Bad Religion performs at the Concord Pavilion in Concord on Oct. 29, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. Last night my 21-year-old daughter and I were planning to go see Bad Religion. Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. There’s a very old going-to-church joke just sitting there, waiting to be launched. Please note my restraint.…

Insert Foot and live music. People love to say they love “live music.” I’m not even sure what that means. I mean, I do – but it’s a pretty big statement. And I’m hearing it all the time, which just might be attractive in and of itself in the…

Insert Foot is still grateful for the Rolling Stones. All these older rockers are dying off. Jimmy Buffett, Tina Turner, Robbie Robertson, Gary Wright, Tim Bachman, Christine McVie … on and on. It happens, especially with the lifestyle that goes with being a rock star. Touring is difficult enough…

Jimmy Buffett performs at La Cigale n Paris, France, on Sept. 26, 2014. Photo by David Wolff-Patrick/Redferns. I’m not a huge fan of Jimmy Buffett’s music. I mean, I don’t hate it. Finding a Jimmy Buffett song is like finding a raisin in a cookie. It’s fine, it’s not…

Insert Foot a fan of Danny Trejo Actor Danny Trejo has been sober for 55 years, as of last week. That’s a lot of sobriety. Especially to those of us who manage to stay straight for a year or two and wonder why we don’t get an anniversary parade. I…

‘NSync circa 2000. Original photo: Tim Roney/Getty Images. So ‘NSync is allegedly getting back together. Yay? As a once fully bonded and licensed music critic for a major daily newspaper, I’m still legally required to react to the big news by properly rolling my eyes in disgust and continue…

Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. I always thought it a bit strange when people say they “like music.” I didn’t think it was a choice. It’s kind of like saying you prefer to breathe air. So imagine a government outlawing air, which might be how it feels in Afghanistan, where those…

Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. I’ve been meaning to go see that movie where the guy from “Peaky Blinders” nukes Barbie, but it all sounds like a sticky, bubble-gum-colored mess of goo. It’s nice to see people going to movies again, but since I don’t like people, I’ve really gotten back…

Attendees at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Oct. 30, 2021. Courtesy. Outside Lands is bigger than ever in 2023, with a footprint that includes seven music stages in addition to the unique Cocktail Magic stage, Grass Lands, Beer and Wine Lands and Taste of the Bay Area. Even…

Insert Foot says the new song by Jason Aldean brilliantly lays out the case for “The Andy Griffith Show” being the American norm in 2023 and if you don’t like it, they’ll punch you in the face. I’ve been trying to ignore last week’s Jason Aldean controversy for a…