Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
In his swan song Chicago Sun-Times post earlier this month, pop music critic Jim Derogatis choose to end his time at the daily newspaper by listing his favorite concerts. It’s a question I’ve always wanted to know the answer to, so let’s see… what are the best concerts that Dero has ever seen? Digg Digg
I couldn’t stop laughing during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speeches last night after she won Female Vocalist and then Entertainer of the Year at the CMA‘s. “…I want to thank everybody for not running up on stage during this moment…,” she said as she clung to her first award of the night. Maybe it would have been [...]
Have you ever had an idea that you knew was crazy, but you still wanted to share it? And did you ever try to communicate your crazy idea with an image or photo-shopped picture, but were afraid to share your “idea art” because it look like a 3rd grader made it instead of a brilliant and mature adult mind? [...]
Welcome to Part Two as we continue to revisit my original conversation with No Air Guitar Allowed author Steve Weinberger. In Part One, we began to explore the sweaty crunch and release of mosh pits. And in Part Two we’re going to explore the mind of artists during performance by quickly crowd surfing through the mind of Foo Fighters [...]
This review originally appeared in Popmatters. They say that being in a band is like being married. Well, in the case of Lollapalooza and the City of Chicago, I would say the same goes for the relationship between a city and festival promoters, especially when they look in each other’s eyes and sign a 5-year, [...]
Well, Live Exhausters, it’s over and I’m a bit exhausted…in a good way, though. Lolla ‘08 was by far the most crowded Lollapalooza since the festival came to Chicago and the increase in attendance numbers from around 65,000 in 2006 to a sellout 75,000 each day this year was very much felt as I fought [...]
Warning: the language that Ryan Adams uses in this 2004 recorded voicemail he left to Chicago Sun Times rock critic Jim Derogatis is nasty and abusive, it is nonetheless highly entertaining, and a great introduction to this post. I love when music fans express their disgust for a live show. It’s even better when a [...]
Warning: the language that Ryan Adams uses in this 2004 recorded voicemail he left to Chicago Sun Times rock critic Jim Derogatis is nasty and abusive, it is nonetheless highly entertaining, and a great introduction to this post. I love when music fans express their disgust for a live show. It’s even better when a [...]
