Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Back around 1999/2000, I live in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was fantastic, but one of the things I’ve never talked about was the massive used record shop that city held. I’m not sure why, but tons (literally, huge shipping containers) of CDs and other music stuff would show up at that place every few weeks. I [...]


My knowledge of Irish music is a little deeper than “hey, U2 is from Ireland, right?” but even so, I’m not sure where The Saw Doctors stand in the pantheon of Irish music. That said, if they aren’t heroes in their own land, there’s a little secret I’d like to let you Irish folks in [...]


Woohoo! I just bought tickets to see Yonder Mountain String Band at City Hall in downtown Nashville. This is in addition to the TV On the Radio show I bought tickets for a few days ago. Unfortunately, I had to use Ticketmaster. So, for $40 worth of tickets, I ended up paying $62.50. That’s more [...]


I’m finally going to get to see TV on the Radio live. They are playing at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville in March. I’ve already ordered the tickets. I really up they live up to the hype in my head.


I set out yesterday across the state to visit Athens, GA. My plans included catching a R.E.M. tribute show at the 40 Watt. I was looking forward to seeing Five Eight, Patterson Hood and Modern Skirts play the songs of R.E.M. Five Eight has long been my favorite band, second only to R.E.M. Patterson Hood [...]



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