Sunday night was a treat. Sure, it would have been awesome to experience this with some friends, but everyone was busy so I had to ride solo in seeing one of my favorite bands, Frightened Rabbit, play at the Black Cat. They’ve released a few new songs over the last year, a few of them […]
Celebrating Kelly’s birthday today, as he inches one step closer to old man status. What better way to forget worrying about the future than reliving the past. A bunch of us are checking out Jane’s Addiction tonight in Baltimore. One of the staples of my formative younger years, here’s to hoping that they’ve aged well […]
It’s a mix of emotions today. It’s my last day with an organization I have devoted five years of my life to, which has its share of sadness and disappointment. The other share is filled with joyful expectation and excitement about starting a new job in just a couple weeks. So I’ll try to numb […]
Last week a couple coworkers and I went up to Baltimore to see a Seattle band called The Head and the Heart. They are a cool folk/rock hybrid band that has a way bigger following on the east coast than I would have thought (the club was PACKED and very engaged throughout the show). I […]
This has been a rough couple of weeks at work, and naturally it’s culminating in one of the worst weeks I’ve had in quite some time. So I need something good to happen. Really, anything. Someone to say something even remotely positive or reassuring. Maybe see a double rainbow or some basic human kindness. Ahh, […]
It’s been a while since I’ve been to a live show, and so luckily in the next few weeks I’ll be hitting up a few new ones. First up is tonight’s concert featuring Alexi Murdoch. I first heard him when he dominated the Away We Go movie soundtrack. The music was perfect for that movie […]
Tonight I’m getting in the Delorean and going back in time to hear one of my favorite bands of my youth. Back in grade school I really got into Toad the Wet Sprocket. Like most people, I first heard them through their song All I Want, which was OK, but once I got the album […]
Tonight I’m checking out a band I’m a fan of, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. I honestly don’t know how I found out about this band, but I think they were one of those “People who like this album also like these …” recs from Amazon when I was browsing for some new […]
Got to see one of my favorite bands again last night. Frightened Rabbit was wrapping up the U.S. tour so I wanted to make sure I checked them out since they probably won’t be back stateside for another couple years. The opening act, Plants and Animals, was decent but it didn’t sound like they’ve figured […]
Leave it to me to attend an awesome concert yet still find someone who can take four minutes out of the evening to ruin it for me. This dipshit brought his infant child to an outdoor rock concert that didn’t end until almost 11 at night. Yeah, that’s not super-late, but for an infant? Did […]