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The Ryan Adams Comedy Hour Last Night was Awesome

By Ashley Rogers
Aug 8, 2014

I'd bet money that Ryan Adams was on Ritalin as a kid. And I say this not only because he has that kind of manic genius about him that so many hyper kids have, but because for the entirety of last night's show, he was grabbing spare attention any way...
I made friends with everyone at the Jason Isbell show

By Ashley Rogers
Jul 24, 2014

Jason Isbell shared the billing with Hard Working Americans at the Ogden last night. Isbell took the stage promptly at 8 p.m., and that seemed to throw almost everyone for a loop. At about 8:10, with the club only at three-quarters capacity, Isbell was already into his second song, "Go...
The somewhat promising future of a tiny, app-based guitar called FretPen

By Ashley Rogers
May 5, 2014

Are you a music lover with a burning desire to carry a tiny guitar wherever you go? Don't fret (Ha! See what we did there?), because Avon-based inventor Mark Roebke has created just the thing: the FretPen! What is the FretPen? It's a pen - just a normal pen -...
The true spirit of 4/20 was at Cervantes' insane block party/quadruple concert

By Ashley Rogers
Apr 21, 2014

Method Man and Redman, who were recently immortalized on the cover of High Times with their faces carved into an imaginary "Mount Kushmore," played a sold-out show on 4/20 at Cervantes' Masterpiece. No surprises there. Also Leftover Salmon was playing in the street right outside, with members of Little Feat...
SnowBall fans explain their attire, which includes fur boots, cat signs and so many onesies

By Ashley Rogers
Apr 6, 2014

At music festivals, weird kind of comes with the territory. But there's something a little extra wacky about EDM festivals. When I walked through the gates at Snowball 2014, the first thing I saw was a woman wearing Moon Boots with glow sticks stuffed in them. "Pretty rad," I thought,...

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