Today’s post is dedicated to my good friends Michael and Pete at Ickmusic. Michael has a nice weekly series called The Friday Five, in which sharing from the class is heavily encouraged. As you know, we heavily encourage the audience participation here as well, so I very quickly became a fan of The Friday Five. […]
Author: Matt Wardlaw
Metal Horns Up: Talkin’ Testament
Bay Area metal gods Testament return to Cleveland on Sunday night with the fan favorite lineup of singer Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer, etc.) Armed with additional artillery in the form of openers Lazarus A.D. and Unearth, the ingredients combine for another must-attend Cleveland […]
Contest: Win tickets to see Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at the Beachland on Sunday!
Several years ago, my friend Rebecca and I were in Minneapolis for work. The annual Aquatennial celebration was going on during the time that we were there, and for those of you that are unfamiliar, the Aquatennial is basically a really huge block party that takes over the entire downtown area of Minneapolis for 10 […]
Site News: Add Two More Names To The Guest List
Pardon my interruption in your regularly scheduled Addicted to Vinyl, but I’d like to let you know about a couple more site changes/additions that are pending here at ATV. And by “pending,” I actually mean stuff that is happening, as of today. Hopefully you have all had the chance to get at least a little […]
Cage Match: Jack Wagner vs. Patrick Swayze
I’m in a good head space for this week’s Cage Match. Mel and I were out at the House of Blues on Friday night with the guy that we’ll call “The Bastard” to celebrate her birthday, and check out the Detroit-based 80’s tribute band Mega 80s. It was a fun night, with perhaps more than […]
Setlist: Queensryche @ House of Blues 5-6-09
Wednesday’s night with Queensryche at the House of Blues was destined to be a tough sell for some in attendance. In fact, it had been a few years since I had seen Queensryche, because in my mind, I had already seen THE show. A few years ago, Chris Akin and I saw a tour opening […]
Clutch reveal 2009 plans for world domination
My buddy Brian and I are big Clutch fans. In fact, did we ever tell you about the time that we were supposed to go see Clutch at the House of Blues during the Thanksgiving holiday break? We showed up, and our names were not on the guest list. Despite being kind of a big […]
The Monday Morning Mix – Halfway To The Distant Sun – 5/11/09
What It Is: A weekly mix tape posted on Mondays, created by the fans of Addicted to Vinyl, posted for all to enjoy! Be A Part Of It: I want you to make me/us a mix CD. I want to hear the tunes that you are into, new or old. And I want to feature […]
Pac-Mania
I dug this lengthy blast of lower-cased brain food from Joshua Jesty, and felt compelled to share it here with all of you very fine vinyl citizens. Here’s hoping that you enjoy it, as much as I did. Don’t forget to read my previous Jesty-related dispatch regarding Girl, the new forthcoming Jesty musical mixdown that […]
Musical Hangups: The Hooters – All You Zombies
Peter Chakerian and I were trading text messages yesterday about a new double live album from Philly rockers The Hooters. The talk made me pull out my copy of the Hooterization retrospective to provide the soundtrack for my drive to the Beachland Ballroom last night. On the drive over, I became reacquainted with “All You […]