Todd Rungdren's Utopia setlist - April 18, 2018, Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA

Wonderful show from the third row. Did not realize Utopia was such a great band and evidently has a lot of die-hard fans. 

• Utopia Theme
• Ikon
• Another Life
• Freedom Fighters
• Do Ya (ELO song)
• The Wheel
• Back on the Street
• Something’s Coming
• Monument
• Communion With the Sun
• Last of the New Wave Riders
• Road to Utopia
• Play This Game
• Swing to the Right
• Trapped
• Set Me Free
• Love in Action
• Hammer in My Heart
• Princess of the Universe
• I Will Wait
• Rock Love
• Love is the Answer
• One World
• Just One Victory

Selist courtesy of Ultimate Classic Rock.

Alice Cooper setlist - March 10, 2018, Kirby, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Great show all around.  Highlights were the new songs and, of course, Serious from the classic From the Inside. Nice to see Alice mix it up, if only a little.

• Brutal Planet 

• No More Mr. Nice Guy 

• Under My Wheels 

• Billion Dollar Babies 

• Be My Lover 

• Lost in America 

• Serious 

• Fallen in Love 

• Woman of Mass Distraction 

• Guitar Solo (Nita Strauss) 

• Poison 

• Halo of Flies 

• Feed My Frankenstein 

• Cold Ethyl 

• Only Women Bleed 

• Paranoiac Personality 

• Ballad of Dwight Fry 
Killer (excerpt) 

• I Love the Dead 

• I'm Eighteen 


Encore:

• School's Out 

Courtesy setlist.fm.

The Lion Roars, a last scream of Winter...

So March came in like a lion, with a snowstorm across the northeast (but only two inches here). But the lion is dying, one last stalking perimeter circle to show his strength, baring his teeth but gasping for breath. I feel Spring out there on the edges, looking furtively to see if it's safe to emerge. "Fuck the groundhog," it mutters, "I want Out." 

Soon, dear Spring, soon... we wait patiently, and hold candles against the dark.

Cheap Trick setlist - Penn's Peak, November 12, 2017

• Hello There
• Big Eyes
• California Man
• Southern Girls
• The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)
• On Top of the World
• Baby Loves to Rock
• Heaven Tonight
• Ain't That a Shame
• Long Time Coming
• No Direction Home
• I Know What I Want
• I'm Waiting for the Man / Heroin (Tom Petersson on lead vocals)
• The Flame
• I Want You to Want Me
• Dream Police

Encore:

• Surrender
• Auf Wiedersehen
• Goodnight Now

Yes, the Velvet Underground cover was a highlight, and unexpected!
Setlist courtesy setlist.fm.

Blue Oyser Cult setlist - Penn's Peak, November 4, 2017

• Transmaniacon MC
• Golden Age of Leather
• Burnin' for You
• Harvest Moon
• The Vigil
• ME 262
• Buck's Boogie
• Then Came the Last Days of May
• Screams
• She's as Beautiful as a Foot
• True Confessions
• Tattoo Vampire
• Godzilla
• (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Encores:

• Joan Crawford
• Dancin' in the Ruins
• Hot Rails to Hell
• Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll 

Great show.Wonderful guitar work by Buck on "Then Came the Last Days of May."

Setlist courtesy of setlist.fm.

Roger Hodgson setlist - Sands Bethlehem, Oct. 6, 2017

• Take the Long Way Home
• School
• Breakfast in America
• Lovers in the Wind
• Hide in Your Shell
• Along Came Mary
• The Logical Song
• Lord Is It Mine
• Death and a Zoo
• If Everyone Was Listening
• The Awakening
• Had a Dream (Sleeping With the Enemy)
• Child of Vision
• Dreamer
• Fool's Overture
  
  Encore:
• Two of Us
• Give a Little Bit

Courtesy setlist.fm

Lou Gramm setlist - June 16, 2017, Penns Peak, Jim Thorpe PA

• Long, Long Way From Home
• Feels Like the First Time
• Blue Morning, Blue Day
• Cold as Ice
• That Was Yesterday
• I Want to Know What Love Is
• Head Games
• Drum Solo
• Dirty White Boy
• Midnight Blue
• Double Vision
• Urgent
• Juke Box Hero

Encore:

• Hot Blooded

Setlist courtesy Setlist.fm

Kansas setlist - May 27, 2017, Bethleham PA

• Belexes / Lightning's Hand
• Point of Know Return
• Paradox
• What's on My Mind
• Keyboard Solo / The Wall
• Hold On
• Reason to Be
• Dust in the Wind
• Miracles Out of Nowhere
• Icarus II
• Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel
• Rhythm in the Spirit
• Opus Insert
• Down the Road
• Portrait (He Knew)

Encore:

• Statesboro Blues (tribute to Gregg Allman)
• Carry On Wayward Son

Setlist courtesy of Setlist.fm

Loudon Wainwright setlist - Jan. 14, 2017, Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe PA

This is only a partial... I  didn't write em down (sigh...).

