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Music is tough to make money on. There are ways to do it, like playing supper clubs for a handful of bucks at the end of the night and the proper placement of a fancy tip jar. A good musician can make bank doing that. But it’s hard work, and they’re on the road a […]
Acoustics. “Did you hear that band last night?” He said. “Barely. Just noise. Is that a noise rock band?” “No, that’s just a straight rock band. It’s the place; it’s a dump. They’re going to be playing at the new place that just opened up on State. I’m sure the acoustics are better there.” “They […]
Marijuana – Illegal Friend, Legal Stranger It was 2007. I was writing my second book and was on my maybe fourth joint, pardon if I switched the order of the two. So I’m in a market in Colombia with my side character and his little brother, and shots rain hails of gunfire and the kid, […]
The Rock and Roll (Hall of Fame) Circus. I have a confession to make. I love the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In particular, I love it twice a year: early February when that year’s nominees are announced. And three months later, when the “winners” (and, by extension, also the “losers”) are announced. Not […]
Outlaw Country. Two pearl-handled six-shooters rest in front of the dressing room mirror, framing a liter of dark amber bourbon and a pile of cocaine that may very well have given birth of the euphemism “skiing.” A young Waylon Jennings stared into his reflection: a rough man, haggard as Merle, the road and the crushed […]
Tales from the Land of Zider Zee. Many of us remember or at least read about, the British Invasion. Hell, every time we log onto any social media site there’s a bombardment of pictures of The Beatles and The Stones. They and a slew of other bands from Jolly Ole England were responsible for putting […]
People attend open mic evenings for myriad reasons, be it networking with other musicians, workshopping new material, overcoming the fear and anxiety of performing, or simply to listen to local artists in a highly personal environment. No matter what your rationale might be, Thursday night open mic at Rustic Barn should fit the bill. The […]
Joe Lovano and Ralph Lalama. I’d like to pose a question to you, the reader? If presented the opportunity to see Eric Clapton and Joe Bonamassa or John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon or Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan in a one time only performance, on the same stage, at a club in the capital […]
Garage Rock Democracy. It’s on eleven, duct-taped so that no one can turn it down. The drums need new heads but the drummer’s broke, so they’re gonna ride those warped heads out. They have little music theory and all fierce passion and inexhaustible energy and they can’t wait to land the biggest stage to headline […]
She dreamed of that big, fat, record deal. He dreamed of a shelf full of awards, twin Pulitzers front and center. He dreamed of highbrow people with martini glasses talking culture before his exhibit in that gallery, you know, that gallery. But them found themselves knocked off their ladders by ornate gates with not so […]
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