On a beautiful balmy Thursday evening on the second official day of summer, the solstice just a day prior… the longest day of the year brought to Boca Raton, Florida a scene you don’t see every day. Amidst immaculate architecture in pinks and yellow pastels as only Boca can pull off… there is an amphitheater… Continue reading Phil and Friends | Boca Raton, FL
Thanks for waiting to read about the best part of Wakarusa! The best three shows of the festival lay here in the second half of the review. In this section, I want to tell you which bands earned my top three ribbons of the festival. Please keep in mind that I could not possibly see… Continue reading Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival 2006 Part II
In 1996 Nada Surf was on top of the world. Their hit single, “Popular” was an anthem for depressed high school students. The song served as a painstaking guide book to teenage popularity. They had a major label record contract and were destined for greatness. Fast-forward 9 years and the mainstream music scene had basically… Continue reading Nada Surf | The Weight is a Gift | Review
“There’s nothing better than a music festival in the heartland of the country,” said Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band on the festival’s last day. Even though I can think of some things that are better, there is a lot of truth to this statement. Despite its sputtering start with heightened police threats, and… Continue reading Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival 2006
Whatever you might have heard through the music grapevine about the infamous White Iron Band from deep in the North Woods of Minnesota is probably true. Though Minnesota nice is real, these bad boys aren’t called Minnesota’s music outlaws for nothing. They carry a reputation for being hard drinking and always eager to settle a… Continue reading The White Iron Band
In a town that has produced acts such acts as Prince, Soul Asylum, Semisonic, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and a host famous musicians, it is easy to get lost in the shuffle of the Minneapolis music scene. OK, it’s not L.A. or New York, but outside of that it is arguably one of the… Continue reading Backstage with God Johnson
I can only distinguish the months by the he that he has become. Now, he is an actor who plays a bartender at night and has replaced the mid-town businessman who reminded me of my father. It is 4am I am sound asleep dreaming of personalities that take form in other bodies. In… Continue reading Fallings
Vince died Friday, June 2nd. He played keyboards with the Grateful Dead from September 1990 – August 1995. Though he received a lot of criticism during his tenure, Vince was a loving, happy guy who played his heart out with the band. Grateful Web sends our thoughts to his family and friends. Thanks for your… Continue reading Vince Welnick Died Friday, June 2nd, 2006
After already beginning this project I decided to start to document my progress. The idea was to display my many years of Grateful Dead ticket stubs… the earliest from August 1984- Jerry Garcia Band at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia, PA. For some reason I no longer have my first show tickets… which is… Continue reading Michelle's Dead Ticket Stub Project
