04/15/10

Music Tuesday April 13 Edition: Todd Snider, Loud & Rich

More good stuff on the horizon this week. Let's get to it.

Thursday, April 15
Todd Snider with Paleface at the Visulite
I discovered Todd Snider in 1994, when, while "finding myself," I was working at a record store in Eastland Mall. The store manager, a funny dude who was a dead ringer for Weird Al Yankovic, announced that I had to hear a song, and he put in a Todd Snider CD. The song was a sendup of the Seattle grunge scene and not, I would come to find out, a completely typical Todd Snider song. Not that there is a typical Todd Snider song. Later, in an interview, he told me that his songwriting hero was John Prine, and I can see that. Snider writes funny songs, sad songs, story songs. He writes fast songs and slow songs. All carry a... Read more »

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04/12/10

Three Blocks of Bearden

While I'm waiting for my Center City basketball park concept to catch on (momentum is building ... slowly), I thought I'd offer another free idea to help make this city more interesting.

This one is inspired by an article in The New York Times on four blocks of Picasso exhibits:

"Two exhibitions within strolling distance provide access to an eye-popping 327 examples of Picasso’s etchings, aquatints, lithographs and linocuts. This total is probably more than can be seen in any other four-block area on the... Read more »

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04/07/10

Music Tuesday April 6

Missed last week due to some hairy magazine deadlines, but back at it this week. I hope you've figured out that although I call this segment "Music Tuesday," the actual publish day is a bit, um, fluid. Not too many shows on my radar this week, but here are ones worth checking out:

Thursday, April 7
Pico vs. Island Trees at Evening Muse (late show)
I don't know the band is called that, and I'm not going to look it up. A bit twee if you ask me. But I like their sound. It's got a classic pop ring to it--somewhat radio-friendly actually. I could see XM or Sirius in particular going crazy over these guys. Seeing them play the intimate Muse should be a treat. You can preview Pico's newest record below. Do I detect a slight Commodores... Read more »

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