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Bruce Springsteen’s Tour de Force August 12, 2024
LONDON—I have seen rock ‘n’ roll’s past, and its name is still Bruce Springsteen. I have seen Springsteen half a dozen times over five decades, indoors and outdoors, with and without the E Street Band, from the rafters and from the side of the stage....
Nine Observations on the Avant-Garde August 08, 2024
Some time back, I was invited to attend a concert by an up-and-coming avant-garde band. These musicians were hellbent on disruption and mayhem, proving their transgressive credentials at every turn.My companion that evening was a well-known jazz musi...
Inside the Booming Business of Punk Rock's Past August 05, 2024
In November 2008, the New York branch of Christie’s held an auction devoted to punk—a first for the centuries-old purveyor of rare art and relics. The collection featured gems like a copy of the earliest Sex Pistols’ press release and the poster for ...
The Curious Case Of The Underselling Arena Tours June 14, 2024
Josh Anderson has been a Black Keys fan for over a decade. He fell in love with the band as a high schooler in 2007. But in April, when tickets for the blues-rock revivalists’ North American arena tour went on sale, Anderson realized he wouldn’t be a...
Book Review: David Bahsen's Essential 'Full-Time' June 03, 2024
An old friend from college is part of a family that until recently owned a very large retail operation with stores throughout the Midwest. A few years ago the family sold the business for a price that could be measured in the billions.In the past, fa...
I Once Dissed Journey in a Concert Review. I Wrong. April 05, 2024
In August 2006, I was working as an arts writer for a newspaper when my editor sent me to review a Journey/Def Leppard concert at an outdoor amphitheater in suburban Salt Lake City. Thanks to the internet, I recently dug up my review.“If this had bee...
