Lawrence C. Connolly

Tag: Riley’s Pour House

  • The Stars Align

    I’ve just heard from a good friend who has a membership to the  World Fantasy Convention in Brighton. The convention sold out over six months ago, and since then memberships to the international gathering of writers, editors, publishers and fans have been trading like stock futures. If you’re interested in fantastic literature, WFC is definitely…

  • The Connolly Brothers Reunion @ Riley’s: Looking back at then from now.

    “. . . looking back at then from now.” That’s a line from “Leaves and Dust,” a song that my brothers and I performed back in our folk-rock salad days. The lyric makes a pretty good tagline for today’s post. (And you can hear our vintage recording of the song by clicking on the link…

  • From World Fantasy to Riley’s Pour House

    Still decompressing from World Fantasy in Toronto, I’ll be resurfacing at Riley’s Pour House this Saturday (November 17) for a marathon performance – four hours, four sets, 60+ songs. A real aerobic workout, and I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday night. I’d like to tell you about that show, but first…

  • Your Favorite Genre Song?

    The forthcoming publication of Rock On: the Greatest Hits of Science Fiction and Fantasy has me contemplating some of the great rock ‘n roll genre songs. There certainly is a ton of them. Science fiction? How about David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” Genesis’s “The Return of the Giant Hogweed,” or Mastadon’s album-length epic Crack the Skye?…

  • Ireland: Songs of Leaving

    Ever notice how all the songs about Pittsburgh are about leaving it? A musician friend back in the early 70s used that line to introduce the song “Six Days on the Road,” a seminal truck-driving tune made famous by Dave Dudly. It’s a terrific piece of country-rock, and I’ll be playing it this Saturday (May 19) at…