This Is Now

I couldn't believe how incredibly unique and awesome. The venue alone was completely different than I had ever been in before, and created a beautiful community for those few hours and completely enveloped me.

William Patrick Corgan's solo show was simply amazing. Billy on acoustic guitar or piano with the occasional harmonica. No accompaniment, just Billy. The simplicity made for an incredible atmosphere with a quiet, seated crowd just listening to the beautiful sounds. No gimmicks, just a musical genius in his barest form. The first set was the new album Ogilala in full. The second set and encore were mostly Smashing Pumpkins songs with some Zwan and cover songs thrown in. As a huge Smashing Pumpkins fan with over a dozen shows attended, this was better than all of them except for the Pumpkins' 2007 "residency" of the Fillmore shows I was blessed to see. Buy the new album and go see this show, you won't regret it.

The Kirby Center in WillesBarre continues to hit home runs with their lobby shows. This one featured Allison Moorer as opener with Hayes Carll as the main attraction. Both performers were stellar with their songs and Hayes is quite droll and humorous.

This was a fun, wonderful, experience. Only thing not so pleasant was the pricing of drinks. Crazy expensive as if the $86/ticket wasn't enough. Also, this is not your classic rave style event so don't spend time putting your rave fit together.

If you ever get the chance to go don't turn it down. It was great! Many great bands played there. Great set up. It was amazing!

Hit The Lights is such a great band! I highly recommend seeing them if you are a rock/punk/power-pop fan, because they are high energy mixed with melodic power punk and they are really great guys off-stage. Frankie's Inner-City in Toledo, Ohio is the a great venue to see your favorite bands because the stage areas is really intimate and you can get close to the bands. Frankie's also has a reputation for being one of the premier venues in Ohio for bringing in the best in well-known and up-and-coming Alternative musicians. It's a great place to hangout and see a good rock show.

Doc Walker and the Road Hammer show was excellent. Those bands know how to engage a crowd and HAVE A GOOD TIME!!

Page is back in true form. The show was very personal, very intimate and very honest. The last time i saw him was at MSG and seeing him at the Merc was a totally different experience. As a fan i am actually happy that he doesnt garner the same artifically inflated following as he used to.

She is amazing!!!!! I have missed her voice & her presence in music and I am sooooo happy she is back. This was the best show vocally for her. I mean she is flawless no matter what, but she was unbeliably strong!! Can't wait until the next one !! Also her opening act, Billy Raffoul, is incredibly talented!!! I can't wait to buy his music!

Although there was little public the band sounded great and were very amused by the public. Keith Murray is cool!