One of the country’s great arena rock venues meets its demise starting today as The Spectrum in Philadelphia meets a four-ton wrecking ball. At noon, Philly’s mayor and Spectrum officials
Ten years after One For Woody, late bassist Allen Woody’s musical family re-assembled at New York’s Roseland Ballroom for Another One For Woody. The emotional high point of the evening
[Originally Published: July 20, 2010]
In a room like this? With you? No way.
Way.
Warning: this edition is hidden in a game that features hedged bets (or is it hendged?).
If you’ve been with this trip this far, you know I don’t summarize, define, illuminate or underline the plot of a particular featured film. Instead, in glorious metaphysical critspeak, I see how the hidden truths of the written word, or sublime sound of the work, speaks to the multiple concepts of good and evil, time and space, and audio and visual.
Pretty much anything is possible here, and that is eerie, too, as the hypnotist, with perfect bedside manner, casually suggests, “Just imagine something pleasant.” And so he does—the universe inside and out…where some arrive, falling from a great post-progressive height, or is it Arriving Somewhere…yes, indeed, this week’s hidden Hidden Flick.
But …we’ve hidden our Hidden Flick in a hidden and dark trail of hidden clues, phishing for clues (Trickster God Alert), with dastardly false clues like a forest, filled with trees:
The ethereal pages of the mythical tome contains symbolic passages on certain pages, when translated into the correct series of words and imagery, that produce infinite levels of interdimensional conquests, and ultimately lead one back through the door, the Rhomboid vortex, indeed, back HOME.
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Allman Brothers Band performing at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA 11.18.10.
Continuing on the path to preview their entire new record for fans, The Dears are embarking on a series of webcasts that will premiere songs from their new album, Degeneration
John Popper, the iconoclastic frontman of Blues Traveler has signed with 429 Records where he’ll debut a brand new project, JOHN POPPER AND THE DUSKRAY TROUBADOURS. The result of a
While old-schoolers bemoan the demise of the long-player in the iTunes era, Magnetic Island go back to the future on their debut EP, Out at Sea.
Earlier this year, a casting call leaked for a “secret” collaborative project between indie-rock darlings Arcade Fire and director Spike Jonze – later described by Win Butler as “a science-fiction
That favorite holiday weekend is coming up, so sit back and celebrate with Volume VII in the Stormy Mondays Acoustic Mix series. Far and beyond the jammiest version to date,
Kicking off this month’s edition of our look at the month in photographs are a couple shots from Halloween. The first one is an amusing photo of Bill Nershi of the String Cheese Incident, face to face with his pint size replica at the Hampton Coliseum on Hulaween. Apparently an enterprising photographer snuck the little guy up on stage, giving everyone a good laugh. You can check out tapes from the evening on the archive and livecheese.com
[Bill Nershi w/ Barefoot Billy, photo by Chris Monaghan]
A review of the last few weeks wouldn’t be complete without a nod to Phish’s triumphant three night celebration in Atlantic City. Whether it was the Zeppelin and Little Feat covers, the outrageous costumes by the fans, the late night shows or all night parties at the Tropicana, a great time was had by all. Perhaps too good a time in one case.
[Phish at the Shore, photo by Seth Eisenstein]
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