4/25/2013

country music pics of the month: 3 years ago

these country music pics of the month are from a concert that happened on this date 3 years ago today. on april 25, 2010 i took my wife to see one of her favorites, Trace Adkins (mim), who happened to be opening for Martina McBride (site / wiki / CMT) at the Roanoke Civic Center (site). here are some pics from that show...

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Trace Adkins in Roanoke #3663
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Trace Adkins in Roanoke #3664
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Martina McBride #3743
Martina McBride #3775

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find more pics like this at my flikr photostream




next month: victory



4/19/2013

LCvotw: i shot this!

Living Colour video of the week....

the last time i saw Living Colour LIVE in concert was back in 2010. it was one of the most memorable nights of my life. i got to meet the band! it was so awesome! and i was with my best friends. on the way to the show, we had a fun and crazy day traveling in the Washington DC area on the subway and the highways. then Living Colour capped off the night beautifully. i have posted 2 videos ( bless & cult ) from that show already. now here is #3. this one is short and sweet. it is just a little snippet of living colour at their best.

i shot this! LC performing "go away" in northern Virginia....

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LC is on tour right now celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Vivid

go here for tour dates


4/17/2013

pics of the day that i just took the other nite..

here are some EXCLUSIVE pics that i just took the other nite at the Reverend Horton Heat (site) concert in Roanoke...



the Rev himself, guitarist Jim Heath....



a madman on upright bass, Jimbo Wallace...




drummer Scott Churilla....



coming up:  more from the psychobilly church service




4/11/2013

Living Colour goes Punk

Living Colour video of the week....

CM PUNK (SITE / Twttr / wiki ) is a Champion WWE wrestler. and according to himself, he is "the best in the world" and is "often confused with Batman". last weekend mr punk was part of a Pay-Per-View event called WrestleMania 29 (wiki). it was a BIG EVENT! what's important here is that mr punk likes to use "cult of personality" as his entrance theme. i can't blame him. its a damn great song! and its even better when you can get Living Colour to play the song LIVE while you enter an arena full of people on a big-time tv event. of course that is awesome! so here it is from LC's site via Daily Motion. (sorry about the ads).....

Cult of Personality Live Performance by robromero1203 ---


here is the link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyufiw_cult-of-personality-live-performance_music



so what happened at WrestleMania 29? did CM Punk kick ass? did he get hurt? find out at these links:

wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/



bleacherreport.com/wrestlemania-cm-punk






next week: something special

4/04/2013

Living Colour video of the week....

while on tour in Europe, Living Colour guitarist and founder Vernon Reid gave an interview to Guitar Mania EU on YouTube. he talks about the Vivid tour and how the blues influences the new music the band is writing. LC has already started working on their next album. here is the Living Colour video of the week....

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next week's video: not sure yet....


3/29/2013

cassette for cancer

back in the good ol' 20th Century, people like me would use a fancy contraption called a cassette player to listen to music. it was the kind of device that didn't have perfect sound or a digital screen. sometimes the sound may have even been a little wobbly and had a hisssssss. but cassettes were so much more convenient than those huge vinyl records. plus you could play them in your car! wow! the 1980's wouldn't have been the same without that cassette player in the car.

and then, during in the 1990's, i used to buy (yes, pay money for) music at a store called The Record Exchange. they had lots of used records, tapes and CD's. i bought plenty of used recordings back then. it was always fun to look thru a big bin of CD's or tapes and find something great. this post features one of the tapes that i found back then.

i have always loved The Police, so this tape caught my eye when i saw the names Stewart Copeland and Sting on the label. the tape was LIVE! for LIFE, a compilation from IRS Records, which was founded by Miles Copeland, Stewart's brother. the other brother, Ian Copeland also worked on this album. so it's kind of like a "Copeland Brothers" production. whatever it is, some of the best bands from the 80's are included in this compilation. the bangles, the go-go's, general public, the alarm, R.E.M., and freakin' Squeeze! really good stuff! and then there is Bob Marley, who died from cancer in 1981. check out the linear notes for all the details.

this mim mix is dedicated to my old friend Mama Donna, who was "29 forever". sadly, she recently died from cancer. and also to my grandmother, and my uncle, and my mom-in-law, and all the others who have suffered. cancer is so terrible and no one deserves it. i hope a cure is found one day soon. PLEASE DONATE towards that effort if you can! Here is a CASSETTE FOR CANCER.... 






i think this album might be found on Amazon (HERE), but it is certainly out-of-print. so listen to it here. listen, enjoy, repeat. and since the original intent of this album was to raise money for the fight against CANCER, i am going to encourage everyone out there to click on the link below to LEARN more and DONATE if you can!!! PLEASE HELP THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER!


3/28/2013

Living Colour video of this week

the Living Colour video of the week this week takes us back to 1993. ah, the wonderful '90's, before the internet, reality tv and Dubya. what a fun time! it was 20 years ago this month that LC released one of my favorite albums of all time, STAIN. it was a heavy powerhouse of an album with some amazing songs. there is one ballad-type "sensitive" song on the album called "Nothingness". it was written by drummer Will Calhoun.i love this song! but i didn't even know until recently that there was a video made for it. this is not the album version of the song. it is a remix. still cool...

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wanna see more videos like this?  GO HERE



3/23/2013

country music pic of the month...


yee-haw! its the country music pic of the month ya'll! woo-hoo! another new thang! this "live in concert exclusive" picture was taken one week ago tonite. i'm not exactly a huge fan of country music but my wife is. and i have to keep her happy. that's why we go to so many Toby Keith concerts. and that's why i ended up at a country bar in downtown Roanoke on St. Patrick's Day weekend. the place is called Sidewinders. the singer was Ricky Young (site). he might have a hit song or something. i don't know. the band was good. the music was kinda heavy. harder and edgier than your standard radio-friendly country. i might've even danced. i just know we had a great time. and a lot of Bud Lights. a lot! somehow i managed to get at least one pic that was in focus....





coming up: more new thangs and old thangs