Last weekend I took a quick trip to Houston, TX to see an Elton John concert. It's a bit of a trek to see a concert from a tour that's coming to Boston in July, but I had an ulterior motive: to bring my father. Hatching a Plan The whole adventure started a few years …
Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour
I saw Janet Jackson in Boston last weekend and it was fantastic. I've been waiting to see her for almost 2 years since her tour was put on hiatus in 2015. Sally bought us tickets as a gift for my 30th birthday, back when it was called the Unbreakable Tour. After two delays, surgery, and …
Music
Being away from home is difficult. I'm away from Sally and the boys; I'm traveling a lot; work is different, challenging, and stressful; and I'm on my own. It's taken me a while to figure out how to function in this new situation and one of the ways I've learned to cope is through music. …
Caspar Babypants: Fun Music for Kids that won't Drive You Crazy
I generally don't like children's music. It's all "ring around the rosie" and nursery rhymes. It's too cheery and too cheesy. Yeah, I'm that parent, the one that won't let their kids listen to their own music. My one exception is Raffi. He's a bit on the folky side, but he's from our childhood so I …
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Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel
Fiona Apple's fourth album (her first in 7 years) is different than her previous albums. Musically it is sparse and pared down without a lot of the flourish that was found on 2005's Extraordinary Machine. Most songs only have light piano and sparse percussion. Lyrically it is... happier and more self-reflective. At first I didn't …
Relatively Ambitious 