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Dave Lindquist

It started in the vestibule. It ended in the hospital.

About Me

I write about music for The Indianapolis Star, the daily newspaper in Indianapolis. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Hoosiers who love music.

Music:

About the Fire, The Academy, Afghan Whigs, The Alarm, Mose Allison, Allman Brothers Band, Dave Alvin, America Owns the Moon, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Archer Avenue (IN), Arrah and the Ferns, Asylum Street Spankers, Angelo Badalamenti, Bad Religion, Erykah Badu, Bare Jr., Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beck, James Bell and the Highlighters, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds Five, Chuck Berry, Big Big Car, Big Star, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Blacksoil Project, Blueprintmusic, Blur, BoDeans, David Bowie, Billy Bragg, James Brown, Buffalo Tom, Built to Spill, Buzzcocks, Cake, Neko Case, Johnny Cash, Chamberlain, Ray Charles, Charlatans UK, Cheap Trick, Chemical Brothers, Citizen Dick, The Clash, Patsy Cline, Eddie Cochran, Leonard Cohen, Coldplay, John Coltrane, Common, the Common, Sam Cooke, Cornershop, Elvis Costello, Cracker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crowded House, Desmond Dekker, De La Soul, Demiricous, Devil to Pay, Devo, Jennie DeVoe, Digable Planets, Dinosaur Jr., Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Dixie Chicks, Willie Dixon, DJ Shadow, Lila Downs, Drive-By Truckers, Drive Shaft, Bob Dylan, Early Day Miners, Ebony Rhythm Band, Steve Earle, Elastica, Missy Elliott, Tim Eriksen, Bill Evans, Extra Blue Kind, Faith No More, Fall Out Boy, Feelies, Ibrahim Ferrer, Neil Finn, Flaming Lips, Danny Flanigan, Foo Fighters, Fountains of Wayne, Fugazi, Fuglees, Garbage, Marvin Gaye, Geraldine Fibbers, Get Up Kids, Otis Gibbs, Girls Against Boys, Gizmos, Godfathers, Golden Smog, Gomez, Green Day, Guided By Voices, Woody Guthrie, Merle Haggard, Slide Hampton, Ben Harper, PJ Harvey, Haste the Day, Juliana Hatfield, Helmet, John Hiatt, Jimi Hendrix, Hives, the Hold Steady, Buddy Holly, Hoodoo Gurus, Hothouse Flowers, James Hunter, Husker Du, Billy Idol, Imperial Teen, Chris Isaak, Joe Jackson, The Jam, Jamiroquai, Janes Addiction, Jay-Z, Jem, The Jesus and Mary Chain, J.J. Johnson, Robert Johnson, Elvin Jones, Alicia Keys, Killjoy Confetti, B.B. King, Kings of Leon, The Kinks, Kool Keith, Glenn Kotche, Alison Krauss, KRS-One, Talib Kweli, Led Zeppelin, Amos Lee, Ben Lee, Lemonheads, John Lennon, Annie Lennox, The Living End, Jerry Lee Lewis, Local H, Loose Fur, Loretta, Lyle Lovett, Low, Ludacris, Luna, Lunar Event, Mab Lab, Madder Rose, Magnolia Electric Co., Majhas, The Make-Up, Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos, Bob Marley, Mary Janes, Maxwell, MC5, Meat Puppets, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, John Mellencamp, Menswear, Mercury Rev, Metallica, Buddy Miller, Steve Miller, Minor Threat, Minutemen, Modest Mouse, Money Mark, The Monkees, Bill Monroe, Buddy Montgomery, Wes Montgomery, Morphine, Morrissey, Mos Def, Bob Mould, Mudkids, Murder by Death, Junior Murvin, MxPx, My Bloody Valentine, My Brightest Diamond, My Morning Jacket, The Mysteries of Life, Naked Raygun, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Willie Nelson, New Duncan Imperials, New Pornographers, Jason Newsted, Nickel Creek, N.I.L.8, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Noise Addict, Oasis, Old 97s, Old Pike, Operation Ivy, Outkast, Buck Owens, Parliament, Sean Paul, Nicholas Payton, Pearl Jam, Persuasions, Tom Petty, Liz Phair, the Philosophy, Phish, Pieces, Pink, Pixies, The Police, Iggy Pop, Pop Lolita, Poster Children, Elvis Presley, Prince, John Prine, Propellerheads, Public Enemy, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Racebannon, Yank Rachell, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Ramones, Rancid, Raveonettes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimmy Reed, R.E.M., Replacements, The Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Rhymefest, Mel Rhyne, Damien Rice, Rilo Kiley, Rites of Spring, Marty Robbins, Tad Robinson, Rolling Stones, The Roots, Sadie Mae Glutz, Sam and Dave, Scissor Sisters, Jill Scott, September 67, Seven Degrees from Center, Sex Pistols, Jake Shimabukuro. Shadeland, The Shivers, Shudder to Think, Paul Simon, Sindacato, Sleater-Kinney, Sly and the Family Stone, Sloan, Slobberbone, The Slurs, Smashing Pumpkins, Elliott Smith, The Smithereens, Social Distortion, Soledad Brothers, Sonic Youth, Son Volt, Soul Asylum, Soulive, Soundgarden, Spinal Tap, Spiritualized, Spandau Ballet, Spearhead, Bruce Springsteen, Stereo Deluxe, Stereolab, Stooges, Strokes, Sugar, Superchunk, Supergrass, Matthew Sweet, Taking Back Sunday, Talking Heads, Susan Tedeschi, Teenage Fanclub, Temple of the Dog, Tenacious D, Ten Years After, The The, They Might Be Giants, Richard Thompson, Those Young Lions, T.I., Tool, Transmatic, Travis, Tricky, Triple Fast Action, Derek Trucks, KT Tunstall, Twilight Singers, U2, Umphrey's McGee, Uncle Tupelo, United States Three, Up! Scumbag, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Velvet Underground, Gene Vincent, Virgin Millionaires, Vulgar Boatmen, Tom Waits, Muddy Waters, Doc Watson, Weezer, Kanye West, Whiskeytown, White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Hank Williams, Lucinda Williams, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, World Party, XTC, Dwight Yoakam, Neil Young, Lester Young, Zero Boys, Warren Zevon.

