Author Archive
17 Oct 2011
Album Review: Mayer Hawthorne – How Do You Do
Get ready for a musical experience that will take you back to early 70s Detroit. Close your eyes while listening to How Do You Do, the second full-length from Mayer […]
14 Oct 2011
Bootleg Bin: Jazz Butcher – Bob & Anne’s Wedding Reception
Simply unbelievable. Pat Fish (aka the Jazz Butcher) and his partner in musical crime Max Eider were somehow convinced to play a September 19, 1997 wedding reception. They did so […]
13 Oct 2011
Bootleg Bin: The Rolling Stones – Record Mirror, Vols. 1 & 2
I recently interviewed Bill Wyman; that feature is coming soon. In my research for the piece, I’m reading Wyman’s autobiography/history Stone Alone. That got me thinking about this collection of […]
12 Oct 2011
Vignettes from the Two of a Perfect Trio Tour
Part of my recent experience seeing the Two of a Perfect Trio show in Knoxville TN had a fly-on-the-wall quality to it. A few vignettes stand out in my memory, […]
11 Oct 2011
The Men (and Woman) Who Would Be King (Crimson): The Two of a Perfect Trio Tour (Part Two)
In Part One I laid out a potted history of King Crimson, with an emphasis on how that chronology led to the current Two of a Perfect Trio tour featuring […]
10 Oct 2011
The Men (and Woman) Who Would Be King (Crimson): The Two of a Perfect Trio Tour (Part One)
When is a band King Crimson and when is it not? While this perhaps isn’t the question of the ages, it’s an issue that looms large when presented with an […]
07 Oct 2011
Indie Roundup: October 2011 (Part 2)
Here’s another in my occasional series of “review roundups” in which I take a quick look at a stack of CDs that has found its way onto my desk. Each […]
06 Oct 2011
Indie Roundup: October 2011 (Part 1)
Here’s another in my occasional series of “review roundups” in which I take a quick look at a stack of CDs that has found its way onto my desk. Each […]
05 Oct 2011
CD Review: Hotel Lights – Girl Graffiti
Here’s a possible recipe for success. Start with a three-piece band that enjoys mega success in the 1990s. At the height of their success, they break up, and the drummer […]
04 Oct 2011
DVD Review: The Ballad of Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople are one of those bands from the 1970s that are often tarred with the epithet “second string.” Neither purveyors of a long series of mega-hits nor (quite) […]