Last night we were fortunate enough to see Robert Plant and Alison Krauss play in one of the best live music venues in the country The Santa Barbara Bowl.  Those of you who haven’t had the pleasure or the luck to see a show at the Santa Barbara Bowl are missing out on a […]

The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely

April 27, 2008 | Comments Off

I am a Jack White fan. He is one of only a handful of modern day rock musicians with both chops and talent. His playing style is simplistic, tasty and big, just my type of guitar player. The Raconteurs is a side project of his with fellow […]

Vampire Weekend

February 11, 2008 | Comments Off

Its been quite a while since I posted anything up here.  It hasn’t been due to a lack of new music or great thoughts but more a lack of time.  Between a full time job and launching The Floppy onto the world there hasnt been much time left over for bloggin’  But with the introduction […]

Ryan Adams to play The Arlington

November 27, 2007 | Comments Off

It’s fantastic that Ryan Adams and the Cardinals are playing Santa Barbara BUT (and I never thought I would say this) they should be playing the Lobero instead of the Arlington. The Arlington while bigger and much better looking, sounds absolutely horrible. Sound bounces around that place like a gymnasium with a […]

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sands

November 27, 2007 | Comments Off

What a gem this album is. Raising Sands is a complete and utter surprise. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this odd ball collaboration and when the results were pipped through my stere0 I gained new found respect for both Robert Plant’s vocal and musical abilites as well as Alison […]

  One of the best things that can happen while on a business trip is to have a favorite band play a show in the town you happen into on a given night.  Last Tuesday that is exactly what happened when I saw that The Kings of Leon were playing an non-sold-out show in Vegas […]

I was in Vegas on Tuesday and saw that the Kings of Leon were playing with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at The Joint in the Hard Rock.  I have listened a few times to the Black Rebels but they never really struck me as hearty.  Neither new or invigorating their music seemed to lack […]

Spoon has eluded me for a few years. I had heard bits and pieces of their work over the last few years but none grabbed my ear as their latest release Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Rolling through a history lesson of rock Spoon sounds like a lot of bands while still […]

It started our rather subdued, grew into a electric fueled love fest and finished high on the mountain of sentimentality. Stevie Wonder’s visit last night to the Santa Barbara Bowl was fun albeit a little dull. His band took a few songs to get their groove as the impromptu tour […]

Wilco played an epic show at the Santa Barbara Bowl last night. Rolling through a 2 hour set with the maturity and musicianship that only comes from years and years of being on the road. Jeff Tweedy and gang were astoundingly good and completely at ease in their new found role […]

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