Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


E-Mail Of The Day

Subject: Re: A Front-Row Seat, to Go? Rock Fans Pay for PerksBob- I have contemplated for weeks to write you and finally deciding to do so now based on the items coming out about prices. I attended a few Bon Jovi shows this past winter/spring and wanted to share some insight. The 1st one was […]

Glee At The Gibson

Kids don’t like to compete, they like to PARTICIPATE! "American Idol" is over.  The construct was the contest, the appeal was the banter…  Paula may have known bupkes about music, but she was a great foil for Simon, whose acerbic comments broke societal taboos and made us turn our heads the way we rubberneck to […]

Idea

I picked up the "L.A. Weekly" and found out the dinosaurs are back on the road.  And that now includes acts that had their heyday in the eighties, like Pat Benatar, not only REO Speedwagon and Donna Summer and…Al Green. None of these acts can sell a new record.  Not in quantity.  But they want […]

Peter Gabriel At The Bowl

Grab your things I’ve come to take you home Oldsters go to the show to relive their youth.  They pack picnics, drink wine, stare at the stars and talk.  Remember when they were young and bold instead of old and calcified.  They leave early to beat the traffic.  They say they love music, but not […]