Hot fun in the summertime
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…
Category: Concert review
Cruel, Cruel Summer
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,…
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
Wow, can you believe it’s almost New Year’s Rockin’ Eve? Neither can I! Now that Dick Clark has gone to that great big Bandstand in the sky, I can rightfully claim his former title of…
Mob Rules!
If I had to pick one word to sum up this past Saturday’s Royal Crescent Mob concert, that word would be “joyous.” If I got to use two word to describe it, I’d pick “joyous”…
The fruits of my Labor (Day)
Summer’s gone a summer songYou’ve wasted every day, every daySummer’s gone, can’t wipe it off my handsWrite it in the sand, in the sand Buffalo Tom “Summer“ Wow, hard to believe that Labor Day is…
The whole tunes and nothing but the tunes.
I’m tardy to the live gig party this week, because it’s back to school time. Today I drove to Ohio U. solo, unloaded an SUV’s worth of apartment stuff, assembled the “some assembly required” furniture…
August and nothing after
Well hello there, Stranger! How have you been? Vacay was great, thanks for asking. I know you didn’t miss me – even I didn’t miss me. But it’s not about missing me, it’s about not…
Long weekend, short list
This week’s list of gigs is “more rock, less talk goofy memes”… Sorry, but the latest round of news makes it harder to be all fun and games. Tonight: Kitchen Dwellers and Neighbor play RiversEDGE…
Down to Earth
I come to you with cap in hand, asking your forgiveness for my disparaging comments about the local nine (technically 10 now that there’s a DH) last week. As a wise man once said: “How…
Singin’ the blues
Well, the Orange & Black made a valiant effort, but in the end they were edged out by the Blue & Yellow. Wait, I’m talking about leftover Halloween candy. What did you think I meant?…