strictly roots.
As promised, a brief discussion of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, as produced by Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre. I’ll begin by noting that I haven’t seen the movie from last year, so I can’t make all the comparisons you’re looking for. That having been said, as much as I like David Whalen — and I [...]
There are a few reasons I’ve been lagging on updating (apologies to Andy H., who notes that every blogger says that anymore, because we all face some of the same circumstances). Twitter and Facebook do, admittedly, take up a bit of my online energy and time; they’re just quicker and more efficient (and gratifying) ways [...]
Here’s what went down: Friday evening, a rainbow that I photographed, but I left my camera at home, so I can’t post that picture just yet. Hopefully I’ll get it up here at some point soon. Then, Phantom Family Halo, Ohmu, Gangwish at The Nerve (old factory space on the edge of Bloomfield, teetering on [...]
Black Crowes/Levon Helm show last night was alright — there were definitely some great moments, but the general guitar noodling jam stuff isn’t my thing, so I concluded that I’d just rather listen to BC albums than go see them. Maybe I should’ve been more inebriated. Instead I was just sort of stressed about getting [...]
Here are good things right now: Scored Black Crowes tickets for tonight. F the haters; Shake Your Money Maker was a formative record for me — take that however you might. Got some decent video from last week’s CP Remixed, which was a good time. They’ll be posted soon in the media player at www.pghcitypaper.com [...]
Well then, where were we? A week and a half ago, I went to meet Emma on the Laurel Highlands Trail. I still have not uploaded my photos. But she has, on Flickr. Check out her photos while you wait for mine, which aren’t that much different from hers. Highlights of the hike (I did [...]