On Monday night, dada made their long awaited return to the Cleveland area, playing an intimate show at Musica in Akron. I knew that it had been quite a while since the band had been in this neck of the woods for a show, but according to the dada tour archive, the last show was […]
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Quick Hits: Sound City, Rick Springfield, Fountains of Wayne, Heart, Etc.
There’s never enough hours in the day. If there were, I’d get the chance to do everything — or at the very least, every interview that I’d like to do. I certainly get the chance to speak with a lot of folks, but there’s always a few that slip by, due to time constraints. But […]
The Damnwells set release date for new album
The Popdose Mellowmas guys have been drunk on holiday eggnog for nearly two weeks now, but I have a news item that will grab the attention of Popdose majordomo Jeff Giles (he always insists that we should call him “Majordomo Executus” in public for some odd reason). It seems that The Damnwells have finally set […]
The Beachland needs a helping hand (and gets a nice mention)
Summertime is proving to be a lean period for The Beachland Ballroom and they (as many venues are nationally) are experiencing monetary issues that led them to recently reach out via their email newsletter with a couple of messages asking for help. Here’s the latest word from Beachland co-owner Cindy Barber: Dear Beachlanders…Thanks to everyone […]
Ronnie James Dio, R.I.P.
What a shock it was to wake up on Sunday morning to the news that heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio had passed away, after a six month battle with stomach cancer. All recent indications made it seem like Ronnie was winning the battle (in fact, he was on the “black metal” carpet in April […]
New music from Toad The Wet Sprocket?
One of my favorite music writers on the internet is a fellow named Mike Ragogna, who writes a great weekly music column for The Huffington Post that usually shows up sometime near the top of each week. Mike’s column features new release news, the latest press releases and best of all, really extensive interviews with […]
Stream This: Dave Brubeck at the 2009 Newport Jazz Festival
There really isn’t enough time to listen to all of the audio/video goodness floating around out there on the world wide web. Here’s some more proof of that. While working on a future Ticket Stub column for Popdose, I came across streaming audio courtesy of NPR, featuring Dave Brubeck’s entire performance at the 2009 Newport […]
Blog: Lloyd Cole, Ticket Stub and Styx
Last night found yours truly at The Winchester, the scene of so many great previous musical experiences (with many more that are still to come). On the assigned agenda: An evening with Lloyd Cole, who was making a return appearance to the Winchester after a previous show there in 2006. Lloyd Cole has been on […]
So what do you collect…..and other complicated questions
Tuesday afternoon, I happened to check the ATV email account and found an email that sent my personal geek-out meter soaring sky high, and if I lived in a Looney Tunes cartoon world, I’m pretty sure that the meter would have snapped right off. I had an interview request from a media outlet that you […]
Christmas in Bootleg City
Here’s an invite for all of you to join us over at Bootleg City for our annual holiday party, this year featuring festive entertainment from Bruce Springsteen and the Max Weinberg 7!