I can’t remember what I was watching exactly, it might have been an episode of the U.S. version of The Office, but in the background I heard the lyrics “you’ll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley.” It was a line and melody that I hadn’t heard in a while …
The other day, a coworker of mine and I were discussing concerts coming to town this year. In so doing, he mentioned that he was thinking about going to see Rammstein in September but was still on the fence. I told him that I had purchased a ticket awhile back for this show, encouraging him …
I saw that Limp Bizkit is playing a show tonight in Ontario, CA, relatively close to where I live. I was really going back and forth on whether to pick up a ticket or not, as I’ve never seen them live before. In the end, I decided to pass and save some cash; it being …
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance. Though dedicated to the memories of those that gave their lives in the service of the military, the holiday got me thinking about some of the musicians that have recently passed away as well. Last week, Alan White, longtime drummer for the band Yes, succumbed to illness, joining …
For as many years as I’ve lived in Los Angeles and as much as I love rock and roll, I’ve never been to the Whisky a Go Go, the world-famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip. A friend of a friend is actually roommates with a woman who used to be one of the go-go dancers …
Regardless of how many fantastic songs I hear, I am always amazed at how a single great melody can really carry a song on its own. I think one genre that kind of exemplifies this is doo-wop. If the lead singer’s line isn’t engaging enough, there’s usually not a lot of other instrumentation that can …
My drum set accompanied me to the dorms when I started college in ’99. I got away with playing them a few times but ultimately had to find an alternate place to my dorm room to set them up. Thankfully, my uncle lived within a couple of miles of where I went to school so …
Clutch Cargo’s was an old Gothic church in Pontiac, MI that had been converted into a music venue, and the first time I went there was in 1999 to see Tricky. A buddy of mine at the time was into him and had given me some stuff to listen to, which I dug, so we …
Today is another day of birthday cheer for my family. My aunt Debby, the only aunt I have and a big part of my life when I was a youngster, caps off one more trip around the sun. When I started school and both of my parents worked dayshift, my aunt would drop off my …
I don’t know if it’s the front cover of this Bobby Charles album, the overall feel of the song that I chose, or a combination of the two, but listening to “Small Town Talk” just makes me think of simpler and quieter times. Another previously unknown discovery as I went about my business at work, …