Live at Folsom Prison January 13th, 2014 @ 10:01 am PST
One of my favorite albums — Johnny Cash’s Live at Folsom Prison — was released on this date in 1968. “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have […]
Hootie November 7th, 2012 @ 9:54 pm PST
Somehow I never mentioned the fact that in late November of 2006, I attended a black-tie dinner 1 at — of all things — a furniture convention 2 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and — after all the sales awards had been … er … awarded — Hootie and the Blowfish performed. It was quite surreal, and […]
Paul McCartney at The Hollywood Bowl (with Set List) April 1st, 2010 @ 7:58 am PDT
In which I get to see an amazing concert
Eloise at Hotel Cafe April 3rd, 2009 @ 8:18 am PDT
In which I go to a show
Cucina Paradiso and The Palmer Room – Los Angeles February 7th, 2007 @ 6:59 am PST
Last week my girlfriend and I had dinner at Cucina Paradiso. It’s a great little Italian restaurant that shares a building with The Palmer Room on Motor Ave. The Palmer Room is a bar / club with a tiny stage for live music; Their website is fairly bland, but the bar itself is quite cozy […]
Shotgun Blast – Von Cotton January 25th, 2007 @ 7:43 am PST
Last night was another crazy cool one in Los Angeles. The fun began with dinner on the Sunset strip: Ron Jeremy was at the table on our left and Scott Baio was at the table on our right. The service was uncharacteristically craptacular, but the food was excellent. (You can’t do much better than the […]
Von Cotton – LA Music January 17th, 2007 @ 6:33 pm PST
Got plans for January 24th? Of course you don’t. Now you do. Mark it down. Von Cotton will be live at Molly Malone’s next Wednesday. These guys are excellent. You must be there. Come see them now before they sign a multi-record contract for millions of dollars. That way you’ll get to say, “I saw […]
Von Cotton November 30th, 2006 @ 6:57 am PST
Last night Tricia and I saw Von Cotton perform at Molly Malone’s. They are an awesome new country act playing in Los Angeles. We saw them the first time at some dive honky-tonk just south of Marina Del Rey a year or so ago. Back then they mostly were doing classic country covers. Now they’ve […]
Castaneda October 11th, 2006 @ 5:26 am PDT
Last night we went to dinner at Aroma in Silver Lake and then caught a new band — Castaneda (website, myspace) — at El Cid. My girlfriend works for a music management company, so we often find ourselves out seeing new music in LA. Castaneda is a really polished act, and I was surprised to […]
Thursday Night @ the Roxy March 25th, 2005 @ 4:11 pm PST
Another Thursday night, another becky show at the Roxy. This was — if I remember correctly — the tenth Thursday in a row (excluding St. Patrick’s) that I’ve been there. This time I experienced Los Angeles parking nirvana when I got there. Not only did I get a meter right across the street, but it […]
