What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the CMAs are better than the VMAs? One in which the big winner is an MTV castoff, considered to be too old and too unhip for the mainstream. No, I’m not talking about Taylor Swift, I’m talking about Hootie!  Yup, Darius Rucker! He […]

Are you catching the Britney brouhaha Down Under?  Turns out she MIMES! She’s got to.  In order to deliver on the audience’s expectations.  She’s got to be the Britney from TV.  Perfect in every way.  Dazzling them with her dance moves.  And it’s almost impossible to dance like that and sing.  Have you ever talked […]

If you know where to surf on the Web, you can find downloadable concerts. Conventional wisdom is young people don’t care.  Maybe that’s only because they’ve never seen an act as vibrant as the J. Geils Band live. Before they shortened their name to "Geils".  Before they switched labels and started making MTV fodder.  Before […]

Have you seen "U23D"?  You should!  Can’t think of a better concert film.  But the vibe is even better.  Shot in South America, in soccer stadiums, you get the feeling of danger, of being outside the law, of being in a nation built by rock and roll. That’s how it felt last night. If one […]