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Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including our editor's pick: the New Year's Eve Ice Ball at the Statler Towers.

Hugh Dillon - Bottom Of A Dream Stump - Charlton Heston Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood Tone Loc - Wild Thing I'm in! Yea! Jesse Malin - Me And Julio Down By The School Yard The Police - Hole In My Life The Dresden Dolls - Coin-Operated Boy They Might Be Giants - Particle Man

Thrifty Tunes 11.21.09: Jefferson Airplane - Takes Off Posted by Paul Hollingsworth on 11.21.2009 To celebrate the one year anniversary of Thrifty Tunes, I look at one of the first albums which helped changed many of my opinions about what 'good music' really means.

Intelligent and middle-class, rapper Marvin Young earned a degree in economics from USC, where he met Michael Ross and Matt Dike, co-founders of the fledgling Delicious Vinyl rap label.

Maybe there's nothing to it, but it feels like a lot of the names coming into town lately are dredging up some old memories.

The Fox HD signal went out in the middle of my Glee TiVo-ing last night , with the result that I saw the first 25 minutes and the last three.

The Big Fresno Fair ended Sunday night, with a vendor selling the last deep-fried White Castle cheeseburger and FFA kids packing up their heifers for home.

AC/DC - 'Back In Black' Julian Casablancas - '11th Dimension' Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - 'Tommy C' Ham Sandwich - 'Out Of The Darkness' Tone Loc - 'Funky Cold Medina' Black Moth Super Rainbow - 'Iron Lemonade' O Emperor - 'Into The Sea' The Kinks - 'Dedicated Follower Of Fashion' Giveamanakick - 'Ger Canning' The Swell Season - 'The Rain' Hudson ...

So far, so good at the Big Fresno Fair. As the event hit the first weekend of its 12-day run, Chief Executive Officer John Alkire said attendance is up over last year, though he had no hard numbers.

The Big Fresno Fair is kicking off on Wednesday. Stop by the CBS47 Entertainment Center next to the Center Pavilion for your chance to get on TV.The fair runs through Sunday, October 18th and features another great list of musical guests; including the Beach Boys, MC Hammer & Tone Loc and Dwight Yoakam.Click on the related link for a complete list ...

AUSTRALIA'S favourite family drama Packed To The Rafters is under fire from angry fans who claim it has sunk to using smut and tacky antics.

An actor and Grammy-winning rapper, Coolio recently added reality TV star to his list of credits.

Before cancer took his life, Buster Deal wanted to help others suffering from the disease.

When you hear MC Hammer's "Turn This Mutha Out," Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina" or Heavy D's "The Overweight Lover's In The House," you are actually listening to hit tunes that were heavily dependent on samples of songs of music pioneer George Clinton.

I was all set to go see Tone Loc, he of the "Funky Cold Medina" fame. It was free.

I was all set to go see Tone Loc, he of the "Funky Cold Medina" fame. It was free.

This just in: Rapper Coolio has replaced Tone Loc as the headliner at tonight's Downtown Mardi Gras festival.

Last update: August 19, 2009 - 1:47 PM It turns out the world track and field federation and Tone Loc might have the same problem.

"Funky Cold Medina" and "Wild Thing" Are The Same Song * Well, duh. But now twenty years later someone's put Tone Loc's hits together via Final Cut because it's sort of hilarious.

"Funky Cold Medina" and "Wild Thing" Are The Same Song * Well, duh. But now twenty years later someone's put Tone Loc's hits together via Final Cut because it's sort of hilarious.