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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 […]
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 […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]