Category: Live Performance
Weeping Icon: A Must See, Amazing Band From Brooklyn
Being from Detroit and living St. Louis can be challenging musically. There is just a big difference in attitude. Once in a while you get a band that blows in and speaks to you. I saw such a band toni... Read More
Led Zeppelin 01: The Four Become One and Who Is This John Bonham Guy, Anyway?
This entry was originally going to be about John Bonham but I found much of it to be true of the other members as well. Who is John Bonham? In most of the Led Zepp biographies he seems to be th... Read More
Big Star 01: Complete Third (Part One)
Just started listening to the three disc set Complete Third. Disc one underlines the fact that Third was a snapshot in time. And, yes, it was an insane, confused and chaotic time. Alex was a mes... Read More
The Flaming Lips 02: My Unconscious Interview With Wayne Coyne
This is not about an actual interview, it is about an interview in a dream I had. The interview was in an abandoned railway yard. Wayne Coyne was rummaging through the debris while I was intervie... Read More
The Plastic Together Tour
The weekend before this, I went to see the singer on the first album I bought. I had enjoyed Paul Revere and the Raiders music since I was five and appreciated their songwriting and production talen... Read More
Viola Beach 02: New album, Old Story and People that Just Don’t Get It
The Facts: Early Valentine’s Day morning the band, Viola Beach, had just finished their first international gig. They were tired but exuberant. (Note: a few seconds of that performance were ... Read More
Viola Beach 01: Still Mourning the Promise
One day I am browsing YouTube as I am wont to do from time to time (usually I am very specific but once in a while I look at their bizarre suggestions because occasionally I find something interestin... Read More
Carlos Santana Superbowl
Several weeks ago Entertainment Tonight Online published an article that caught my attention (mark that one on the calendar). Carlos Santana wrote an open letter to NBC about the halftime show for thi... Read More