Ian Gillan has released a new solo album and it’s pretty good. Gillan is one of the most distinctive singers of the past 40 years, spawning a graveyard full of imitators and wanna-bes, most of whom never came close to matching his energy and power as frontman for Deep Purple. Before you start with the […]
Month: May 2009
Blame These Songs… For the Rain.
I’ve been moody this last week. And not in-so-much one of those randy moods I’d so rather be. Mostly tired I guess – blaming lack of a good night’s worth of sleep again. But this weather… ugh, it’s annoying. Hopefully the mood passes as quickly as the crappy skies. As I sit at my computer […]
Radio Ga Ga Saved My Life Tonight
When I was a kid, up until about the age of eleven, we moved around a lot. My father’s engineering job took us to such exotic locales as Port Huron, Michigan and Norcross, Georgia. It also dumped us in Wiesbaden, Germany for about 8 months in 1976/1977. Seeing as how I didn’t really speak the […]
Super-cool concert alert: Venice with Billy Idol and Dave Mason
I am WAY jealous of the residents of Santa Monica, CA, and their opportunity at the end of this week to catch one hell of a triple bill. Locally based California studs Venice, the coolest band of brothers and cousins that I’ve ever came across in my time as a music fan, are part of […]
Cage Match: Sweet vs. The Eagles
This week’s Cage Match is another one courtesy of Michael’s warped mind. This one slips quietly in front of another great suggestion by The Cleveland Caper that we’ll have to save for a future week. And ya know, if you have a suggestion for a future Cage Match, drop us a line and we’ll add […]
Good Listening: Wilco – Live at The Troubadour – 11/12/96
image courtesy of Daytrotter Sunday night as I was getting ready to head down to the radio station, I saw a Facebook message with the news that former Wilco multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett had passed away. A quick search of Google, industry message board The Velvet Rope, and a few of my other usual online haunts […]
The Monday Morning Mix – Honky Tonks & Hootenannies – 5/25/09
What It Is: A weekly mix tape posted on Mondays, created by the fans of Addicted to Vinyl, posted for all to enjoy! The mix is available for one week, until the new one goes up. The Goal: Introduce yourself to great new music from bands of the past and present, from albums that are […]
Bruuuuuce! Photos from last night in NJ
photo by Ron Ring This morning I was reading a great endorsement of the Springsteen live experience via Gail Worley and The Worley Gig. Gail sez: Bruce and the E Street Band played for three hours and blew our heads right off. Think she had fun? Her concert comrade Geoffrey Dicker has a few GREAT […]
Setlist: Billy Joel and Elton John – Quicken Loans Arena – 5/23/09
photo above by John Soeder Put the shotgun away – that’s no intruder, it’s just your good pal Elton John captured during last night’s concert at the Q. Sigh. No, I wasn’t in attendance for this one. I took a pass on last night’s show with Billy and Elton, because I knew that things would […]
Taylor Swift and John Mayer
I keep seeing and hearing things that make me think that I need to own Taylor Swift albums. Here’s the latest piece of visual evidence courtesy of Bob Lefsetz. From Bob: Hang in there until 4:00, when the audience takes over the song… Audio is far from perfect, but you’ll get the idea… Song starts […]