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Weekly Wrap-up: Why Eating A Big Bowl of Chili Is Just Like Going To A Concert

December 5, 2010December 5, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Yesterday, before we went to the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival, I ate a huge bowl of homemade chili. It was hot, meaty and filled my belly up reeeeeal good. Speaking of chili and live music (and considering the connection […]

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Is Slurpee’s Battle of the Bands Contest Sweet Enough?

September 26, 2010September 26, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

I’m a sucker for a well-mixed Coke, mango and cherry Slurpee after a show or anytime the crave strikes, so I thought I’d share this Slurpee Battle of the Bands contest that wraps up today. And like all the other […]

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Satisfy Your Concert Contest Craving: AXE, Sennheiser, Baeble, Urban Outfitters, Levi’s & more

September 22, 2010September 15, 2011 ChrisUncategorized

We’ve been keeping an eye out for cool contests this year. And here are four more concert contests from AXE, Sennheiser, Baeble, Levi’s and Urban Outfitters featuring the music of rapper T.I., indie-rock band Deerhunter and a love for concert […]

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Are You Seeing With Maximum Pleasure At Concerts?

May 15, 2010June 15, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

When I “saw” St. Vincent earlier this year I questioned whether or not concert fans need their eyes to enjoy a concert, or if music writers really need their eyes to write a concert review. And after reading an excerpt […]

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Do You Really Need Your Eyes During A Concert?

March 10, 2010September 23, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Now, we all know that there’s more than one way to enjoy a show and that we don’t always need our eyes to help us write concert reviews, right? Spread the love…

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Can You Enjoy Live Music Without Your Taste Buds?

February 5, 2010September 15, 2011 Chris CataniaUncategorized
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    What quenches your thirst during a live concert? Is it a cold brew, an energy drink or a coke perhaps? Are you sure sight and sound are really the most important senses for concert fans? Spread the love…

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Recalling the Sounds and Smells of Aerosmith Live

July 12, 2009September 23, 2010 ChrisInterviews

How do you remember your favorite concerts?  Was it how the concert venue smelled, or was it how the music sounded? When I heard that one of my friends and colleagues was going to an Aerosmith concert a few weeks ago, I […]

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Rothbury Wrap-Up Part 2: A Sensual Collision with the Michigan State Police

July 12, 2009July 4, 2011 ChrisUncategorized

    I hope you enjoyed Part One of the Rothbury Wrap-Up.  Now here’s Part Two. It’s about my sensual backstage collision with the Michigan State Police. On Saturday night, I was enjoying a nice juicy cheeseburger and the rest of […]

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You Gotta Smell This: ScentOpera Opens in New York

June 2, 2009September 23, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

I knew I smelled something creative… Reading this New York Magazine article, I learned that over the weekend in New York at the Guggenhiem a new kind of opera opened: a ScentOpera.  And since I’ve pondered on many posts about […]

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Can Live Concerts Help the Visually Impaired?

March 6, 2009September 23, 2010 Chris CataniaUncategorized

Yes, I think so. Mainly because, in this Rocksound article, metal band Mastodon says they want to “create a more visually stimulating live show” this summer in conjunctions with their new album and tour. When I saw them at Pitchfork […]

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Songs That Speak Science: Toyko Police Club

December 11, 2008September 23, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

A few weeks ago I came across a theme within a string of several songs that sparked an idea. And this idea led me to create a new Live Exhaust feature: Songs That Speak Science. With STSS, songs–past or present– […]

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Live Fix Experiment #1: Watching Radiohead With No Eyes

August 22, 2008November 4, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Congratulations! You are about to read the results of the first ever Live Fix Concert Experiment: “Radiohead With No Eyes.” You can read more about the Experiment here. In short, during Radiohead’s 2008 Lollapalooza on August 1st, I conducted a […]

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Think You Know Your Body?

July 22, 2008September 23, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

We’ve been talking about the 5 senses for the last month here at Live Exhaust, discussing which of the 5 senses is the most crucial to enjoying live show and why. Is it your ears or maybe your eyes that […]

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Public Enemy and the 5 Senses

July 18, 2008September 23, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

 Well, it turned out pretty frickin’ good. Hearing Public Enemy performing “It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back” all the way through was much better than last year’s GZA doing Liquid Swords; mostly because of how Chuck […]

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