Patti Smith, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, March 11, 2026

"“I’m trying to look 68."

Richard Lloyd Trio, Lager House, Detroit, MI January 12, 2026

Richard Lloyd was in town tonight, and it felt like a message from the home country, back before we had email and flying cars in our pockets, when you needed to talk to someone from another place to find out about that place. The last time I saw Lloyd he

new book - three chords and blessed noise: a patti smith tour chronicle

The tl;dr - I wrote a short book about the five shows I saw on Patti Smith's Horses 50th anniversary tour and you can buy it now! buy paperback!buy the ebook In November, Patti Smith & her Band went out on the road for the 50th anniversary

remnants: "The Ritual of 'Horses'"

I know these songs. I know them. They know me.

Elvis Costello & the Imposters featuring Charlie Sexton, Royal Oak Music Theatre, October 9, 2025

They leave him half way to paradise They leave you half way to bliss

Chasing History: Chuck Mitchell and Mitch Ryder

When I was in my late teens/early 20s, one of the worst pieces of advice I ever got from “older” folks -- not my parents or that generation, but people maybe 5-10 years older -- was to not bother going to see older artists. This was the late 70s/early

pilgrimage: Visiting Kent State

in honor of Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder

Neil Young & the chrome hearts, Pine Knob, August 13, 2025

live music is better | bumperstickers should be issued

Daniel Lanois Trio, Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario, July 11, 2025

The Daniel Lanois Trio played two nights at the Aeolian Hall in London, Ontario, an ancient and gorgeous venue a two-hour drive from Detroit that is apparently one of the top 10 halls in Canada, according to the CBC. It was an intimate space with great resonance and that

IT’S NEVER OVER: JEFF BUCKLEY

if you love his music you should see this, and if you don’t know what I’m talking about you should definitely watch it.

the number of shows you have seen is the world's most uninteresting fandom metric.

We all need to work to end the annoying habit of asking people at a concert how many times they’ve seen the artist. 

ONE TO ONE: John & Yoko | YOKO by David Sheff

I have a pathological need to identify every location in NYC that appears in a film or tv or random photo, so when the first shot of ONE TO ONE : JOHN & YOKO appears on the screen, out of focus, fuzzy, zooming in on a crowd of people, I immediately