[09-13-2008] AN EXAMINATION OF MUSIC CRITICISM or I'M JUST A CYNICAL BASTARD or A MICHAEL FRANTI CONCERT REVIEW I'm sure many of our readers ask how we decide which shows are covered on this site. I hope I'm not giving away any top secret recipes here, but reviews are rarely assigned. A writer usually covers concerts that interest him or her and that means it's usually a band that the writer li...
Once in a while I come across a song that just renews faith in living (not that I am not one of the most happy people you’ll meet) Been walking on the beach with the dogs in the mornings, and sure, Jelly Biafra’s Plastic Jesus is always a welcome tune for a sunny day, but the recent disc from Spearhead has a song called fittingly See You In The Light that just makes me S M I L EWhat's your cu
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all." Spearhead .............Check it out!
This song by Spearhead always gets me right. It is a bittersweet vignette on someone considering suicide. I know people took their own lives, I have people very dear to me who have considered it and who live with mental illness. I think most people know someone who has considered it, whether you know it or not. I appreciate the musical mood of this one as well as the message. Problems can be se...
Michael Franti & Spearhead have confirmed a Dublin gig at Vicar St on June 29.Always a cracking live act, the former Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy frontman and band make a welcome return to these shores in support of their most recent album, All Rebel Rockers.Tickets are €25 on…
Once in a while I come across a song that just renews faith in living (not that I am not one of the most happy people you’ll meet) Been walking on the beach with the dogs in the mornings, and sure, Jelly Biafra’s Plastic Jesus is always a welcome tune for a sunny day, but the recent disc from Spearhead has a song called fittingly See You In The Light that just makes me S M I L EWhat's your cu