Browsing Category: Music

  • Night Ranger: November 15, 2024

    I was a little nervous going into this show. Last time I saw Night Ranger, almost exactly a year ago to the date, I came down with my first case of COVID!! Nothing to worry about this time. I didn’t catch any communicable diseases. 🙂 The crowd was pretty dead, but Night Ranger puts on …

    November 17, 2024
  • Back to Hawaii in “Boys of Summer”

    I don’t even know where to begin with this… Cari and I saw the Eagles at the Sphere in Vegas on Saturday night. (Incredible show. You all know how much I love them.) Our seats were down on the floor, 9th row — great spot to see the band’s faces up close, but TBH not …

    November 11, 2024
  • September 4, 2024: Def Leppard, Journey, and Cheap Trick

    I knew all along I was gonna go to this show. I also knew I’d be going alone. But I waited and waited on buying my ticket. I kept checking Ticketmaster every couple days for probably 2-3 weeks. Every time I checked, there was this one seat, all by itself, in the front row out …

    September 5, 2024
  • August 18, 2024: Foo Fighters and Pretenders

    I felt like more of an observer last year when I first saw Foo Fighters in Spokane, so I was looking forward to being more of a fan for this show in Seattle. Sean came with me for this one — his first time seeing the Foos. Fantastic show. They have such a great fanbase. …

    August 19, 2024
  • August 13, 2024: Van Hagar/Halen and Loverboy

    Whenever I’m thinking about going to a show that I think Sean might want to see, I’ll ask him to confirm my suspicions. So when this show was announced — basically half of Van Halen (Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony) with legends like Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham — I had a feeling he’d want …

    August 14, 2024
  • May 28, 2024: Pearl Jam, finally

    As a rock fan who’s lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1994, you’d think I would’ve seen Pearl Jam not once, but several times. And you would be wrong. I think I’ve said before: In the ’90s, I was so far up U2’s arses, I had no interest in all these other great bands that …

    June 1, 2024