• Double Lifetime
• I'd Rather Be Lonely
• The Shit Song
• Be Careful, There's a Baby in the House
• Brand New Dance
• Bein' a Dad
• Daughter
• In C
• Man & Dog
• White Winos
• A Father and a Son

Elvis Costello Setlist - Oct. 23, 2016, Bethlehem PA

• The Town Where Time Stood Still 
• The Loved Ones 
• Accidents Will Happen 
• You Little Fool 
• You Tripped at Every Step 
• You'll Never Be a Man 
• Tears Before Bedtime 
• Moods for Moderns 
• Shabby Doll 
• Human Hands 
• Watching the Detectives 
• Kid About It 
• Pidgin English 
• Alison 
• Shot With His Own Gun 
• This House Is Empty Now 
• The Long Honeymoon 
• ...And in Every Home 
• Seconds of Pleasure 
• Beyond Belief 
• Man Out of Time 
• Town Cryer 
• Everyday I Write the Book

Encore:

• Pump It Up 
• (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

Courtesy SetList.fm

Alice Cooper Setlist - Sept. 29, 2016, Reading PA

• The Black Widow
• No More Mr. Nice Guy
• Under My Wheels
• Public Animal #9
• Billion Dollar Babies
• Long Way to Go
• Is It My Body
• The World Needs Guts
• Woman of Mass Distraction
• Guitar Solo
• Poison
• Halo of Flies
• Feed My Frankenstein
• Cold Ethyl
• Only Women Bleed
• Guilty
• Ballad of Dwight Fry
• Killer (partial)
• I Love the Dead (partial)
• Under the Bed (Raise the Dead intro)
• Pinball Wizard
• Suffragette City
• Ace of Spades
• I'm Eighteen
• School's Out

Encore:

• Elected

Courtesy SetList.fm 

Election results

Remember when Americans would gripe about election results, but then we'd stand behind our President anyway? Remember being Americans, and not liberals versus the right?

Sigh... maybe I need some 'member berries...

Rocket Racoon and Groot are on a NASA Patch

The future is weird and wonderful.

Alice Cooper setlist - May 13, 2016, FM Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre PA

• Vincent Price intro
• The Black Widow
• Public Animal #9
• No More Mr. Nice Guy
• Under My Wheels
• Is It My Body
• Billion Dollar Babies
• Long Way to Go
• Woman of Mass Distraction
• Poison
• Halo of Flies
• Feed My Frankenstein
• Cold Ethyl
• Only Women Bleed
• Guilty
• Ballad of Dwight Fry
• Killer (partial)
• I Love the Dead
• Under the Bed
• Pinball Wizard (The Who cover)
• Fire (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
• Suffragette City (David Bowie cover)
• I'm Eighteen
• School's Out/Another Brick in the Wall

Encore:

• Elected

Alice Cooper's Lost Years

Watching an interview with Alice Cooper from 1981. This was hist "lost" period, in which he claims to have little memory due to the oblivion of alcohol. Despite his apparent haziness during this interview, there's a certain lucidity, a recognition of how the world works, and some interesting insights.

I always enjoyed the albums from that period: Special Forces , Zipper Catches Skin , Dada . They were zany and weird and punk-ish, with great songwriting. He never performs that stuff live anymore, though I think more than a few fans would love to hear some of those songs...

RIP David Bowie

I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man
Just a mortal with potential of a superman
I'm living on...

from Quicksand (from the album Hunky Dory, 1971)

Happy New Year (2016 edition)

Do something amazing this year.

Visit Paris. Or Scotland (in a kilt in Edinboro, doing a modern dance...).

Write that novel. Publish that book of poems.

Learn a new language. Learn to type properly.

Get healthier.

Don't just dream. Do.

Eric Burdon and the Animals setlist - Sept. 29, 2015, Penn's Peak

• Don't Bring Me Down
• When I Was Young
• Inside Looking Out
• Water
• Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
• I Believe to My Soul
• Spill the Wine
• Black Dog
• Bo Diddley Special
• We've Gotta Get Out of This Place
• River Is Rising
• The House of the Rising Sun

Encore:

• It's My Life

Blue Oyster Cult and Vanilla Fudge at Penn's Peak - Oct. 9, 2015 setlists

Vanilla Fudge: (partial)

• Break On Through (to the Other Side)
• People Get Ready
• Gimme Some Lovin'
• Let's Pray for Peace
• Do the Jerk
• You Keep Me Hangin' On

BOC:

• The Red & the Black
• Golden Age of Leather
• Burnin' for You
• Dancin' in the Ruins
• Harvest Moon
• The Vigil
• ME 262
• Buck's Boogie
• Then Came the Last Days of May
• Godzilla
• Guitar Solo (Buck Dharma)
• (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Encore:

• Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll

Another summer passes...

When I was younger, summer lasted forever. What happened to that? Are we spinning round the sun that much faster? Or if I ask the young now, will they say it lasts forever?

Is it the trivial ways we spend our days, futzing about on Facebook and Twitter and similar, not forming any real memories, just a sea of digital droppings, random thoughts and pictures of food? Why do we fritter about so, anyway? What is this fear of missing out on something, while missing out on everything?

Why is the summer quiet? Where are all the children nowadays? Not chasing each other in the grass, but absorbed into the same digital distractions? Will they ever learn to live, and love the summer for what it is? Or were we the last?