Archive for 2009/09


Jobs Hits The Stage

What kind of crazy, fucked-up world do we live in where the biggest rock star doesn’t even play an instrument? I don’t know if you were online at 10 A.M. (1 P.M. on the east coast), but a roar was heard on the Internet louder than any audience explosion ever noted on a dB meter.  […]

Album Festival

It could be in a polo field, like Coachella. Or in one city, a three day event, like Lollapalooza in Chicago. Or even a month long event in a metropolis that wanted to drive tourist business. The rage in concerts these days is the performance of complete albums.  Bruce Springsteen is even going to do […]

Jay Leno’s Garage

This is how you use the Internet. Growing up in Connecticut, the only star I ever saw was Bette Davis.  She was signing her book in Klein’s, the book store cum audio shop cum record store on the main drag in Westport.  It’s hard for Felice to fathom.  That stars weren’t a regular part of […]

The Beatles Rock Band

It’s still Rock Band. When the game’s intro unfolds your adrenaline rushes, your heart starts to palpitate and a broad smile crosses your face.  It’s akin to the lights going down at Madison Square Garden.  You’ve been waiting for this.  And as the band takes the stage in New York and hits stray notes in […]