One complaint – The Apollo has been open about 100 years and they haven’t figured out how to sell drinks. Lines were crazy…Other than that – excellent time. SJ spared no expense as a full 17 piece band backed her up!
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First of all, let’s marvel at the wonder of the glowing drink stirring thingy at Radio City: Here is a taste of the performance:
Day One: Psychotic Medication The 41th annual Jazzfest kicked off today on a wet and wild day in New Orleans. I started shortly after noon by taking in some traditional blues and ragtime played by Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders featuring Butch Thomson. Some fine trombone, clarinet, and trumpet playing […]
His legacy is easy to see and hear…most obviously the song Alex Chilton by the Replacements, the album Thirteen (named after the Big Star song) by Teenage Fanclub, and the Lemonheads’ cover of the Ballad of El Goodo.
As a guy who lived in Hawaii for 3 and a half years, the memories were flooding back and I enjoyed Hapa’s concert immensely. I got to rub elbows with host Peter Fonda too!
Part II of Interview: I had a chance to speak with Liam, Flachna, and Dave of Hothouse Flowers before their show at the Highline Ballroom last Wednesday, 3/5/10.
Part I of Interview: I had a chance to speak with Liam, Flachna, and Dave of Hothouse Flowers before their show at the Highline Ballroom last Wednesday, 3/5/10.
Recently I was asked to pick top ten albums for the last five decades. Having to choose at least ten for every decade significantly changed the list compared to what it would be if the parameters were simply the best 50 albums over the past 50 years. If that were […]
My favorite top 5 albums of the last 20 years may surprise you. In fact, they surprised me! When the question was put to me though, I decided to decide on the basis of the five albums I had played the most without any regard to what I thought was […]
Bob Mould – touring behind his 9th solo album Life and Times hit Irving Plaza last night. Getting a breathless, relentless audio assault was not a surprise but the way he ended was…