Bleu Room with a Red Vase: Catching a Star at Jones Beach
A gentle breeze carried across the dark blue ocean. The scent of saltwater air was a sweet flavor always missed…
Category: Live Events
Tom Hansen’s New Art Form: The Book Concert
Dr. Tom Hansen, retired academic and activist, will appear at Charlottesville’s Quest Bookshop on July 11th at 7PM to perform…
Let It Be: A Review
Make no mistake about it. Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles, which just ended its…
Blooming: A CMJ Roundup
The New York CMJ Music Marathon is run by, you guess it, CMJ: a heavy-hitting online and print publication that…
Free From Tiny Screens: Jack White
Removing light-blue sheets from various instruments onstage, each roadie at the Jack White concert sported suspenders, a blue tie, and…
Breaking the Chains of Pop: The Jesus and Mary Chain live at the 9:30 Club
“Oh, that’s just my hearing aid,” Jim Reid slurred in response to the shrill attack of feedback that emanated from…
Show Review: Okkervil River at the Jefferson
I am inclined to tell you these things largely because my sangria-addled mind was almost totally unable to recognize and/or…
Blooms & Busts: Lollapalooza 2012
The sort of manic energy present at a music festival compressed into ten square blocks of downtown Chicago is hard…
YOU COMPLETE IDIOT: My Gwar Experience
Why does the beverage Jagermeister hold such appeal to Gwar? BECAUSE IT GETS YOU WASTED, YOU COMPLETE IDIOT. ...Read on…
Review: Wilco’s Lasting Impression at the Downtown Pavillion
July 19, 2012 Ntellos Wireless Pavillion Charlottesville, VA It starts with the concert listing and ends with me walking away…