Low Cut Connie live, Columbus, OH, November 19, 2024

Rough fuckin' week in America / I wanna throw my haircut against that wall

remnants: Welcome to the Occupation, R.E.M. at MSG, November 4, 2004

Let’s put our heads together/and start a new country up.

"a fighting prayer for our country" - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Toronto, November 6, 2024

Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't.

Why Bruce Springsteen's "Road Diary" works so well

What Road Diary does particularly well is unpack how Springsteen works his magic.

Heartbreakers Beach Party

What’s unique is that Heartbreakers Beach Party gets to exist in a vacuum.

On the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2024 Induction Ceremony

The Rock Hall matters because it matters, but they have got to do better.

LONG LIVE THE MC5: the MC5's history in Southwestern Michigan

"While I do not intend to take such radical steps such as boycotting the Hullabaloo, I will never again spend $2.50 to see these guys."

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.