Browsing Category: Music

  • Bryan Adams, October 5, 1985 in Philadelphia: Concert review

    Nevermind that it’s the summer of 2017 right now. Close your eyes and transport yourself back to 1984-85. Think of what you heard on local radio stations and saw on MTV. You might eventually think of Bryan Adams, whose Reckless album came out in late 1984 and spawned hit after hit after hit after hit. …

    July 17, 2017
  • A 25th Anniversary Mixtape Playlist for Cari McGee

    Today I celebrate 25 years of marriage to Cari McGee, the most wonderful human being God ever made. There were times when it didn’t look like we were gonna make it 25 months, much less years, but here we are thanks to God’s grace and a lot of hard work to make our marriage work, …

    November 2, 2016
  • My U2 Fandom Captured In A Painting

    It’s hard to imagine that someone could capture my U2 fandom (and other fandoms) in one painting, but that’s exactly what my friend Kelly Eddington managed to do. What you see above is a gift given to me by the @U2 crew just moments before our 20th anniversary party began last month in New York …

    August 30, 2015
  • Let It Go

    At the few shows on U2’s current tour where they’ve played “Bad” — a song in which “let it go” is one of the key lines and ideas — Bono tells the audience something along the lines of, “This is a song about surrender. Whatever you’re holding onto, whatever you need to let go of …

    July 3, 2015
  • My Favorite Album of 2013

    Talk about a landslide. Promises by The Boxer Rebellion was easily the best album of 2013 for me … and also the only physical CD that I bought all year, I think. Did you have a favorite album from 2013??

    January 1, 2014