Have you been to Gotham’s Battle of the Bands? If you didn’t make it this year, you missed quite an afternoon. With full disclosure, this was the first time I was in attendance but it will absolutely not be the last. The talent, variety and energy on the stage – and in the audience -- at Groove was incredible. The place was definitely “groovin …
It seemed like a fun idea, and it was. Saturday night we went to see an 80’s cover band. Two full hours of rocking to a playlist that took us back to a very different time – even back to the 70s. A little Bon Jovi, Journey, Van Halen, Culture Club. And then a full eight and one half minutes of Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Were we singing …
I was reminded the other day how often my family just breaks into song. We always have, and most often really ridiculous silly songs sometimes even made up – or, in the alternative a good old fashioned show tune. I grew up on show tunes. We were a big musical family (we still are). I woke up every Saturday morning to my dad playing his favorite …
This past weekend we took a road trip. To Boston, to be exact, for the wedding of the daughter of a good friend. Tons of fun. But my blog is about the trip there and back. A long car ride, just my husband and me. After we have talked for a while and caught up, our car rides quickly turn to music and loud, very loud I’m afraid, singing. We h …
That is how I spent Friday night – with friends after a good meal. Last week, Laurel (Scarr-Konel for those you who might now know) invited us to a concert – Kool & The Gang, with opening acts by The Spinners and Average White Band. We had no plans that night. Who will agree with my that sometimes spontaneity is best? I haven’t been to We …
Bill and I saw Billy Joel perform – again – at Madison Square Garden. It is one of only a few concerts I can think of where you enter the venue singing, sing the whole time and leave thinking about the few songs you didn’t hear. His repertoire is so vast that he could fill many concerns and never repeat a song. And, Billy Joel is so …
This is a proud mama blog. By Sunday night, I was pleasantly exhausted. This weekend was the Syosset High School musical. For four straight nights, we sat in the auditorium each night inching our way closer to the stage, watching an amazingly talented and cohesive group of students in their happy spots – including my son. The producti …
We are all creatures of habit. I am about to divulge a fact about myself that few people know. When I am alone in the car I sing – loudly. And, I am partial to one particular song – Born in the USA. To be honest, I’m not sure why this song calls me when I am driving. Maybe it brings me back to high school when my group of friends would sing th …
This is not an original blog idea, with credit going to my law partner, Jane Jacobs. But, it got me thinking – well, really singing. Jane was in the process recently of creating a dance playlist and asked for recommendations from her friends. Let’s help Jane fill out that playlist. I’ll start. The first three that came to my mind: 1. Sweet …
Wait, wrong artist. Continuing his promise to play in New York until the fans stop coming, Billy Joel just announced four new shows at Madison Square Garden into 2015 and they were all sold out in hours. That was on top of 12 sold out shows, one each month, for the entirety of 2014. Let’s do the math. Roughly 20,000 people at each concert this year …
I recently discovered Spotify and Pandora. I may be late to the game, but until now I was devoted to my itunes playlists. That said, I am enjoying the immediacy of being able to listen to new music or really any kind of music whenever the moment moves me. I have to say, my gym workouts have been more intense with this new discovery. What is you …
I discovered music in high school. It started with Barry Manilow (yes, I did just admit that) and Bill Joel, but soon Bruce Springsteen took center stage. I have vivid memories of long summer nights with friends hanging out outside of our houses and singing Bruce’s latest hits at the top of our lungs. Not sure the neighbors loved our performances …
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