I am officially old. Over the years my love of attending live music has centered on the performer. What a concept, right? I attended the first and third Lollapalooza concerts because of the lineups as it traveled between cities. These days a ginormous Lolla stays in Chicago’s Grant Park for several days with throngs of …
Within the last decade or so major league baseball stadiums have piped in player-selected songs when the batter approaches the batters box. The practice then spread to the high school level. When my son played varsity ball as a junior I noticed to my chagrin that all but two of the players chose a song …
[Updated 01/27/2015] San Dunn wrote and directed a series for VH1 called “Metal Evolution.” In the series, he traces various subgenres of metal, e.g., Nu, Black, and Progressive. So Mr. Nunn starts his exploration into prog metal by tracing roots to Yes, Genesis and King Crimson. He then tracks to Rush; specifically, Caress of Steel …