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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September 12, 2006

Ba-dump chinnnng!

Let's start this post with a drummer joke:

Q: How many drummers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. They have machines that do that now.

Thanks, I've got sets at 10 p.m. and midnight ... But the real point of all this is to inform you Neil Peart's in-training out there about Drum Off 2006, a battle of the drummers being held at Guitar Center stores around the U.S. of A. So practice your paradiddles and flam-taps and come to Sacramento's Guitar Center (2120 Alta Arden Expressway) on Sept. 19 for a preliminary heat. You get three minutes to bang away, with a chance to continue on and receive a grand prize worth more than $38,000. Think of the monster kit you could build with that prize booty. Here's wishing good luck and clean sticking to ya ...

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