My Musical Adventures

“People usually complain that music is so ambiguous; that it is so doubtful what they ought to think when they...

I took a wrong turn and am flying around the hills in an unfamiliar part of LA blasting “Over the...

I had fun on the boat, but, boy, did it feel good to be seeing a show on solid ground...

I have this thing where I’m really attracted to stuff that both excites me and freaks me out. So when,...

I braved the rain for my first GRAMMY event of the season….Bon Jovi at the Paramount Backlot. You can read...

As I worked on preparing all of my coworkers for me to be incommunicado for a full week, vacation brain...

I have a piece up on GRAMMY.com about the Alice Cooper show. I am forever challenged to keep my writing...

First I had Henry Rollins tickets, and then Dethklok/Machine Head was announced. Got those, and then Soundgarden was announced. Ladies...

“Our minds bend And our fingers fall Entwined, we dream I know Time shifting We discover the entry To other...

“As I lay to die the things I think Did I waste my time? I think I did I worked...

I’m at the tail end of a long list of metal shows I threw on my calendar when I arrived...

At this point, there really isn’t much more I can write about A Place to Bury Strangers, except that, even...

“I bite my lip. I buy what I’m told: From the latest hit, To the wisdom of old. But I’m...

It was Halloween, and I was Lydia Deetz: I’ve already written about this Lamb of God set for the GRAMMY...

“I Am The Night, A Silent As Shadow Bound By The Crave Of Human Flesh Blood Crazed, With Vicious Abandon...

Emerging from a grim locale in the…Hollywood Hills, two girls in corpse paint crawled into a menacing….camaro and drove in...

I gotta say, there’s nothing like leaving the house looking like this: …and getting picked up by two chicks that...

I wrote about The Darkness for the GRAMMY site…you can see the edited version of what’s below here. Haha. I’m...

I’m walking from my place down Argyle, past the douchiest of douchey clubs. Hordes of women teetering on heels that...

I zipped into the Whisky and around the crowd to the corner of the stage just in time for Threat...

In the dark, cavernous space that is the Viper Room, I listened to the amazing guitar tones coming from Pelle...

I think I had maybe been living in LA for two days when this event popped up. There’s no better...

“Where’s the rest of your troublemakers?” OK, you know you go to The Rainbow too much when The Bouncer recognizes...

You will never understand what Madonna meant to a little girl unless you were born around 1980. What’s above is...

“Where am I?” As I navigated a new part of LA, I asked myself this question….but I already knew the...

“This is your chance… Revolt, Resist! Open you chest, look down, reach in. Shedding your skin, showing your texture. Time...

“This is the end, Though I saw it coming before we went to bed, No I never could be the...