• David Byrne Extravaganza at Carnegie Hall (WOW what a Monday night)

    David Byrne Extravaganza at Carnegie Hall (WOW what a Monday night)

    (PHOTO BY TBR/MJB) I am smitten with all that David Byrne does. (See post from 2008 and 2013). If you haven’t roamed around his website, have a gander. Even if I don’t like the music he is creating at that particular time (there has been some un-listenable projects fur sure), his approach to sharing music is… Read more

  • Soulive’s Bowlive Annual Matinee Show is for All Ages

    Soulive’s Bowlive Annual Matinee Show is for All Ages

     Bowlive :: March 14, 2015 (matinee show) If you have kids or nephews and nieces, take them to see Soulive‘s annual matinee show at The Brooklyn Bowl.  The show starts at two o’clock and lasts 75 minutes.  Plenty of music, and plenty of scene for even the coolest 10 year old kid. The Brooklyn Bowl (owned by… Read more

  • Albert Maysles: Documentary Legend Passes

    Albert Maysles: Documentary Legend Passes

    Al Maysles (1926 – 2015) Martin Scorsese wrote… “When Al is behind the camera, there’s a sensitivity to mood, to space and light, to the energy between people in the room.  Scorsese said in another piece… “(Al) is tuned to the most sensitive emotional vibrations.” Taken in 2013 for an article on film writing (click… Read more

  • Los Lobos Struts Onstage at The Capitol Theatre

    Los Lobos Struts Onstage at The Capitol Theatre

    The last time I saw Los Lobos was at SF’s legendary Fillmore Theatre in December 2008 (click here for that story).  I was blown away with their “kick over the card table and drink right from the whisky bottle” brand of rock and roll.  This was not the MTV video “La Bamba” band so many 40 somethings with… Read more

  • John Prine & Ramblin’ Jack Elliott being interviewed by Bobby Bare 1985

    I love when Bobby Bare asks Ramblin’ Jack, considering you’ve seen everywhere in this vast wide country…where is favorite place? Ramblin’ Jack answers…right there in the front seat of my motor home…movin’. Seeing these two guys rambling about this and that…reminds me of the original Boozing’ Tunes days w Mango Man and Jazzy Jeff Stetina. Enjoy! Read more

  • Pink Floyd’s (Almost) Two Other Albums: Household Objects + Spare Bricks

    Pink Floyd’s (Almost) Two Other Albums: Household Objects + Spare Bricks

    NUMBER ONE: “Household Objects” In October 1973,  Pink Floyd returned to the studio after wrapping up their tour in support of “Dark Side of the Moon”.  The band was fried; the creative juices were not flowing. Producer Alan Parsons was at a loss and the band didn’t know how to top their recent success….so for… Read more