Music
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Last night I salvaged the remnants of a rotisserie chicken for ramen I was preparing.
Disemboweling a corpse with my bare hands… that’s the most metal thing I’ve done in a decent amount of time. NP: The Haunted, “Hell is Wasted on the Dead”. 2 Continue reading
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“So Say We All” – Bear McCreary w/ Morgan Sorne at Gramercy Theatre, Thursday May 22nd 2025.
Image Description: Paul Cartwright, Bear McCreary, Brendon McCreary, Pete Griffin and Omer Ben-Zvi onstage, bathed in green and blue light. Not pictured: Gene Hoglan and Morgan Sorne. Image Description: Morgan Sorne onstage, bathed in purple light behind a microphone, electronic drum, and keyboard rig. Image Description: a white guitar pick embossed with the name “Bear… Continue reading
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“This is about long-term relationships, and how easy they are”, said sarcastically – Devin Townsend w/ Tesseract at the Palladium Times Square, Friday May 9th 2025.
Image description: Devin Townsend, Mike Keneally and James Leach onstage, bathed in blue and purple light, with white spotlights. Image Description: Daniel Tompkins, Amos Williams and Jay Postones of British progressive metal band Tesseract bathed in red light, with white spotlights. Image description: a Devin Townsend “POWERNERD” aftershow pass, with the date of 5/9 written.… Continue reading
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Hiromi’s Sonicwonder at the Blue Note, a medium rare burger, and an Espresso martini. There are far worse Monday nights.
Image description: Hiromi’s Sonicwonder onstage at the Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village New York. April 7th, 2025. Left to right: Hiromi Uehara, piano and keyboards. Adam O’Farrill, trumpet. Hadrien Feraud, bass. Gene Coye, drums. 2 Continue reading
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Thoughts on Dream Theater circa 2025.
Image description: the stage at Radio City Music Hall flanked by two LED screens, all with Dream Theater’s “40th Anniversary Tour 2024-2025” artwork. March 22nd, 2025. Nostalgia is poisonous, it inhibits people from living in the here and now. I try not to live in the past for the above reason – I want to… Continue reading
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A few hours with some old friends.
Image description: The marquee at Radio City Music Hall, which reads “Dream Theater – 40th Anniversary Tour – Tonight – Sold Out”. March 22nd, 2025. 2 Continue reading
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EXT. Church and Warren – evening.
I’m positively flying down the street at 7.5 mph, with the wind in my hair, grown long since the days of high school. AirPods are securely in my ears, and Alice In Chains is playing softly enough that I can still hear the road noise, traffic sounds, and the hum of humanity in southern Manhattan.… Continue reading