Category: Concerts (Page 45 of 47)

Listening to Fall Out Boy today, taking it up the ass tomorrow

May 5, 2006 / David Medsker

A mother in Charlotte was so horrified by the musings of Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz that she fired an angry missive to FOB’s label, Island, and said that she would do everything in their power to destroy them. What exactly did you say, you ask?

“The only thing we consider unacceptable is for you to engage in sexist, racist or homophobic behavior. If you do, we don’t want you as a fan. Return our merch and leave.’ ”

Who is this woman, Sheila Brovlovsky? The guy tries to speak peace and harmony and love thy neighbor, and you slam them because “…This was a concert, not some liberal homosexual rally”? Are you saying that you’re in FAVOR of sexism, racism and homophobia? This would be funny, if it weren’t so sad.

And besides, before you throw stones in any direction, perhaps, Miss Intolerant Mother, you can explain to me why you allow your kids to listen to Fall Out Boy? Talk about bad parenting. Either way, you heard it here first: Listening to Fall Out Boy will MAKE YOU GAY. Oh, the horror.

Concerts, Rock

Ringo Starr has a new All-Starr Band.

April 5, 2006 / Will Harris

On the whole, I think my April Fool’s joke about Ringo and Paul teaming up was funnier than the reality of Starr touring with Rod Argent, Edgar Winter, Billy Squier, Sheila E, and…Richard Marx?

Jesus H. Jumping Christ on a Pogo Stick.

The guy’s a Beatle; don’t tell me he doesn’t have any higher profile friends than Richard freakin’ Marx…

Artists, Concerts, News, Rock

Madge hits the road…

April 3, 2006 / Will Harris

…and The Chauffeur checks his calendar to see if he can make any of the dates.

According to the article on Yahoo, Madonna is threatening to turn the whole world into a dance floor…but it’s really less the whole world than a handful of dates in a handful of countries. In the States, she’s doing the Big City Boogie, hitting most of the usual suspects – San Jose, Fresno, Phoenix, Chicago, Montreal, Hartford, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Miami and Los Angeles – but not doing much for the kids in the sticks. Not terribly surprising, given her stature, but, still, it’d be nice if she hit some of the smaller markets as well…

Artists, Concerts, News, Rock Babes

…But, sometimes, Awesome is AWESOME!

March 31, 2006 / Will Harris

Screw Lollapalooza, man. This is the festival to attend.

Seriously, you find me any other non-charity event in the last decade to have a line-up that features this many awesome acts. I’m willing to listen. Any festival that includes Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen, Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey, the Strokes, the Pixies, Placebo, Madness, Scissor Sisters, Futureheads, the Editors, Beth Orton, We Are Scientists, and Babyshambles – a.k.a. Pete Doherty from the Libertines – makes me more than half-tempted to throw caution to the wind and buy two tickets to Spain, baby…

Alternative, Concerts

Sometimes Bad Is Bad

March 30, 2006 / Deb Medsker

Okay, over the years there have been innumerable concert tours featuring a variety of similarly-themed (or even not-so-similarly-themed) artists sharing a single lineup: Rockfest. Lollapalooza. Monsters of Rock. You get the picture.

The demand for these types of shows is both reliable and understandable. What is not so understandable, however, is why anyone thought it would be a good idea to trot out bland vanilla-pop white-boy wannabe soulsters Huey Lewis and the News, pair them with sappy overwrought overrated snooze-inducers Chicago, and send the whole boring kit and caboodle out on tour.

Never mind that the Boys of Blah will be launching fits of narcolepsy left and right all across the country, disappointing legions of the former forensics team captains and Glee Club members who used to listen to them. The real problem here is one of marketing: What do you call a tour this achingly, willfully, obscenely boring?

Many options come to mind. None of them, however, seem particularly encouraging with regard to drawing ticket buyers:

The Heart of Rock & Roll Is Not Here
Snoozefest 2006
Critters of Crap
Kings of the Wuss Frontier
Government-Approved Purveyors of Rocklike Auditory Modulations
25 or 6 to Snore

I’m sure you can come up with several better ideas than these. I’d love to hear them. Whoever submits the best suggestion will receive a free copy of Chicago’s “XXX,” or a bottle of Lunesta, whichever I can track down a free copy of first.

Artists, Concerts