I had plans to catch Steve Poltz at the Beachland last night, but the crummy weather here in Cleveland made me think good thoughts about being home safe instead. The recap of the initial Clapton/Winwood summit at Madison Square Garden makes me wish that I was in NYC instead. Being in attendance for last summer’s […]
Author: Matt Wardlaw
LIVE: VAST at the Cleveland Agora 2-23-08
Jon Crosby and VAST are a musical nut that I’ve tried to crack, yet haven’t gotten into, up until now. My friend Andrea had sent out a mass email musical plea for friends to come out and check out one of her favorite bands, the aforementioned VAST. Always up for a good musical challenge, I […]
Gary Louris – Vagabonds
The Jayhawks are a longtime favorite band of mine, and when the two principal ‘Hawks, Gary Louris and Mark Olson came to a splitting point in the mid 90’s, I wasn’t sure how I would deal with an Olson-free Jayhawks. As it happened, the loss of Olson gave me a glimpse of how much I […]
Maybe We Ain’t That Young Anymore: Molly Ringwald
There are some people that exist in a timeless holding pattern in your memories. Molly Ringwald is one of them. So I was naturally shell shocked to read that the greatest Ringwald I’ve never known is turning 40. I own all of her greatest films, I try and watch them regularly….how could this have happened? […]
The World’s Greatest Record Collection
Sometimes you run across something like this Ebay posting, and even though you are very satisfied with where you are in life, an Ebay listing like this will make you wish that you had a spare 3 million dollars sitting around to spend. The World’s Greatest Record Collection The gang over at the Steve Hoffman […]
Albums Revisited – The B-52’s – Cosmic Thing
The above live version of Dry County from the Cosmic Thing album is proof positive that you can find ANYTHING on Youtube. As I was about to begin this entry, I began to wonder if The B-52’s had ever done Dry County live? Seeing this video on Youtube makes me grateful for Youtube, and at […]
Exploring the new business model of music with Big Head Todd & The Monsters
I first heard Big Head Todd & The Monsters via their excellent 90s release Sister Sweetly, which is definitely in my short list of albums that are great from the first track to the last, and could be desert island discs for many. Problem is, that there are many that still haven’t heard this great […]
Then and Now – BOC – Cities on Flame!
Check out a live version of Cities on Flame recorded live in 2003! Download the full show on Dimeadozen right here.
Song of the Moment: Crowded House – Weather With You
Since I just got done writing about my love for “love gone wrong” songs, it should be noted that I like my share of real live actual happy songs as well. “Weather With You” by Crowded House is one of those songs. It’s one of those songs that unless you’re robotic and have no feelings, […]
A heads up for Police fans
A story, and then a heads up for you all. I was lucky enough to see The Police twice last year. Once here in Cleveland, and then again about a month later at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore. Message In A Bottle (live in Rio) For the show here in Cleveland, I paid top dollar […]