As I was digging around in my collection today, I pulled out two CDs worth of Chicago, recorded live in New York City in 1977. While this isn’t the best sounding show that I’ve got from Chicago, it was interesting to me at the time that I first got it a few years ago for […]
Category: Guitar Gods
Mark Knopfler announces spring tour dates
Here’s something that will make many of you smile heading into the weekend – the announcement of spring tour dates from former Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler! Get Lucky (pre-order via Amazon), the new CD from Knopfler, drops in stores on Tuesday. I’m thinkin’ the Ann Arbor date might have my name on it, tagged […]
Favorite Beatles covers?
As you might have heard, remastered copies of the Beatles catalog are coming out today. I say this sarcastically knowing that some of you are swinging the proverbial cat around and around in the air, trying to miss the global coverage of this event, and you….just…CAN’T miss it! The Beatles have nabbed the front cover […]
Cage Match: Jon vs. John
I look at this week’s battle as a battle between two songs with two of the most awesome song openings of all time. The subject matter of Jon Bon Jovi (and his rock band conveniently named Bon Jovi) and John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp, and John Mellencamp (take your pick depending on the year) was […]
Journey Old Vs. Journey Popular Vs. Journey New
Editor’s note: Inspired by this week’s Cage Match, Chris Akin and I had a long conversation about Journey. I invited him to share his thoughts here on the site, and a couple of hours later, I had this in my inbox: I was talking on the phone with Addicted To Vinyl’s fearless leader about a […]
Flight 666 now departing….
I wore out Piece of Mind, I mean I WORE THAT OUT! I listened to it all day, and then when it got to be night time, I put the headphones on… Tom Morello Rage Against The Machine “Flight 666 is now taking off,” “F*ckin’ Maiden,” and “Up The Irons” were just a few of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Queensryche @ House of Blues 5-6-09 – An alternate take
Here’s a guest review of last week’s Queensryche show at the House of Blues, from my good friend Chris Akin of Pitriff. Check out my own review of the night, right here. Queensryche is one of those bands that always works hard to give the fans what they want. Rarely in the last few years […]
When Retards Attack: Heaven & Hell CA In-Store
I believe that my pal Brian would file this in category “The Dumb.” Thanks to Chris Akin for sharing this with the following comment: As if Metal fans needed help looking like idiots, this jagoff comes along to keep the retard image going! This reminds me humorously of some of the metal in-stores that Chris […]