This is the third time I’ve seen Elvis Costello & The Imposters in the past 363 days. We saw the Look Now tour at the DAR Hall in Washington D.C.in November 2018, and the Costello/Blondie tour at The Anthem in …
Nov 26 2019
Debbie Harry - Face It
The Opaque Memoir. First off, I enjoyed Debbie Harry’s book Face It, it was a breezy read and had a bit of filler, but also some sweet ideas. We just saw Blondie with Elvis Costello recently (tinyurl.com/zubbeastly) …
Nov 26 2019
Ken Burns - Country Music - Part 4 of 4
So this is the last installment of my blogs on Ken Burns’ expansive look at Country Music from the 1920s to 1990s. It was ambitious project, not perfect, but in these episodes he must tie together the threads an ultimately …
Nov 24 2019
Taika Waititi's Dangerous Highwire Act: Nazi Satire "JoJo Rabbit"
JoJo Rabbit begins with ‘Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand:’ The Beatles ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ sung in German, played over scenes out of the Richard Lester school of musical movie wackiness. There are montage antics, screens divided into multiple …
Nov 22 2019
Stiff Little Fingers and The Avengers at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro NC
It was great to be back at the big room at The Cat’s Cradle. The Carrboro, NC club, just a few blocks away from the UNC Chapel Hill campus, is a venerable concert space. Getting to see Stiff Little Fingers …
Nov 15 2019
Redd Kross Live At The 40 Watt, Athens GA
I don’t really have a good excuse, but I’ve never seen Redd Kross live. The super power-pop band from Los Angeles has been together, led by older brother Jeff McDonald on guitar and vocals, with younger brother Steven McDonald on …
Nov 15 2019
Ken Burns - Country Music - Part 3 of 4
This is the third installment of 4 blogs about Ken Burns’ latest documentary series Country Music. I hope you’ll join me for all four blogs. Anyone with an interest in any kind of music should find food for thought …
Nov 11 2019
Mudhoney and Pissed Jeans at The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
I know what I like, so I generally go to shows with bands or artists I’m pretty familiar with, but tonight’s show was different. All I knew about Mudhoney was they were a pioneer in Seattle’s grunge movement, and of …
Nov 7 2019
Ken Burns - Country Music - Part 2 of 4
This is the second installment of 4 blogs walking through Ken Burns’ latest documentary series Country Music. I hope you’ll join me for all four blogs. Anyone with an interest in any kind of music should find food for …
Nov 3 2019
Ken Burns - Country Music - Part 1 of 4
This is the first installment of 4 blogs walking through Ken Burns’ latest documentary series Country Music. I hope you’ll join me for all four blogs. Anyone with an interest in any kind of music should find food for …
Oct 30 2019
The New Pornographers - In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights
As you might know, I am a pretty serious record collector. Any band that I like from my youth, I usually have all of their records. I was thinking about the New Pornographers, Carl Newman’s Vancouver ‘supergroup,’ and I realized …
Oct 27 2019
King Crimson at The Cobb Energy Center, Atlanta
Everything about King Crimson is weird, wonderful, and different. Would you imagine an old punk like me would be a fan of the ultimate prog-rock band? Weird things happen. Years ago, my dear, departed friend Joey sat me down and …