Musical musings from aging hipsters
Yes, it’s another double shot of TWILM… a Two-fer Tuesday on a Sunday! I’ll be out on the Left Coast next weekend for a Ragnar Relay (similar to a Bourbon Chase race). Our 12-person team…
Continue Reading This Fortnight in Live Music: October 21-November 2
Howdy kids, I’m back from the City of the Big Shoulders, the Windy City. I’d like to propose a toast to my wife, who ran the Chicago Marathon yesterday. And I’d also like to propose…
Wow, it’s nearly October. Or should I say Rocktober? You know the month will rock you like a climate-change-induced hurricane. Let’s get right to the rock. And the tober. Monday, Nashville band The Medium is…
Continue Reading This Week in Live Music: September 30-October 6
A tip of the ol’ 97Xbam cap to Dan Reed (yes, THE Dan Reed of WXPN) for sending a nice essay our way. The Medium post decries the rise of music recommendations that are increasingly…
Yes, this time aroundwe’re covering a two week stretch, a.k.a a fortnight. But not Fortnite. Apologies to all our tween subscribers. I’ll be out of town most of next week, inspecting Hurricane Dorian damage in…
Continue Reading This Fortnight in Live Music: September 9-22
Hello, Cincinnatti (sic)… are you ready to rock? Yes, KISS had a typo on their commemorative t-shirts (Only $50! Such a deal!). But it’s doubtful that many of the faithful in attendance even noticed. The…
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…
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…
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…
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.…