Tangents Stories

Mickey Gilley at Don Gibson Theater on July 29

I was all set for this show, but I couldn’t decide if my black cowboy hat would’ve clashed with my sparkly wrestling tights, or if my red cowboy hat would have blended with my wrestling mask. My grandfather El Santo (as far as you know) never had problems like this! I heard it was a great show. A living country music legend in Shelby, NC! Dang! Where were you? Where was I? Come back, Mickey. I’ve been looking for country music in all the wrong places, looking for music in too many pretty boy

John Moreland at Visulite Theater on July 25, 2017

Oh. My. God. A good show came to Charlotte, and Charlotte came out for it. Makes me feel like cursing in front of a bunch of Boy Scouts. John Moreland doesn’t dance around like those bro-country twig boys, but he doesn’t need to. Guy just sits down, sings a bunch of songs with just his guitar, and people know what’s up. Moreland is like that wrestler who shows up in the ring, and you’re like, “Dude doesn’t move well. I’ll take him in two rounds.” And then he sings this bad-ass song about the

Rooney, Run River North and Messenger Down at Neighborhood Theatre on July 9, 2017

YEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! A fun show by a bunch of awesome bands. I missed Messenger Down because I couldn’t find suitable wrestling tights that matched my fedora hat, but I heard that they rocked. And then Run River North played a set which started really folky but then got really loud! These dudes have massive girl hair and they know how to throw it around! Impressive, dudes and ladies. And then Rooney played a set of pop-rock that reminded me of those golden days in the early 2000s when we all