Holy crap!! The Zappa Plays Zappa tour is coming to Raleigh!!!! Usually I have to drive 3-400 miles to see anything remotely decent. I was so bummed when I missed them last year when they played in Asheville.
I am SO there!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 10, 2007 – 7:45 pm
Oh man. Oh man. Oh man. Look at this set list!!!!!!! Found this on the NME site.
Good Times Bad Times
Ramble On
Black Dog
In My Time Of Dying
For Your Life
Trampled Under Foot
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
No Quarter
Since I’ve Been Loving You
Dazed And Confused
Stairway To Heaven
The Song Remains The Same
Misty Mountain Hop
Kashmir
Whole Lotta [...]
November 30, 2007 – 3:50 pm
Knee deep writing some jQuery Ajax code today and I have my MP3 player fired up….
My first record (yes as in vinyl) was Cheap Trick’s “Live at Budokan”. I can remember bringing it home, unwrapping it and plopping it on my folks ancient TV/HI-FI set. Firing up the volume I promptly blew out [...]
October 11, 2007 – 4:04 pm
What a crazy week!
Last weekend I went to Myrtle Beach to see Megadeth! Dave and crew put on an awesome show. Checkout the Megadeth site for some great concert videos! I’m sure I lost a bit more hearing but it was well worth it
Turns out [...]
Les Paul is on PBS tonight - featured on the American Masters.
If you like guitar - you must watch! His influence on the modern guitar and multi-track recording is inspiring.
And best of all - he’s 90 and still jams.
April 16, 2007 – 12:58 pm
Two guitar related items:
Air Guitar Nation - this looks hilarious. I need to find out if this is playing anywhere nearby - I dig me some air guitar!
I also noticed that Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) has a solo project out now called The Nightwatchman. It’s acoustic (!) :
Musician and political [...]
Tom Scholz has a post on the Boston site regarding his memories of singer Brad Delp.
There are very few vocalists out there who leave a mark and Brad Delp will be one of them. It only takes a second to hear the trademark soaring guitars and then that vocal comes in and… it’s Boston. [...]
March 17, 2007 – 10:26 pm
Van Halen = Best Rock Band. Ever.
Velvet Revolver = Worst Band To Play Van Halen Tribute. Ever.
Watching the R&R Hall of Fame inductions on VH1. Who the hell picked Velvet Revolver to play? Ugh. It took me a few moments to figure out what they were playing. And Slash - get [...]
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