05/22/2010 The Gruesome Twosome Tour: Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper (Lewiston, NY @ Artpark)
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010When this show got announced, I felt it was something I ought to see, given that I’ve never seen Rob Zombie, nor Alice Cooper, and the two of them on the same bill? Money. Along with Sara and two of her friends, we found our seats at the back of the center section, about 20 [...]
05/10/2010 Pearl Jam (Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena)
Thursday, May 13th, 2010[Band Of Horses was the opener, but we didn't see them.]
It had been 7 years, almost to the day (5/2/03), since Pearl Jam had been in Buffalo, and thus, that long since I’d seen them live. After some day-before scrambling for people, Tom and Nikki took my original 300-level tickets, and I joined Dave down [...]
05/08/2010 Snapcase, Sick Of It All, Cancer Bats, Walter Schreifels (Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom)
Monday, May 10th, 2010It goes without saying that Snapcase is one of the most influential hardcore bands ever to come out of the genre, and the fact that they’re from Buffalo allowed a mostly non-hardcore kid such as myself to be exposed to them and appreciate how good they really are. I say that with a bit of [...]
Mini Vacation Roundup
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010We’ve returned from our long weekend mini-vacation down in Tampa for Dave and Michaela’s wedding, and we had a blast! We left Friday morning, arriving in Tampa around 10:45, and since it was so close, we took a quick spin over to the St. Pete Times Forum, which is the home of the Lightning. Obviously, [...]
03/27/2010 Matthew Good, Automatic Loveletter (Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom)
Thursday, April 1st, 2010I chose this show over seeing the second night of OLP at the Riviera Theatre (the Spiritual Machines show) because A) SM isn’t one of my favorite OLP albums, and B) I haven’t seen Matt Good with a full band since March of 2001. (Through whatever timing and scheduling misfortunes, I just haven’t been able [...]
03/26/2010 Our Lady Peace (North Tonawanda, NY @ Riviera Theatre)
Monday, March 29th, 2010If you go back and read my review of the Lockport OLP show from over the summer, I sounded kind of down on them, but mentioned that A) the album versions of the new songs might grow on me, and B) that show was a “little bit” of nostalgia. Well, the new songs certainly did [...]
Wolaver’s Alta Gracia Coffee Porter
Monday, March 8th, 2010The last of the new birthday beer…
Nothing Finer Than Some Keuka Wine’r
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Mini wine tours are always fun, and the one we took yesterday was cool for a couple reasons. We’d never done Keuka Lake, so it was exciting to go to wineries that we’ve never visited before. Secondly, going with Scott and his friend Dave was a blast because A) they’re a blast, B) they know [...]
Erie Brewing Drake’s Crude Oatmeal Stout
Thursday, February 25th, 2010One of my birthday beers!
02/11/2010 Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, God Forbid (Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom)
Friday, February 12th, 2010[2 Cents was also on the bill, but I didn't catch them.]
Phill and I made our way down the 90 to the Ballroom, and walked as the stage was just getting set for God Forbid. We hung back on the top level to take in their half-hour set, which was probably the best place for [...]