One of the Youtube commenters says it best….the Muppets are indeed, timeless. God bless Animal. He rules. Still.
Author: Matt Wardlaw
New Releases This Week: Tom Petty, Pixies, Neil Young vinyl
Lots of cool stuff this week, with the Tom Petty box set sitting at the top of the heap of all-time coolness. I hope that you guys have a good week – I’ll be listening to this Tom Petty box for the rest of the week, and probably next month as well. See ya in […]
Cage Match: Tom Petty vs. Tom Petty
Since it’s the week of Thanksgiving, filled with special family time and nightmarish visits from relatives, I’ve been reflecting on the things that I’m thankful for. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, for instance. I know this seems like an odd thing to mention right off the bat, but has any one of your family members […]
Contest: Win a copy of Big Man – the new book by Clarence Clemons!
Well, the Springsteen tour is finally over. Is anybody else already feeling a little bit of withdrawal like I am? What are we going to do with all of our new found free time? While we wait to find out what Bruce and the guys are going to be up to, one option is to […]
Eric Clapton – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
My man Judd is at it again – he’s got a good discussion going, talking about his favorite live tunes, and he slipped one of my all-time favorites onto his list. To me, Eric Clapton’s version of Dylan’s classic “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” (recorded at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Tribute Concert) is the […]
Cage Match: J. Geils Band vs. Don Henley
You love her But she loves him And he loves somebody else You just can’t win… And so it happens that you discover the above complicated mathematical equation of love that plagues all of us eventually. Coming from J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf, you couldn’t help but think that it was very possible that […]
New Releases This Week: Paul McCartney, Starship, Them Crooked Vultures
The holidays must be coming up, because there are quite a few reissues on tap, and also new music from Boyz II Men (yipe!), John Mayer and the “super-group” pairing of Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and Zep bass player John Paul Jones as Them Crooked Vultures. Kris Allen – Kris Allen – You know, the […]
Cool Gig Alert! Special acoustic show w/ The Jellybricks
We realize that for some – your wonderful editor included – there simply just isn’t enough rock to fill your average weekend. As a result, we find ourselves on a continual quest to load each weekend to the brim with as much rock as humanly possible. This weekend, we have good reason to believe that […]
Got Starz in their eyes…
Saturday night is full of opportunity for Cleveland music fans to see a lot of great live music – but isn’t it always? The Beachland Ballroom offers one-stop shopping for music geeks to take in a boatload of kick ass rock bands – all in the same building! We’ve already discussed International Pop Overthrow – […]
Vinyl Alert: Grab The New Nirvana Vinyl Early!
The fine folks at Insound got in touch to let me (and likely, a million other bloggers as well) know that you, the faithful ATV reader, can pre-order the pending reissues of In Utero and MTV Unplugged in New York, and your pre-order will ship on November 22nd – a full three weeks before the […]