posted by Alex on Nov 28
Frankly, I’m a bit tired of all of these bands that release record after record just to make another quick buck. It’s soiling the music industry. That’s why it’s time to petition for the resurgence of Crazy Town. Now THERE was a band that really KNEW music. You don’t release a bunch of songs once every couple of years just to stay in the limelight. No. You write one, incredibly poignant and incisive song (I dare not mention it by name for fear of blasphemy) that every one can relate to. Put some time into your songs people. That was 1999 when Crazy Town hit the nail right on the head. Every since then, I’m sure they’ve been burning the midnight oil, eating three year old knock-off Ramen Noodles cooked in water obtained from a local park fountain, working on a new song that will aptly capture the essence of the 2000s. We are ready to be inspired once more Crazy Town…
posted by Alex on Nov 24
After dazzling the Country Music Award audience with her latest hit “Just a Dream,”Carrie Underwood went on to win her third country music female vocalist of the year award. This was also her first year as a co-host for the whole CMA ceremony. Truly it was a spectacular night for li’l old Carrie. Get your full Carrie on at her official website.
posted by Alex on Nov 17
What kinds of concerts do you like the most? One of my favorite kinds is the coffeehouse small concert. That a group will come to the local Starbucks (or better yet, the local small independent coffeehouse), is just outstanding. I think they generally like it more. Ok, they don’t make as much money, but if they really like music and like being with their audience, they wont have a problem with coming out and performing. Sometimes they actually talk with the visitors and so on. Anyway, it’s always just a much more personal, human atmosphere than in a big stadium or whatnot. It’s not quite so fun, to me, if you’re one of 20,000 people.
posted by Alex on Nov 14
As of the updated Eric Clapton tour schedule, Clapton is set to take his guitar prowesses overseas to the island of Japan, followed by Australia, followed by Ireland and England. From early February to late May, Clapton will be on the road and doin what he loves best: playing the guitar. In additional Clapton news, he’s also got a brand new autobiography coming out that no fan can be without.
posted by Alex on Nov 11
Lee Murdock has been doing his Christmas Ship Concerts for many years now. This year is the 17th anniversary and he will be returning to the site of the original Christmas Ship Concert, at the Historic Maple Street Chapel in Lombard, Illinois. The Christmas Ship was a ship in the 1800s in the Great Lakes which took pine trees from the woods up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and up in Wisconsin and brought them down to Chicago as Christmas trees. Murdock wrote a song about this and fashioned a whole program around it. He is famous for this song, as well as numerous other songs about shipping, particularly on the Great Lakes. Check out his schedule.
posted by Alex on Nov 7
Though his first album was pure brilliance and featured many inspired songs (such as the one that is him yelling out his own name for 20 seconds, followed by nonsensical jibberish), Kid Rock’s latest effort has displayed his true inability to put together a solid song. You wouldn’t think that one could sample both Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” and Lynard Skynard’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and produce a song that sounds like the auditory equivalent of a large, post-digestive Taco Bell meal, but Rock was able to ruin two perfectly good songs. Let’s just stop paying him attention and hope he goes away. If you like him, then here’s a good site for all his insightful thoughts and ideas.
posted by Alex on Nov 3
Dave Matthews has been out working for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama this fall. Last weekend, he played a concert to encourage people in Virginia to go out and vote for the Democrat on Tuesday. Previously, he’s put out press releases as well as announcing it in concerts that he supports Obama and hopes that his fans will too. His support isn’t a surprise, though. He has been working for different non-profit organizations that are predominantly dealing with causes on the left. His support will probably not make a huge difference, but perhaps he will get some more younger people voting, which isn’t a bad thing at all.
