by lon | Sep 29, 2020 | Blog
Every week I seem to start this blog by saying something like “I’ll keep it short this week”, and then I don’t. Well, I’m going to try again… I have a cat walking on me, licking my face, and basically demanding my full attention. A...
by lon | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog
Just a few quick notes…. – I ended last week’s blog post with a joke about Kool and the Gang. Within hours of submitting it there was an announcement that the group’s lead singer Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell passed away at the age of 69. I...
by lon | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog
I’m back. There’s a good chance you didn’t even realize I was gone. I try to keep this blog light, fun, music and pop culture-centric, and maybe make a couple weak attempts at humor along the way…. I just wasn’t feeling like I could do...
by lon | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog
R.I.P Justin Townes Earle. I was supposed to see Steve Earle’s son this past April opening up for Brian Fallon. That didn’t happen because of the virus, and now it won’t. He was only 38. Sad. To paraphrase one of my comedy idols, Homer Simpson:...
by lon | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog
Just some quick (theoretically) random thoughts this week, most of which have to do with live music in the pandemic age…. we’ll see how long this is by the time I’m actually done babbling. – If you didn’t make it to the end of last...
by lon | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
Before I get to the main subject of this week’s column I have a couple quick notes following up on last week’s “Favorite Fake Bands” blog post. – After submitting what I wrote last week Susan and I rewatched “Almost Famous”....
