http://blogs.artvoice.com/musicblog Donny Kutzbach on music, music, pop culture, dive bars, music and pillaging the lost and found. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:36:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ahhhh, the glorious mid-90s. While we were waiting for the information superhighway to bolster to 8 lanes a side, we were still figuring out what was cool courtesy of zines. The lovingly compiled, hipper than hip cut and paste missives from the dawn of desktop publishing were a stapled together staple ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/musicblog/2008/04/have-a-brew-and-party-like-its-1994/ Is this a great music city or what? I was talking to my friend Al-x in Chicago and he says that Buffalo's choice of music on this fine Friday evening kills Chi tonight. He's right. You can't go wrong with the choices: Mark Olson at 9th Ward - The former Jayhawk has a ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/musicblog/2008/04/friday-night-is-killing-me/ In the colossal, radio-ready but road-worn rock and roll machine of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, it's hard to separate one single great part from the sum of the whole. There was a guy they called "the Phantom" who was anything but a ghost. Springsteen would introduce him as "Mr. ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/musicblog/2008/04/youre-missing-danny-federici-1950-2008/ I never really got around to fully recapping my SXSW 2008 beyond this Day One report featured in ARTVOICE. At this late point, a full rehash of the dirty particulars is just not gonna happen. Needless to say, my trip to the annual music conference last month was everything I expected. ... http://blogs.artvoice.com/musicblog/2008/04/yer-my-guitar-hero/