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Just like Detroiters with their techno, New Yorkers with hip-hop and, uh, Clevlanders with their rock, you can't tell folks from Chicago much about house music. Coming from where the music was birthed, there's an innate sense of knowledge (combined with a hint of superiority) that will inevitably make you feel like a student, while they are the teachers. Julius the Mad Thinker has that sort of birth rite authority when it comes to house music. The rub is, like all DJs from Chicago, he's usually right...

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When Stone Temple Pilots made the jump from one-hit grungsters to superstars thanks to their second single, "Plush" it was easy to blame it on Scott Weiland, his baritone shaped into a growl that nearly mimiced one Eddie Vedder, who career had already gone supernova with Pearl Jam. Catching the video on MTV made it even tougher to separate the two, with Weiland's anxious posture, arms wrapped tight around his frame, a mirror image of Vedder behind  the mic. At that moment, the grunge movement became a money making commodity.

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They don' up and done it -- City Pages went and gave your boy a blog password! It is so on right now. So here's the deal: maybe some of you are familiar with me and maybe not, but I'm a bit of a loud mouth so you'll get to know me quick. I DJ and throw parties around town, most notably the monthly bass-in-your-face crunk + hyphy celebration of music that slaps: GET CRYPHY.

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Friday, Jan. 23:
-- Tarlton offers streaming samples from forthcoming EP

Monday, Jan. 26:
-- Bunny Clogs serve up kid-friendly grooves at the Cedar
-- New P.O.S. promo video goes online

Tuesday, Jan. 27:
-- Fog's Andrew Broder self-releasing new material
-- Aby Wolf delivers stunning performance at the Cedar
-- DJ Funk, Moongoons have a date with your booty (download)

Wednesday, Jan. 28:
-- Kevin Costner kinda rocks Cabooze
-- Dessa, Steve Marsh and Jeremy Messersmith post promo videos

Thursday, Jan. 29:
-- Interview: Yo! Majesty's now-solo Shunda K. 'ain't scared'
-- Minnesota does Letterman: the YouTube videos
-- Gastro non Gratis 8: free music, beer, food, love
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Wing Young Huie, the award-winning photographer of projects like Lake Street USA, Frogtown, and Rural Minnesota, has received national attention for his efforts capturing the cultural landscape of our state. This Saturday his monthly Photo Salon series kicks off for 2009.More >>

Photo courtesy of JohnMartyn.com

After an almost peerless 40 year career, bursting with over 20 solo releases and countless collaborations, the troubled and influential singer-songwriter John Martyn died yesterday afternoon in an Ireland hospital.More >>

This Saturday marks the opening of "We Know What We Did Last Summer," a poster retrospective of Burlesque of North America's prolific 2008.More >>

TC Hip Hop Awards 2008, courtesy of MySpace

The Twin Cities Hip Hop Awards does not offer fancy gold statues or hoards of hassling paparazzi, but the ceremony can boast its amazing line-up of local talent and a night of bonding for all hip hop's lovers and friends. This Saturday the TC Hip Hop Awards celebrates its third anniversary of giving the best of the best their rightful titles, as well as showcasing a unique mix of genres all on one stage. Expect performances from Knonam, St Paul Slim, BDF, Just.Live, Omaur Bliss, and a handful of others.

TC Hip How Awards founder and continuing organizer, Depth, answered a few questions about the event:More >>

There's something special about the Coachella festival, officially celebrating its 10th birthday this year with it's April 17 weekend lineup. Having attended in 2006 (deservedly known as "The Daft Punk year") and normally prone to festival anxiety, I can personally attest to the near tangible do-what-you-wanna vibe in the sweat-soaked desert air that many repeat Coachella goers say is what keeps them coming back year after year to the sprawling super-green acres of the Empire Polo Field. But Coachella's 3-day lineup of often-throwback headliners and its massive supporting cast of what's now in music makes Coachella unmissable to music lovers, last year seeing a most noteworthy performance by Prince (the "Purple Rain" Prince, not the "312" Prince).

Speaking of Minneapolis natives, this year's lineup features a couple more: The Hold Steady and Atmosphere, both touring late last year and making stops at First Avenue. Preceding them on the 2009 10th anniversary lineup are solo Beatle Paul McCartney (is it just me or is this a weird choice for this fest?), The Killers (meh) and The Cure (repeat Coachella performers). Could also quite do without Amy 'No really, I'm totally sober now' Winehouse. But wait! Look deeper inside the lineup at the artists sentenced to a smaller font and you'll find better things to be excited about: The Presets, Roni Size, Antony & the Johnsons (as well as his other project, Hercules & Love Affair), DJ Craze and DJ Klever, Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper, Felix Da Housecat, Public Enemy, Bloody Beetroots and more. All of this begs the question: Who wouldn't want to dance themselves into a wicked sun stroke for three days on end in Indo? That's what we thought.

Feel free to share your opinions of the new lineup below.