Concert Reviews
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.
Concert Reviews
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
Concert Reviews
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.
Concert Reviews
The Gaslight Anthem, Detroit, MI, 9-1-24
we were always waiting for something to happen.
Concert Reviews
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.”
Concert Reviews
X, Masonic Temple, Detroit, July 16, 2024
Your phone's off the hook, but you're not
Patti Smith
Detroit honors Patti Smith
It will rise from the ashes.
Concert Reviews
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 4, 2024
It was also this moment of, I know the words to this, I know this, it is in my bones, it is my history.
Rolling Stones
Notebook dump: the Rolling Stones, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 2, 2024
I wrote a review of yesterday's Rolling Stones show in New Orleans for Variety, but I thought I'd do a traditional notebook dump of the unfiltered thoughts here.
Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline: Dylan at Brooklyn Bowl, March 26 & 27, 2024
have you seen Dylan's socks / they got wings, they can fly
Patti Smith
YEAR OF THE WOOD DRAGON: Patti Smith and Friends, Bowery Ballroom, February 10, 2024
"It was only supposed to happen once."
Remnants
remnants: DTK/MC5 : Northsix, Brooklyn, NY, July 29, 2005
REST IN POWER, BROTHER WAYNE