Continuing the posting of things to do with Bruce Springsteen because The Promise: (The Lost Sessions: Darkness On The Edge of Town) is coming out next week, here’s a live performance of “Candy’s Room” that was filmed at Capitol Theater in September 1978. “Candy’s Room” is track 4 on Darkness On The Edge of Town….Read More
In celebration of the fact that Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise: (The Lost Sessions: Darkness On The Edge of Town) will be released November 16, and because I want to, I’m going to continue the gratuitous* posting of various Springsteen-related things until the 16th, at which point expect 5,000 words on why “E Street Band” should…Read More
“Last Chance Power Drive – Here, we all jam on to the highway. Everybody’s out on the run. Usually takes place at night, under the lights, so there’s no place left to hide. It’s probably our hardest exercise and the students who do it are real heroes. I must confess, many broken bones happen here….Read More
Vampire Weekend preformed a live cover of Springsteen’s “I’m Goin’ Down” at a show in Vancouver on Saturday. If I had to pick a perfect band to cover Springsteen, Vampire Weekend would not be on the list: Vampire Weekend is upbeat but sad and sings about punctuation. Adjectives good enough to describe Springsteen (most of the time) have not yet been invented. Nevertheless: the combination of the two is pretty great.