Category Archive: Tensday

Have A Band? Want To Play The Funhouse?

Have A Band? Want To Play The Funhouse?

Due to the weather, Brian at the Funhouse is in a bit of a bind: none of the bands scheduled for tonight will likely be …

 

Tensday: Ten Musical Twitter Feeds

Tensday: Ten Musical Twitter Feeds

Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet yeah! Though I rarely use Twitter for personal communication anymore – Plurk has stolen its place in my heart – …

 

Tensday: Ten Things I’m Looking Forward To In 2009

Tensday: Ten Things I’m Looking Forward To In 2009

That’s right, it’s a special bonus THURSDAY Tensday, with an extra dose of that listing action that you CRAVE. Every end is a beginning, as they say, and with the end of 2008 comes the fresh excitement of 2009. Here are ten things I’m looking forward to in the coming year.

 

Tensday: Ten Songs That Defined My 2008

Tensday: Ten Songs That Defined My 2008

I almost didn’t post this one, because a part of me feels that anyone who reads this list properly can almost read the whole story …

 

Rock And Roll Lives On

Rock And Roll Lives On

In my opinion, there are few better ways to spend a snowy evening than in a cozy tavern full of happy music fans, beer in hand and band on stage. Unfortunately, Neumos and the Tractor have had to cancel their shows tonight, but there’s still plenty of musical bliss to be found this evening.

 

Tensday: Top Ten Photos of 2008

Tensday: Top Ten Photos of 2008

It’s been a great year, with hundreds of shows and thousands of photos. Narrowing down to ten was nearly impossible and, I admit, required a bit of arbitrariness in the end. But here you are, a gallery of the sweetest fruits of my year’s labors.

 

Tensday – Top Ten Albums of 2008

Tensday – Top Ten Albums of 2008

Kind of overwhelmed by the task, I started by going to my CD shelf and pulling every CD I had that was released this year. Turns out there are only about twenty — so the job wasn’t too hard after all. And since it’s already done, well, I might as well share it with you, no?

 

Tensday: Best Live Shows of 2008

Tensday: Best Live Shows of 2008

It’s December, which means everybody and their drummer is releasing the year’s “Best Of” lists. I’m pretty sure Paste magazine even solicited a Best Albums …

 

Tensday: Ten Sweet Band Names From The Rock Band Leaderboards

Tensday: Ten Sweet Band Names From The Rock Band Leaderboards

Sometimes, when you don’t have much creativity of your own, you have to borrow other people’s.

 

Tensday: Ten Songs I Would Totally Cover If I Had A Punk Band

Tensday: Ten Songs I Would Totally Cover If I Had A Punk Band

Which I do, in my mind. These may not look like punk songs, but inside each and every one of them is a punk song trying desperately to get out.