Archive for September 2011
R.E.M.: Life And How To Live It
I’m pretty sure I’d never seen a man wearing eyeliner, let alone one stabbing, sweating and strutting his way shirtless across a stage back lit by 16mm film of fish swimming in slow-motion. I was in the second row. Standing on my seat for two hours straight. Singing every word. Indeed, R.E.M.’s 1988 Philadelphia Spectrum…
Read MoreCasey Shea’s New LP Gets “In Your Head”
I’ve followed my pal Casey Shea every step of the way. From his early NYC days straight off the express bus from Music City, to his oversized, undefeated Undisputed Heavyweights shows, to his understated, overwhelmingly-beautiful Sundown. I’ve roped him into all four “A Holiday Benefit records (our fifth and final effort bows December 14th at…
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