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Rush Concert #23 Review
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Rush Concert #21 Review
Monday, August 9 (aka 8/9/10) marked the 21st time I've seen Rush in concert. I returned back to Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA to catch the band on their Time Machine tour. Joining me to watch this performance were my girlfriend Sally, my longtime Rush buddy (and fellow NMSer) Cheryl and her husband Wayne, my former Renegades cymbal ( Read more... ) -
Jake Shimabukuro Concert Review
I saw ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro for the first time at the San Francisco Jazz Festival last night. This was his second time performing at this festival and I hope the organizers continue to invite him back in the future. His performance was at the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. It's a gorgeous location for a concert, but probably a ( Read more... ) -
Trilogy 9/26 Concert Review
I'm back from seeing the Rush tribute band Trilogy at Cue Productions in Concord tonight. I've seen them perform several times, but this is the first time I'm actually writing a review of the show ( Read more... ) -
Silly meme (according to leback)
I don't usually do these, but since leback tagged me, and since I haven't posted anything in a while, I thought I'd actually fill this one out. :-)
The rules:
1) If you want, write your answers in your own journal/weblog, and replace any question you don't like with a new question of your own invention.
2) Tag eight people. Or not.
I'm breaking ( Read more... ) -
DCA 2008: Day 4
Sunday morning was a little more bittersweet than I had expected. After giving my life to this drum corps for more than a decade, this was my final day as a staff member for the Renegades, possibly forever. But regardless, it was my last day as the instructor for this amazing cymbal line that has awed me with their dedication and passion. I told ( Read more... ) -
DCA 2008: Day 3
"Show Day ( Read more... ) -
DCA 2008: Day 2
Today was the first full day of rehearsals for DCA here in Rochester. My day started really early -- I woke up around 5:30 am for some reason and couldn't fall back asleep. I managed to doze off around 6:45, but had to get up at 7:15 in order to get ready and meet the cymbal line for breakfast ( Read more... ) -
DCA 2008: Day 1
Since I haven't written about the corps much this year... I am in my final year of teaching the San Francisco Renegades' cymbal line. I know I keep saying that, but the fact is that I don't have the time or energy to devote to the corps after this season, so I will enter a state of retirement come September. Whether that lasts beyond one season ( Read more... ) -
Rush Concert #20 Review
I saw my 20th Rush concert last night at the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord. This is the second leg of the Snakes and Arrows tour, but they did make some changes to the set list and the videos.
( Set list spoilers and far too many details here... )