Rob Azevedo

Notes from the rally — I didn’t go for the politics

Friday, August 16, 2019 Rob Azevedo 5

I didn’t go for the politics. I went for the spectacle. And it paid in spades. And it paid off with promise. What I see on TV night after night as I torture myself on a daily basis, watching all sides of the news — MSNBC to FOX — I came to see that it is quite possible that the news is somewhat bullshitting most of us. READ MORE

Aug .17: Catch Senie Hunt at Memorial Field, a gem of a guitarist at a jewel of a venue

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

The tap and strum, that pluck and pick, all of it going off at once. It was hypnotic to me, soothing, like a chime, a repetitive force that slowly works its way inward. An unworldly talented young man with many world’s ahead of him to feast on. World’s he’s never seen. World’s he’s loved and lived in. World’s Senie hopes to return to someday. READ MORE

‘Just a good guy – why would someone shoot Stacks?’

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

I saw pain in the eyes of one of these people today. He and many others lost a good friend they grew up with when a bullet to the face killed Jason Barry early last Friday morning in an alley off Union Street. READ MORE

Rot Gut, Part 2: Dollar Tree food kept me alive and mostly well

Sunday, July 7, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

Surviving the lean times means you have to be willing to try the Dollar Tree shrimp lo mein. READ MORE

Lean days and the funky jive: All you need is $25 and a trip to Dollar Tree

Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

When I stood in front of the back coolers at the Dollar Tree five nights ago, I was amazed at the ensemble of delicacies the store now sold. Or maybe they always have. I stick to the armpit and candy isle mostly. This was a new world to me. READ MORE

A homeless guy wanders into the woods, or, Frank has miles to go before he sleeps

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

Maybe 10 yards into the tree line laying beside a fallen tree sat Frank – lost, tired and confused. Frank, as I later learned his name to be, was, is, and likely will always be a homeless person. Worse than homeless, Frank is also touched in the head, not quite all there. READ MORE

Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered nothing and loved every minute of it)

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

Got myself a “get out of town” pass for 48 hours recently without having any real reason to leave town. I just made my way toward Nowhere, all for the heck of it. Sometimes that’s the only place worth seeing. So I saw. READ MORE

Review: Katie Dobbins shines with ‘There is Light’

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

And if anyone else cares to bathe alongside me in Kate’s light, join us at The Bookery on Elm Street in Manchester this Friday May 24 at 6:30 p.m. where you can see Dobbins, Kate West, Nick Ferraro and Jasmine Mann — all incredible songwriters — joining me as I read from my new book, “Notes From the Last Breath Farm: A Music Junkies Quest to Be Heard,” which is for sale at the Bookery, and on Amazon. READ MORE

Shall my laziness be unbroken? Quoth the three-eyed raven, ‘Nevermore’

Friday, May 3, 2019 Rob Azevedo 1

Sunday in the city and I’m a hot mess, burned out couch side, copper tongue sagging out the side of my mouth, just trying to figure what to do with my day. So many hours left to kill before the “Battle of Winterfell” begins. If only I had a barrel of Dragon Glass to sharpen, or a hobby that involved something other than tending to my vices to occupy my time. READ MORE

Your chance to catch Sean Rowe in concert is March 31. Don’t blow it.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Rob Azevedo 0

Catch Sean Rowe at the Capital Center for the Arts on March 31, if you can. You won’t regret it. READ MORE