Tag: support live music

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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