Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Metallica live in Moscow, 1991

Metallica on the "Monsters of Rock" tour 1991--Metallica, Black Crowes, Pantera, AC/DC all came from Europe to Moscow in the wake of the coup that (eventually) led to the USSR's collapse. It was an intense experience--free concert, half a million people, Soviet helicopters buzzing overhead, tens of thousands of soldiers. (All that and my homemade SF Bay Guardian press pass still got me backstage.)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Monday, March 09, 2009

Goodbye, Download Music

CNET Download Music, a site I've been closely associated with for the last several years, is disappearing. On March 11, 2009, all pages will redirect to Last.fm. The good news, though, is that Last.fm is an even better site.