...you get a kick-ass 3D poster of Kiss' "Love Gun" LP ( Read more... )

Cheesy but fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdVW4A1_la4

Last year, my folks moved to a small town 75 miles east of Nashville. We visited them last week for Christmas. On a rare day off from family (in)activities, Kristy and I visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in N'ville where I was reminded of the following ( Read more... )

I've had the Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man documentary/concert on my DVR for months. Finally got around to watching it. This performance blew me away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDlMdu2gjw

Saturday night I saw Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings at one of my favorite local haunts. My ass is still sore from all the shaking.

Tomorrow I take Ed McMahon on a mini-press junket to promote his appearance at my performing arts center this Saturday.

Ask me tomorrow which was more fun.

( Read more... )

(warning: I suspect that only musicians -- and precious few of those -- will find this even mildly interesting)

For years I saw the 4x12 cabinet as the ultimate in poser overkill. Heavy, awkward and just too much gear for a small club, the 4x12 (usually a Marshall) would none-the-less emerge regularly from the touring vans of scruffy, hard rocking ( Read more... )

Saturday night K and I found ourselves in two of San Diego's biggest party districts: downtown (where we went to a Haunted House) and Hillcrest, SD's gayborhood (where we went to see a friend's band).   As  I'm sure you can imagine, I saw the 'sexy' version of every  predictable Halloween costume: sexy cops, sexy nurses, sexy witches, sexy teachers ( Read more... )

Just saw this movie, and I’m all over the place on it.  Forgive me for doing this notebook style, but I’d love to hear what others thought.

I knew from the trailer that this would be a heavily stylized movie.  Julie Taymor isn’t subtle, and God bless her for it.  Some may find her style over the top, but I love it.  The choreography, costumes, ( Read more... )

If you're in Northern California, have the time and means, and don't go to this show, then you are dead to me:

http://www.bridgeschool.org/events.html