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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
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
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
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
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!
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!
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
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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