My favorite new album right now if Fozzy’s “Do You Wanna Start a War.” I’ve probably heard the whole album 30 or 40 times and it’s only been out a couple of weeks. Normally I wait for the bands to come to me but you have an album this good I nee

On the latest episode of the Zoiks! Online Podcast Bob and Jason talk to Sevendust frontman Lajon Witherspoon. Bob is a big Sevendust fan. He owns every album and had just recently caught "An Evening with Sevendust" in Joliet, IL supporting their most rec

It’s always great to see a couple local kids do good. Quad Cities natives Danika Holmes and Jeb Hart have done just that. Currently they live in Nashville, Tennessee and have made a living as professional musicians. We hate to see them leave our area, b

Everybody knows who Lisa Loeb is. She became a household name back in the early nineties with her hit single “Stay.” That may have been the peak of her popularity but she hasn’t gone anywhere. She’s still making music and going on tour, but now sh

This Friday Night/Saturday morning at Midnight Eastern Dave Attell’s new special “Road Work” will air…uncensored followed by the premiere of the new Comedy Central show “Comedy Underground” hosted by Dave Attell. It’s the first uncensored sh

I like a wide variety of music. Let me rephrase that, I like a wide variety of rock music. Whether it’s simple punk, classic rock, or heavy metal, I like just about all of it. I can’t help but prefer the classic rock though. The problem with classic r

Quad City natives Three Years Hollow have a brand new record out called “The Cracks” produced by Clint Lowery of Sevendust. Their hit single is called "Hungry" and each and every one of you should call your local radio stations and request that song,

You can argue forever who the best stand up comic is, what the best style is. Are improv comics as funny as stand up comics, do prop comics count etc etc etc. One thing that you can’t argue is that live comedy is so much better any comedy album or speci

Esther Ku is a comedian, actress and musician. (Photo credit: Sam Oh) Ku can be seen as a series regular on MTV’s new female-driven comedy series “Girlcode” on Tuesday nights at 10:30/9:30c. “GirlCode” is the sister show of MTV2’s hit sh

Black Map. A clean slate, an open-ended set of directions with no boundaries or guidelines tying you to any predetermined path? Or a bleak, morbid symbol of nothing-good-to-come, no matter which journey you choose? Maybe a little bit of both? Dystopia