Big-name concerts, blockbusters slated for month ahead

So the Technique is taking a break until June. We know you'll miss us. So that you won't go crazy without your weekly crossword and events updates, here's a heads-up about some of the big concerts and movie releases happening between now and June 3.

The weekend between dead week and finals week probably should be spent studying, but it may be worth it to take a break and check out the film adaptation of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or the Crystal Method show at the Loft on April 30. Also, for a mid-dead week diversion, Sum 41 is playing a show at the Tabernacle on the 27th.

In the weeks following finals, the Tabernacle will be hosting Audioslave on May 3, the Black Crowes on the 5th, 6th and 8th, Weezer on the 14th and Nine Inch Nails on the 21st.

If the Tabernacle isn't your scene, Velvet Revolver will be playing HiFi Buys Ampitheatre on May 6, and the Decemberists will be at Variety Playhouse on the 9th.

Not to be forgotten is the release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on May 19. Word is, it's better than the last one, and it's the only film in the Star Wars series to be rated PG-13.

Also, Music Midtown, which usually coincides with the end of finals week, has been moved to the second weekend in June.