Monday, June 27, 2005

LIVE 8; cynic in me speaks

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LIVE 8 sounds so promising. The list of notables just keeps growing. Just today they announced Alicia Keys, Toby Keith, the Black Eyed Peas ...
Thursday, June 23, 2005

Rusting, fading away

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No, I'm not dead. But I have been away for a spell. I was actually out of commission because of health stuff, including a painful proced...
Thursday, June 16, 2005

Coldplay's latest lives up to hype

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Since picking up Coldplay's "X&Y," it suddenly dawned on me. Although there are many talented groups that can produce stro...
Monday, June 13, 2005

No surprise: MJ walks free

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If you are a celebrity in America, you can get away with anything. O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake, and now Michael Jackson. With jurors having ...

The verdict is coming

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The world waits. Within 20 - 25 minutes, the cat will be out of the bag. We will know whether Michael Jackson, a one-time icon who couldn...
Friday, June 03, 2005

News and notes for Friday

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Some quick thoughts go into the first weekend of June. Andrew McMahon, Lead Singer of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin, Has Been...
Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Steve Winwood

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I was asked to cover Steve Winwood last night, Tuesday. It was a last minute thing and I was at the show until almost midnight and had to ge...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Live 8

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By now, everyone with any kind of passing interest in pop music has heard about the upcoming Live 8 series of shows being organized by Bob G...
Thursday, May 26, 2005

Is Anyone Listening?

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Can we be honest here? I tuned into Yahoo’s online Adult Alternative radio station today. Things started out great; heck Coldplay’s “Speed o...
Tuesday, May 24, 2005

All Music, all the time

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Well, I not only survived, I thrived at the 8th annual Doheny Blues Festival in Dana Point over the weekend (May 21-22, 2005). I saw many gr...
Tuesday, May 17, 2005

A Week's Worth awaits

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Hello all, I have not blogged this week. But that doesn't mean I've been quiet. Make sure to get the Orange County Register on Wedne...
Thursday, May 12, 2005

iPod, Cellphones; what about the music?

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All over the internet news sites today, much is being made of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates talking about Apple's iPod maybe not having ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Doheny Blues Fest; it's coming

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Although the 8th Annual Doheny Blues Festival doesn't arrive until May 21 and 22, I am already swamped writing a trio of preview stories...
Sunday, May 08, 2005

Another magical night

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On Friday, May 6th, I had the thrill of seeing headliner Aimee Mann and opener Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket fame) at the Hollywoo...
Friday, May 06, 2005

Recovery almost complete

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Believe it or not, I am catching up on my sleep post Coachella. Last night (as in Cinco de Mayo), I went to Martini Blues to catch a fine ni...
Thursday, May 05, 2005

2005 Coachella - If only Time Travel was possible!

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Wondering where I've been? I'm still dizzy and wiped out from a wonderful, inspiring and fun-filled weekend in Indio. You know, that...
Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Oops! Now that is a mistake!

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This blog thing! I admit it, I screwed up. In my post I talked about a talented singer that joined Greg Markel & company on stage last F...
Monday, April 25, 2005

An unlikely reunion

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For those of us old enough to have caught shows here in Orange County, CA both the 1980s and 1990s, there are two bands that put on shows as...
Tuesday, April 19, 2005

That ain't news!

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I used to have a great editor at the Orange County News that was brutally honest. If you pitched a story and he saw it as mere "P.R....

That ain't news

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I used to have a great editor at the Orange County News that was brutally honest. If you pitched a story and he saw it as mere "P.R....