I headed down to Off Broadway on Friday night to join folks
primed and ready for a true potpourri of local music: One-man spazz show
Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, retro-pop power trio Blind Eyes, the
bartender-meets-Brit-prep of the Hibernauts and the shiny, neon synth-punk
theatrics of the Makeshift Gentlemen.
The turnout was impressive, considering the cross-town
competition of Pomegranates, Ocean Rivals and the Mhurs at the Bluebird. (How'd
it go?) (SYYR)
Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship's s
What a weekend we just had. Decent weather, little precipitation, about 30 concerts around town and lots of football and pot-culture on Sunday. A big weekend all around, which might be why this weekend wrap-up is coming a little after noon. Forgive me.In case you missed it, here's what went down over the weekend."Ladies of Lumiere" Calendar Release PartySlide ShowOn Saturday night, the 2009 "Ladies of Lumiere" 2009 calendar was released at the Hotel Lumiere. Steve Truesdell brought back these ph
Today, Bruce
Springsteen releases Working on a Dream, his sixteenth studio album. To mark
the occasion, writers Steve Kozel and Christian Schaeffer had an e-mail volley
over the merits of the new work.
Steve Kozel: Working On A Dream
starts with the eight-minute Western epic, "Outlaw Pete," which
chronicles the life of a man seemingly born on the wrong side of the law.
Springsteen lays this plain in the first verse with all the hyperbole of a good
ol' fashioned tall tale: "At six months old he'
