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Frankie Scorpion and the Gypsy Queens will be debuting the"Tattoo Lounge". The night should be good, but that is probably the best reason to stop by.

About those couple of months where there were hardly any updates? Sorry. To make up for it, we have a bunch of new columns, reviews and an awesome feature for you to take a look at. More importantly, we have a few new writers:
Myk, who previously wrote for Under the Volcano, has agreed to write reviews for IOP. Not only that, the amount of reviews he offered to write is equivalent to a metric assload. Solid dude; check out his first review of The Black Haloes, We Are Not Alone.
Tom Z, formerly of shoutmouth.com, now running and writing for takethisseriously.com, wrote this months feature, The Killers Effect: "The Killers Effect is when a band forgoes easy record sales to make deeper and more meaningful music. It represents the choice of artistic success and a smaller, more devout fan base over huge commercial success. It also represents a major risk."
Robg took a break from iconsoffright.com, and broke his own rule about not writing reviews, just because he is that stoked over the new Weezer Red Album.
We also have a couple of new columns this month from Holli, "We're not in a cab and the police don't charge you for rides" and me, "Pay to Play".
New interviews coming very soon!
It's been reported that Kanye West was unhappy with being scheduled to play one of the smaller stages and also that he wanted to wait until it was completely dark out before he went on -- he did not feel that his show would fit well on a smaller stage, as it is a large production, and it all glows- in-the-dark or something -- and requested to play after Pearl Jam had finished their set. Pearl Jam's set went almost an hour over schedule, add in breaking down the Pearl Jam stage setup and preparing for Kanye...sure that all takes a few minutes, but stage work ended, supposedly, somewhere between 3:00 - 3:30AM. Kanye did not take the stage until 4:30AM. And after all of that, dude did not even acknowledge the crowd.
Rude.
I read this three times thinking that I must have missed something, anything, that would prove to me that this article was all in good fun and she was just kiddin'. Hmmm...uh...nope.
Can't ya just see it: A bunch of California State Reps sitting around in their jammies watching A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila: "You know, I didn't think this was a good idea until this young lady came along...maybe she has something here. I mean, how many years have people been trying to address this issue and all it took was another show from MTV. What WOULD have happened if we never caught on to this drivel?? Now we can go change the world...uh, but first, can you please pass the goobers?"
Oh, and a self-help book? Really?
Pearl Jam, the Main Stage Headliner, ended Bonnaroo's Saturday night by performing for three hours - one hour longer then their scheduled time.
Clearly, I am attending the wrong shows. The last band that I saw perform for three hours was Hatebreed at The Downtown about four or five years ago. Yes, it was amazing.
You're Metallica for shits sake...there should be scantily clad women, bottles of JD and mass quantities of Aqua Net; my inner 80's child is unforgiving in such matters.
Eh, whatever...you can check it here.
Rise Above: Kristin's Column
Punk Rock MisAdventures: Holli's Column
More fun stuff from IOP to come, including: Columns, Reviews, Interviews...stay tuned!