Friday was a hella-busy day, and I would have missed the following Springsteen news bit completely, but thanks to a friend’s random Myspace bulletin, I came across the following: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/ohbocleveland Change We Need Rally with Barack and Michelle Obama and Special Guest Bruce Springsteen Please join us this Sunday, November 2nd, for a rally in […]
Month: October 2008
What is the law? No spill blood, of course!
2000 Pride of Arizona: Danny Elfman/Oingo Boingo It’s a good day at band camp when the music you’re practicing comes from Oingo Boingo. The rules are written in the stone Break the rules and you get no bones All you get is ridicule, laughter And a trip to the house of pain! “No Spill Blood” […]
Tour Dates: Fountains of Wayne, Duncan Sheik, Tom Morello
A couple of my faves are hitting the road with no Cleveland shows in sight….yet. Fountains of Wayne are in the studio right now working on their next disc, and will break in early 2009 for some full band acoustic dates featuring tunes from the upcoming album, and old favorites. Let me get my request […]
Nothing says I love you like Keith Richards
Cassette from My Ex has been on my love list for a while now, a site where you can listen to old mix tapes from someone’s ex, and hear the story behind the mix courtesy of the original recipient of the tape. I love the story behind this mix shared by writer Jancee Dunn. How […]
Setlist: Matthew Sweet and The Bridges @ Beachland Ballroom 10/25/08
Random note: I learned via Darren / He’s A Whore that SNL/Dylan/Hall & Oates guitarist G.E. Smith was at one time, married to Gilda Radner. I had no idea. Did you? You learn something new everyday on this internet thing. Buddy Guy with G.E. Smith – Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues Speaking of other […]
Dream baby dream….won’t you?
Pete @ Blogness on the Edge of Town has a nice mini-review of Springsteen’s “Dream Baby Dream,” which is finally available as an official release after all of these years. The release is available in two flavors – via download, and also as an extremely limited vinyl release. Getting my mitts on a copy has […]
Good Listening: The Jayhawks 7/9/03 – Chicago, IL
This year has been a good year to be a Jayhawks fan with the release of Jayhawks frontman Gary Louris’s solo CD Vagabonds, produced by Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, and a long overdue retrospective for the all-star Golden Smog project. Jayhawks fans can now begin salivating in advance over Ready For The Flood, […]
new Shiny Toy Guns album – a quick thought
Listening to the new Shiny Toy Guns album Season of Poison, which comes out November 4th. The rap in album opener “When Did This Storm Begin” reminds me of this Overall, album sounds pretty good, although I don’t like it as much as the last album. It wraps up nicely with “Frozen Oceans.” And by […]
Eels vinyl and a buncha other stuff
Notice: Tonight at the Rock Hall – User Sets Mode and The Suede Brothers. 7pm. Rock out. So dig this: Fellow Eels fans like me are probably stoked to read the announcement of a vinyl box set for Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. I go to the website and read the details – 4 LP […]
Flashback: Matthew Sweet on David Letterman
This post combines two of my buddy Jack’s favorite subjects – Matthew Sweet and David Letterman! Sweet launched his fall tour last night in Boulder, CO with my current favorite (mostly) girl group The Bridges opening. The tour lands at the Beachland Ballroom here in Cleveland on Saturday night, and the latest Beachland email newsletter […]