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Birthday, Etcetera.

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Last year I had said that I don’t really like to make a big deal out of my birthday and that’s still mostly true. This year, all we did was travel out to Gwinnett to visit my parents and take the girls to a fun Halloween party and see some old friends. The [...]

Paramore, Paper Route, and Copeland

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Maybe I don’t feel bad about being the only adult in a room of screaming teenagers (well, other than the parents that brought the teenagers) because there is something more to Paramore. Oh sure, they are teenage punk and angst and all that. But where other bands have a lot of style and [...]

U2 at the Georgia Dome

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

“Intimacy”, quipped Bono as he looked up at the gigantic props on the stage. “That’s what we’re going for.”
In a paradoxical way, I can see what they were going for. The gigantic spaceship like structure was so big that it played an optical illusion and made the cavernous Georgia Dome seem not so [...]

50 Bands I’ve Seen In Concert

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Here’s another fun meme from Facebook. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you’ve seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head.
I haven’t tagged anyone, but feel free to do your own!
1 Over the Rhine
2 [...]

Day 4: Rain, Rain On My Face

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Rain fell hard last night so many tents were flooded and washed out. The rain slowed down a little bit, but it didn’t dampen spirits too much. By the end of the day, the infamous “mud children” i.e., kids who couldn’t resist sliding through the mud and walking around covered head to toe [...]