You didn’t hear this from me, but a little birdie told me that Ed Kowalczyk, the former lead singer of Live, will play a secret show at 2 p.m. today at Halvorson’s on Church Street. Kowalczyk is playing a sold out gig tonight at Higher Ground. And for those of you younger than 25, if you don’t know who Live was, picture a grungier, artsier(ish) version of Daughtry. Gawd, I feel old.

Anyhoo, since I’m also feeling a little nostalgic today, here’s Live’s “I Alone.” And yes, I realize given the title of this post, you probably were expecting “Lightning Crashes.” But I hate that song. Also, lightning “flashes.” Thunder crashes. That’s bugged me for years …

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FNrQOUtXYOo%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1

Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves...