Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


Tyler Childers At The Hollywood Bowl

1 How did everybody know? It’s a big city, but you run into people you know everywhere. You can’t go to a show without seeing someone you went to school with, someone you met at a party, but on Wednesday night I didn’t recognize ANYBODY! Other than a handful of music business insiders, but there […]

Grenell Joins Live Nation Board

“Trump ally Richard Grenell joins Live Nation board amid antitrust probe”: https://shorturl.at/20cUD You may not be aware that Bruce Springsteen just released an EP containing his anti-Trump rant. You can listen to “Land of Hope & Dreams” here: Do I expect people to listen to what he has to say over and over again? No, […]

Re-Cruel World

Bob! I was there. Devo was on fire. The boys don’t slow down, and the fact that they are playing tracks like Going Under, Gates of Steel and Smart Patrol with such fervor shows that they respect the core audience. But it looked like nobody came just to hear Whip It and move on anyway. […]

Cruel World

https://cruelworldfest.com It was Coachella for Generation X, and it was GREAT! Not that I’d planned to go. But Kathy Valentine extended an invitation months ago and I’m not going to say no to her. But as the date approached I asked myself, did I really want to hang with the unwashed masses outside the Rose […]