7:30 p.m. Saturday, Taco Bell Arena, $24.75, $29.75 and $34.75. Select-a-Seat. Opening: Luke Bryan

Here's something to be proud of: Boise indie-rock trio Finn Riggins is performing — in an official capacity, no less — at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, this week. Here's an interview with vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Eric Gilbert. Update: Gilbert plans to send us an update Sunday after his band's showcase gig Saturday night, which I'll post at this blog.

Need tickets to that sold-out Owl City show coming up at the Knitting Factory? Here’s an option for procrastinators who wait too long to buy tickets: Tixxfixx, a new local ticket broker.

The idea is you can buy, sell, trade, consign and upgrade tickets to concerts, sporting events and theater.

Manager Derrenger Smith describes it as sort of a combination of StubHub and Craigslist. Tixxfixx is next to Edwards 9 Cinemas in BoDo. Call 333-8499 for information. The Web site should be operational by mid-April, Smith says.

—Kevin Miller is now doing 5 to 8 a.m.
—Dave Petso has moved to 8 to 10 a.m.
—D&B Gardening Show is still at 10 to 11 a.m.
—Piece of Mind w/Brenda Harper has moved from KIDO 63 to KIDO 580 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Boise country station Kissin' 92 got a surprise call today from singer Craig Morgan with exciting news: The Academy of Country Music has selected KIZN-FM as Medium Market Country Station of the Year.

The award won't be presented during the televised part of the ACM awards on April 18 on CBS. That's not surprising, but it's sort of a shame. According to the press release, "KIZN became a country station in April of 1990, so the ACM Award comes on the eve of KIZN’s 20th Anniversary."

If you watched the news on KIVI Channel 6 this week, you probably noticed new sports director Amanda Maynard, who started Monday. She replaced Joe Hughes, who left in 2009. Journal Broadcast Group, which owns Channel 6, issued a press release crowning Maynard as “the only female sports talent, much less female sports director, in the market.” Actually, I think she’s probably the first female sports director ever in the Boise area. KTVB Channel 7 had Kerith Burke (who had some excitement during her stint in Boise), but she was a sports reporter. (Incidentally, after her brush with the law, Burke eventually moved on to a higher-profile sports reporter job in larger Raleigh-Durham, N.C.)

Channel 6's Maynard previously worked at KBZK/KXLF in the Butte-Bozeman market. She anchors KIVI's sports segments on broadcasts at 6, 6:30 and 10 p.m., as well as the 9 p.m. broadcast on KNIN Channel 9. It looks like she's already gotten comfortable, based on her referring to Boise State Broncos head coach Chris Petersen as the familiar "Coach Pete."

I know, I know: This post is worthless without pictures. Sorry, photos weren't available. I asked. KIVI is trying to pull something together of Maynard for me this afternoon. (Updated at 5 p.m.: Guess not.)

Meanwhile, here's an old highlight reel of Maynard.

Channel 6 also has hired a new morning meteorologist. It’s a boy! (See, we can be equal-opportunity sexist here.) Kyle Gravlin starts Monday. He came from KTWO in Casper, Wyo., where he was chief meteorologist. You’ll see Gravlin fill in during Scott Dorval’s upcoming vacation, then start his regular morning routine on KIVI’s 5 to 7 a.m. broadcast beginning March 29.

8 p.m. Sunday, Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise. $21, Boise Co-op, Record Exchange, Egyptian box office, 387-1273. $24 day of show.

After overhearing a co-worker's random rant about Nirvana’s “Nevermind” last week — specifically about how it was just another album from an era, nothing special — I sat down and listened to it for the first time in several years. I strongly disagree with that jaded assessment. (Granted, my own sentimentality renders me incapable of objective qualification of the record.*) Anyway, hearing Kurt Cobain caused me to go on an Internet grunge spree, where I discovered an interesting public exchange last month between ex-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and ex-Guns ‘N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan. Both musicians write columns for the Seattle Weekly's Web site. I was surprised how much I enjoyed McKagan’s writing. He sounds like a good person.

The Boise-based Trey McIntyre Project received a positive review in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Just got an e-mail from the Record Exchange asking me to help spread the word about a cool live documentary:

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