Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


Widespread Panic At The Orpheum

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 […]

Detroit Breakdown

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 […]

U2 At The Rose Bowl

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 […]

U2 360

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where a band’s stage is more important than their music? The U2 tour opened across the pond, and has been slowly working its way west across America.  Tonight it lands in Pasadena, California.  And if you think the most important story in the Los […]