By Crystal Hohenthaner
Journal staff

So the front cover of the Weekend section today is all about the Imperial Inn’s venue below Roman’s Lounge. We even got to interview members from two of the bands that will be performing at the Imperial on Sunday night. So I recommend you go shell out a little cash for the paper because it is print-exclusive content.

What I can tell you about here on this here blog is that the Pharamcy show that was originally Sslated to be at the Imperial tomorrow night has moved. I talked to Amethyst Thorpe myself two days ago and she gave me the scoop — here’s the new info as I know it now:

Saturday’s Rock Show at the Dahl

The Pharmacy, an independent rock band from Seattle, Wash. will perform Saturday, Sept. 6 at the Dahl Arts Center at 7 p.m. Three local groups will also be performing; experimental rock duo Bronson’s Shark Attack!, singer and songwriter Amanda Conway and acoustic duo Love, Mark & Tyler. Admission will be $6 at the door.

The show will be held in a small performance room and offer an informal setting with standing room only. People are welcome to come and go throughout the night. The show is also open to all ages, however discretion is advised, as occasional song lyrics may contain mature themes and language. No drugs or alcohol will be allowed.

This show is presented by Subterranea Booking and is not a presentation of the Dahl Arts Center or the Rapid City Arts Council. For more information, please call 394-4101 ext. 209.

To get a taste of the Pharmacy before the show go to www.myspace.com/pharmacy

While I was working on the stroy about the Imperial I also found that Judah Diaz has put together a show coming up that looks like it will be awesome. Spindrift, VonVeeder Veld, and Bronson Shark Attack are all slated to play an all ages show at 7 p.m. at the Imperial Inn on Sept. 17.

Now, if you read my blog you know that I have a hard enough time keeping up with mainstream pop music, so I must confess I know nothing about these bands. But I do know what Judah told me. Spindrift just signed with the Dandy Warhols’ record label and the band’s music will be featureed on the soundtrack of the new Quentin Tarantino movie “Hell Ride.”

So it is fair to say this band is probably going somewhere big — which means music-lovers probably won’t get many more chances to see them play an intimate venue like the Imperial Inn. So, if you want the chance to say, “I saw them before they were big,” you’d better see them while they are in town on Sept. 17.

One of my favorite movies of all time is High Fidelity. I am a huge John Cusack fan and I love the whole concept of the flick. I even read the book the movie was based on. One of my favorite elements of the movie was the concept of the top five.

I have a hard time limiting myself to only five of anything, but I did the hard work of paring down my list of great break up songs. Here are some of my faves (I cheated and made it a top 10):

Crystal’s Top 10 Break-up Songs of All Time
“Bed of Lies” by Matchbox 20
“I Will Survive” by Donna Summer
“Ruins” by Melissa Etheridge
“Believe” by Cher
“Leave” by Matchbox 20
“Piece of My Heart” by Janis Joplin
“Cryin’” by Roy Orbison
“Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake
“Stay” by Lisa Loeb
“Through With You” by Maroon Five

I could probably get the list up to 20 if I thought about it hard enough, but I don’t know if I could ever get down to just five.

How about you? If you were going to put together a CD of songs for yourself or a friend after a break up, what five songs would you have to include?

The top five, break-up songs of all time are…