It’s nighttime at The Naked Oyster, the dinner crowd is just finishing up. The waterfront air is permeated with garlic and wild rice. Those in the know are headed to the small stage in the back where the poster says, “Headliners Tonight: Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan.” Diamond begins: “It’s a popular song, […]
Nick Sestanovich: Five unconventionally classic holiday tunes
I can’t help it. As much as I like to think I’m one of those people who’s nauseated by the very thought of Christmas music, I actually like a fair amount of it, enough to make my own Spotify playlist out of it. Songs that I tend to shun the other 11 months of the […]
Notes from 30,000 feet: Coachella’s Desert Trip brings six legends to one venue
Last spring my wife and I took a ‘desert trip’ to Palm Springs for a long weekend. The talk poolside was of the upcoming Desert Trip concert; three nights with six rock and roll icons: Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones on night one, followed by Neil Young and Paul McCartney on the following night, […]