Kate Sullivan

{mosimage}As soon as I heard Disneyland would be giving Space Mountain a “rock & roll” makeover, I quickly made the appropriate arrangements. When Disneyland tries to be all rockin’, things can get pretty cute up in that bitch.Take, for example, the outdoor concert area in Tomorrowland. It looks like a......

Kate Sullivan's Little Radio podcast - #12Right click the link to download the podcast to listen to on your computer or MP3 player. This week's show features music from Andy Pratt, Mika, Eddie Rabbit and Erik Satie.You can listen to the Super Fun Music Hour live almost every Thursday afternoon......

I repeat: All this music was the most commercialized crap the record industry could crank out. And most of it gets played on radios, stereos, iPods and jukeboxes every day, bringing pleasure to millions. But 1978 is even more impressive when you add to the equation what was happening off......

Kate Sullivan's Little Radio podcast - #11Right click the link to download the podcast to listen to on your computer or MP3 player.This week's podcast features songs by artists who played at South by Southwest such as Andy Pratt and Mika, as well as old favorites like The Troggs, Roy......

It's easy to critique. It's much easier to critique than to do. Having said that, I would like to lodge a complaint about this year's panels. I understand a few of the panels were genuinely interesting. But the word of mouth I've received from most panel-attenders is that overall they......

The Buzzcocks, at 86 years old, blast 20-year-old bands off the stage, and shame them... and they do so as if it came most naturally to them. They simply rock harder, more full-frontally, than almost any band I've ever seen. They began their set at Stubb's BBQ (closing the Spin......

(photo from Oreskaband.com) So it happened: That magical, transportive moment of which I have heard rumors.... the moment when you discover a band at South By Southwest that you have never before heard anyone mention, write about, whisper about, blog about.... ever. It's a fresh, new-to-you baby-band experience, and it......

Last Friday, March 9, was Rodney Bingenheimer Day in Hollywood, and the honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, gave the Mayor of the Sunset Strip a star on the Walk of Fame. And some rock & roll angel up in heaven got his wings. And a cowbell.Rodney was late to......

A fond, sad, grateful farewell to Boston lead singer Brad Delp, who died last week at 55.The band’s Web site (www.bandboston.com) proclaimed immediately after his passing, “We’ve just lost the nicest guy in rock & roll.”That’s good to hear, especially coming from his bandmates. Many of us, even Boston fans,......