The Palladium, 14th Street…1979, my second-ever arena concert—Van Halen—touring behind their second album. I played that LP to death and had a feeling they would open with “Light Up The Sky,” my favorite track. In those days, set lists were a big surprise; apart from radio, you didn’t hear much about a show unless your […]
It fits right now that spring pushes out new birth and renewal. The weight of the present proves more telling than any end-of-year wish or resolution. Backed up by the call of summer, spring let’s you visualize beyond any immediate context of events.
The young ones typify a continual recycling of practice and motion. This week, […]
Francis Dunnery was once again invited to perform at the historic house on Harvard Avenue of Ray and Maureen Heffernan, his third go-round on Staten Island. This time he featured tracks from his Tall Blonde Helicopter record from 1995. It deals with Dunnery’s transition from major label rock stardom with his band It Bites to […]