Movies:

Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Jack Black, Albert Brooks, Luis Bunuel, Steve Buscemi, Coen Brothers, Sofia Coppola, Will Ferrell, Terry Gilliam, Christopher Guest, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Hitchcock, John Hughes, Sam Jackson, Charlie Kaufman, Keira Knightley, Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee, David Lynch, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Harold Ramis, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, Gus Van Sant, Vince Vaughn, Denzel Washington, Orson Welles, Wim Wenders, Owen Wilson.

Television:

Arrested Development, Big Love, The Colbert Report, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Drake and Josh Show, Entourage, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, Law and Order: CI, Lost, Match Game, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Bob Newhart Show, The Office (NBC's, believe it or not), Project Runway, Ray Rayner, Reno 911!, The Soup, The White Shadow

Books:

Douglas Coupland, Don DeLillo, Elmore Leonard, Robert Ludlum, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace.

Heroes:

Steve Ontiveros, Manny Trillo, Ivan DeJesus, Larry Biittner, Bobby Murcer, Jose Cardenal, Joe Wallis, Steve Swisher, Rick Reuschel, Ray Burris, Mike Krukow, Bruce Sutter. And Walter Payton.

My Blog

Loretta gives up the ghost

I'm not happy to report this, but it's true.Loretta will play its final show Friday, June 6, at Birdy's.The Brothers Weidner -- Jason, Damon and Jeremy -- and Stan Muller made more than their share of...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:09:00 PST

Real guitar heroes of Indiana

Talk to a guitar player about the "Guitar Hero" video game, and the conversation may be less than pleasant.Musicians who've mastered six strings on a fret board generally say their skills don't mesh w...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Mon, 26 May 2008 09:07:00 PST

Entertainment surrounding the 500-Mile Race

The crowd at this year's Carb Day show was wild, yet tame compared to last year.Some notes from my day covering Stone Temple Pilots can be found here.A general preview of Carb Day, May Day, the parade...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Sat, 24 May 2008 11:11:00 PST

Christian Taylor goes "Off the Record"

Captivating singer-songwriter Christian Taylor talks about reviving America Owns the Moon as a trio here.In the latest episode of "Off the Record," he performs the songs "Whispering Voices" and "Nobod...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Sat, 24 May 2008 10:00:00 PST

What happened to May?

Yikes. I'm way overdue for updates.Here are three items from earlier this month:* Claude Brissart goes "Off the Record": Story here and video here.* John Mellencamp unveils Starbucks plans here.* Moms...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Sat, 24 May 2008 09:44:00 PST

Radio raings: WIBC surges, WFMS still No. 1

News and talk station WIBC gained listeners during its first three months at FM radio frequency 93.1, jumping from No. 5 to No. 2 in Arbitron ratings. Still, its success fell short of country station ...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:28:00 PST

A conversation with David "Tufty" Clough

David "Tufty" Clough moved to Indianapolis at age 13, an adolescent from Liverpool, England, more interested in soccer than his hometown Beatles.Music, however, has defined his time in the United Stat...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:12:00 PST

Sweet Dilemma goes "Off the Record"

Rock band Sweet Dilemma stars in the current episode of the "Off the Record" video series, which is posted here. I have to admit the video player isn't too cooperative this afternoon -- perhaps becaus...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST

Cool Kids validate their now-and-then buzz

Cool Kids MCs Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks aren't snobs when evaluating the hip-hop canon, as NWA's "F - - - tha Police" and Kriss Kross' "Jump" were quoted with equal reverence when used as departur...
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:16:00 PST

Identity crisis for Spoon at the Vogue

Why is Lenny Kravitz vilified for retracing the sounds of the past, while Spoon is held up as a champion of the cutting edge for doing the same thing? Read more here....
Posted by Dave Lindquist on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:58:00 PST