SEX, SIN, AND SUPERIOR VOICES Jaws dropped, fingers pointed, and gasps were unavoidably released, while the audience’s eyes were left slightly squinting at the opening of LA Opera’s ... Continue Reading →

COPING WITH COPELAND COPELAND AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES Normally when you go to see a band of a younger generation, there is usually the ever-wonderful problem of stage volume syndrome.  ... Continue Reading →

KODO-CHROME THE KODO DRUMMERS COME TO UCLA The Kodo Drummers have been touring and performing around the world for a number of years, and every time I had the opportunity to see them…I ... Continue Reading →

WHEAT IT, BALLY! Garbage, Sheryle Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Brown, Victoria Williams, Keb’ Mo’, the Martinis (featuring Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David ... Continue Reading →

GOD NAMM IT – THE 2007 NAMM SHOW If not for anything else, the NAMM Show (once known as the National Association of Music Merchants, now representing the International Music ... Continue Reading →

SWIFTNESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS RICHARD SWIFT AT SPACELAND I’m a huge fan of the Secretly Canadian record label.  They put out some of the most unique, sonically amazing ... Continue Reading →

PRODUCER BUTCH VIG: BEAT IT, WALLY Difficult it is to cope with a friend struggling with the depredation of Cancer.  Every day is painful for the sufferer and those who bare witness ... Continue Reading →