remnants: Talk About A Dream - Ed Vedder with the E Street Band, CAA, E. Rutherford, NJ, October 13, 2004

"hello everyone, hello New Jersey. Bruce asked me to do this song, and since he’s the boss and I’m the employee, here it is.”

remnants: Big Star's Third, March 26, 2011

Big Star remains the mythical beast it was when I first heard about them in the 80s, and rightly so.

Notes on PJ Harvey: Cathedral Theater, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, 9-28-24

What on record is deep and multilayered becomes a living, breathing organism onstage

remnants: The Replacements, West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, September 19, 2014

For my second Replacements show in a week, tonight we are in Queens.

Scattered thoughts on John Mellencamp at Pine Knob, 9-15-24

I did not expect to enjoy his set as much as I did.

On the Little Steven Documentary, "Disciple"

The question I kept asking myself when thinking about the documentary was, "Why does it matter?"

music book review: Chris Stein's "Under A Rock"

It's memoir szn

New music, new book: Masha Marjieh & Steve Wynn

New music from Masha Marjieh & a memoir from Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn

The Gaslight Anthem, Detroit, MI, 9-1-24

we were always waiting for something to happen.

Three Minute Record: Jackie Wilson, "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"

Mr. Excitement!

On Oasis & Band Reunions

By the time this publishes tomorrow Noel and Liam Gallagher will have likely announced that Oasis is reuniting.

remnants: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band,The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, October 20, 2009

Everyone who wasn’t at Philly #4 wants to shoot themselves.