1990s

On the Sceneroller team, we use the term "tasting the carne asada" to denote the emotional pull that certain sense memories hold.

Google Maps' Street View offers all kinds of fun for imaginative types who want immersive experiences. Those Google vans have been busy photographing our streets, and the result is a powerful virtual world for those of us who want to pace off our own history or others'.

The Sceneroller team loves venues with a past. Physical spaces -- whether small clubs, big arenas, practice or recording studios, music stores, or other gathering spots -- are a gold mine for the music history we want to capture here.

Thanks to a friend of Sceneroller for turning me on to A World of Nirvana, a "Google Maps and YouTube mashup" that traces the band's performance chronology from its very first party at a home in Raymond, Wash., in March 1987, to its final gig in Munich almost exactly seven years later.

A constant inspiration to Sceneroller: the variety of sites dedicated to documenting comprehensively a topic of musical interest, from bands to shows to individual musicians to venues. In the latter camp is this site dedicated to the history of the Bottom Line.

Not everyone would consider Boise, Idaho, a nexus of musical activity ... But for Jacey Brain, Tabatha Butler and Sarah Phillips, the town's music venues tell a story worth sharing in the form of the Boise Historic Music Tour.

At Sceneroller, we're dedicated to the proposition that acting locally in music scenes can have global implications, especially in the era of social media.

Two confessions: First, I'm not a close follower of the musical oeuvre or media shenanigans of Kid Rock.

I've been looking at a lot of online collections of gig flyers as Sceneroller comes together, and I'm very fond of the Jason Willis Flyer Collection. It's not the biggest set around, or the most exhaustive on any particular region or band or venue ...