While there are many bands I simply must see at Lollapalooza 2009, there’s a few that I’m avoiding like the plague. I’ve been listening to a mix of the Lolla artists for the past few weeks in preparation for creating my schedule and here’s a few artists that are like nails on a blackboard whenever [...]
Four days to go and it’s time for me to wrap up planning my itinerary. I’ve been going through my CDs and downloading albums from eMusic to make a playlist of artists to ramp up on for Lollapalooza. While there are a handful of bands I’m definitely seeing (Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, [...]
If you’ve seen my tweets, you know that I just got back from Australia to see Brian Eno play live as the finale of the Luminous Festival he curated. The trip was great and I’m sure I’ll write more about over the coming days, but I thought I’d jump to the heart of the matter [...]
For twenty years I’ve been interested in Brian Eno and have wanted to see him live in concert. I suppose it began when my dad played Eno/Byrne’s “The Jezebel Spirit” for me as a kid. Years later after having some CDs stolen in a break-in, I had the opportunity to spend about $500 of insurance [...]
Since the weather has been decent for a few days, it’s got me thinking about this coming summer. I sadly am not going to Coachella this year, although I will be watching highlights this weekend over the web. But no worries, there’s plenty of other music I am looking forward to this summer. The Kills/The [...]
It’s the beginning of January and to be perfectly honest, it’s like I had forgotten I even have a blog. Here’s what I’ve been up to: Cooper Update The past 7 months since baby Cooper was born have been a bit of a blur. The beginning was a shock to the system, but over the [...]