Category Archives: Music
Championship Soccer And Music: A Pretty Decent Wednesday [Me]
On Wednesday, I essentially dispensed with work as of 1 p.m. My first distraction was the Champions League Final between Manchester United and Chelsea. As a ManU fan, it was a roller coaster ride of emotion–should have been up 3-0 … Continue reading
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April is 80s Month: Van Halen [Music]
Whereas Holly was less than exuberant when I asked her about going to the Bon Jovi concert a couple of weeks ago, she was very in on going to last Thursday’s Van Halen Reunion concert at the American Airlines Center. … Continue reading
Suprisingly, Not Half Bad [Music]
Over the last year plus, Holly and I have been to a number of great concerts: Clapton, a failed attempt to see Harry Connick, Jr., Tesla, Ben Folds/John Mayer (Ben was great opening; Mayer, eh.), The Killers, Queens of the … Continue reading
Band Of Horses At The Palladium [Music]
On Saturday night, Holly and I went out on the town. First, we had dinner at Cremona’s Bistro, a quaint Italian restaurant in Uptown. Holly has been looking for a great Italian place for a long time, and I’d heard … Continue reading
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80′s Excess And 2007 Entertainment Favs [Me]
A few months ago I realized that I was on pace to read a lot of books (about 50) this year. Soon thereafter, other events intervened, but I ended up finishing my 45th book last week. The book? James B. … Continue reading
Teens, Clapton, And Slow Pain [Books]
When we got back from Nevis more than a month ago, I realized that I had read 40 books in the first 42 weeks of the year. But after reading several books that week, it took me a while to … Continue reading
QOTSA Rocks Dallas [Music]
Queens of the Stone Age came to Dallas–the House of Blues, specifically–on Sunday night. Holly begged off claiming she was too tired following our late Thursday night with The Killers and various other energy-draining engagements. Boy, did she miss out. … Continue reading
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Four Months And A Day Late: The Killers Concert [Music]
Last night Holly and I went to the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie to see The Killers–and passed through the intersection where The Crash happened exactly four months and a day earlier. Neither of us said a word until we … Continue reading
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A Sad Day–At Least In My Juvenile Mind [Technology]
Yesterday, it finally died. After more than 2 1/2 years of excellent service, my 60GB iPod Photo played it’s last song and showed it’s last photo. I was, in 2004, resistant to joining the Apple/iPod fold, so I opted first … Continue reading
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Mayer Folds It In [Music]
So let’s try this again–successfully driving to a concert, that is. Last time, it didn’t go so well (the Tesla concert doesn’t really count because I could see the venue from my office and there wasn’t really any concert traffic … Continue reading
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