Countdown to ACL: STS9

STS9, Xbox360 Stage, Saturday 7-8

Love a good jam band? Well then, you are in for a treat... http://sts9.com

Formed in Georgia but based in Northern California since the turn of the century, STS9 (short for Sound Tribe Sector 9) is one of the most innovative acts to ever be associated — accurately or not — with the jam band genre. As befits any band with that tag, the quintet thrives on live performance and puts a heavy emphasis on collective improvisation, but STS9’s mélange of acoustic and electronic instrumentation — with elements of dub, drum ’n’ bass, hip-hop, funk and avant-garde jazz — separates the group from the solo-heavy, overblown jam bands of old.

Rachel Zoe Can You Tell the Real from the Fake?

This Zoe impressionist is pretty dead on and hilarious.

Major fan? Check out her stint on CBS earlier this month. She's mostly plugging her line and her brand, blah-blah, yada-yada, but good advice is also embedded in those over marketed "Zoe-isms." Check it out.

Fall fashion? Ba-na-nas.