February 1985, Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Fla. Concerts aren’t good places to go on dates. A good show wants you to be an active participant, and for me, a concert is
Video: fun. “We Are Young”Video: fun. “We Are Young”
fun. performs “We Are Young” before the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Fla. on Dec. 30, 2017.
GarbageGarbage
April 1999, House of Blues, Las Vegas, Nev. I have XM radio because terrestrial radio is mostly terrible (why so much Steve Miller band?). On XM I have a couple
The DecemberistsThe Decemberists
September 2005, House of Blues, Orlando, Fla. When I was a kid, I discovered bands through the radio. I was fortunate to live in a town where the college radio
Death Cab for CutieDeath Cab for Cutie
October 2004, Revolution, For Lauderdale, Fla. There was, for a brief period of time in the mid-aughts, a Sub-Pop musical uprising, where it seemed like every band worth listening to
StingSting
October 1985, Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Fla. There is no musician who has taught me more than Sting. I was not aware of Nabokov, or what the term muckraking was, or
Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3
March 2007, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga. I first came across Robyn Hitchcock in 1985 after hearing “My Wife & My Dead Wife,” still one of the weirdest songs I’ve ever