Journey, Kid Rock, STP top busy stretch
Spokane has an active concert calendar over the next two months. Among other attractions, you can see Journey and Foreigner within four days of each other.
Throw in Heart and Cheap Trick and you’ll think it’s 1979 all over again.
Here’s a selected list:
• Michael McDonald – Aug. 31, Northern Quest Casino.
• Stone Temple Pilots – Sept. 6, Spokane Arena.
• Kid Rock – Sept. 9, Spokane Arena.
• Charo – Sept. 16, Northern Quest Casino.
• Capitol Steps – Sept. 20, INB Performing Arts Center.
• Journey, with Heart and Cheap Trick – Sept. 22, Spokane Arena.
• Foreigner – Sept. 26, Northern Quest Casino.
Tickets for most of the above are available through TicketsWest outlets (325-SEAT, 800-325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com).
Symphony tickets
Speaking of concerts, individual tickets for all Spokane Symphony performances will go on sale Tuesday through the symphony box office (509-624-1200) and TicketsWest outlets (509-325-SEAT, 800-325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com).
These are for all concerts, including the classics and pops series. Previously, you could only buy season subscription packages.
The season opens at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox on Sept. 13 with a classics concert featuring a Mozart overture, Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony and violinist Eliha Vahala performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto.
Classic rock rules
KKZX-FM (Classic Rock, 98.9) is once again atop the market’s radio rankings, according to the just-released Arbitron ratings book.
Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top aren’t the station’s only attractions. KKZX also has the perennially popular Radio Men morning show, with Jim Arnold and C. Foster Kane.
Here are the Top 10 stations, based on quarter-hour share for all listeners 12 and over, copyright 2008 Arbitron, Inc.:
1. KKZX-FM, classic rock, 7.2
2. KISC-FM, adult contemporary, 5.5
3. KDRK-FM, country, 5.4
4. (tie) KIXZ-FM, country, 5.2
4. (tie) KXLY-FM, adult album alternative, 5.2
6. (tie) KHTQ-FM, active rock, 4.9
6. (tie) KZZU-FM, hot adult contemporary, 4.9
8. KQNT-AM, news talk, 4.7
9. KBBD-FM, classic hits, 4.6
10. KEZE-FM, rhythmic hits, 4.4
Numerous other stations finished with ratings below these.
‘Sorority’ to WB on Web
“Sorority Forever,” the Web series that was filmed in Spokane in June, will be one of the new shows featured in the online resurrection of the old WB television network, which will be named “TheWB.com.”
Its motto: “The next great network won’t be televised.”
“Sorority Forever” is a mystery-drama series directed by Douglas Cheney which follows three incoming freshmen as they discover the secret world within a campus sorority. The show will launch Sept. 8.
Spokane’s own Mikaela Hoover is one of the stars. She grew up here and recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University in L.A., where she majored in theater. She plays the role of Madison.
Barats & Bereta on MySpace
Barats & Bereta – Spokane’s video comedy team of Luke Barats and Joe Bereta – now have a featured spot on MySpaceTV, part of the MySpace Web empire.
They’re posting new videos there, including one called “Bible in a Minute,” a furiously fast retelling of the Bible, and “Double Dragon,” a martial arts mini-epic in which they “break stuff,” like muffins.
This new showcase seems to be working just fine for them – “Bible in a Minute” was the second most popular video on the site after only one day up on Thursday, with more than 150,000 plays. Just go to MySpace.com and find the MySpaceTV link.
They promise to post a new video every three weeks.
Nadvornick’s voice
Yes, that’s Doug Nadvornick’s voice back on Spokane Public Radio (KPBX-FM and KSFC-FM).
Nadvornick has returned to public radio after a brief hiatus beginning last year when he served as news editor of the Pacific Northwest Inlander.
Now he’s back as the North Idaho bureau chief for Spokane Public Radio and a correspondent for the Northwest News Network.