Hokies Unite!

Tonight I had the pleasure of going to "A Concert For Virginia Tech" Featuring Phil Vassar, Nas, John Mayer, and my personal favorite, Dave Matthews Band. The cars on I-81 all had VT Magnets on them. I had my music blasting getting pumped up for the show and felt the Hokie love for the next 175 miles. So I roll into Blacksburg, meet up with a friend and walk over to Lane Stadium.

Maroon and Orange clothing is worn by almost everyone, "Hokies Unite" cover the shirts. In between Vassar's and Nas' sets "Let's Go Hokies" was chanted repeatedly, this would end up continuing throughout the entire night, even when Dave Matthews would pause between songs. Emotions ran high the entire night, Mayer serenaded the crowd and dedicated "Gravity" to the Hokies. Dave Matthews Band, the headliner, came on at 8:30 and would not walk off the stage until 11:15PM, taking a 5 minute break and encoring with "Ants Marching."

In all the concerts I've seen in my short life of 22 years this one tops the charts, including the DMB show I saw on the one year anniversary of 9-11. Dave pulled out some old songs, and had the whole crowd singing "Every Little Things, Gonna Be Alright" from Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds", This would go on about 5 minutes, with the band and then crowd only, you could feel the emotion, even Dave was fighting to hold back tears. I'm still taken in the event and wish VT Students and College Students around the world, a great year!

Check out Dave's full setlist here: AntsMarching.ORG

The Greatest Tenor of His Generation

By now, you've probably heard news of the passing of the legendary Luciano Pavorotti. A voice who had the ability to touch music lovers of all generations and genres, the maestro got together with U2 and Brian Eno a few years back to record a song that juxtaposes beauty amidst the ugliness of war.

One of my favorite Movies because of the song!

Who doesn't love To Sir With Love? This is one of those movies that you love and love even more because of the music associated with it. Ok, Ok, I admit it. I'm a Lulu fan! --all the way through Ab Fab! To Sir With Love became a huge American hit in 1967---making this song 40 years old! Heck, I'm just 45!

Here's the video so you don't have to stay up late and watch the whole movie like I did! (oh..and if you're Brit Com fan--here is some Trivia. Hyacinth from Keeping Up Appreances has role-Patrica Rutledge plays one of the teachers!

Al Stewart

Al Stewart A Folk Rocker In The 70's Had Hits With "Year Of The Cat" And "Time Passages". He Wrote Historical Political Songs Like Noone Has Since. It's His Birthday Today And Reminded Me Of "On The Border".

If I Could Write a Song, I'd Plant a Bad Seed...

and it would grow into something like this:



The Australian who can marry death and love and pronounce it beautiful, the ambient-punk Nick Cave packs quite a courtly wallop when it comes to the issue of the issue of how music has been hijacked for sport, as revealed in a letter to MTV back in '96 following a video award nomination. Something to think about, for certain, but mainly I just wanted to share my favorite obsessive, tortured love song with you.

Remebering Danny On His Birthday

Danny Gatton Would have Been 62 Today. Here's A Clip When He Played Gallagher's