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Pops Concert, Governor’s Mansion

I was looking forward to the concert. I’d heard so much about it over the past years, some good comments, some not so courteous that it was time I witnessed the affair myself. It’s true you could not ask for a more perfect setting. It had all the elements, gorgeous spring day, slight breeze to cool the garden, the band set in the corner, over 300 people attending but if you went there to listen instead of experience the event, you might walk away a little disappointed.... read more >>

Third Street Music

It was said many years ago, actually about 150 years, ago that people in Carson City enjoy themselves and know how to have fun. Ok, these are tough times and maybe the wallets and purses of many of the people wandering 3^rd Street weren’t as thick as a year ago but by the smiles and jump in their jive it seemed all was well in the Capital City, at least for this night.... read more >>

Gnarls Barkley Reinvents Popular Music

Gnarls Barkley The studio reinforces my hypothesis about perception vs. reality. You’d think it would be a flashy space with three secretaries wearing headsets in a mod waiting room where I’d be forced to sit awkwardly in a hanging-ball chair. Danger’s studio is actually nondescript—not quite dingy, but very worked-in, with computers and keyboards lining the walls. The down-home feel sets me at ease as the guys walk in and introduce themselves.... read more >>