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Tim Easton

March 21, 2009

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There are few, if any, musicians that can entertain an audience like Billy Bragg (Bruce, I guess?). From his opening monologue on beards ("At my age a beard is like a male face lift.") to the depth and breadth of his musical catalog you can't get a better show for your money (in our case it was over a 2 hour show). The only problem with a Billy Bragg show is I feel guilty by the end of the show that I don't volunteer more or that I'm not doing enough to make the world a better place! :-) Here's to "Waiting for the great leap forwards!" And, seriously, why does Canada and the UK have universal health care, but we don't?

The Magnetic Fields at Lisner Auditorium on 2/04/2010

The Magnetic Fields kicked off their tour for their new album Realism last night right here in DC! If you haven't bought the album yet, you can hear a few of the songs on their myspace page . The opening act was not my cup of tea, but the audience was incredibly respectful. I do not believe they ever said the name of the group, but it was a very nice lady playing a thumb piano (a kalimba ? ) with a gentleman playing the glockenspiel and banjo . If they had been playing at the 9:30 Club or the Black Cat I doubt anyone would have been able to hear them after about a minute of their first song (which in this case may not have been the worse thing in the world :-) sorry, just kidding maybe some people enjoyed what sounded like the same song being played over and over for 30 minutes). They seemed like very nice people and they told us how they had tickets to the show, but then ended up selling them after they found out they were going to be the opening act. That was kind of coo

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