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How I Accidentally Saw Elvis Dead

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It was hot as hell on August 17th, 1977, the day I accidentally saw Elvis dead. It was the year that Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind hit movie theaters like a neutron bomb, the year that Rocky won an Academy Award for best picture.  I had my first kiss that year [...]

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Tristan Clopet and the Juice Packs Out Slim’s Downtown

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On Wilmington Street, just between Martin and Hargett, there’s a skinny shotgun bar which during the day will fool you into thinking it’s nothing special. If you go in you can order your vodka Red Bull and carry it through the emergency exit at the back onto a concrete pad tucked between two tall downtown [...]

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Three nights, five bands

Two great live music weekends in a row now, and more coming. Raleigh is just an awesome place for live rock and roll. Last weekend the Husband and I made it out to see Sugar, now called The Design, for the first time. They essentially played as a cover band, although they are working on [...]

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r boyz rock

I’ve been thinking about needing a new playlist for my boys (ages 13, nearly 11, and freshly who are constantly hungry for rock and roll. I’m trying to give them a rock education as well as entertain. They’ll thank me later, won’t they? Of course they will, or I will refuse to send them to [...]

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Locked & Loaded gig

The boys had their Saturday night gig at Locked & Loaded with a full house. When I got there at 9:30 pm, the lot was completely full and I had to park next door at the bank; I counted myself lucky to get a table at all. The band was debuting Dave Hardman as their [...]

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living the fantasy

This has got to be one of my all-time favorite pictures of the Husband, doing his rock star thing.

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four men rockin the town

I’m having a great time making these movies on Animoto. The site is still in beta (can’t upload to YouTube yet, or download to desktop) but I am really looking forward to seeing what it can become. Definitely check their blog and try a video of your own. I pull my resource files directly from [...]

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Who’s Bon Jovi?

Me: So who’s your favorite band? The Maker: My favorite band is Dad’s band. Me: Yeah, I like it too. What’s your favorite song right now? The Maker (singing): …on a steel horse I ride Both of us: I’m wanted (wanted) dead or alive. Me: That’s Bon Jovi. The Maker: Dad sings that song. Me: [...]

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