I have always loved living near the water. That is funny to say because I am not a mariner, nor do I like most seafood and I have never learned… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Music Venue #23/25: The First Avenue Nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota
In the early portion of my teaching career, I spent several years teaching in structures known as portable classrooms. A portable classroom is a building that is brought onto a… Read More »Places Everyone!…Venue #22/25: The Stardust Nightclub, Artane, Dublin, Ireland
As I write these words in the spring of 2025, we are in the midst of a period of heavy soaking rain in my part of the world. It started… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #71/250…Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls from the original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film City of Angels
The Commodore Ballroom is often viewed as being one of the premiere live music venues anywhere in the world. It was built in the late 1920s and features Art Deco… Read More »Places, Everyone! …..Venue #21/25: The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Many of the live music venues profiled so far in this series have gained their fame due to the historical significance of the building, the purity of the acoustics, the… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #20/25: Altamont Speedway in Tracy, California.
As a Canadian kid growing up way back in the 1960s and 70s, I was always fascinated by a section of our country that seemed a little different than the… Read More »Places, Everyone!….Venue #19/25: Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, U.S.A.
With the publication of this post I will have published one thousand posts on WordPress. If I had one dollar for every post that was published I’d have…..well, one thousand… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #18/25: Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee
My mum and dad were married in the 1950s. They spent their courting days and the first few years of their marriage in one of the twentieth century’s most stylish… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #17/25: The Copacabana Nightclub in New York City
If there has been one common thread that connects all of the venues that have appeared so far in this series it is one of history. From the Cavern Club… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Venue #16/25: The MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada
Candlestick Park in San Francisco was ostensibly a sports stadium that was built on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It was home to the San Francisco Giants major league… Read More »Places, Everyone!….Venue #15/25: Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California