Virgin Festival: A few photos

I’m smiling this morning after yesterday’s events, which included music from Cat Power, The Swell Season, Lupe Fiasco, and a Matt-pleasing one-two wrapup of Wilco and Foo Fighters back to back! Just a few pieces of photographic evidence….. Lupe Fiasco (for Todd) The mighty Wilco playing a set as the sun begins to set…. While […]

On the eve of Virgin Festival

Ah yes…..Virgin Festival 2008 is here!! We had a great time at last year’s fest, although our hotel room accomodations left a lot to be desired… Seriously though, you can’t beat a day that opens with Fountains of Wayne and Cheap Trick back to back. And, I saw a wonderful performance from Amy Winehouse – […]

Tour News: Matthew Sweet

I’ve had a Matthew Sweet post on tap for a while, that’s been holding, because I was hoping to dig up a “sweet” show that I’ve got from the tour for In Reverse. That’s going to have to wait, because that particular disc remains lost somewhere in “will I ever find all of my stuff” […]

Announcement: My new rock band.

I was talking to my co-worker/vinyl loving comrade Michael today, and he was giving me continued ribbing on my usage of “quote/unquote” in my recent Billy Joel post. After reading it originally, he had emailed me asking why I didn’t simply use the actual quote symbols. Answer: Because I didn’t want to. But it got […]