Sarah McLachlan & Feist – The Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 26, 2024 Mother nature kept threatening to crash the party for Sarah McLachlan’s Philadelphia celebration of the 30th anniversary of her breakout album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. In fact, the threat of rainstorms totally changed the whole setup of the show, causing opening … Continue reading
Happy 30th Anniversary to the XPoNential Festival! Thirty years is a long time, and it has been that long that some of the biggest names in alternative music have been visiting the Camden Waterfront to play for beloved public radio station WXPN. The 30th annual festival is coming this weekend and it is the place … Continue reading
Goo Goo Dolls Thinking Outside of the Boxes by Jay S. Jacobs It’s hard to believe that Goo Goo Dolls’ self-titled debut album came out 30 years ago. (Heads up, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.) Of course, back then they were a scrappy punk band in the vein of the Replacements on the Metal … Continue reading
Sarah McLachlan – The Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – July 24, 2014 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2014. All rights reserved. Continue reading
TOY STORY (1995) Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, John Morris, Erik von Detten, Laurie Metcalf and R. Lee Ermey. Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow. Directed by John Lasseter. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 81 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Live 8 (Capitol Records-2005) The television coverage for the massive Live 8 concerts on MTV and VH1 was awful. It was all about the personalities, not the music. This was supposed to the most important concert experience of the decade, and yet very little of the performance footage actually ended up on screen. The viewer … Continue reading
Toby Lightman Devils and an Angel by Jay S. Jacobs The music biz is always hungrily searching for the next big thing. They’re trying to find an artist that has the talent and the vibe and the chops to make a huge splash in the choppy waters of popular culture. It should be someone who has … Continue reading
Sarah McLachlan – Surfacing (Arista) With the popularity of this summer’s Lilith Fair and the release of this album, Sarah McLachlan is finally being referred when people reference current superstars. Strangely enough, this album, which is already shaping up to be McLachlan’s biggest hit, is one of her weaker records. It may not be completely up … Continue reading
Sarah McLachlan – Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff (Nettwerk) While McLachlan’s fans await a follow up to her 1993 breakthrough Fumbling Through Ecstasy, she releases a second stopgap to keep them happy. This limited-edition disk is mostly in existence, I suppose, for “I Will Remember You,” McLachlan’s hit theme from The Brothers McMullen. That beautiful ballad is on … Continue reading
Sarah McLachlan – Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Arista) It is tough to describe exactly what it is that Sarah McLachlan does. So many artists you can nail in two words (i.e., Metallica: speed metal, Garth Brooks: country pop, Michael Bolton: worthless crap). But Sarah McLachlan refuses to be labeled, thank goodness. Many times this schizophrenia shows up … Continue reading
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