“I Saw An X-Ray Of Girl Passing Gas” live at the Trocadero, Saturday night.

Spoon has begun confirming cities and venues for its April 2008 victory lap of the United States. Confirmed dates as of press time are: Wed/Apr-02 Kansas City, KS @ Uptown *# Fri/Apr-04 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre *# Sat/Apr-05 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts *# Sun/Apr-06 Detroit. MI @ Emerald Theater *# Mon/Apr-07 Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall *# Wed/Apr-09 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 Thu/Apr-10 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory * Sat/Apr-12 Norfolk, VA @ Norva *# Mon/Apr-14 Atlanta, GA @ Centerstage *# Wed/Apr-16 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution *# Fri/Apr-18 Nashville, TN @ Vanderbilt University (Rites of […]

1. The biggest difference between the Spice Girls circa ’98 and this time around is that the power dynamic has clearly shifted. Where Baby and Ginger were once clearly the most popular members of the group, last night the loudest screams came anytime Posh and Scary stepped out in front. For that you can thank David Beckham, Perez Hilton and “Dancing With The Stars.” 2. Speaking of Emma Bunton, I’m happy to report that she’s long since left behind the pigtails and baby doll-dresses matched with white knee-socks and heels. The same cannot be said of many young women in […]

BY AMY Z. QUINN So here’s the thing. Ten years ago when my niece Deanna was but a sprout and the Spice Girls weren’t yet the Spice MILFs — hell, there wasn’t even a Posh n’ Becks yet — I managed to score a pair of tickets to their show at what is now the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. Suffice to say, this permanently secured my position as Coolest Aunt Ever — or so I thought. A few days before the show, Ginger Spice abruptly quit the group, sending little girls worldwide, Deanna included, into paroxysms of grief. […]

                            …you’re gonna miss the Spank Rock show on Friday.

HAIRWAY TO STEVEN: Gibby Haynes w/ Paul Green School Of Rock, Trocadero, Sat. 1. Despite recently turning 51, Gibby looked relatively healthy, trim — trademark beer gut not withstanding — and positively boyish with his hair cut short in the style of the day. His voice remains the full-moon bullfrog croak of yore. And his only concession to age or the passage of time, aside from a pair of stylish frames and thick corrective lenses, was a sheet music stand with all his song lyrics, which he utilized like a teleprompter. Between every song, with a Yuengling lager in his […]

GET IGGY WITH IT: Mgmt., Johnny Brendas, Last Night  [Photo by TIFFANY YOON]

Tomorrow we will run the third installment of hazy-crazy-mary-and-dirty-larry memories of our gloriously misspent ’80s youth, specifically the time we following a band called the Butthole Surfers around like the Grateful Dead. We would have posted it today, but the statute of limitations doesn’t run out on some of that stuff until tomorrow. You know how it is. Anyway, we will also — God willing — have a PHAWKER TV interview with Gibby up by sometime Sunday or first thing Monday. If you have any specific questions you need answered — you know like, ‘Were you really Kurt Cobain’s roommate […]