Friday, January 23, 2026

Atmosphere @ House of Blues, Jan 23 2026

 Steve and I went to this stacked line up including some real OGs


Mr Dibbs started us off with a dope DJ set including Max Romeo, PE, James Brown and Sepultura (roots era). 


OG Kool Keith hit us up with medleys from his entire career, from Ultramagnetic through Octogon and his solo work.  He had good hype guys to work the crowd and give him breaks.  He's pushing mid-60s I think.


RA the Rugged Man was next and hit us with some Phantom of the Opera shit, cloak and all. Banger set. 


I've known about Sage Francis for a LONG time but have slept on him TBH.  He came out with a folding chair and a mic.  No hypemen. No DJ.  He throw down the hardest set I've seen.  


How do you follow that?  Atomsphere figured it out. 

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Year in Review 2025

In 2025, I made it to a total of  8 shows, almost keeping pace with 2024.  So much for slowing down.

Favorite Show: Herbie Hancock with Ben.  Runner up: Slomosa (their just so damn good live)

I also had tickets but missed these shows:

* Obituary, Nails, Terror @ Paladium - went to Maine with kids.

* K&D reunion - just too much happening

* Cave In / Jupiter - ditto 

* Deltron 3030 reunion - Yom Kippur


 

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Beths @ Royale, Dec 2 2025

 

Musical triangles, recorders and a banana

The new album has some slow tunes, less guitar solos (not that they had a ton), and some fun experimentation with instruments.


Not pictured: they setup a mechanism to launch the recorders into their hand from the floor.  Neat trick.


Mirror angle:


Winner of best shirt: