Thanks to A being on top of all things music in middle Jawja, she got us tickets to last night’s Toad the Wet Sprocket’s “fifth annual reunion farewell tour,” according to frontman Glen Phillips. They were good, but I wish they had some new stuff to perform. Seriously, it felt like I’ve heard it all [...]
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Ben Folds and the Fishes
Yesterday, we spent the morning touring the Georgia Aquarium. The weather was still rainy from the night before, so this was a perfect time to look at fishes and take some photos. Speaking of the night before, we saw Ben Folds at the Tabernacle. It was a great show at one of my favorite Atlanta [...]
New Music Site
Via Glen Phillips. Bandcamp is pretty dang kewl. It’s a music service that has music available in many forms, including Apple Lossless and FLAC, downloadable directly from the site. All tunes seem to be free of that DRM crapola, so the musicians here don’t think we’re criminals. What’s Bandcamp? From their FAQ: We’re a publishing [...]
To P-town
This video is a few shots I took with the Flip on the drive out to Provincetown last month for the Norman Mailer Society Conference. I took the Flip meaning to film much more of what will probably be my last time in Provincetown, but I only remembered to use it on the way in. My bad. I did get photographs.
David Byrne in ATL
The evening of September 20, 2008, was a cool night at Chastain Park Amphitheater, and I’m not just talking about the weather. David Byrne, he and his band dressed all in white on an equally austere stage, opened with his latest single “Strange Overtones” from his collaboration with Brian Eno, Everything that Happens Will Happen [...]
Last Month
A little video I forgot I took at the Steely Dan concert in Atlanta. My wife’s birthday present to me were two tickets. They played only their classic tunes — nothing from the last couple of years. It was the best show I’ve seen in a while, despite the oppressive heat. Thanks, again, A; I [...]
Maynard Ferguson
On of the clearest memories that I have from childhood was a night at the fairgrounds. It was early in my seventh-grade year, and I had decided I wanted to be in the band. I had also decided on the clarinet for my axe. I’m not sure why, but it probably reminded me of a [...]