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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February 4, 2008

Super game, Petty OK

Hopefully the nacho cheese and chili fries aren't still trickling through your system today. But that was some Super Bowl, eh? Too bad the same can't be said of the halftime show with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Now don't get it twisted: we're big fans of Petty and co. around here, and everyone rocked well enough. But did anyone else think their spot lacked some of the razzle dazzle you'd expect at the Super Bowl? Now we weren't hoping for Rihanna or Beyonce to hop on stage and lend harmonies to "Free Fallin'," but some kind of surprise cameo would've added a little "oomph" to an otherwise straightforward set. So it goes ...

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