“If life is but a dream, then wake me up.” Like the song “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”, from Queens of the Stone Age’s GRAMMY-nominated …Like Clockwork, December is the time when we start reflecting on the year. Was this a good one? A bad one? So-so? Rock music’s still in a rocky period; we may […]
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It was a cold December day, and I was standing on a step at the corner of the El Rey’s stage. As the sand in the hourglass of the year 2013 trickles through, I stood there reflecting on the year. I woke up at the beginning of ’13 so burned out- writing about 100 shows […]
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I have never lost my appetite for new music as I’ve gotten older; my tastes may have sharpened, altered, and gone underground at times, but I have never veered far from the first rock records I coerced my mom into buying me. Every year for the past 5 years, I have analyzed how the GRAMMY […]
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Well, I finally got to write about my favorite band for GRAMMY.com! I left the unedited article before, as a lot of words had to come out of it for that piece. I remember looking forward to this weekend in Vegas for 6 months, and it’s hard to believe it’s over. But I left this […]
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Well… this feels weird. It was 3:30am on a drizzly Tuesday morning in San Antonio, TX, and I was standing at the checkout counter in front of an umbrella, a poncho, and a box of wine. The cashier looked at me and said, “Ma’am, you can’t buy that after 2am.” It takes me a second […]
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You can read my post on GRAMMY.com. …and the next morning I flew home on Southwest and Duff and his wife were on my flight!
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If only all shows could be this easy. Exit plane. Take cab to hotel. Thrown bags in room. Take cab to venue. Get handed a pass. Walk through the backstage door that says “Slayer Everything”. Go up to VIP balcony. Rock out. Get a tap on shoulder from a friend asking if I want to […]
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“Sometimes I feel very sad Sometimes I feel very sad (Can’t find nothin’ I can put my heart and soul into) Sometimes I feel very sad (Can’t find nothin’ I can put my heart and soul into) I guess I just wasn’t made for these times” ~”I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times”, The Beach […]
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You can read my piece on GRAMMY.com!
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You can read my piece on GRAMMY.com!
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It was Monday night, at that time of year where hot and cold battle each other in the air, and the sun going down earlier imbues some primordial instinct on you that you should stay in your cave. Not me. Echo Park’s downtown-meets-neighborhood vibe looked like a weekend hangover as I wrongly maneuvered my way […]
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“3 shades of black We all like metal and Whiskey! Livin’ Hard and chasin’ down Hell. We’ll never give up on what we have because the darkness gives us our thrills.” ~”3 Shades Of Black”, Hank Williams III I shimmied my jeans on and tugged on my boots. As I got in my car to […]
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“She wears a halo of ashes Specter on the wind Waits on me so patiently I no longer can pretend Tomorrow my thousand miles behind Face painted in the moon below Wake me where you find me Pretend you don’t know I been a long long time away…” ~”Halo of Ashes”, Screaming Trees This would […]
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“SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!” This is what I wanted to yell at people through about 67.75% of this show; reminding me why I generally like my shows LOUD. It drowns out the rest of the world, but most importantly, the conversations; at this show I could tell you what kind of drunk drama was going […]
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“Sensual awakening Numbing feeling’s dead Conception’s romanticised Synthesized broken hearts to bled” ~”No Love Lost”, Carcass I was holding tickets to see Depeche Mode the same night as the Carcass show was announced for; but since a) Carcass is a bucket list band I had never seen, fitting into my year plan for checking off […]
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You can read the edited version of my piece on GRAMMY.com, or the unedited version below! I have always been a dancer. From ballet classes to jazz and tap, sock hops to proms, nightclubs to raves; one band has always been there somewhere on the playlist: Depeche Mode. There was a cool breeze as the […]
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My piece for GRAMMY.com can be found here. A few more things: -This was ‘musical adventure’ number 666 for me…on Friday the 13th. -3 hours to get there and 3 hours to get back (including 1 hour stuck in the parking lot) = I’m never going out there by myself again. -Walking through the parking […]
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It had been a while since I had made the voyage eastward to the dingy but somewhat charming Vex. As the giant face that adorns the front of the venue came into view, so did the long line of people. It had also been a while since I’d been to a goth show, and walking […]
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Sometimes you wake up in LA and the city suffocates you. Beyond the smog, we’re a city of passionate people, folks trying to make it in about every dark niche of every form of entertainment one can imagine. And when you’re trying to make it with your art, you’re selling yourself to live. So sometimes, […]
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Check out my piece on GRAMMY.com. I will also never return to this venue if I can help it.
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