I mentioned this briefly last week, and today saw the following in-depth post from Ohio Media Watch, and thought it was worth sharing with you all: Remember the ‘KRP episode where a station tried to lure away Venus Flytrap, by making him the program director of an automated station… revealed when a massive wall of […]
Month: September 2008
Good Listening: Bruce Springsteen – Passaic Night – 9-19-78
As CD trading via mail started to build in the 90s, I suddenly had an additional outlet to feed my growing love for live shows. No longer did that require purchasing bootleg CDs from local and mail order retailers because I finally had the ability via the internet to find others that were fans of […]
Empire Records
Kelly @ Popdose is back with another winner in the Soundtrack Saturday series. Last week: Better Off Dead. This week: Empire Records. I love this movie about a Gen X-run independent record store for a few reasons. One is the nostalgia factor. It definitely makes me think of high school — Class of ‘96, in […]
Good Reading: Richard Wright’s Last Interview
Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright passed away earlier this week after a short battle with cancer. One of his final interviews has surfaced online courtesy of The Times: In the summer of 2007 I went to Wright’s modest mews house in Kensington, at the time of the 40th anniversary of Floyd’s first album, Piper […]
Good Listening: Yes – Richfield Coliseum – 9/19/78 – 30 Years Ago Today
In 1997, I learned officially exactly what it was that people loved about “classic Yes.” After growing up as a fan of 90125-era Yes, I had free tickets to see “classic Yes” at Music Hall. It was a show that despite my relative unfamiliarity with their 70s back catalog, I couldn’t pass up. Post-show, Yes […]
Attention Canadians – Can someone record this CBC Blue Rodeo broadcast for me?
Oh MY – Just saw this news over at the official Blue Rodeo forums. I’m looking for a kind Canadian soul that can record the radio broadcast tomorrow night: Please email me if you can capture this and share a copy with me? Here is the original message: BR concert at Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB […]
Setlist: Blue Rodeo @ The Magic Bag, Detroit, MI 9-17-08
After spending most of yesterday at home, enjoying the day off, I hopped into my car and pointed my vehicle towards Detroit, Michigan. I brought my Ipod with me, but didn’t power it up once. The entire trip was powered by a soundtrack of Yes and Springsteen concert bootlegs, on a day that was uncharacteristically […]
That’s some real conversation for your ass….
Nope this isn’t Ben Folds, Snoop, or even Dre related, but this is instead a post for my fellow music geeks. Take a couple of Chicago’s well known music critics who happen to work for competing newspapers, and give them a radio show to discuss, argue, and dissect music. The result is a weekly radio […]
Blue Rodeo Week: Live at the Stardust Picnic 7/9/00
In honor of Blue Rodeo’s U.S. jaunt happening this week, I’ve decided to celebrate with Blue Rodeo Week. Here’s where we’ve been so far: Day One: T is for The Days in Between Day Two: What am I doing here? Day Three: Five from Greg Keelor Day Four: Five from Jim Cuddy Day Five: Six […]
On the road again, but not quite
Yesterday, I got to use the term “throwing the horns” while putting together an upcoming press release for work. I’m going to go ahead and mark that day in the “win” column. Not bad. Today, day off. Going to see Blue Rodeo in Detroit tonight, in case you’ve been sleeping the past week. My friend […]