16 Jan 2010 2 Comments
The following is a recently found piece I wrote for a fan site, detailing my first-ever rock concert experience: BS 2000 and Le Tigre at Honolulu’s Pipeline Cafe on February 22, 2001. BS 2000 was Beastie Boy Adam “Adrock” Horovitz’s side project; Le Tigre was former Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna’s band. Horovitz and Hanna eventually wed in 2006.
[ Read More → ]
23 Dec 2009 No Comments
So as you may know, I spent December 10-15 in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, to watch my favorite band Muse perform at two different radio station holiday festivals. Here are the highlights from that memorable weekend.
[ Read More → ]
02 Sep 2009 No Comments
A week ago today, I was in Los Angeles, roaming around in “the world’s largest independent record store,” Amoeba Music, sifting through vintage rock posters, walking among aisles of CDs and vinyl records… and brushing shoulders with director Michel Gondry.
Oh right, ’twas Hollywood.
Vasthy, Liz, Christina and I had just come from eating dinner at Hard Rock Cafe on Universal City Walk. At Amoeba, we were all exhausted but willed ourselves to get lost in the music – literally. I mean, it’s why we were all here.
[ Read More → ]
19 Aug 2009 2 Comments
Last week, I won tickets from BAMP, a local concert promoter, to see No Doubt’s second show here – their last one of the tour. Although I’m not a huge fan of theirs – I had a brief No Doubt phase when Tragic Kingdom came out; I was ten – I figured it’d be nice to go to a concert when your tickets are complimentary! So together with Tracy, who I met at the Franz Ferdinand gig in Tempe, we went to the show.
[ Read More → ]
26 Apr 2009 2 Comments
Here’s a five-minute video/slideshow I made commemorating our Arizona trip to see Franz Ferdinand.
[ Read More → ]
