Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com.
After last week's Artist of the Week set off a firestorm of offensive - and possibly genius - comments ("FUCK BARNUM AND BAILEYS... FUCK KRYLON... FUCK RESALE SHOPS..."), we set off to find a group whose music was capable of
For most of his tenure in Oakland, Tom Cable has been your run-of-the-mill, overmatched, "dead man walking" NFL head coach. When he was hired last season in the wake of Lane Kiffin's firing, the things that jumped out at me about Cable were:-- His only head coaching experience consisted of four seasons at the University of Idaho where he compiled a sporty 11-35 record-- He was the first Idaho head coach in 22 years to be fired; his most recent predecessors had all been successful and moved o
