Ratatat’s tour touting their new LP3 album blazed through Hollywood for two nights this past week (I attended the second). The trio put forth their unique sounds with a playlist heavy on LP3; no complaints here. It’s likely to round out as a top 5 album of 2008 through these ears.
     The keyboard, guitar, [...]

     Trans Am opened up for Polvo this past Labor Day weekend at the Echoplex in Echo Park. It was the second show since Polvo reunited after a ten year hiatus.
     A week before the show I randomly went to Trans Am’s myspace page and learned of the tour. I thought I was seeing things. [...]

     It’s almost lunch time on Tuesday and I’m hungry. I mean really hungry, so hungry that my stomach is growling. The abdominal symphony builds and builds until the floor starts to shake. Then the walls are shaking. Then my whole office is shaking. Wait, that isn’t from my belly; it’s an [...]

     It’s been nearly 20 years since I first saw The Kids in the Hall television show, which quickly became my favorite of all time. Finally, this past weekend, I got a chance to see them live when their “Live As We’ll Ever Be” tour blazed through downtown Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theater. [...]

     This past Monday was the day that our wonderful country held its annual celebration of independence from the motherland of Britain. This past Tuesday I announced my own independence . . . from the mother-company that represents my current employer! I have officially resigned from my Pennsylvania anchor, leaving me to sail free [...]