They may have sold more records than any band in history, but there's very little institutional memory about how the Beatles were in concert. That's to be expected from a band that hasn't toured in 43 years and only performed two highly-publicized events in their final three years.

What it means: I'm all about promoting the idea of entering your new life. The new life is a life of pure happiness and bliss. It also involves doing what you really want and being who really you want to be.

This is what a multi-million dollar arts endowment at a private educational institution will get you. Duke University's Performing Arts series continues to humble all others with another great billing of Americana that probably wouldn't answer to the name.

One of the nicer parts about going to a tribute band is you have a pretty good idea of what's coming. Whether the band nails the lyrics or not, you halfway know what to expect and there aren't any nasty surprises like a love ballad in the lineup where the rasta-punk riff belongs.

Favorite thing about being a DJ:.

Ever heard of Club Artistika? Me neither, and I especially didn't know they booked live acts - and not just any live acts, but interesting live acts to boot. They don't seem to be open most nights, but they've been working with WUAG to promote shows to go along with Salsa Night every Saturday.

A band called the Old One Two was onstage at the Blind Tiger in Greensboro on the last Tuesday night of October. All but one of the bands on the bill are from Catawba and Burke counties, Israel Darling ringleader Jacob Darden is explaining. The room was pulsing with an early-twenties crowd of bohos, students and hedonists.

Zombies are going to be big for Halloween this year, along with vampire, Octomom and Michael Jackson costumes. Then again, you could combine two and go as a zombie or vampire Michael Jackson. Either would be totally appropriate for the most macabre Halloween party in the Triad.

As I enter the Blind Tiger for the first time I first notice the guts of pumpkins being torn out, courtesy of "Doc" Don Beck. Immediately after sounds flow from the stage where Charlie D sits in his own world, connecting to the guitar in his hands.

What I play: Punk, hardcore, metal and any other music associated with the punk rock scene... with a focus on the '80s and '90s

It's gone largely unnoticed in the United States, but there's been an American invasion of sorts going on in Europe for the past decade. There are no tanks and foot soldiers on this front, however, as this invasion is spearheaded by mandolins, banjos and four-part harmonies; an Americana.

1. Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne "Down" 2. Miley Cyrus "Party in the U.S.A." 3. Jay-Z, Rihanna Kanye West "Run This Town" 4. Jason DeRulo "Whatcha Say" 5. The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" 6. Lady GaGa "Paparazzi" 7. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me" 8. Mariah Carey "Obsessed" 9.

In the early 1980s, the album cover of Rickie Lee Jones' 1979 debut could often be found propped up near the phonograph player of my best friend's dad, as kind of a hipster totem in his rambling Kentucky estate.

Every year the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society holds a throwdown to see who will represent the society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. And every year the gunslingers come out to show the judges what they've got.

If you wanted to shake loose your sorrows and remember what it feels like to be alive in your own skin, if you wanted to hear a capable band playing party music, if you wanted to laugh and dance with people who were somewhat familiar to you on a...

1. The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" 2. Jay-Z, Rihanna Kanye West "Run This Town" 3. Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne "Down" 4. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me" 5. Jay-Z Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind" 6. Miley Cyrus "Party in the U.S.A." 7. Lady GaGa "Paparazzi" 8.

There were so many comparisons to be drawn between a young Tori Amos and Mirah over her first few albums that it almost seemed like the latter was a reincarnation of the former. Yet, it seems that with every album, the nervous spunk wanes further toward reticent complexity.

Sic transit gloria mundi. As the warm weather goes, so does music festival season and just as it begins, so it ends. The Shakori Hills Music and Arts Festival (www.shakorihills.

Pretend for a moment that you're a musician who's recently celebrated your 40 th year performing and recording. You have more than 40 albums to your credit and some of your best work has been covered by the likes of Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Bonnie Raitt and Dinosaur, Jr.

Good news everyone. The Monkeywhale has been saved and it has successfully repopulated in its native habitat.