OUR LADY PEACE WAS AMAZING!

7/29/09 Well! Well! Well! As anticipated, Our Lady Peace was AMAZING last night!! What an outstanding show they put on at the Troubadour, complete with Raine Maida doing his best Bono impersonation by climbing the club's rafters to get to the balcony during their song "All You Did Was Save My Life" from their new album, Burn Burn.

My thanks to Raine for our excellent conversation before the show, and to the band for putting on a kickass rock concert. Seriously…….GO SEE THESE GUYS LIVE!!!!

7/27/09 Last night I once again had the pleasure of seeing my friend George Thorogood at the gorgeous Greek Theatre. As always, GT kicked ass on stage, and we shared great conversation backstage after the show. It was also very cool to run into several old friends, including Jim Ladd and Cynthia Fox from KLOS, Roxane Requio, KLOS promotions guruess extraordinaire, and her husband.
And as an added bonus, I had the pleasure of reconnecting with another former Hawthorne High School alum: Susan Smeltzer. Susan accepted a very last-minute invite from me to join me for the show. We shared a fantastic show, killer seats, and lots of interesting conversation.

Tomorrow night it's Our Lady Peace at the Troubadour. I can't wait to speak with my old friend, lead singer Raine Maida, before the show, and I'm so looking forward to seeing them live again.

GEORGE THOROGOOD and JONNY LANG

7/25/09 Following my amazing night Tuesday at the spectacular Greek Theatre with the Counting Crows, Michael Franti & Spearhead, and Augustana, and tonight's show with The Rescues at the world famous Troubadour, I'll be right back at the Greek Theatre this Sunday for a night with one of my favorite people – and guitar players – George Thorogood. along with his special guest Jonny Lang. GT & the Destroyers' new album, the oh-so aptly titled The Dirty Dozen (don't tell anyone, but George is a HUGE Lee Marvin fan!), is in stores this Tuesday, July 28, and this sucker is packed with more hits (6) than Mike Tyson's fists, and more rarities (6) than a Chicago Cubs World Series win. And I can say that because I'm a lifelong, therefore, long suffering, Cubs fan. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with George to talk about The Dirty Dozen for my online series called Current Classics Conversations. Listen to our chat here. (Link coming soon!) And I'll see you at the Greek!!!