'The Other Studio' 05.20.12

"The Other Studio" airs at 9 p.m. Sundays on 94.9 FM "The River." Here's what Tim Johnstone and I spun during the show. Note: We are taking the holiday weekend off, so there won't be a show May 27. "The Other Studio" returns June 3.

-Donna Summer, "I Feel Love"
-Jane's Addiction, "Had a Dad"
-Counting Crows, "Accidentally in Love"
-Donna Summer, "She Works Hard for the Money"
-Chuck Brown, "Bustin' Loose"
-Adam Lambert, "Never Close Our Eyes"
-Father John Misty, "I'm Writing a Novel"
-Alanis Morissette, "Guardian"

Five Things You Should Do This Weekend

1. SPEND TIME WITH YOUR KIDS
Cultural diversity is the theme of the Eagle Island Experience Festival on Saturday and Sunday. In its 12th year, the event will offer two days of music, arts and fun for all ages. Entertainment schedules are here. Want to stay closer to Downtown? Head over to Zoo Boise on Sunday and brave the crowds at Zoo Daze, which will include a much-anticipated (in the Deeds household) visit from Diego.

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Win Loudon Wainwright III tickets

Update: The contest has ended. Congrats to winner Jenni F.

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Quirky singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III will perform Saturday at Boise Contemporary Theater. You can buy a ticket for $50 here. Or you can win a pair of tickets.

Answer this question: What is the name of the character Wainwright played on the pilot episode of NBC's "Parks & Recreation"? Email the answer and your first and last name with subject line CONTEST to mdeeds@idahostatesman.com. (One email per person, please.) I'll randomly pick a correct emailer and notify them via email at around 5 p.m. Friday — which is when the contest ends. The free tickets will be available at will call at the concert.

Ticket alert: Concerts going on sale this weekend in Boise

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Six concerts go on sale tomorrow, plus another next Thursday because of Memorial Day weekend ...

JJ Grey & Mofro 7:30 p.m. July 11, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $16. Ticketfly. On sale at 10 a.m. May 18

ZZ Top to perform concert in Eagle

Bearded rockers ZZ Top are headed back to the Treasure Valley. "That little ol’ band from Texas” will perform Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the Eagle River Pavilion.

ZZ Top hasn’t gigged in Idaho since 2008, which is a little bit surprising. Guitarist Billy Gibbons has a fondness for Boise — or at least guitars made in Boise.

Tickets to the 7 p.m. show go on sale at 10 a.m. May 24 — that's a Thursday — at Ticketfly. Price: $39.50 lawn, $59.50 reserved seat, $99.50 VIP.

Summertime rolls: Jane's Addiction, Counting Crows to perform concerts at Idaho Botanical Garden

Thanks to promoter Knitting Factory, August just keeps heating up at the Idaho Botanical Garden. Alternative-rock band Jane’s Addiction — best known for its outstanding late '80s/early '90s albums “Nothing’s Shocking” and “Ritual de lo Habitual” — will perform Wednesday, Aug. 29, as part of the Garden’s Outlaw Field Concert Series.

The Garden also will welcome rock band Counting Crows for a Monday, Aug. 6, show. The Crows had hits in the '90s such as "Round Here" and "Mr. Jones."

Jane’s still brings it live. The Orange County Register wrote recently that “They seem as reinvigorated as vampires who just guzzled down the blood of a hundred virgins,” and that the band “smacked the crowd in its collective solar plexus with brute strength.”

Tickets to Jane's Addiction go on sale for $40 general admission at 10 a.m. May 18 at Ticketfly.

Tickets to Counting Crows cost $45 and also go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at Ticketfly.

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'The Other Studio' 05.13.12

"The Other Studio" airs at 9 p.m. Sundays on 94.9 FM "The River." Here's what Tim Johnstone and I — with help from guest Steve Fulton, owner of Audio Lab — spun during the show:

-Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, "Mustang Ranch"
-Steve Earle, "Copperhead Road"
-Sound of Lo, "Six Forty Three"
-Kamphire Kollective, "Watch'All Know"
-New Transit, "Counting the Cards"
-David Andrews, "Savin' It" (Live at the Visual Arts Collective)

Gotta Lovett: Lyle returns to Idaho for fifth straight summer

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Singer Lyle Lovett likes him some Boise.

Lovett is headed back to the Idaho Botanical Garden for the second straight summer: July 17.

In 2011, he played the Idaho Botanical Garden.

In 2010, he played the Eagle River Pavilion.

In 2009, he played the Idaho Botanical Garden.

Five Things You Should Do This Weekend in Boise

When you aren't poring over this week's Scene column for typos ...

1. SEE WHAT KATIE DID
Singer-songwriter Katie Herzig headlines tonight at the Knitting Factory. Matthew Perry Jones and Boise's own Nate Fowler open. It’s $12 at Ticketfly.

Concerts going on sale this weekend in Boise

Steve Earle: 8 p.m. July 31, The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise. $45 at www.egyptiantheatre.net, Egyptian box office, The Record Exchange or call 387-1273. On sale at 11 a.m. May 11

Emmylou Harris and Her Red Dirt Boys: 7 p.m. July 21, Eagle River Pavilion. $35, $49.50, $99.50 VIP. Ticketfly. On sale at 10 a.m. May 11

Chicago: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16, Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise. $52, $76, $81 and $101. Select-a-Seat. On sale at 10 a.m. May 11

Brit Floyd — Pink Floyd tribute: 7 p.m. Sept. 21, Eagle River Pavilion, 827 E. Riverside Drive. $19.50 lawn, $39.50 reserved, $59.50 VIP. Ticketfly. On sale at 10 a.m. May 11

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