On Monday, a friend won a free pass from KLBJ to the Wednesday night sneak preview of the Jet Li movie “Unleashed.” On the following day, another coworker won a pass from the same radio station to the same movie. They discovered that there was a surplus of passes between them, so they invited me …
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Operation Livecrime
If you have doubts about the currency, edge, and power of legendary rockers Queensrÿche, you may put those doubts to rest. Their show tonight at La Zona Rosa was pretty good. I bought a ticket a week ago and couldn’t wait; I was happy to finally be seeing them after being a fan for the …
Austin City Limits Music Festival
What you see is the wristband that gets me in the gate of the biggest music festival I’ve ever seen. In its third year, the Austin City Limits Music Festival has a lineup of bands I’ve wanted to see for some time, most notably The Pixies (touring after a decade split). After much procrastination, I …
On the Road — Twice in One Weekend
Please, have a gander at where I went last night: …and it was so nice… If not for my friend Ernie alerting me, I wouldn’t have known about the show. Hell, I really didn’t know Skinny Puppy was still around. I had thought that the band dissolved after the release of 1996’s “The Process” (one …
On the Road: Rush
The Rush concert friday night was excellent beyond expectations. After trudging through the heavy rains, the rush-hour traffic, and the hour and a half drive to San Antonio, my friend Nolan and I made it to the amphitheater an hour and a half before the show, just long enough to grab some food, do some …