Out Past My Bedtime

Man, I’m tired. I’m a creature of habit, and that includes most aspects of my day to day. From the coffee I drink in the morning, to meal time most days, to writing and working on music, to exercise, to the beer I drink Fridays after work. And most importantly, bedtime. I’m in bed usually […]

2024 : The Year Of The Live Show

I saw my first concert at 16. My older brother took myself and one of my best friends to see Joe Satriani at the Embassy Theater in Fort Wayne, IN. It was the spring of 1990, so this was the Flying In A Blue Dream tour. I was a fledgling guitar shredder and Satch was […]

Joe, Steve, Mom and Me

It was almost 34 years ago exactly that on a school night my older brother drove me and one of my best friends to the Embassy Theater in Fort Wayne to see Joe Satriani live. He was touring in support of the Flying In A Blue Dream album, and this was my first concert. My […]

Hancock Live, Party Like Adults, Walking the Dog, Road To Nowhere

How often can you say you’ve seen a legend perform live? I mean, someone who’s changed the face of their chosen art? Someone who helped to define an era and influence and inspire countless generations after them? I would say for me it was once, and it was Friday night. I was lucky enough to […]

Queens, Car Alarms, Stomach Bugs…My Weekend In A Nutshell

There’s never really a great time to get sick, but the day of your first concert in a year is especially not a great time. Months ago I was lucky enough to snag a couple tickets to see Queens of the Stone Age down in Indianapolis at the TCU Amphitheater for the boy and I. […]

Bright Frights, Big City

Nearly two weeks ago my wife and I made the trek to Chicago and saw our first concert together in a very long time. I was trying to remember the last live show we saw and I think it might have been Steve Vai in October of 2016. We used to go to concerts on […]

Jan Borré Performs ‘Grayson’ Live

So in case you didn’t have any Friday plans, I’ve got a couple options for you. First, you can just go home after work, throw a Red Baron in the oven, drop a couple PBRs in the freezer so they get nice and cold, and then plop on that rickety La-Z-Boy and watch whatever pointless […]

Metavari Bring ‘Absurda’ To Life With ‘Absurda, etc’ Livestream Show On 3/26

Nate Utesch has been quietly and consistently reshaping and reinventing his long-running music project Metavari since its inception as a post-rock outfit in the mid-2000s. What began as a group of musician friends filling stages across the country with full audio/visual, mind-expanding multimedia experiences became just two friends, Nate Utesch(keys, electronics, art direction) and Ty […]

Lizard Portals And Laughing To The End Of The World

Last Friday my wife and I drove two and a half hours north to Grand Rapids, MI to see Marc Maron and Dean Delray perform at the Fountain Street Church. It was an overcast drive thru tree-covered hills and various small towns that acted as landscape along our drive on 131. Michigan wears overcast days […]

Live Music Part Three : Tangerine Dream’s ‘Logos Live’

The first time I was ever aware of Tangerine Dream was watching Firestarter. Seeing the name in the opening credits captured my imagination. It’s such an evocative name, isn’t it? “Tangerine Dream”, It’s an abstract term, but pulls you into their world in just two words. It instantly made me think “Tangerine trees and marmalade […]