• Songs of a Lost World

    Songs of a Lost World

    The album is titled Songs of a Lost World and the group had already dropped two tracks from the LP on streaming services. So why did it take so long for this record to be produced?  The project has been long discussed by Robert Smith throughout several interviews. When talking to the LA Times in…

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  • Catchfire takes you to the ‘Wild Side’

    Catchfire takes you to the ‘Wild Side’

    The rattling echo from the burning words and instrumentals stays with the listener even when the song is silenced.  It is now out there in the ethos for others to discover- for that is all that we can do.  We create and place our art in the world for the scavengers to find.  This track…

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  • Bourbon and Beyond: Days 3 & 4 

    Bourbon and Beyond: Days 3 & 4 

    Days One and Two of Bourbon & Beyond were highly organized and very strict when it came to the front gates.  The event was constantly posting on their socials and emailing out rules and regulations for standards that they wanted upheld throughout the long weekend.  You could only bring in chairs if you had a…

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  • Bourbon & Beyond: Day Two

    Bourbon & Beyond: Day Two

    So now we reside in Day Two of Bourbon & Beyond. Day one nearly killed me as I realized that 10 hours standing in the sun after driving three hours to get here was too long of a day for this 50-year-old. There is nowhere to hide at this festival.  There are tents around the…

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  • Bourbon & Beyond: Day One

    Bourbon & Beyond: Day One

    Here I am, in my hotel room, just north of Louisville, Kentucky in Sellersberg, Indiana pondering what I have seen over the last two days.  It’s Bourbon & Beyond and it’s a lot.  According to local news sources and the Bourbon & Beyond website the festival is bringing in $12.5 million dollars in local revenue…

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  • Childish Gambino in Tampa

    Childish Gambino in Tampa

    I first heard Childish Gambino on the Late Night with Conan O’Brien show singing Heartbeat from his debut album Camp in 2011.  I immediately downloaded Heartbeat and then found Bonfire and Sunrise which are two of my favorite rap songs of all time.   The humor that Gambino has in his lyrics is incredibly unique as…

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  • Jon Bon Jovi Saves A Woman In Crisis 

    Jon Bon Jovi Saves A Woman In Crisis 

    Bon Jovi has worked with vulnerable people through his Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, which provides food, affordable housing, job training and social services to people experiencing hunger, poverty and homelessness. Bon Jovi also has had training in speaking to individuals during difficult situations. In February, Bon Jovi was recognized as the MusiCares Person of the…

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  • Let Them In!

    Let Them In!

    There are so many other great bands that haven’t made the cut either.  Groups like The Guess Who, DEVO, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Soundgarden and on and on.  I surmise that the walls are only so big and that this “committee” can only select few, but my rebuttal is C’MON MAN! 

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  • Here We Go! 

    Here We Go! 

    As a wanna be skater and surfer Jane’s songs were the soundtrack of so many skating/surfing videos in the mid to late 80s that they became ingrained in my subconscious. The Hard Rock Hotel in South Florida was the backdrop for this latest adventure. You probably have seen the giant guitar shaped hotel in commercials…

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  • We Had the Time of Our Lives

    We Had the Time of Our Lives

    Green Day headlines their Savior’s Tour with The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Linda’s The last time I went to see Green Day it was in September of 2021 in Seattle, Washington.  We were still coming out of pandemic and the world was different.  This was the first concert I was able to attend…

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  • Fresh Lemons : Nothing Canned

    Fresh Lemons : Nothing Canned

    The Lemonheads are an indie/alternative/punk band, originally from Boston, Massachusetts formed in 1986, and they were playing their two most successful albums tonight. The setlist was It’s A Shame About Ray which was constantly in my cars cassette player my senior year of high school (1992), and Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1996) which featured…

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  • Oasis is Back, Definitely Maybe

    Oasis is Back, Definitely Maybe

    We never saw The Beatles reunite but some current fans find this to be equal to or greater than that reconciliation. And if Fab Four from Liverpool were bigger than Jesus (John Lennon’s words), then how big is this news?! If you don’t recall in 1996, Noel Gallagher “joked” in an MTV interview that Oasis…

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  • The Queen of Noise Rocks The Ryman

    The Queen of Noise Rocks The Ryman

    There are only a handful of true rockstars left in the world and Joan Jett is certainly one of them.  On Sunday, August 25th, I witnessed that greatness at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.  Joan Marie Larkin has been doing this rockstar thing for a bit now, and she still has that “It” factor.…

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  • Getting to Know John Lennon

    Getting to Know John Lennon

    A Ranking of John Lennon’s Solo Records I just finished watching the film Nowhere Boy which is a lovely movie about the early days of John Lennon (pre The Beatles).  The movie, based off the book by his sister Julia Baird entitled, “Imagine This: Growing Up with My Brother John Lennon“, is a remarkably beautiful…

