Addicted To Vinyl

Seventeen years ago today, Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten. As of 2003, the album has been certified twelve times platinum in the United States, and remains the band’s best selling album.
So you might find it hard to believe that the album wasn’t an immediate success, and took nearly a year to reach […]

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So, Nine Inch Nails were in town over the weekend at Quicken Loans Arena, which got me thinking a bit about something. But first, you can check out a few reviews of the Cleveland show here, here, and here.
Still with me?
Good.
Billboard Magazine has a feature online celebrating 20 years of Nine Inch […]

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Bruce Springsteen onstage at the Cleveland Agora, August 9th, 1978
Image courtesy of Uncle Waldo’s Coffeehouse Concerts
August 9th, 1978:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were onstage at the Cleveland Agora for a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of local powerhouse rock and roll station WMMS.
Today is the 30th anniversary of that legendary concert and live […]

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A few days ago, I was preparing this post and had to put it aside because of “real world” commitments. Several days later, as I was working on another post, I wound up on the Pollstar site to check a date, and came across newly posted concert dates for Jackson Browne!
I shot straight to […]

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So I was catching up yesterday on about a month’s worth of Pop Candy, and came across the following link of greatness, brought to us by the fine folks at Stereogum.
It seems that Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen felt that Huey Lewis would have the goods to deliver a new soundtrack smash ala “Power of […]

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I will be seeing Howard Jones later this week on Saturday night in Kettering, OH, outside of Dayton at the Fraze Pavilion. I’ve been fortunate enough to see a number of shows at the Fraze over the years, and as previously discussed, I will make my return this weekend to catch the annual Mix […]

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I’m in Minneapolis for work, and was in a cab tonight, headed back to the hotel after dinner.
My fellow vinyl loving friend and co-worker Michael made note that he thought that the cab driver had a tattoo of one of those old 45 adapters. After taking a closer stealth look, he determined that that […]

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I mentioned briefly in a recent post, my plans to journey to Dayton, OH to see Night Ranger. When I saw the date pop up on Night Ranger’s Myspace page, I gave it a casual glance, and figured that it was an opening slot.
Opening slots, as much as I love Night Ranger, […]

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Thanks to my retro 80s loving pal Corey, I thought of T-Ride today.
You haven’t heard of T-Ride…..what?
Wikipedia describes T-Ride as being noted for its wildly complex instrument and vocal arrangements.
That’s funny, because I wasn’t aware that ANYONE besides Corey, myself, and perhaps maybe the people that saw them opening for Joe Satriani on Satch’s tour […]

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Thursday night, I put on my “metal shoes” to go see Iron Maiden at Blossom Music Center. I pick up my tickets at the box office - fifth row…SWEET!
The tickets are on the left hand side, right in front of the stacks……did I bring my earplugs? Of course not.
So […]

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