Founder's Day * Celebrating the founding of Placerville more than 150 years ago; on (closed) Historic Main Street; living history exhibits, firemen's mini-muster, hands-on demos, gold-panning, period games, contests, music, stagecoach rides, working saloon, Model A cars; 2-6pm; street dance at 7-10pm, family oriented, 530-672-3436.
Gradually, and without getting much media attention, AC/DC has become the most popular currently active rock band in the country, to judge by albums sold.
?Summer Heights High,? an Australian comedy that has its premiere Nov. 9 on HBO, ventures close to reality in testing boundary-pushing topics at a high school.
Franz Ferdinand has a name for its next album. The Scottish act's forthcoming album will be called Tonight, according to NME. The album, which follows up 2005's (Domino), hasn't been graced with a release date yet.
Smashing Pumpkins fans: Clear your schedules in early November. The band announced that its If All Goes Wrong will receive a theatric release in 40 cities in the States in a one-night-only engagement. The screenings come five days in advance of the .
Lily Allen's new has a name, and she's ignored our suggestion of Passing Out in Public. Allen's sophomore set is titled It's Not Me, It's You, and is set to hit stores Feb. 9 in the United Kingdom. A North American release date for the album's not been
Cobra Verde is back writing songs for the first time in five years. The Detroit rock'n'roll outfit returns Oct. 28 with Haven't Slept All Year from Scat Records. The effort follows the band's 2005 covers collection (Scamcity). It's the first time Cobra
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