Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


Amanda Palmer Kickstarter Event

You’re just not willing to work that hard. So I sauntered up to the Pop Tart Gallery after parking my car on a side street convinced when I returned it would be minus the radio. You see this is not what we call a good neighborhood. 6th Street east of Vermont. Hell, I think if […]

Dukes Of September At The Gibson

Boz Scaggs hit it so far out of the park with Teddy Pendergrass’s "Love T.K.O." I could not help but swoon, even though I don’t think I’ve ever heard the song before. I had to ask the African-American woman sitting next to me the title, she was writing everything down. She said it was by […]

What I Learned At The One Direction Show

I’M OLD Now you’re laughing hysterically, chiding grandpa. But you’re missing the point. The twelve year old girls in attendance not only have no idea who the Four Seasons, Bobby Sherman, New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys are, they didn’t grow up buying CDs and they never knew a time when there […]

Jagger/Arcade Fire-The Last Time

This was supposed to be bad. A tired rock star giving the middle finger to bandmates who can’t tour without him. But from the very beginning of the show, Jagger exuded a charisma and confidence that was incredibly endearing, even in the skits. Instead of looking desperate, he took the whole show up a notch. […]