I’m aware that not everyone shares my enthusiasm for Christmas. I’d also be the first to admit that it can be a tough time for a number of reasons, from seemingly trivial (but all-too-real) family pressures to the push to recognize the passing of time and the things that didn’t go quite right in the… Read More 28. cloudy.
Besides being Birthday Month, the start of October always seems to prompt an odd change in me and my listening habits. In general terms, I’m all over the place musically, with a few obvious focuses — hippie music, reggae, jazz and occasional forays into the other stuff that occupies my iPod. But when this time… Read More october.
We’re headed to Columbus for golf, a backyard cookout, a patriotic classical music performance and what had better be the first of several fireworks displays for Uncle Crappy in the coming week. Y’all have a good weekend.
Friday: Golf. Looking at houses. Sampling the beer at the open-for-just-four-days Marzoni’s on Route 8. Nice day. Saturday: Exercise. European beer fest at the Sharp Edge. Dinner there before the drunks started streaming inside. YEP show at Allegheny Landing — Sinead O’Connor and moe. “One more beer” at McFadden’s. A little more detail. Marzoni’s clearly… Read More to review.
When I listed the lineup of free shows the Three Rivers Arts Festival was bringing to town this month, I kinda did a double-take after listening to a few songs by Black Moth Super Rainbow. I went to the trouble of adding them to the list after hearing some of their stuff; I also went… Read More super.
OK. No gynecological discussions. Or jokes. At least not yet. Nope, we’re writing about an unexpectedly nice surprise that’s coming up in about six weeks at the Post-Gazette Coca-Cola Star Lake Pavilion Amphitheater — or whatever it’s called these days: The unfortunately titled Homegrown Hoo-Ha on June 30. If you can get past the name… Read More i’m sorry?
Uncle Crappy 