Ra Ra Riot’s The Rhumb Line is one of my I’m-in-a-good-mood-so-I’ll-listen-to-this albums. And while I hadn’t seen them perform, I’d heard nothing but good things about their live show. So when I heard that they’d been booked to perform at this year’s Palousafest in Moscow, ID, I made it a point be there with my [...]
This past weekend the University of Idaho hosted their annual Palousafest to welcome yet another class of incoming freshman. As is their practice, they booked a band to perform the festival… actually two. This year they boasted We Are Scientists and Ra Ra Riot. Here are some shots from We Are Scientists‘ set. Ra Ra [...]
You know when people demand that you try something? “You simply must try that new burger place”; “You haven’t seen such-and-such movie? You have to see it!”; “You’ve got to listen to so-and-so’s new album!” That more or less happened to me last week when I told a lady I’d met only moments earlier of [...]
Last weekend I took a solo journey to northern Idaho to see one of my favorite songwriters and Idaho-native, Josh Ritter, perform at the Festival at Sandpoint. I tried with all some of my might to get friends to accompany me to the show, but they kept coming up with reasons not to attend. This [...]