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30 Years Ago Today: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - WMMS 10th Anniversary Concert at the Cleveland Agora

August 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Bruce Springsteen · Flashback · Good Listening · Radio · The 70s

Great adventures in musical segues part one….

July 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Those of you that appreciate the art of the musical segue will dig this.
We’re doing a 90s weekend at the radio station, and I had a couple of great ones…..
The first one - got a call from someone requesting “American Music” (video) by Violent Femmes which I threw in before “Trigger Happy Jack” (video) by […]

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Tags: Radio · Rock and Roll Weekend · Thanks That Was Fun · The 90s

A discussion on the current state of Triple-A radio

June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I spent this past week in Minneapolis for the annual Conclave radio convention.
Unlike previous years, I really didn’t go to a ton of the panel discussions/sessions this year, because I had a pretty full schedule for work.
Lee Abrams gave a speech, and having worked with Lee briefly at one point when […]

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Tags: Good Listening · Music · Radio · The Music Biz