Taylor's Ham

where food and music and Taylor Swift collide

Live Music

  • Deeper Well Tour + Miti Miti (Brooklyn)

    A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (although I may have been in Midtown Manhattan at the time), I logged in to a pre-sale queue for tickets to see Kacey Musgraves on her Deeper Well tour. I’d seen Kacey twice before: once at the legendary Apollo Theater (nosebleed seats) and another Read more

  • Sleater-Kinney at Terminal 5

    The venue was dark when the band entered from stage right. The energy at Terminal 5 was rising, and I could feel it seeping through the floorboards of the second tier where MDP and I were standing. One spectator commented that more than 1,000 people must have been present for the second night of a Read more

  • Brooklyn Bowl + Old 97’s (Sorta)

    MDP and I bought tickets for the Old 97’s show at Brooklyn Bowl about a month ago. So, when the day came, I was pretty excited to get there. Although the doors weren’t slated to open until 8 pm for the show, we knew we could grab a bite at the bowling alley beforehand. I took Read more

  • Rhett Miller at City Winery

    “My name’s Stuart Ransom Miller. I’m a serial lady killer,” sang Rhett Miller last night at City Winery–a cool, sophisticated venue–with the whole of his audience acting as an enthusiastic back up singer. If the crowd seemed older, well, there’s no hiding that Rhett Miller has gotten older, too—and wiser, and better looking, if that Read more

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Missoula, Montana

    For the uninitiated, the dreamy college town, Missoula, may seem too cool for school. In reality, it is, but you can fit right in if you read this trusty blog post. Read more

  • Greater Adoration

    TAYLOR COUNTDOWN: 2 DAYS Contrary to your belief, there are people out there who adore Taylor Swift more than I do. And they’re talented musicians. Take this one–Mary–singing “You Belong With Me” My favorite part of Mary’s performance–filled with props that Taylor, no doubt, appropriates in her real life–happens around the 35 second mark. During Read more

  • Turn yr radio on, the program is a’startin’

    ALEX BATTLES &THE WHISKY REBELLION Any band that sings a song called “Jesus Wore Flip Flops” is my kind of band. So when I first experienced Alex Battles and the Whisky Rebellion on July 4 at the Brooklyn Museum, I knew it was love at first listen. Self-described as “roof-shaking joyful hodgepodge of honky-tonk, jump Read more

  • Countdown to Taylor at Penn State

    TAYLOR COUNTDOWN: 9 Days* On August 29, Small Hands and I are going to see Taylor Swift at the Bryce Johnson Theater at Penn State University. “Isn’t that far from New York, Nicole?” you might ask. “Why not see her locally?” If you knew anything at all, you’d realize that her Madison Square Garden Show Read more