Royal Crescent Mob (1990, Hall Auditorium, Miami University) I don't remember this concert, or this band. Royal Crescent Mob was the midwest's answer to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Unfortunately, nobody had ever asked that particular question. I went because I was working with one of the organizations sponsoring the concert. I can't even remember… Continue reading Long Live Rock, the Nineties, Part I
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Long Live Rock, More Eighties
I'd forgotten at least one concert in the eighties: Ray Charles (1989, Millett Hall at Miami University) This was a Parents' Weekend Concert, my first semester at college. My parents came and Ray Charles was late. That's about all I remember: the concert started something like an hour late. Ray Charles must have sang "Georgia… Continue reading Long Live Rock, More Eighties
Long Live Rock (Be It Dead or…)
For some reason, I've been wanting to make a list of every rock concert I've ever attended. Not that there have been a lot. I was never a big concert goer, which makes the handful I've been to all the more interesting to see listed. (Yet, as I start thinking about this list, I keep… Continue reading Long Live Rock (Be It Dead or…)
The Evil Democracy
Here is a lesson in ironic juxtaposition: A freeze-frame of President Bush delivering his State of the Union address, with the closed captioning scrolling the words "THE EVIL DEMOCRACY." The Evil Democracy (Larger Image) / Posted to Flickr by kunja. Ironies abound in this photograph (which I found on the Flickr Bush cluster). First, obviously,… Continue reading The Evil Democracy
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