Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


Olympics Closing Ceremony

I missed “Waterloo Sunset.” What kind of wonderful world do we live in where an iconoclastic, irascible rock star who’s alienated almost all the people surrounding him can be featured in the finale of the world’s greatest sporting event? Long as I gaze on, Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise. I was gonna watch the […]

HARD Summer

HARD Summer It was like I was invisible. You always wonder in L.A., am I safe? This is the land of Rodney King, this is where there are fewer police per square mile and enough ethnicities to shoot a whole slate of MTV reality shows. Yes, MTV made a conscious decision to show the black, […]

Gary Clark, Jr.

He should never put out an album. I’ve seen him twice. Once at a private party put on by his record label, the other time at Coachella. I didn’t get it in the private club, I didn’t think his original material was that good, but I did love his cover of “Third Stone From The […]

Ringo At The Greek

Chris brought Tal into Rena’s office. That’s Tal Wilkenfeld. You know, the curly-haired twenty five year old bassist most famous for playing with Jeff Beck. Hell, she’s all over YouTube, you can even see her backing up Mick Jagger. You see Tal came out at the end of the show, during “With A Little Help […]