A few years back I went to see a Switchfoot concert at a college nearby. At the time I knew who they were, but would not have considered myself a fan. At the urging of my brother, I went to see them. The concert venue was lousy, and there was almost no one there. Probably […]
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An App I Would Like To See
In Facebook, I have listed most of the musical artists I would go out of my way to listen to or go see. A few months back Sara Bareilles came to Wake Forest University, about 2 hours from here. I have been a big fan for a while now, and had wanted to see her […]
Lady Gaga and the Myth of Accidental Stardom
I am (obviously) not in show business or music, and so there are times when I tend to think that people that are very famous have stumbled into it. They just happened to be doing something when the right person just happened to be watching and that just happened to turn them into stars. I […]
Coldplay – Viva La Vida Live
Link: Coldplay – Viva La Vida Live I was listening to this last night and decided to share. It’s one of my favorite tracks
A Day with Spotify
Yesterday I signed up for Spotify, the music service that has been around for a while but is just now available in the US. I signed up for the Premium Service because, well, that’s what I do. I wanted the whole enchilada. The features with Premium are: You get to use Spotify on your mobile […]
Sorry, Girl Talk. I Don’t Get It
I was in Phoenix last week and had the opportunity to go see Girl Talk “live.” I say “live” because, while Mr. Talk was definitely alive, as was the arena, the music was not. I don’t mean it wasn’t a quality production, but at the essence of things, he is really just clicking a mouse […]
Christmas in October
Last Saturday night in Raleigh, my wife and I had the good fortune of taking in the U2 concert at Carter-Finley Stadium. This was my third time seeing them, the last time being in 2005 when we traveled to Philadelphia. If you have read about my experience seeing Coldplay back in August, you know that […]
Coldplay is offering their new live album for free
For those of you that are fans of Coldplay, I got a tweet from them this morning about offering their new live recording for free on their site. Here is the link: http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftright.html It is really, really good. Grab whilst the grabbing is good.
I was wrong about Coldplay
I have said for quite some time that I thought Coldplay was just another band from the UK trying to sound like U2. However, I happened to catch a live concert the other night from this old church in England that I think was filmed in 2006. I was very impressed. I have since started […]
The Police – Underwhelming
“We are the Police, and we are back!” Thus began a thoroughly underwhelming performance by the Police at the Grammys last night. I was expecting some screaming performance of “Message In A Bottle” or “Synchronicity II”, making me salivate for the upcoming world tour. Instead, it was a boring rendition of “Roxanne” that landed with […]