Gypsy jazz, gothy rock and banjo mojo.

• First off, The Hot Club of Huntsville lived up to all of friend Bill's hype. We went and saw them at a coffee shop Saturday night, and it was absolutely incredible.

The Hot Club is a four-man gypsy jazz ensemble that is sort of an homage to the Quintette du Hot Club de France, which most notably featured the best jazz guitarist of all time.

Hopefully we can arrange a group trip up to see one of their shows. It really is amazing that such a great band is based in my sleepy hometown.

• Second, all are invited to tag along to Atlanta on Jan. 20 for the Kill Hannah show. They're the brooding Chicago rockers famous among Asterians for including Karen's cousin Dan in the lineup. We'll be kidnapping Dan (pictured above) for dinner before the show, so don't miss this opportunity to see an honest-to-god rock star eat a spinach salad.

• The musical opportunities just keep coming in February, when banjo master Bela Fleck plays in Birmingham with jazz legend Chick Corea. I've been poking fun at Bela Fleck since he and The Flecktones came to Huntsville when I was in high school, but that doesn't change the fact that he really is fantastic. If you haven't heard his classical music via banjo, click here and listen to some samples.

I think that's about it for the musical wrapup. Anybody else got anything?