John G. McDaidThe long arc of return at Pirate CoveOver the moon at this week’s PCMFest. That lineup! The bus-full-of-grandpas tour of my fave ’70s glam rockers, Mister Baal in Fun City…3d ago3d ago
John G. McDaidOnly connect at PCMFIt’s a week of intertextual connections coming up at Pirate Cove Music Fest, with groups that live in the borderlands…Aug 30Aug 30
John G. McDaidPegasus nomChuffed to share that I’ve been nominated for a Pegasus Award for Writer/Composer category, and recorded a new version of “Checkout Time”Aug 26Aug 26
John G. McDaidPCMF visits past and futureIt’s temporal bimodal distribution week at PCMF: Some bands are from the 1980s, and some are from next Sunday A.D.Aug 16Aug 16
John G. McDaidNostalgia week at PCMFNostalgia week at PCMF. Every band has touched the zeitgest with their own special brand of yearning: melancholy, suadade, mono no aware……Aug 9Aug 9
John G. McDaidPCMF: This week, it’s personalSometimes, a band name makes a personal connection, like Sunday’s PCMF headliner, Tixe Ylno.Aug 2Aug 2
John G. McDaidA weekend in the mosh pit (at PCMF)In a recent post, Cory Doctorow makes the cogent argument that AI cannot produce art because it cannot transgress. Ergo, this week’s PCMF…Jul 26Jul 26
John G. McDaidA little [too much] perspective at PCMFSometimes at Pirate Cove, there’s a theme to the festival; this week is more of an attitude. A skewed perspective…Jul 12Jul 12
John G. McDaidA very special PCMFThis weekend at Pirate Cove Music Fest promises to be a celebration of special-ness.Jul 5Jul 5