs For the Deaf," that was about as hypnotic as hard rock gets. The show was sold out and it was really stuffy in Empire, kind of like the temperature inside someone's mouth on a hot day. But this was one of the best small/medium sized shows that I've seen all year. And hopefully it won't take Queens of the Stone Age another five years to return to Sacramento. This show rates five devil-horn salutes (out of five).

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