Well, misses and sirs, it appears that the "Holey Daze" are upon us. This year, however, there is an alternative to visiting the stale, muggy, fluorescent-lit, mouth-breathing-consumer swine-flu hell of Mall City, USA.
"I was rebellious in the opposite way of how most people are. Because my parents were a little more free-flowin', I took the road of trying to do really well in school."
Glen Hansard figured out a good way not to have to deal with the pressure of following up a hit album. He pretty much made the new Swell Season CD, Strict Joy, before he realized what was happening.
While other kids were sneaking out to parties and listening to Limp Bizkit, Crescenzo was hanging out in his parents' home studio and immersing himself in Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and Weather Report.
"I was always a writer, you know, and my father's a fantastic storyteller. I'm sort of a culmination of his upbringing, I suppose."
Tegan and Sara, Spencer Day, Nirvana
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Julian Casablancas, Weezer, Bad Lieutenant
The band decided to skip the usual trip to a conventional studio and instead recorded their new album in the Woodstock, N.Y. barn owned by Helm.
"...prior to that I'd been on British labels and North America became this thing that I figured would just go away if I ignored it long enough."