One of the funniest moments ever in my life, came courtesy of the infamous “performance” featuring Joe Cocker and John Belushi on Saturday Night Live. Cocker continues to be an (at times) unintentional source of humor, as evidenced by this video from Youtube, which makes brilliant use of performance footage from Woodstock: Joe Cocker – […]
Month: June 2008
New Order premiere new DVD exclusively on Imeem.com
I’ve had a number of Imeem-related posts in mind, since my initial post about Imeem a few weeks ago. Today, Gina @ Imeem got in touch via email – she had picked up on my Imeem posts, and also figured out that I was a New Order fan. Gina wrote to let me know that […]
George Carlin
I was shocked, as I think many people were, to wake up to the news today that George Carlin had passed. I wasn’t a monster Carlin fan, but I had a huge amount of respect for his career and the things that he had accomplished. Carlin was one of the greats, much like Richard Pryor, […]
Judas Priest – Nostradamus – The debate continues
I’ll continue to follow up on the ongoing debate regarding the new Judas Priest album Nostradamus, which we’ve talked about previously. My good friend Chris Akin spent an hour on Saturday night’s edition of The Classic Metal Show debating and talking about the new album with Blabbermouth.net contributor Keith Bergman (another longtime friend of mine.) […]
The Perfect CD Review: Offspring – Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
TJ @ Viva La Mainstream scores an unofficial “blog post of the week” award with his review of the new Offspring CD Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. TJ takes what definitely qualifies as a good hard look at the band’s Bob Rock-produced album, long in the works, and finally available in stores. And according […]
Quick Hits – Judas Priest, Summertime, Kanye West
Another busy week in the can, thank goodness! First, a rock and roll recap from the week that was…. I saw quite a bit of live music this week, including: The New Frontiers / Below Jupiter / Liza Bundy at the Beachland Tavern on Monday night (recap here.) Wednesday night, I saw what was (believe […]
My 80s summer music fix has been officially booked!
I mentioned briefly in a recent post, my plans to journey to Dayton, OH to see Night Ranger. When I saw the date pop up on Night Ranger’s Myspace page, I gave it a casual glance, and figured that it was an opening slot. Opening slots, as much as I love Night Ranger, aren’t really […]
T-Ride, I forgot all about you!
Thanks to my retro 80s loving pal Corey, I thought of T-Ride today. You haven’t heard of T-Ride…..what? Wikipedia describes T-Ride as being noted for its wildly complex instrument and vocal arrangements. That’s funny, because I wasn’t aware that ANYONE besides Corey, myself, and perhaps maybe the people that saw them opening for Joe Satriani […]
Judas Priest – Nostradamus – “best album since Painkiller”
….so says my tech/computer wizard pal TDavid in a detailed review of the new Judas Priest CD, which can be found right here. TDavid’s review is the first all-out thumbs up I’ve heard from a friend, for the new disc so far. My metal pal Jeremy says the jury is still out for him on […]
Some good Bruce Springsteen humor
I caught this bit of Springsteen humor via John Soeder’s Pop Music blog. The video below is another gem from Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die website. Comedian Pete Hulne could be a really big Springsteen fan, and if that’s not the case, he’s certainly studied his share of Springsteen videos, etc. to nail the subtle […]