The uber-fantastic Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… is back for another season on The Sundance Channel, and continues to be one of my favorite musical programs on television. The series is produced in conjunction with Elton John’s Rocket Pictures and features Costello in conversation with a unique assortment of musical contemporaries each week.
Month: January 2010
Cleveland Bachelor’s Show of the Week: The Rural Alberta Advantage
Dear ATVians, What time is it? Well, in additional to being the appointed hour for getting ill (Beasties-style, not physician-wise), it is also time for the January Cleveland Bachelor Show of the Month! After last month’s Bears-headlined NEO showcase, we are back to featuring a promise national act cutting a swathe through the 216 to […]
Finding The Light in Darkness: A conversation with Springsteen author Lawrence Kirsch
As we break the seal on 2010, I’m looking forward (as so many Springsteen fans are) to the much-discussed commemorative box set for Bruce Springsteen’s classic release, Darkness on the Edge of Town. We don’t know at this point specifically what shows/materials will be incorporated into the bonus elements of the release, but it is […]
Good Listening: R.E.M – Live in Cleveland – 6/11/95
You always remember your first concert. Mine was R.E.M. and Luscious Jackson at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, on June 11, 1995. The Athens, Georgia, quartet was my favorite band at the time, and had been for several years. I first became aware of them when a local radio station flipped to the modern-rock format […]
Cleveland Bachelor’s Show of the Week: Grog Shop’s FREE Weekend of Shows!
Dear ATVians, Let me be the first to wish you a happy new year. OK, by the time you read this, you’ll probably have been the recipient of such a greeting already (if not 50 times already), but know that I really mean it when I say it. I mean, this isn’t like one of […]