Results tagged “armchairapocrypha”

Sometimes we worry whether a “big break” will be too much for someone, if they can live up to the expectations and scrutiny of the many more people that will be watching their every move. Well, we needn’t have worried about Andrew Bird. He nailed his debut at The Riviera on Friday night. The stage was set with a rotating phonograph that, from afar, looked like spinning legs, alongside another zebra-striped phonograph (at least that’s...

Andrew Bird has been garnering praise with his latest release Armchair Apocrypha, and there is no better way to target the mainstream music audience than on late-night television. It’s amazing how quickly albums fly off the shelves at discount retailers after an appearance on Letterman.

The main tickets going on sale are Cubs tickets, but for those of us who prefer our activities in smaller bars than Wrigley and usually during the night time so our precious flesh doesn’t burn, here are a few choices for dropping some Benjamins.