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Bootleg City: The Cars in Houston, September ’84
Back in the mid- to late ’80s, before Bob Marley, David Byrne, and I had even met the eventual mayor of Bootleg City, otherwise known as Robert “The Eventual Mayor of Bootleg City” Cass, we went
Read More »Bootleg City: Bruce Springsteen & the Max Weinberg 7 in Asbury Park, Christmas ’03
Six years ago I was fed up with the state of affairs in Bootleg City, but determined to do something about it. A small group of Bootleg City school board members — David Byrne,
Read More »Bootleg City: Air Supply in Cleveland, October ’82
For the Bootleg City before Mother's Day, what could be more appropriate than an Air Supply concert from 1982? If you answered "God, no, anything but that," you would be incorrect, as Robert Cass
Read More »Bootleg City: Patty Griffin
If you live in Las Vegas, be sure to catch either of Kathy Griffin’s two shows tonight at Mandalay Bay Casino, where I presume she’ll be talking about her crazy life “on the D-list.”
Read More »Bootleg City: The Beatles, “Abbey Road”
It’s a little disgusting when you think about how much talent these guys had. But I’ve come up with a surefire way to make myself feel less envious: I repeat “Their best work was
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