I saw Nikka Costa... Nice Place To See a Show!

Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Music, Pop on 02. Jul, 2009 | No Comments

I attended this show with a friend who really loves Nikka Costa. I had not heard of her before we saw this show at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve heard of her since the show in Hollywood.
Oh snap.
Seriously, though, I was not impressed with Ms. Costa [...]

and Barry still writes the songs!

I saw Barry Manilow... and Barry still writes the songs!

Posted by b1xx1b in Music, Pop on 24. Jun, 2009 | 2 Comments

Ok.  Here goes.  This one time, my woman wanted to surprise me for our anniversary. She blind-folded me, put me in the car and started driving in the direction that I now know to be east.  I’ll skip the details of the next 4 hours, blind-folded in the car, lots of cd changing, stopping for [...]

18 Years Ago. And I Might *Still* Be Hungover.

I saw Transvision Vamp... 18 Years Ago. And I Might *Still* Be Hungover.

Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Alternative, Pop on 22. May, 2009 | 3 Comments

I have great memories of this show. Or rather, I am told great things happened at this show. Lemme explain:
I was 21 years old in 1991, and I had a great friend guru, named Ernie. Ernie is probably 10 years old than me. He is a brilliant, eloquent, tall brother with enormous dreadlocks and fantastic [...]