Tag: music journalism

  • 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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