I’ve crossed over some of my “real” work and my “fun” work here before with my “I’m Your Biggest Fan” series, and I can’t help...
“Feel so restless, I am,Beat my head against a poleTry to knock some sense,�Down in my bones.” Supposedly Bob Dylan said he wished he’d written...
It’s been over five years since I’ve written in this space… boy does time fly when you’re having fu….hmmm. Anyway, we all know what’s happening...
Part 1 “Being a hardcore fan” Part 2 “Music, Concerts, and Merch” Do you participate in your artist’s social networking efforts? What do you like/not...
Read Part 1 here. How do you consume music from your artist? What format (CD, MP3, vinyl), where do you buy, do you buy singles/full...
Something I always try to keep in mind when writing my site is that I always wanted to capture what it feels like to be...
I was sitting in my room at my parent’s house in Texas writing this review at about 2am when an email popped up from someone...
‘A picture’s worth a thousand words’. As a writer, this phrase always makes me a little sad…..but it is often true. Think of some of...
Quite a few people have asked me what I’m going to do now that the NIN shows are over. The immediate answer is ‘I don’t...
I’ve blogged about this before…and now there’s a whole new breed of mostly WTF actors trying to be singers. So we’ll start with a good...
1988: NKOTB releases Hangin’ Tough 2008: NKOTB releases The Block. Seriously. 1988: AC/DC releases Blow Up Your Radio 2008: AC/DC releases Black Ice 1988: Metallica...
SF Weekly recently posted an article about the neo-psych/rock scene in SF. But, really, the article makes the point that I often make: SF lacks...
Hannah Montana leads a double life- where she is a ‘rock star’ in one of them. Millions of preteen girls declare their desire to be...
I was a not so sweet 16 years old. It was summer in Texas, and somehow, my parents agreed to let me go see White...
Ummm…hellloooo?!?!?!? Where’s my poster? I’m paying more for tickets, dammit. Imagine my surprise when, a few weeks into living here, I go to The Fillmore,...
I was thinking the other day about music festivals, and how they don’t really appeal to me anymore. I thought about the festivals of the...
With the recent release of Nirvana: Unplugged In New York, I thought about my recent live music experience with Metallica. This year’s Bridge School Benefit...
What’s a vanity label? The vanity label was a cog in the recording industry that reached its peak in the ’90s. Basically, it was a...
I’ve had Joy Division on the brain lately– more than normal. And either I live in a Matrix-like pod and am manufacturing my thoughts, or...
Tony Wilson She’s Lost Control [audio:06 Shes Lost Control.mp3] Hilly Kristal Blitzkrieg Bop [audio:092 – The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop.mp3] Luciano Pavarotti Vesti la Giubba...
AFI…..the band I should like but never much got into…has some members that have a passion for new wave. So, they’ve branched off and started...
Going into a record store for this first time in my life was a defining moment for me. It was the mid to late eighties,...
The CD longbox is a piece of almost forgotten music nostalgia. When I got my first CD player, A 6 disc cartridge Pioneer, my first...
In 1984, to compete with MTV, Disney created a series of cartoon videos to popular songs. I absolutely loved them. At the same time, it...
We are at war. And that means that the USO goes into full swing to entertain our troops. While I always read about famous USO...
I don’t know what you think, but things in this world are pretty heavy right now. Pointless wars, senseless leaders. Prices are high and morale...
I’m a researcher by trade. This means that I’m always trying to connect things together, to find meaning in the connection. I’ve always found it...
Due to my recent camera incident at Velvet Revolver, I’ve decided to do a new column entitles ‘Rock Rants’. Begin rant. With the current state...
Having just turned 27 last Friday, I decided that it would be fitting to write about the infamous 27 club. The 27 club is not...