Bridget Buckley
The Shins: "This song will change your life."
As of Sunday, October 1, 2017, all my dreams have come true. “I would go to more live shows if babysitters were free” no longer applies...
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Bridget Buckley
- Oct 1, 2017
- 3 min
17 Musings on Imagine Dragons
1. I surprised my 14 year old daughter with tickets to see Imagine Dragons and I don’t know if she was more excited to go to the concert...
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Bridget Buckley
- Sep 28, 2017
- 5 min
Through The Looking Glass: San Diego Hosts U2's Joshua Tree
It’s a miracle that bands come to San Diego anymore. Sure, we have great weather, but our music venues are limited and our radio stations...
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Bridget Buckley
- Sep 25, 2017
- 2 min
Airpark: Early Works, Vol. 2
Music is a business. It’s a job. It’s an art and an industry. And much like a tree falling in the forest making a sound; music is only...
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Bridget Buckley
- Sep 19, 2017
- 4 min
2017 Kaaboo: A Review
As a veteran “Kaabooer,” I have higher expectations than most for the three day September festival that has taken over the Del Mar...
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Bridget Buckley
- Sep 15, 2017
- 3 min
That Time I Went to a Barenaked Ladies Concert All By Myself...aka Last Night.
The musical festival known as Kaaboo has reached the shores of Del Mar beach for the third year in a row. Where the surf meets the turf...
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Bridget Buckley
- Sep 14, 2017
- 1 min
10 Things I Took With Me: The Indigo Girls
1. When the crowd is 90% women, they turn the men’s bathroom into an additional women’s bathroom…and make the men basically exit the...
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Bridget Buckley
- Jun 29, 2017
- 2 min
Album Review: Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes
Like most people aware of Fleet Foxes, I was first introduced to their music through the hit “Winter Hymnal.” During my musical...
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Bridget Buckley
- Jun 24, 2017
- 21 min
Mom on the Run...Nicaragua and Back
Photo: Eric Kelley The night before The Day of Light celebration in the Nueva Vida trash dump, Brad Corrigan, the founder of Love Light +...
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Bridget Buckley
- Jan 18, 2017
- 1 min
31 Songs (and counting) to Get You Through the Next Four Years
January 20th is coming. Much like the Seven Kingdoms threat of winter and the dangers it brings, I am worried about the uncertainty that...
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Bridget Buckley
- Dec 7, 2016
- 2 min
Deck Them Halls and All That Stuff...
During this season of holiday cheer, festive decorations, ho ho ho and mistletoe and presents for pretty girls (please go watch Charlie...
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Bridget Buckley
- Sep 12, 2016
- 3 min
KAABOO 2016: What 2 see & What 2 skip
Let’s start off with a few disclaimers. To say I am underwhelmed by the festival line up would be an understatement. Problem 1: They...
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Bridget Buckley
- Sep 1, 2016
- 3 min
The Beer Test Study Guide #6: Simon and Garfunkel
I need well rounded kids that can pass The Beer Test. I am not talking about underage drinking, but the ability to have a conversation...
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Bridget Buckley
- Aug 26, 2016
- 3 min
Elvis Presley: Misogyny, Racism and Yoga
I have no memories of my Uncle Bill. He died of a heart attack in 1978 when I was two, so that made him a bit of a mythical person to me,...
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Bridget Buckley
- Apr 26, 2016
- 1 min
KAABOO 2016 Lineup Predictions
Five months before the musical festival descends on the Del Mar Racetrack, KAABOO will release their full music line up tomorrow, on...
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Bridget Buckley
- Apr 8, 2016
- 1 min
House Show Party Playlist
I have always been a positive person…a “glass half full” kind of gal. But that optimism tends to lend itself to high expectations. And...
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Bridget Buckley
- Mar 29, 2016
- 4 min
Hey Marseilles: Worth the Wait
I’ve seen a lot of concerts. Some good. Some bad. Some memorable. And some terrible. It is easy to get swayed during a bad concert into...
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Bridget Buckley
- Mar 13, 2016
- 5 min
Must Have Irish Playlist
Irish music is big in my house, but every March, it goes through the roof. I have been Irish dancing since I was 12 and my daughter...
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Bridget Buckley
- Mar 10, 2016
- 2 min
Once: A Movie Musical for March
During our latest little El Nino threat here in San Diego, I sat down, amidst the sounds of season, and revisited the brilliance that is...
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Bridget Buckley
- Mar 3, 2016
- 1 min
Foo Fighters Give the Middle Finger...Again
Foo Fighters knocked it out of the park last night, with their anticipated official announcement regarding the future of the band. Hours...
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