Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


The U2 Single

Is it a coincidence that the single was posted on the band’s site right after their appearance at the inauguration pre-game show? You know who was really good at the pre-game show?  JOHN MELLENCAMP! Yes, I’m a fan John.  Run that through your twisted little paranoid brain.  To see you there with just an acoustic, […]

The Money

It’s coming from the promoter. In Aspen, Jim Lewi and Diarmuid Quinn lamented that there was nowhere to get cash anymore.  That the label couldn’t afford to fund everything.  Where was the money going to come from? Two weeks later a promoter who was in attendance laughed.  He told me the promoter was the new […]

Phish At Bonnaroo

Would the Stones play Coachella? Who gives a shit about the Stones.  But Phish fans are diehards.  Phishheads believe that Phish is God.  They trekked to see the band at its own festivals, year after year.  Is the band afraid they can’t sell a ticket anymore? This is no way to come back, playing it […]

Season Pass

We’ve got to get more people to go to more shows. It’s not like it’s a hidden lesson.  The cell phone companies learned this long ago.  You drop the price, you get more people signed up.  My ex-wife had a cell phone twenty years ago.  It cost $1100 and calls were a buck a minute.  […]