Okay, this guy is kind of blowing my mind. I was directed to a YouTube of him covering Springsteen's "I'm On Fire" which immediately became my favorite cover of that song (not my favorite Bruce song, but I love this version). So I am exploring some of his other stuff on YouTube ( Read more... )

I can't stop listening to this. Here's Rosanne Cash with Bruce Springsteen, from Rosanne's upcoming album "The List," doing "Sea of Heartbreak." The album is a collection of songs that Rosanne considers to be essential to her musical heritage (that's how I understand it anyway); here's the tracklist per Amazon ( Read more... )

If this video doesn't make you grin big, then you have no rock & roll in your soul. Here's Bruce & the E Street Band covering "London Calling" at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London a few weeks ago. Just awesome.

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Here's a couple of really, really cool videos showcasing Nils Lofgren & his guitars. The first one talks about the one guitar of his that pretty much makes me drool every time I see it... didn't realize it was exactly my age, though! I don't even want to know how much that thing is worth. But it's absolutely gorgeous and sounds incredible. Also, ( Read more... )

Hey! I have 3 poems in the new issue of diode, and it looks like a good issue overall - go check it out if you are so inclined. http://www.diodepoetry.com/

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Discovered this one for the first time this morning. Here's my favorite little bar band, back in 2000 on the Reunion Tour in Hartford, playing a little bit of "Honky Tonk Women" before segueing into "Darlington County." Just way too much fun. And look how Bruce is all OVER the stage ( Read more... )

I haven't caught up on LJ at all and I don't even know if anyone replied to my voice post from yesterday (if it was intelligible at all!) so this is just a quick catch-up concert review post ( Read more... )

Got a humorous whale poem up in the current issue of Sea Stories online. Check it out! I love this journal.

It's based on an actual CD which I actually own. :)