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Watch This: Sound Opinions Screens The Last Waltz

November 7, 2011November 7, 2011 ChrisUncategorized

Continuing our exploration of classic and contemporary rock documentaries, here’s a great chance to hangout with our friends over at Sound Opinions for a 35th anninversary celebration screening of the Last Waltz at the Music Box in Chicago. Join Jim DeRogatis and […]

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Do You Like It When A Band Experiments With Your Favorite Songs During The Show?

June 2, 2011June 4, 2011 ChrisUncategorized
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The live music experience is full of mythological stories. And one of my favorite tales is the infamous show where Bob Dylan “plugged in” for the first time at the Newport Folk Festival. As we’ve explored before with one fan’s […]

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What Do You Remember About Nirvana, Lollapalooza and Classic Moog Moments?

February 26, 2011February 26, 2011 ChrisUncategorized

These last few days, I’ve been catching up on my Sound Opinion podcasts, and I have a few highlights and concert memory gems to share about Nirvana, Lollapalooza and the live history of the Moog synthesizer. Spread the love…

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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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Sound Opinions Screens Classic Concert Doc “Don’t Look Back” At Music Box Theater

November 29, 2010August 16, 2011 ChrisUncategorized

There are few moments where I can say my life was forever changed after watching a concert film. And at the top of the list is watching D.A. Pennebaker’s 1967 rock doc Don’t Look Back which captures Bob Dylan during […]

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Freaky Friday Treats: Live Concert Downloads, Moogfest 2010, Sound Opinions, World Series Playlist…

October 29, 2010November 8, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Boo! I hope I didn’t scare you. Anyways, it’s Friday and that means it’s also Halloween weekend. So here’s a quick post full of sweet treats (minus the tricks.) So let’s dig into these free live concert downloads featuring Moogfest, […]

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Loyal Slayer Fans Armed With Scalpels At Live Shows?

October 15, 2010October 16, 2010 ChrisInterviews

It is true that metal fans are often crazier than the band? Are metal fans more prone to behaving badly than other concert fans? Let’s start the weekend off right and see if this is true by looking at how […]

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Paying Tribute To A Surprise Peaches Conversion

March 14, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

Recently, my brother Ken and I were hanging out playing Wii and I had Peaches’s Impeach My Bush playing on my laptop as we swung virtual golf clubs and knocked down digital bowling pins. Then something unexpected happened. Spread the […]

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Do You Know What A Concert Is?

February 6, 2009 ChrisUncategorized

On a lazy afternoon, a few weeks ago, I was flipping through cable channels and I went from watching the Sundance Channel’s intimate sessions of the Live from Abbey Road series to watching live concerts filmed at venues with hundreds […]

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Johnny Cash: Live Folsom Follow-up

August 20, 2008November 9, 2010 ChrisInterviews, Uncategorized

As promised, here’s a follow-up to last week’s Johnny Cash post, involving a little extra journalist homework. I sent email queries to both Jim Derogatis and Greg Kot and so far I’ve only heard back from Kot. He quickly responded […]

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Sound Opinions: The State of Clubland and Johnny Cash Live

August 13, 2008November 9, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

I’ve been waiting for the right time to merge Live Exhaust with a radio show that I’ve enjoyed for several years and has for the last two weeks discussed two excellent topics that are perfect litmus for Live Exhaust. Sound […]

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