Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
We’ve been exploring the wonders of Lady Gaga and her excellent live show. And I wanted to tell you how much I’ve been enjoying the new beta fan site Littlemonsters.com. As you can see by the screenshot above, they know exactly how to engage Gaga fans and I’ve been really digging the user experience and [...]
You’re in for a special treat my friends. Because, during this episode of Live Fix Radio, we’ll journey through the amazing concert adventures of Eric “Nihilist” Kolkey. So buckle up and get ready for a wild ride as we explore Kolkey’s pioneering days promoting and celebrating Chicago’s legendary punk scene, discover his sensual rituals at Vivian Girls shows [...]
So the other day I saw this tweet that Roger Ebert tweeted and I replied back to him asking him what he thought about a today’s female pop stars handling the very rowdy situation at Altamont. Well, I was really hoping to hear back from Roger. But I haven’t yet. So I thought [...]
Yes, it’s again to see what’s been happening in the wide world of concert news! A whole bunch of cool, sad and strange things have been going down these last couple weeks, so here’s another special extended Live Fix concert news round-up for your reading pleasure.
Yes, my friends, the time has come to launch Live Fix Radio! And we’re starting this new and unique podcast with a live music memory experiment and celebration focusing on The Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Grinderman, LCD Sound System and more bands that rocked live in 2010 and are currently blazing a tour trail in 2011.
Here’s another hybrid live music and running exploration for ya. This past Sunday I participated in Kohl’s “Step Up for the Kids,” which involved me and five other family members trekking up 80 floors (1643 steps) at the Aon Center building in Chicago. (photo above: they gave us cute Dr. Seuss dolls after finishing.) So [...]
Last year, we started to explore 3D concerts. And you learned how AEG Live was redefining the 3D concert experience in 2010. And now with the advent of 3D TV, it’s time to dream about the possibilities as Lady Gaga and other artists begin to unveil their live show on 3D Blu-ray, so you can [...]
Well, we made it through another year of Lollapalooza. And it was a doozey. A really fun and delightful doozey, that is. And besides taking in gobs of live music during the weekend, I also had a fantastic mega-revelation about what Lollapalooza SHOULD look like in 2011, and what festival organizers should do next year [...]
I’ve always wondered how celebrity blogger Perez Hilton throws a pre-Lolla party, so last Thursday we headed to the Hard Rock Hotel to join other fans for a late-night adventure of live rock, pop, dance and hip hop in downtown Chicago. Among other things, it was a night filled with smiling moms, electric grooves and [...]
For the fifth straight year since it became a destination festival in 2005, Lollapalooza gets ready to rock and rumble the masses along Chicago’s lakefront in Grant Park. And over the last five years the festival has only grown larger, signed bigger deals with the City of Chicago and sold out to capacity. To get [...]
Last weekend I heard a funny joke that went something like this “how do you hurt Lady Gaga? Poke her face.” Good one, eh? All silly jokes aside, I’d like to give you, loyal Little Monster, a chance to see her in Las Vegas, and maybe even call her and talk to her during the [...]
I have a two part confession to make. First, I originally intended to publish this post on Monday after the AMA’s, but it didn’t feel right. Something was missing. So I waited. The second part of my confession started on Thanksgiving when a family member pointed out some comments I had made about Lady Gaga in a recent conversation. [...]
