Performance
Springsteen on Broadway
Bruce Springsteen’s four-month residency on Broadway is an amazing combination of humility and arrogance. The tension between the humility that he brings to his life story and the arrogance required to believe that people want to hear that story proves to be a tremendous creative catalyst. After decades of performing in cavernous sports arenas and […]
Adam Ant Stands & Delivers
Adam Ant 15 September 2017 Sound Board @ Motor City Casino Detroit, Michigan Some guys just don’t have the quit in them — Mr. Ant (pictured) is one of those guys. Ever since the late 70s, when he got screwed by his first label (Do It! Records) and Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols manager) stole his […]
Joshua Tree Revisited
If I could, yes I would. If I could… I would have seen U2 in 1987 on The Joshua Tree tour. But I was finishing up my “option year” (read: fifth year) at Michigan State. They played in April at the Silverdome in Pontiac and I was getting ready to graduate. Tickets were expensive and […]
He’s the Man! — Joe Jackson Live in Ann Arbor
Joe Jackson 17 June 2017 Michigan Theater – Ann Arbor, MI The first time I saw Joe Jackson live was in the autumn of 1982. He was on tour supporting his record Night and Day. I was a freshman in my first semester at Michigan State University in East Lansing. The show was at Hill […]
The Zombies Odessey & Oracle One Last Time
Google “zombies” and you get all kinds of results pertaining to the undead that walk the earth. That is also a pretty good description for many reunion tours of tired old bands looking to cash in one more time on past hits and brand recognition. So it’s notable when a band actually called The Zombies […]
Ten Strings and a Goat Skin
Ten Strings and a Goat Skin 9 February 2017 20 Front Street — Lake Orion, MI Aupres du Poele — around the stove. That was the feel when Acadian folk music trio Ten Strings and a Goat Skin performed recently at 20 Front Street, the newly-minted performance venue in Lake Orion, Michigan. Bright, talented and […]