White Buffalo, Black Lodge, and the best of the rest from SxSW 2017
White Buffalo, Black Lodge, and the best of the rest from SxSW 2017 Donuts, Handmaids, Veep, and lots of Twin Peaks. More, more, more things you missed at SxSW South by Southwest may have downsized since reaching critical mass a couple of years ago, but it’s not as if...
Skillz To Pay The Billz: 4 Ways to Make a Living at Rock n’ Roll
Skillz To Pay The Billz: 4 Ways to Make a Living at Rock n’ Roll When music sales get tough, the tough get going It’s hard to make it as a band these days. With streaming quickly becoming most people’s preferred method of consuming music, record...
Shriners + Poopfort + Rock n’ Roll: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Joy at Boise’s Treefort Music Fest
Shriners + Poopfort + Rock n’ Roll: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Joy at Boise’s Treefort Music Fest Seeking a sleepier SxSW? You’re SoL. Though now well established, Boise’s Treefort Music Fest isn’t old enough to be cynical. Like Boise itself, everything about...
Bastille Day: How Loving Bastille Changed my Life
Bastille Day: How Loving Bastille Changed my Life A mom finds returning to her fangirl roots is the key to adult happiness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY My life is better now than it was a couple of years ago, and it’s all because...
Familiar Bliss: 10 Veteran Rockers You Must See at SxSW
Familiar Bliss: 10 Veteran Rockers You Must See at SxSW Out of touch with which cutting edge artists to see at SxSW? Head for the disappointment-free zone with these rock stalwarts. You swore it would never happen to you. You’d never be one of those middle-aged...
Old Newell’s Ten Point Hangover Guide
Old Newell’s Ten Point Hangover Guide Cleaner from Venus Martin Newell's helpful guide to holiday overindulgence In an attempt to assist our readers with their holiday imbibing we reprint with the writer’s kind permission OLD NEWELL’S TEN POINT...
Lollapalooza: Survival Strategies for the Seasoned Set
Lollapalooza: Survival Strategies for the Seasoned Set Smuggle in booze! Throw away your shoes! Avoid Perry Farrell! Just some of our strategies for enjoying the Chicago mega-concert. As far as festival guys go, I’m fairly hardcore. I’ve attended Lollapalooza a dozen...
Are You Ready to Rumble? 10 Tips for 9 Nights of Local Rock n’ Roll
Are You Ready to Rumble? 10 Tips for 9 Nights of Local Rock n’ Roll Hydration! Vitamins! Fun! How to Rumble without killing yourself along the way! For 37 years, the Rock n’ Roll Rumble has been THE event for local bands to prove their mettle; a week-plus...
The Rat Remembered: 8 True (and Terrifying) Stories from Boston’s Legendary Rock Club
The Rat Remembered: 8 True (and Terrifying) Stories from Boston’s Legendary Rock Club The music, the vermin, the disturbing bathrooms - Rocker celebrates the filth and the fury of the seminal club! From 1974 to 1997 Boston’s Rathskellar – aka...
You’re Getting Too Old For This Shit: Rocker’s Over-40 Guide to SXSW
You’re Getting Too Old For This Shit: Rocker’s Over-40 Guide to SXSW The finest no-wait bbq, no-line clubs, no-hassle watering holes, and public toilet locations for you dear reader! So you’ve finally made it to SXSW, but you fear you might be too old to enjoy it. No...
David Bowie: How “Changes” Changed Me
David Bowie: How “Changes” Changed Me Phillip David Raskin turns to face the strange with a tribute to Bowie classic "Changes" It must be a bizarre experience to write the one song about yourself that so precisely articulates not just what you are – but...
