Neil Shah


Archive for March, 2006

Coldplay Nassau Coliseum

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

I saw Coldplay perform at Nassau Coliseum last night. It was a great show—exactly the same show I saw at Madison Square Garden 6 months ago—and the latter fact left me feeling a little empty. Even the parts of the tunes that sounded like they were improvised or embellished on the spot turned out to […]

St. Patrick’s VoxPop Report

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

The show last friday night at VoxPop was extrodinarily fun. From the moment I walked into the Flatbush coffee house, I was taken back to the shows I used to do in my teens in Northeast Pennsylvania. Fittingly, Mop Kid and the Bass Evans were already there, joined by the Hopple. Now that may not […]

Jason O’Mara

Monday, March 20th, 2006

My dear friend Jason launched his own website at jason-omara.com.

Quotes

Friday, March 10th, 2006

A collection of quotes I find interesting—updated as I discover more. If you have one that you think would make a good addition, leave a comment and I’ll include it.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
- Henry David Thoreau
Where all think alike, no one thinks […]

Upcoming show at VoxPop

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

I’m playing a duo show with Dave on Friday, March 17—St. Patricks Day. The show is at Vox Pop, NYC’s only union, fair-trade coffee-house. The show will start at 9pm and probably go until 11, so we’ll cover a lot of material.
The modern poet, Charles Evans, will open up with his own set […]