notes from vivace

Lincoln. This movie is more philosophy and politics than biography. That isn’t to complain. I found it fascinating to hear the wisdom that ...

Skyfall. An action packed James Bond movie. This movie doesn’t allow you much time to breath. It just jumps from action to intrigue to act...

PAPA is the January residency band at the Bootleg Theater.  I do believe this is the first time I've seen the velvet rope up at the Boo...

Jenny O hit the stage at a crowded Bootleg.  To my left, I heard a brief conversation.  One was there specifically for Jenny O.  Another wa...

J. Thoven started off a busy night at the Bootleg Theater.  Group harmonies drives this group.

The Dollyrots at the Redwood Bar. For some reason, I didn't know about this show until the very last minute.  I re-arranged my schedul...

It has been over two years since I last caught Ingenue. Wow, time flies. I'm getting old.  It was a great set and I swear one of thei...

It looks like I'm starting off 2013 by visiting some music venues that I haven't been to in awhile. First it was off to Club Moscow...

The crowd at Club Moscow was there for one musician and his name was Mike Taylor . As the crowd was outside waiting to get in, he was surro...

I finally made it back to Club Moscow. It was a solid crowd. As I walked in Michael Grant and the Assassins were in the midst of their se...

Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph doesn’t want to be the bad guy anymore in the world of video games. And why should he be as he is a person of good c...

Argo. Since the ending is sort of already known, even if you are too young to remember the Iranian Hostage Crisis or the fog of memory has...

Crushed Out was the last band of the night on a recent outing to The Satellite. This two piece band gave an energizing one hour country bl...