For being a record hot week in Kansas City, Friday night was a bearable ordeal when it came to the temperature. With regard to the music, however, the evening was a much more hospitable affair. It was an eclectic lineup for sure. As an opener, the Crash Kings got their due with the early crowd [...]

Few things get me going like a good outdoor summer concert. What was once about the escape from the rigors of academia has now turned into the sweet and sweaty release from the grind of 9 to 5. And in Kansas City, outdoor summer shows don’t get a much better unconventional venue than the City [...]

Some say Apocalypse Now. Others say Blue Velvet. A few might even say Speed. Concerning Dennis Hopper, for me it was always Easy Rider. Funny story I heard about that flick was that Crosby, Stills & Nash offered up “Find The Cost Of Freedom” for the violently abrupt closing sequence of that film to Peter [...]

I’ve been a fan of Austinite singer/songwriter Bob Schneider for quite some time and a quick tweet this morning from my buddy @jharr totally reminded me how much I dig this guy’s work. But alas, I’ve been slacking on my duties as a fan and failed to realize that he has a new disc out, [...]

First off, props to my good friend Chris Riebschlager (of the816.com) for this link. Secondly, this whole rant by Chris Weingarten hits me with the force of a gut punch. As a former hack freelance music critic, I like to think that I wrote from a place that harbored a genuine love for music that [...]