Gimme Arena Rock!

I saw the Boss last night. Ya know Bruuuuuuuuce! Springsteen and the E Street Band. They were every bit as good as I'd expected and they are probably the last band still touring from the "classic rock" era that I have any desire to spend way too much money to see.

I was psyched about arena rock for the night. There's something incredibly jarring and thrilling about music in a football stadium.

Also Max Weinberg is the best part of the E Street Band. Sorry Clarence.

Wish I had pictures, not really the place for it.

That New Bruce Springsteen Song

The new Bruce Springsteen song "Radio Nowhere" is good. It's about corporate radio, a cause that most people my age and lower could care less about. But Bruce thinks about these things. (Someone should point him towards New Jersey's own WFMU.) So did the Ramones, Dead Prez, and Elvis Costello once upon a time.

I sat through the up tempo song and it's very un-Bruce crunchy guitars (though they are very Brenden O'Brien) enjoying it enough, but I was dreading Clarence Clemins' sure to be out of place schmaltz sax solo. When the sax finally came in it was countered by noisy guitars and it succeeded where The Rising so often failed.

The second best part about the song? ITunes is giving it away for the week.

The first best part about the song? Ironically, it means I am already planning on staking out Q104.3 in the coming months to try and win myself some Springsteen tickets. (Lord knows I couldn't afford them outright. Bruce while you're giving shit away.)

WFMU 91.1, In An Office Without iTunes You're a Dream

I haven't listened to the radio with the regularity I have this past two weeks Since the 2004 launch of Air America. I haven't listened to music radio this much since the mid 90's. I'm smitten with WFMU. I've been finding myself listening all day in the office. I also found myself on Friday night enthralled in Yo La Tengo's annual live cover fest. I even found myself listening last night when the televisions in my home were occupied. In fact I was quite ammused by The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling.

Bored? Why not stream some?