Portlandia

Fred Armisen, star of Portlandia and SNL, joined Bob Mould on stage for three encores. (Ken Kurson) One of the reasons I don’t see live music much anymore (in addition to all the reasons that come with being a grumpy old tossup, such as “it’s too damn loud”) is that the era of smartphones has undone the very reason live performance exists. The notion of a