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Way Out West 2022
Three years is a long time to go without a festival. The last Way Out West was back in 2019, a soggy affair with more rain than memorable bands, at least according to this increasingly grumpy attendee.
Best concerts of 2008
Live music is one of the few things left in modern life that refuses to be compressed into a convenient little file. Albums are souvenirs. Concerts are where songs earn their scars.
Way Out West 2008 post mortem
The time had come to submit myself to the polished machinery of Way Out West. A celebration of music, sustainability, corporate sponsorship and people who somehow manage to look fashionable while standing in a muddy field.
Favorite cover songs
For every great band, there seems to be an army of cover bands waiting in the dark like vampires. Most of them commit the musical equivalent of repainting the Mona Lisa with house paint, taking perfectly good songs and draining away everything that made them special.