Ian Gillan – One Eye to Morocco

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]