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NEW BANDS / SOAP OPERA RADIO / HAIGHT HOPS

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

The Mighty Slim Pickins have wasted away, but the Patsychords, Rumble Strippers, and a band to be named later are fattening up for the thrill.  Why Katharine Cole killed Kitty Rose.  Pirate Cat Radio doesn’t broadcast a soap opera, but has plenty of drama.  Milk Bar in the Upper Haight features a rockin’ new record hop on first Fridays.

NEW BANDS

Mighty Slim Pickins

MSP's Mighty Tighty Whities

There have been several attempts to derail the Mighty Slim Pickins, usually in the form of personnel changes, but lead singer Leigh Crow says this time it’s over for sure, as in really, really.

Three other bands have sprung from the MSP’s ashes. (more…)

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KUSF, Bluegrass Festival, New CDs, Vinyl Junkies & New Venues

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

The secret sale of KUSF, the SFBOT festival, new releases from S.F. Bay Area twangers, vinyl junkies sharing their love, and two new twang venues are in the latest Hicks with Sticks News.

KUSF SOLD LIKE A FULTON STREET TART

"For whom the bell tolls KUSF, if not for thee?"

The skull and crossed microphones are no more.  The University of San Francisco sold its station, KUSF at 90.3 FM, in a $3.75 million secret deal to the University of Southern California which was nothing more than a front for the station’s transfer to giant Entercom Communications, owner of classical KDFC. (more…)

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A TWANGING REVIEW OF 2010

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Kicking off our 2010 review, Hicks with Sticks along with Larry Carlin (Keystone Station) and Peter Thompson (Bluegrass Signal on KALW) made this list of, count ‘em, 43 CD releases by bands of one twanging sort or another.

49 SPECIAL: 49 Special (self)
THE B STARS: Behind the Barn (N/A)
BROTHERS COMATOSE: Songs From the Stoop (self) (more…)

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NEWS OF BANDS, CLUBS, DJ’S & RADIO

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

New S.F. Bay Area bands are all dressed up and ready to play – Mandatory Merle, Plain High Drifters, Switchbacks, Deadicated Maniacs, Jenny Lynn and her Real Gone Daddies, and Purvis and the Stray Dogs are coming soon to a venue near you. (more…)

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FRESH HICKS WITH STICKS VENUES PAGE

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

VenuesIt’s “Venues” rather than “Clubs”  because clubs are only part of a story about where bands play.  It’s a story that includes bars, clubs, restaurants like Speisekammer in Alameda, auditoriums like Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and Amoeba, the music retailer in SF and Berkeley that presents free live shows.

The new Venues page can work together with the new Bands page for fans who find a band they don’t know playing at a place they don’t know.  (more…)

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