***Just a quick note before reading this autobiographical slice. This piece came from a bit of a raw place from the past. However, I did try to add some wondrous humor. I truly did. But not everything was funny, so forgive me if I stumbled a bit. It took a long time before the scar …
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Concerted Efforts Part 4: Courting Crimson Kings and Taco Bells
Since the stifling summer is winding down into the cooler bliss of autumn here in charming Wisconsin, I have decided to go back to the cool well of concerts from my never-ending immaturity and my ever-fading youth. After all, given the COVID circumstances out in the world, even the city of Milwaukee decided to conduct their …
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Concerted Efforts Part 3: Van Halen III, Potheads 0
I cannot let the summer go by without relaying yet another concert experience from my ever-fading youth. It feels like I just got done taking the snow shovel out my car and suddenly, we’re almost done with July?! Whew! Of course, I had better get that shovel back in the car because here in Wisconsin: never, ever rule …
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Concerted Efforts Part 2: Fighting Foo and Fleeing Peppers
Is there anything in the world better than getting to see live music? Well, for all intents and purposes, yes. Yes, there is. However, for the sake of being able to use the small slice of bandwidth that I’m allotted, I’m going to say in a printed robot voice that “there is nothing in the world better than …
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Concerted Efforts Part 1: The Fifth Best Audience In The World!
With the holidays reasonably in our rearview mirrors and the possibility of summer concert tours mistily ahead of us, I would like to take a moment to halfheartedly exaggerate what I remember about some of the concerts that I have had the good fortune to see in person. Keep in mind that I am aging rapidly, …
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