Mindhunter is one of my absolute favorite TV shows, right up there with Fleabag, Legion, Mr. Robot and The Crown. In a nutshell, the show begins in 1977 with two FBI agents setting up a behavioral science unit.…

 

This was a much-anticipated show. Adrienne and I had seen George Clinton and P-Funk at the Blind Tiger in Greensboro late last year, and it was an absolutely wonderful show. But the extra bonus tonight was FINALLY getting to see …

 

Just to start off, I need to tell you about The Anthem. The venue, part of the same entertainment company as the 9:30 Club,  opened last year and is right on The Wharf, just downstream from the Jefferson Memorial on …

 

 

              Brian Heinbaugh lives in my neighborhood, and he is a lifetime Dad rocker. I even played in a band with him for a short while. He’s a guy that’s always played music, and he’s cool and can write a decent …

 

I have blogged at (tinyurl.com/zubrebuzz) and (tinyurl.com/zubrippete) about Buzzcocks, and Adrienne and I have podcasted at (tinyurl.com/spiralscratch) and (tinyurl.com/zublovespete). We named our podcast Singles Going Steady.  I’ve covered this before, but Buzzcocks …

 

              The Stranglers, from Guildford, in England, are a band that had a great impact on me. They were a bit older than the young ‘punk’ upstarts in England in 1977 and they already knew how to play. But age and …

I must confess: I am NOT a comic book geek. Back in the 80's, when naught but convenient stores were open for late night prowling, Steve and I did indulge in buying the occasional comic book out of boredom and …

 

Imagine there’s no Beatles...see if you can. That is basically the conceit of Danny Boyle’s new film Yesterday. Boyle is an accomplished British film-maker, having such titles as Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, and Slumdog Millionaire on …

  I bought Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures when it came out in 1979, from Horizon Records in Greenville, SC, back when they were above the Manor.   I want to try to talk about why I love Joy Division so much, and …

 

In April, for Record Store Day, Elvis Costello and The Imposters (Steve Nieve - keyboards, Davey Farager - bass, and Pete Thomas - drums) released the four song EP Purse (“where the secrets are kept”).  These are the last tracks …

 

Steve Earle has an X factor that I can’t explain, but that continually pulls me to him. It first caught me in the early years of the last decade when, on faith, I went to see him and an earlier…

 

So this was it. The culmination of a 40th anniversary (for The Specials) and forty years of me wanting to see the band. This is one of the longest trips Adrienne and I have taken to see a band, and …