Punk music has a flavor of characters to check out. There’s The Clash, The Ramones, and of course the Sex Pistols. The latter is quite a handful. For starters, the Sex…
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Concert Posters
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Imagine New Year’s Eve, 1967. In San Francisco. At the Winterland. And now imagine a line-up: headliners Jefferson Airplane, then in their prime; Big Brother and the Holding Company (yes, that’s Janis Joplin’s…
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One of the loveliest, simplest pieces of art I hung in my daughter’s room: Mike King’s 2005 gig poster for the Arcade Fire. Its depiction of childhood is itself childlike in its…
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Concert Posters
Fine Art, Illustration, and Bunny Ears: Tara McPherson’s Poster Art
by Sean Hillby Sean HillToday I want to write about Tara McPherson. McPherson is, well, how else can I say it, an artist. She studied art, and earned a BFA from the Art Center College of Design in…
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Concert Posters
The Funkiest Concert Posters: George Clinton and P-Funk
by Daniel Paizby Daniel PaizWhenever I think of concert posters, I think of the funkiest band with the funkiest concert posters ever. There are plenty of bands out there that have trippy, psychedelic and funky posters.…
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The summer of 2017, a virtual dream came true: Iron & Wine was not only coming to Louisville, Kentucky, Iron & Wine was doing the show for free. As part of Waterfront Wednesday, hosted…
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I am more than ten years and two thousand miles from a moment in which, on the Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga tour, I first saw the band, Spoon. Now, an older and wiser…
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The first time I saw My Morning Jacket was at an absolutely incredible show at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. But it being in 2004, I couldn’t tell you every song…
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Back in 2006, during a trip to New York City, I visited the MoMA for the first time. The Museum of Modern Art, that classic institution, to my amazement has a collection…
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Music has a way of connecting people. Ask anyone about the first time they saw their favorite band and chances are you will be met with a faraway look and an increasing…