I have my ticket for tomorrow night’s IMAX screening.
There is supposed to be a live Q&A session after the movie. I want to know if Spinal Tap’s legendary Outhouse Tapes will be released.
Category: Music
Happy Together Forever
I remember putting this post together as if it was yesterday. It was almost two-and-a-half years ago?!
Mark Volman has died.
Last night on his Big Planet Noise show, Bob Irwin celebrated Volman and the Turtles. He played all of their singles, from original 45s, going all the way back to their start as a Surf Guitar band, called the Crossfires.
Passing the Baton
Classical music has lost another of the grand old guard of conductors. Christoph von Dohnányi has died, age 95.
Sir Simon Rattle is a relative youngster at 70, making him one of the new old guard.
This Confirms More of What We Have Always Known About Mark Hamill
Star Wars? A piffle, compared to the Beatles!
Still Real Intelligence
Only remastered, not remixed with AI behind it. Which explains why John’s voice sounds the same as it does in the original. The photo appears to not be real, but an assemblage of separate images.
Won’t Get Who’d Again
Last December, despite wearing earplugs, I came away from the Micky Dolenz show at Boston’s City Winery with a fairly persistent whistling sound in my left ear.
Could my sensitivity have been related to last year’s cancer treatments? Perhaps. What about the fact I’ve had sinus trouble in the past that temporarily affected my ears? I suppose that could be a factor.
But I’m not going to take any chances.
To preserve my hearing as much as possible, I will no longer attend live concerts. The loudest of them ever was fifty years ago, seeing the Who with Denro, in December, 1975. I saw the two Who who are left, Pete and Roger, at Fenway Park in 2019. So, I was able to resist the urge to see them there again last night.
https://www.boston.com/culture/concert-reviews/2025/08/27/the-who-fenway-park/