Addicted To Vinyl

In the moments before Styx took the stage at House of Blues in Cleveland, “Wake Up Little Susie” by The Everly Brothers played at elevated volume through the sound system. There was significance behind the song choice that likely was unnoticed by most of the crowd in attendance.
Susie Young, wife of longtime […]

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Busy night tonight in the Cleveland music scene. As per usual, there’s no shortage of choices for live music!
Nine Inch Nails are at Quicken Loans Arena - I of course saw the show a few weeks back at Virgin Mobile Festival, and it ruled.

EDIT:
Just got word that Cleveland’s own Nicholas Megalis has been added […]

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I love my friends, and the unique ways that they make me smile. I opened my email this morning, and got the following email from my friend Jerry:
Subject: PETER mother f*cking HAMMILL…
…so, PETER HAMMILL is on tour in the USA…in my market…DETROIT (10/09) and in CLEVELAND (10/10)…I had to send out an […]

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Hello Cleveland!
I’ll start out with some Cleveland-related stuff first:
I missed a get-together of fellow Cleveland bloggers on Friday night due to heading to Baltimore for Virgin Festival. By all accounts, it was a good time, and man, the food at Bar Cento sounds awesome.
Fellow Cleveland blogger Todd took the plunge today and […]

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Mark it down - I’m pointing you all towards something from The Plain Dealer that is not authored by John Soeder.
That’s right folks, it happens on rare occasion.
Speaking of that, one of these days, I’m going to ask John if “Soeder” is pronounced in such a way that rhymes with Loder….as in Kurt Loder.

I thought […]

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You know those days/nights where you’re about to go out of town, and you have about 10 million things to get done?
That was my day yesterday, as I was preparing to go to Baltimore for Virgin Festival 2008 (more on that, in a bit.)
I had to take care of regular work obligations, additional […]

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Today is a very proud date that has been notched into the young Addicted to Vinyl timeline. The great Mel from Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Your Boyfriend has given me an award as one of her seven favorite bloggers.
There are a couple of connecting factors tied in with the award, one […]

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….but then lately, there are moments in public transportation that remind me that I’m really quite normal by comparison.
Today’s example: It makes perfectly good sense to get on the train wearing an extremely heavy winter coat with your hood on, and snow pants.
Did I mention that today’s temp in Cleveland was about 90 degrees?
What […]

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As a stats geek, I’m constantly looking at the site stats to gauge the overall popularity of the topics that I’m writing about here at Addicted to Vinyl. Additionally, I look at the stats that detail who is visiting Addicted to Vinyl, and how they are finding my site.
It’s always a thrill to find […]

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Another busy week in the can, thank goodness!
First, a rock and roll recap from the week that was….
I saw quite a bit of live music this week, including:
The New Frontiers / Below Jupiter / Liza Bundy at the Beachland Tavern on Monday night (recap here.)
Wednesday night, I saw what was (believe it or […]

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