Music
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Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City – Waitress: The Musical in American Sign LAnguage by Deaf Broadway.
Image Description: A stage set up at Damrosch Park with the cast of “Waitress: The Musical” at night. Wednesday, July 23rd 2025. 2 Continue reading
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’90s Punning Below.
Did anyone else hear about the time that an animal psychologist was called in to treat two of the Gin Blossoms’ horses, when one had issues regarding the other being fed more? It was a case of “Hay Jealousy”. 2 Continue reading
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“Tom Lehrer Is Alive And Well And Has Given Away All Rights To His Music” at Chelsea Table + Stage.
Image description: Professor Charles Chucklenut (pronounced “shook-el-nau”) and Unpaid Intern onstage performing the works of Tom Lehrer. Thursday, June 26th 2025. Image description: “The Moulin Rouge” (Tito’s Vodka, Raspberry Puree, Lemon, Prosecco), a red cocktail with raspberries and mint as a garnish. Thursday, June 26th 2025. 4 Continue reading
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Babymetal w/ Black Veil Brides and Bloodywood at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Image description: Indian metal band Bloodywood onstage at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, bathed in red fill lights and white spotlights. Tuesday, June 24th 2025. Image description: rock band Black Veil Brides onstage at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, bathed in white and red fill lights and white spotlights illuminating the audience. Tuesday,… Continue reading
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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