This was only a matter of time. Given that my day job allows me ridiculously generous access to the rich abundance of live music available in New York City, yet doesn’t generally provide an arena in which to talk about those performances after the fact, it was probably inevitable that — once I got over my initial stage fright — I’d eventually get around to kicking up a blog to reflect on what I’ve seen and heard. Still, I’ll warn you in advance that this is liable to be a slow start because, as I type this, I’m still on a slow-pokey dial-up connection.

Well, that, and my still-beloved more-or-less hometown team, the Houston Astros, are facing the White Sox in the 14th inning of the first-ever World Series game to be played in Texas.

I promise to get back to you, soon. In the mean time, please visit The Rest Is Noise and Vilaine Fille, the two bloggists who most convinced me that this could be a viable pastime…