Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Pittsburgh, PA, August 15, 2024

Welcome to the opening show of the North American leg of the 2024-2025 Springsteen Tour. Hot damn.

remnants: return to the scene of the crime - little steven’s underground garage festival, August 14, 2004

“You better fucking rock you assholes, you’re holding up the Stooges.”

I want my MTV

what was it like having a 24-hour music channel suddenly beaming into your living room?

books, books, books

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I CRIED, MISS MAY DOES NOT EXIST, MIA ZAPATA & THE GITS, UNDER A ROCK, and HOW WOMEN MADE MUSIC

remnants: MAGIC, PART 2: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Madison Square Garden, October 18, 2007

“Are there any lovers out there tonight?”

X, Masonic Temple, Detroit, July 16, 2024

Your phone's off the hook, but you're not

pilgrimage: No. 10 Cedarwood Road & Mount Temple

If we see how close we are to places where something happened we might begin to believe we could be one of those people. 

mixed bag

Free The Remixes, We Are Lady Parts, an oral history of the Stone Pony, and more

travelogue: ireland part 2

Part 2 of an exclusive post for paid subscribers.

travelogue: ireland part 1

Bits and bobs from my first week in Ireland, exclusively for paid subscribers.

The Patti Smith Quartet, Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland, 27 & 28 June 2024

If she has taught us nothing else she has taught us how to continue to walk with the dead.

remnants: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, 24 March 2009

I love the rehearsal shows, because they are rehearsals. Some are more polished, some are leaning towards a train wreck.