Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
Yes, Grouplove has passed the live music test. And I have to give a special thanks to my cousin Matt for winning our Metro/Bears/Packers bet and wisely selecting to see Grouplove as his first concert at Metro. Ever since Matt picked the show I’d been digging Grouplove’s tunes on their debut release Never Trust a [...]
Happy Mother’s Day! One of my favorite songs about a son expressing his love and appreciation for his mom is Tupac’s “Dear Mama.” I can’t say that I relate completely with all the lyrics, but the universal emotional sentiment that Tupac expresses is spot on. And that’s what makes the song transcendent and eternally awesome. [...]
Tomorrow we’re excited to have the chance to continue several Live Fix explorations as we tune into “The Switch,” which according to the press info, is a YouTube musical live streaming experience where you can choose between two musical acts based on your mood at the time – energizing or [...]
Yes, it’s amazing what our imaginations can dream up before technology can make it happen. I say this because when I let my imagination run wild during my Adventures of Johnny Rawkwriter experiment I wrote about the first concert in space where the venue would allow you to re-experience or venture [...]
It’s Friday the 13th and we know all about the strange and superstitious fears of live music. But what about the development of our fears? I ask this because I’ve noticed that many fears and superstitions we have when we’re younger no longer have the same power over us as they once did. And, [...]
Yep, we love exploring concert movies that capture the essence of the live music experience. And we’re excited to share the news that LCD Soundsystem‘s Shut Up and Play the Hits will be arriving in theaters this summer. James Murphy and company wanted to go out in the spirit of the Last Waltz. And [...]
Got a fun video for ya. Besides being highly entertaining, I love this video because it takes us deeper into our Looky-Loo and other emotional experiments to explore one of our favorite live concert behavioral topics. Kudos to Brandi for sharing her story and getting us to think more about how we do, or don’t, [...]
We know you love live music. So, during this episode of Live Fix Radio, we invite you to cuddle up with that special someone (or your favorite live album) and join us as we explore the intimate details of our ongoing, and highly addictive, love affair with the live concert experience. Subscribe via iTunes. Show [...]
After I heard the sad news that Whitney Houston had died I thought about a couple things. First, I wondered how we would respond to it as a community of live music fans. Would it be like how we responded to Michael Jackson’s death? Or Amy Winehouse? Or other artists who’ve died? How [...]
Yes, even rock stars get nervous. And as Van Halen gets ready to rock once again, one band member got vulnerable with fans during a smaller, more intimate show at a historic venue. As Pollstar reports, Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth and the band took the stage at the Cafe Wha? in New York [...]
For some reason, 2011 seems to be the year during which concert photographers have made unfortunate headlines for being the victims artist stage rage. The most recent headline-making episode went down on Wednesday night in New York as photographer Rebecca Smeyne explains what happened in her account of the incident with Matisyahu via Papermag: …After 12 [...]
We’ve been cruising along with the new Live Fix Radio podcast and every time I talk with a fellow concert fan for a new episode I’m always so pumped after our chat. I freakin’ love hearing about all your live music stories! That said, we recently met up with Eric “Nihilist” Kolkey who’s in [...]
Ah, memories. It’s one of the reasons why we love going to concerts. And during our recent Weezer concert adventures I recorded the video above, and ever since that night I’ve been wondering about and exploring how our brains and concert fan emotions have been processing that unforgettable moment. For starters, I found this interesting Science [...]
Continuing our exploration of the primal connection between one of my favorite TV shows and live music, I’d like to share a moment that happened during tonight’s season six episode of Dexter. Two characters, Dexter’s nanny Sonya and her gamer boyfriend Louis, were supposed to go see the Avett Brothers live for a date [...]
