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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July 22, 2005

Def scribes and side projects

Met up with Chi Cheng last night at the Swiss Buda Bar to talk literary matters. The Deftones bassist is a longtime poet and has a reading on Aug. 1 at the Press Club. I went to one of his poetry readings a few years back, and it was a doozy. The event opened with a belly dancer, and then Jonah Matranga played a solo set. Once Chi started to read, he accidently caught one of his manuscripts on a candle and the poem went up in flames. Good times … Look for the interview with Chi next week.

In other Deftones news, the Team Sleep show at Empire on Thursday will wrap-up the band’s world tour. It’s the side project from Deftones singer Chino Moreno, and features cameos from Pinback’s Rob Crow and Helium’s Mary Timony. Helium is one of the bands opening the show, and I just got word that Rob Crow will also be sitting in with Team Sleep. Following the show, I hear that Moreno’s going to take a week’s vacation and then finish up vocals for the next Deftones album. Or so we hope.

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