It was here, the day of the first show to kickoff Dead & Company’s final tour. I awoke to the sound of wind whipping at my tent. One of the tent stakes did become uprooted during the night, but the tent held up. I arose around 6 AM and began…
Concerts
Dead & Company Tour: Day 4 Thursday 5/18/23
The noise of cars from the nearby road woke me up bright and earlier. I was energized to pack up my gear as quickly as possible and get the hell out of Moab. I wanted to get to Zion early to get some good hiking in. It was a fairly…
New Music
New Music: Dinner Party – Enigmatic Society
Dinner Party is a super group composed of Kamasi Washington on saxophone, Robert Glasper on Piano, and Terrace Martin sharing duties on saxophone and production. The outfit initially formed in 2020 and released the critically acclaimed self-titled EP. Kamasi Washington is best known for his solo work on 2015’s “The…
Vinyl
Vinyl From the Vault: Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
I first came across Destroyer when their 2011 album “Kaputt” made it on several critics best of the year list. What really drove me to dig into Destroyer’s back catalog though were the singles “Crimson Tide” and “Cue Synthesizer”. These singles were released in anticipation of the 2020 album “Have…
Concerts
Dead & Company Final Tour: Day 3 Wednesday 5/17/22
I had a phone screening for a job opportunity at 8 AM, so I awoke early in my Denver hotel room. The interview did not lead anywhere. I was however happy to have a reason to be up and moving before the 11 AM checkout. It gave me time to…
Concerts
Dead & Company Final Tour: Day 2 Tuesday 5/16/22
I awoke at 6AM in my hotel room with no use of an alarm clock. It’s amazing how the human body can fall into patterns. I snagged food from the free continental breakfast, which would end up becoming my modus operandi. My go to was some sort of protein such…
New Music
New Music: KESMAR – Always Chasing Rainbows
This is my first post on new music. I plan to continue providing periodic posts on new music that I love and that falls outside the mainstream radar. KESMAR’s album, “Always Chasing Rainbows” was first introduced to me from a friend earlier this summer as I was traveling from Amarillo,…
Vinyl
Vinyl From the Vault: Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
This will be a weekly update where I contribute my thoughts on vinyl records from my collection. I love all the recordings that I will cover. I am by no means trying to be a music critic. I just want to share my memories in hopes that it inspires you…
Dead & Company Final Tour: Day 1 Monday 5/15/23
I woke up on the morning of Monday 5/15/23 and hit snooze on my alarm a few times before rolling out of my bed at 8 AM. While my last day of work was on May 5th, I had not managed to get much packing done for the trip other…
Dead & Company Final Tour: Prelude Part 2
The opening scene of the 1967 film “The Graduate” features Dustin Hoffman as a recent college grad. He is back at his parent’s home for a party in his honor. A friend of Hoffman’s parents pulls him aside from a conversation about his future to share one word with him….