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Jerry Seinfeld bringing reality series to NBC

By MACscr ⋅ February 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Jerry Seinfeld is headed back to NBC as the producer of a comic reality series about marriage.
The series, called "The Marriage Ref," will feature a real-life couple involved in a marital spat. A team of celebrities will provide commentary and a "referee," whose identity hasn’t been determined, will give the final verdict on who is [...]

Still Ba Ba Ba Bad? George Thorogood still belts it out

By MACscr ⋅ February 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Like clockwork, George Thorogood and the Destroyers blast through here once every 10 years.
“We gotta wait until the dust settles down,” Thorogood says with a chuckle.
To be sure, his outfit is renown as a concert band — a gotta-see-it-live experience that explodes with a gusto not possible to replicate on a recording. Monday, Thorogood & [...]

Fundraier with polybandle fusion of music

By MACscr ⋅ February 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Fundraiser to help Eamons keep its doors open. Free pasta buffet. $5 at the door. Music all day. Come out and support Peoria’s best live music venue!!!

Ed McMahon hospitalized in Los Angeles

By MACscr ⋅ February 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ed McMahon, former sidekick to Johnny Carson on "Tonight" and a familiar TV commercial pitchman, was hospitalized in intensive care, a spokesman said Friday.
McMahon, 85, was suffering from pneumonia and other ailments and had been in the hospital for several weeks, spokesman Howard Bragman said. He declined to identify the Los Angeles facility or the [...]

River City Roundup – Week 3

By MACscr ⋅ February 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Your fearless leaders Gary Panetta and Danielle Hatch bring you to Younger Than Yesterday with another edition of River City Roundup.

IMPORTANT: Website Upgrade!

By MACscr ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Hello…
We updated many of the modules on this site today. It appears that some of the problems with the dates of shows are now fixed, but I am sure there are other problems. Please email me at info@livemusicpeoria.org with any issues you may be having, and I will try to address those in [...]

Vertucci’s close enough for a quick bite

By MACscr ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

You haven’t lived until you’ve enjoyed a big, messy sandwich at Vertucci’s Chicago Style Eats. That’s where a co-worker and I spent a recent lunch hour.
The shop’s new location next to the Shell Plaza across Route 116 from the Par-A-Dice Casino is a bustling place, with workers in Carhart coveralls dining on delicacies and waitresses [...]

A voice to be heard

By MACscr ⋅ February 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Maria Bamford has one of the most pliable voices of any comic on today’s stand-up circuit. The Minnesota native is known for her wacky impressions, and during a conversation she is known to morph into anyone from her mother or father to the mean girls from high school. She’s done voice work in "Sit Down, [...]

Oscar makes matching too easy

By MACscr ⋅ February 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Call it the most unsurprising Academy Awards ceremony ever.
There were no gasps of disbelief, no unexpected upsets, not even any big scandals to speak of. "Slumdog Millionaire" collected eight Oscars, continuing the sweep it has managed at just about every other awards ceremony this year. Sean Penn in "Milk" was favored for best actor over [...]

Hatch: Weird looks nothing new for this party animal

By MACscr ⋅ February 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Duran Schmidt is pretty much oblivious to the curious looks he gets whenever he heads to work.
He gets the looks because work for him means dressing up as a life-sized gorilla, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and other characters. Which costume he gets decked out in all depends on the day.
Schmidt runs a company called Greetings in [...]