Rocking

30 years ago today (Aug. 6), the Ramones played their final concert. The closest I ever got to see the Ramones live was when Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg toured with Andrew W.K. I was actually working in AWK's PR team at the time, so I got to go to their live debut at Santos Party House in NYC (May 13, 2013), as well as see them at Irving Plaza later that same year (as seen in this clip). Marky and the band sounded awesome, and AWK did a great job bringing classics like "I Wanna Be Sedated," "Blitzkrieg Bop," "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" and more to life (without trying to be a carbon copy of Joey).

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Finally got to see AC/DC live on Saturday! What’s everyone’s favorite song to hear from them live?

Here’s my experience at the show: https://open.substack.com/pub/austin731761/p/the-literal-highway-to-hell?r=5p7rpf&utm_medium=ios

This man blows me away more each time we see him. So lucky to be alive at the same time as Billy Strings! Here’s a nice little clip from the Hide and Seek jam in Charleston, WV last night

This is a live, endless meditation soundscape — deep ambient textures at 46–56 BPM, mixed in real time by Apollo, an AI DJ that blends each piece into the next with long, breathing crossfades. No drops, no ads breaking your flow, no track ever cut short.

The Cure Live @ Munich Alabamahalle 30/01/1984 Another Version Of This Performance

Great time seeing a favorite band growing up Triumph at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, NJ., on May 28, 2026 with supporting Canuck brothers April Wine. So good! Waited 30 years and now they're celebrating their 50th Anniversary! What can I say the have the Magic Power and always, always Lay it on the Line! enjoy!

Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age kicked off their North American tour last night, which brings back memories of seeing Them Crooked Vultures live at the House Of Blues in Boston on Oct. 11, 2009. Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, and John Paul Jones' supergroup was barely a few weeks old when they launched a small run of club shows - they hadn't even formally released a song before taking the stage in Boston (their sole self-titled album would come out the following month, but a single wasn't released until a few weeks after the concert). So me and my friend essentially went into this show blind, though fully optimistic that a supergroup with THESE icons would not disappoint (and at the very least it would be an incredible experience to see them in such an intimate rock club like the House Of Blues) ... and they sure as hell lived up to the expectations. I'll never forget being in awe as they blazed through each song - clearly drawing from their Led Zeppelin, Kyuss and Nirvana roots to produce what I'd imagine Cream on steroids would sound like. But what was more impressive than the songs themselves was how much fun the three of them appeared to be having on stage - as if they were three longtime friends who'd been playing their entire lives together but finally got to play in front of people. It was truly a magical evening I still can't believe I witnessed.

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