You hear people describe some venues saying, “There’s not a bad seat in the place. That’s a perfect description for the Egg in Albany, NY. It’s all about the sound. The theater is like being inside the surface of a steel drum. As Patty Griffin herself said, it really doesn’t look like an […]
Filed under: Music, Reviews on April 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I caught up with my old friend Tom, singer and guitarist for 40 Rod Lightning.
me: He lives
Sent at 7:29 AM on Sunday
Tom: Howdy
me: dude, I’ve listened to so many of the bands whose songs you play.. it’s a whole world of unexplored music. The Drive-by Truckers rock. And Hank Williams III. That’s the […]
Filed under: Music on April 16th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
A very diverse group of people suggested I check out Donna the Buffalo the next time they came to town. Two of my sixteen year old students, one a hippie chick and the other a metalhead; my retired colleague, now in his mid fifties, and a couple who must have been in their mid […]
Filed under: Music on April 7th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I love Patty Griffin. And just when I think she can’t top what she’s already done, she’s done it with “Children Running Through.” The CD is by far the most musically diverse of her CD’s and her incredible song writing shines through with every track.
The CD opens with the first of […]
Filed under: Music, Reviews on March 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been a bad Joan Osborne Fan. A VERY bad Joan Osborne fan. In the not too distant past, I worshipped the ground Joan walked on. My neighbor Doug told me that she’d come out with a country album so, after getting over the initial shock of her having put out […]
Filed under: Music on March 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Did I just hear Pink Floyd morph with Neil Young’s “Down by the River?” Oh my God… you mean someone else in this world besides me and a dozen other people have heard of BR-549? Am I tripping, or is this “Breaking the Law” by Judas Priest? Who ARE these guys?
These are […]
Filed under: Music on March 24th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
This summer I found my new favorite female vocalist, Patty Griffin. Her first major-label CD “Living with Ghosts” came out in 1996 and she’s recorded several since then. Her beautiful voice and incredible songwriting talent have, for me, made her the synthesis of everything I love about all my other favorite female singer/songwriters. […]
Filed under: Music on February 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I envy the people of LA for only one reason: they have the Janedoes. The Janedoes are the funkiest, sexiest thing to happen to my MP3 player since I downloaded Ben Harper’s ”Sexual Healing” which I’d previously considered the sexiest 5 minutes of recorded music ever.
My wife found The Janedoes on a video […]
Filed under: Music on January 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My daughter is the same music geek I was at her age. In fact, she’s a bit more advanced. I wish my parents had been as cool as I am about listening to my music as I am listening to hers.
Usually, she’ll come to my house with a new CD, we’ll […]
Filed under: Music, Politics on November 9th, 2006 | Add Comment! »
