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Category Archives: Thoughts from the Guv’nor
Look Over Yondr, or The Price of the Ticket
About a month ago, I scored a couple of tickets for Jack White’s June 7 show at the Dome Arena in Rochester. It was a pretty unremarkable experience as online ticket sales go — log on to Ticketfly, select the … Continue reading
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Tagged Grateful Dead, Jack White, music marketing, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steven Wilson
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Review: Iron Maiden (Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON. July 15, 2017)
It wasn’t until the third song of Iron Maiden’s set on Saturday night that it finally dawned on me what I had taken for granted for so long about this band. It started the moment I zeroed in on Steve Harris … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Souls, Bruce Dickinson, Ghost BC, Iron Maiden, Papa Emeritus III, Steve Harris
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Review: Caravan Palace (Rochester International Jazz Festival, June 31, 2017)
I am such a bad progger. I mean, here I was, just two blocks away from the Eastman Theater, where King Crimson was playing, and I was on Jazz Street watching the free entertainment, eating poutine and drinking beer. OK. … Continue reading
Review: Tool (Blue Cross Arena, Rochester NY. May 30, 2017)
Cutting-edge lighting? Check. Laser array? You bet. State of the art animation? Of course. And overzealous security guards? Oh, go on if you must.
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Tagged Adam Jones, Danny Carey, golem, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan
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The Obligatory Top Ten List to Celebrate My 100th Post
I’ve been blogging for over a decade now. My first attempt, which included the initial incarnation of the Brief Biography of God, appeared on my MySpace page around 2007. I immediately fell in love with the medium — it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Syracuse Half Marathon, blogging, Chuck, Chuck Berry, City Boy Records, concert reviews, De Montfort Hall, Ghost BC, Glenn Williams, long-distance running, Marine Corps Marathon, Rehoboth Beach, Roll Over Beethoven, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, sermon, Tim McFarlin, Utica Boilermaker
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Chuck Berry and Me
It’s been a week since we got the news that Chuck Berry had finally passed away at the age of 90. The news was broken to me a little after six on that Saturday evening by a softly spoken Scotsman … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Blueberry Hill, Bob Dylan, Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Fayetteville Observer, Joe Edwards, Mitch Albom, National Enquirer, New York Post, New York Times, Rolling Stone, RTE, St. Louis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sun
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Rasmus Bom Andersen Vocal Masterclass Part Two
In this second part of his interview with Rasmus Bom Anderson, The Guv’nor asks Ras to get technical and discuss monitor mixing, the benefits of in-ear monitors and how singers should approach soundchecks.
Rasmus Bom Andersen Vocal Masterclass Part One
Regular visitors to these pages will know that The Guv’nor makes no bones about being a big fan of Rasmus Bom Anderson. Like everyone else, The Guv’nor first became aware of the Danish-born vocalist upon hearing Diamond Head’s 2016 album Diamond Head, … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Sadolin, Complete Vocal Technique, Diamond Head, Estelle technique, Ian Gillan, Karl Wilcox, Lemmy, London College of Contemporary Music, Melissa Cross, Rasmus Bom Andersen, Seth Riggs, Speech Level Singing, Starbucks, The Zen of Screaming
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Diamond Head Diary: Poughkeepsie, NY, 11/19/2016
November 19, 2016. 8:30 AM. I am speeding down the New York State Thruway on the way to my first Diamond Head show of their current US tour, and two memories pop into my head. The first memory is of … Continue reading
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