Daevid Allen of Gong – a special kind of madness Lunch with Gong this afternoon – recorded during the Manifestival in Los Angeles, held at The Embassy Concert in DTLA on May 12, 1979. I believe this was the only concert appearance by Gong on the West Coast. I don’t
Owing to a much bigger than expected positive response to the Shinee concert I posted last week, I unearthed this concert, a solo gig from bandmate Onew (pronounced: Oh – new!), recorded during the 2025 tour promoting his solo album, Connection in concert at Olympic Hall in Seoul on February
No Cigar for a Friday lunch – Recorded at The Powerstation in Auckland on November 14, 2025 by the venerable Triple J Radio. NO CIGAR have just released their third ‘semi rock’ record in July 2025, off the back of recent sell-out tours in the UK and New Zealand. The five-piece
Shinee – What Asia is up to these days Heading over to Seoul for Lunch today. SHINee World VIII The Invert, recorded on the second night of their 2026 world tour. – May 30, 2026. The is the first part of a promised Trilogy, a three-part concert series leading up
The Mahavishnu Orchestra – live at The Masonic Temple Auditorium in Detroit on December 30, 1973 – band soundboard, recorded by the mixer (not known at the moment). Imagine, if you will, you are somewhere between your late teens and early twenties. You’v’e already been blown away by Yes, Emerson,
The Beta Band – with the shiniest of promises. Friday afternoon lunch with The Beta Band – recorded for Bernard Lenoir of The Black Sessions at Radio France International Studio 105 on June 10, 2004. A fascinating band with an equally fascinating and wildly frustrating history. I grabbed a bit
Kansas, for a Thursday lunch – recorded on July 7, 1975 at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland for broadcast. Going out on a limb this afternoon. Haven’t played Kansas in decades – a band well on its way to being a truly American prog ensemble – had all the right
Fleetwood Mac for lunch this Monday – recorded on the last night of a four night run at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia on March 11, 1980 from a road crew soundboard. Another band I have never featured during their later, more wildly successful periods. I will freely admit to
Lunch with The Cars, this Friday Junior – recorded on June 18, 1978 at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland and broadcast by WMMS-FM. The Cars were at the forefront of the merger of 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synthesizer-oriented pop that became popular in the early 1980s. Music critic Robert Palmer of The
The Bangles in the Lunchroom today – recorded at The Syria Mosque Aren in Pittsburgh on December 13, 1986. Hard to imagine it’s been almost 40 years since this concert. The Bangles have always been a quintessential 80s band to me. Probably because my fondest memory of the period was