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  • Thanks for the Memories

    Thanks for the Memories

    A look at the music from the Closing Ceremonies at the 2024 Summer Games The Olympics have come to a close and we are left with some great moments.  We saw individuals and teams excelling at levels that we can only dream about.  We cheered and screamed at our television sets and always had something…

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  • Day Four at Lolla and Top 10 Lessons Learned

    Day Four at Lolla and Top 10 Lessons Learned

    After 3 days and 24 hours of festival time we finally made it to Sunday.  We were running on fumes by the last day. Thank goodness the first artist on the teen list was later in the day!  Late start getting out the door and decided to not brave the subway and uber in style…

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  • Cashing in on a Florida Stick Figure Bonus

    Cashing in on a Florida Stick Figure Bonus

    Stick Figure was coming off their largest headlining sellout just a week prior (20,000 fans in Massachusetts). The chance to see them in a cozy little waterfront amphitheater in Cocoa Florida was a rare chance to catch the band up close.

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  • Saturday in the Park – Day 3 at Lollapalooza 

    Saturday in the Park – Day 3 at Lollapalooza 

     After 18 hours of Lolla on Thursday and Friday we decided to take our time getting into the festival on Saturday.   We took the morning and afternoon to walk around the city and check out downtown.  Arrived at Lolla just in time for one of my daughter’s favorite bands, TV Girl.   To my surprise it…

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  • Doomsday Is Here 

    Doomsday Is Here 

    Inclement Weather Department makes the end of times sound great  It is with honor, which is not lost on me, that I get the opportunity to write about one of my favorite young bands in Seattle, Washington. The band is Inclement Weather Department, and the players are Trevor (vocals/guitar,kazoo), Cam (guitar/vocals/synth), Joey (bass/vocals), Brian (drums/vocals),…

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  • Lolla-Day-Twooza

    Lolla-Day-Twooza

    Day Two at Lollapalooza in Chicago After eight hours at Lolla on day one we felt like we were experts going into day 2. We hit the red line and made it to Grant Park to battle the heat and crowds for another memorable day. Using day 1 to get the lay of the land…

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  • Lollapalooza- Chicago

    Lollapalooza- Chicago

    Chicago Hosts The Mega Fest I have always wanted to attend Lollapalooza and finally this year it has happened. Created as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction in 1991, it became an annual touring collection of alternative rock bands that helped launch the careers of Nine Inch Nails and Pearl Jam. I was always too…

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  • Be Your Own Pet Unleashed

    Be Your Own Pet Unleashed

    Be Your Own Played the last show of this tour at home in Nashville This past Saturday night was a culmination of anticipation and love for Nashvillian hometown heroes, Be Your Own Pet. The droves of fans poured into East Side Bowl to see the band that they hold near and dear to their hearts.…

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  • The Underdog Wins 

    The Underdog Wins 

    Catch Fire and Havana Affair Release New Music  Another night in Nashville and another gem of a dive bar found to watch local and live music.  Finding these spots is like collecting medals for myself.  Live music is my Olympics. I have found myself once again on the podium with The Underdog. The bar and…

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  • The Music We Needed

    The Music We Needed

    At The East Room with Lily Harden, Emilio and Loose Bolts  This week has been a particularly hard one for American cohesiveness.  The former President, Donald Trump, barely dodged a bullet during a rally several days ago. Instead of banning together and realizing that violence is never the answer to resolving our conflicts we became more…

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  • Eastside Bowl at “The 58” 

    Eastside Bowl at “The 58” 

    with Luella, Wasp Eater, and Lydia Maes I walked into Eastside Bowl not knowing exactly what I would find.  Nashville sure does like its bowling alleys to feature live music and it is wonderfully nostalgic.  I’ve been to Brooklyn Bowl a few times now in Music City and it has always been a trip.  I…

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  • Tenacious Done…For Now

    Tenacious Done…For Now

    Tenacious D is under fire for Kyle Gass’ Comment This past weekend while performing in Australia, the comedy rock duo, Tenacious D may have gone a little too far with their sense of humor. The day after an assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump, in which a bullet grazed his ear,…

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  • Oh Say, Can’t We Hear 

    Oh Say, Can’t We Hear 

    The Worst National Anthem’s Performed This year’s Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas for the 2024 All-Star festivities was a most memorable one. Not because Los Angeles Dodger underdog Teoscar Hernandez won in dramatic fashion, edging out one of the favorites KC’s Bobby Witt Jr, but because of what we witnessed…

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  • Put Some Respect On… The B-52’s 

    Put Some Respect On… The B-52’s 

    I am not entirely sure why I gravitated toward this particular video. Maybe it was the glittery suits and beaded miniskirts, the commanding fits and spurts of happiness from the singer, or that boat of a Chrysler on that Atlanta highway, but I was hooked. My 10-year-old self had no idea what “Tin Roof Rustin”…

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