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Out of Focus and in the Groove … Goldfrapp @ the Hollywood Bowl on 09.18.17
I'm starting this week a bit out of focus. Not just mentally, but literally. Plus, it's Tuesday. So I'm not even at the beginning.Anyhow, I have a bunch of these old shows that sound really good, but look like big fuzzy, hazy blurs of blown-out light ... and sometimes the dark version of that as …

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New Order: a couple of old shows, in lieu of a postponed “Unity”

New Order perform at the Shrine Auditorium on 03.09.16.
On this beautiful Monday afternoon, one of the warmest of the summer thus far, I'm opting for another flashback performance ... or in this case, a couple of them, paired up to offer a more well-rounded experience. Same act. Multiple shows.The band is New Order, and before things went tits-up in the Corona wars, they …

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Revisiting The War on Drugs @ the Hollywood Bowl on 09.16.18

From a soft-focus distance, The War on Drugs make their Hollywood Bowl headline debut on 09.16.18.
While I've been reformatting this site, I've run across a few early posts that I mistakenly thought were more robust than they actually were. I guess, at the time, I was in a less-is-more mindset. Nothing wrong with that … unless, of course, when it isn't. In hindsight, The War on Drugs' Hollywood Bowl performance …

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Morrissey @ the Hollywood Bowl on 10.26.19

Morrissey performs at the Hollywood Bowl on 10.26.19.
I just learned the recently rescheduled '80s-centric, alternative-minded Cruel World Festival was cancelled today. The notice came in the form of a non-assuming and somewhat under-the-radar email that I almost overlooked. I guess I can't say I'm all that surprised. Still, I'm disappointed. At the very least, I was hoping for perhaps a one year …

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Underworld snippets from 2015

Underworld at the Hollywood Bowl on 06.21.15.
Today would've marked the long-anticipated return of U.K. electronic duo Underworld to Los Angeles. They were originally scheduled to perform at the Shrine Expo Hall this evening. But like everything else from this unfortunate year, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith had to sadly cancel their highly anticipated U.S. tour.I'm fairly bummed about that, since I …

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