Growing up in Sacramento, my high school years were infiltrated with punk music. I can still remember piling into Bojangles on Folsom Boulevard or Capitol Garage when it was on L Street and dancing my heart out, getting pushed all over the place and loving every minute of it. So, when Bastards of Young, Hounds and Harlots, Union Hearts and Dead Dads played for an all ages crowd at Javalounge on Tuesday, I thought I knew what I was in for: A lot of moshing and screaming was in order. Boy, was I wrong. I arrived at the show with mixed emotions. While I was eager to get back to my punk rock roots, I knew what an obnoxious fan I was at the ripe age of 16 and did not feel like having an arm w

Sac State has changed quite a bit in the past several years. The school campus seems to be in constant flux and construction repairs take place in many parts of the campus. It seems the school, for the past couple of years, has expanded their event and entertainment venue. Punk Slam is one of their newer venues taking place on campus. The Punk Slam menu took place at the University Union Ballroom where students and visitors attended the music-wrestling event. The free concert attracted mostly students to the show. The acoustics in the ballroom were great and as we entered the room Drastic Actions were well into their set. Students, for the most part, stood and enjoyed the show. Some audi

We’re down to the last 3 Concerts in the Park. After the Bastards of Young, Final Summation and Whiskey & Stitches show on Friday the last two shows will be in August. Last year there was talk of the Concerts in the Park going for several weeks after the scheduled events but it only went one week then it stopped. Folsom and El Dorado Hills have Friday Night Concerts as well and they will also end their series in the next couple of weeks (if they haven’t already). For the Friday Night Concert the crowd was small when the Bastards of Young began their performance. With no big crowds, there were no lines to buy beer tickets or to get your beer. Security seems to have increased this week and

Stop by Cesar Chavez Plaza, located between Ninth and 10th and I and Jstreets for this week's Friday Night Concert in the Park! This will be one of the the last three installments of the free, all-ages outdoor concert series, which ends Aug. 13. The music and festivities begin at 5 p.m. and run till 8 p.m., and the concert features Final Summation and Bastards of Young, and local, Irish-punk band Whiskey and Stitches will be headlining. In its 19th year, Friday Night Concerts in the Park still attracts huge crowds from all walks of life. Interesting vendors, delicious food stands, great live music and the ever-popular beer garden make for a fun and inexpensive summer evening for the whol

The Downtown Sacramento Partnership (DSP) has released the 2010 schedule for the Friday Night Concerts in the Park. The free, outdoor concert series will rock Cesar Chavez Plaza (10th and J streets) every Friday night from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. starting May 7 though August 13. For the latest concert news, visit www.downtownsac.org/concerts. 2010 CONCERT SCHEDULE* May 7 - Kepi Ghoulie The Kelps, Dog Party, Simpl3jack May 14 - Rick Estrin & The Nightcats Low Down Dirty Dogs May 21 - Dance Gavin Dance Phallucy, Con of Man, Desario May 28 - Mike Farrell Aaron King & The Imperials, One Eyed Rhyno June 4 - Method Echo The Nibblers, Live Manikin June 11 - The Nickel Slots Los Blazing Hangovers

One could make the argument that The Clash's "London Calling" is one of the riskiest moves in rock history. After two well-received and straightforward punk albums, the quartet from London threw fans, critics and the entire rock world a curveball in 1979. Spanning at least three genres in 65 minutes, the double LP was not only twice as long as anything the band had recorded prior, but also about the last thing anybody expected from one of the founders of the British punk movement. It could be considered just as risky, then, that a concert promoter would find it feasible to actually put together a bill of bands of equally varying styles to cover the classic album in its entirety. However,