Double Drummer Bummer
I’ve been slacking on my Koncert Keeper duties. (Sorry, life got in the way.) But now I’m back, baby… just in time to be the bearer of some really sad news: These back-to-back gut punches…
Musical musings from aging hipsters
I’ve been slacking on my Koncert Keeper duties. (Sorry, life got in the way.) But now I’m back, baby… just in time to be the bearer of some really sad news: These back-to-back gut punches…
First, an apology. List member Mighty Joe Sampson pointed out that our previous post’s headline was a bait-and-switch. You can’t call a post “Cruel, Cruel Summer” without paying it off with some Bananarama. So here…
Nearly five years ago, Dave and Damian started a podcast about 97X. They had no idea what they were doing. They still don’t know what they’re doing, but they DO know that as they stumbled…
Late last month, we lost Sinéad O’Connor. “She was vilified, humiliated at times, metaphorically crucified when alone and in her twenties. Everything she stood up for and against then, including racism in the music industry,…
Oh, Hello! Where does the summertime time go? Seems like the ol’ globe’s spinning a bit faster these days. Or maybe I’ve just been day-drinking again. Either way (or both), it’s time for a fresh…
Did you go to the big show downtown last night? I did! It was everything I hoped for and more! I’m referring, of course, to the Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones show in downtown…
It sounds like the setup to a joke: “A punk rock guitarist and a preacher’s daughter walk into a theater…” But when Billy Alletzhauser and Beth Harris starting singing songs together in 2004, the result…
Wow, is it June already? June: our favorite month AND our favorite Johnny duet partner. I know I’ve been slacking on keeping you abreast of the live local gigs. May was a bit busy. Really!…
On May 11th, author Robin James discussed her new book The Future of Rock & Roll: 97X and the Fight for True Independence at The Mercantile Library, with your friendly neighborhood podcast hosts Dave and…
Continue Reading Episode 96: Author Robin James at the Mercantile Library
I let you down yet again (you should be used to it by now). I’m tardy with my list of gigs so I didn’t get to tell you about the New Pornographers show at Memorial…