How will the wolf survive?
Louie Pérez gets it. He knows what being in a band and making music are all about. I’ve been reading the book More Fun in the New World, co-written by John Doe of the band…
Month: August 2019
This Week (and a Day) in Live Music: August 26-September 2
Yes, that’s right, for this edition of TWILM we’re throwing in a bonus day absolutely free. That’s nearly 15% more than our regular TWILM at no cost! How do we do it? We buy in…
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Episode 19: John “JJ” Jesser, morning newsman and nighttime rocker
John “J.J” Jesser worked side by side with The Bakerman on the original Breakfast Club morning show in the early days of 97X… and he’s got the coffee mug and t-shirt to prove it. JJ…
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This week in Live Music: August 19-25
Hey kids, ready for a hot August night of music? Sorry, Neil Diamond won’t be in town this week. Neither will any Neil Diamond tribute bands. But every time you yell out “So good! So…
Little Steven and Little Joe
My podcasting partner in crime, Dave Tellmann (we’re both guilty of caring way too much about a tiny little station that went off the air long ago) often claims that he is “The Reuben Kincaid…
This week in live Music: August 12-18
Hello, Children of the Sun, I hope the dog days of summer are treating you well. I’m experiencing a bit of festival fatigue after a couple days at Bellwether, but it was totally worth it.…
Concert review: Guided By Voices at Bellwether
The Teacher Delivers An Indie Rock Master Class Guided By Voices perform a blistering set at Bellwether Music Festival Review: Dan Bockrath Photos: Gene Dow Photography In the midst of their set, Guided By Voices…
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Silver. Purple. Fade to black.
You probably wouldn’t guess it based on the haphazard “style” of my weekly music posts, but there actually IS a wee bit of planning involved in them. I use a Milanote board to capture my…
This week in Live Music: August 5-11
Before we get into this week’s live tuneage, let’s dwell for a moment on last week’s live shows. Big shout out to the list members (and friends of list members) who came to the Eric…
Episode 18: Barb Abney the Modern Rock maven
Barb Abney spent more than a decade at 97X and woxy.com, starting in the summer of 1994 and doing middays from 1998 through 2006, when she moved to Minneapolis to work for The Current for…
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