My good comrade Chris Akin and I have been involved in the entertainment scene for over 10 years. As all music fans do, we’ve had many musical arguments, but we are musical brothers in arms on many things like Journey, Night Ranger, and Bruce Springsteen. Chris first nabbed my respect by knowing that Survivor had […]
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Quick Hits – Vinyl, Coldplay, Billy Joel, and Lou Reed
Happy Saturday from the Cleve! First of all, I was thrilled that my review of the new Smithereens live album wound up front and center on lead singer Pat Dinizio’s website. Thanks Pat! You can talk to Lou Reed about a lot of different things – just don’t ask him any stock questions. Billy Joel’s […]
For Your Bookshelf: 33 1/3: Slayer – Reign in Blood
“Slayer have as much integrity as those hipster bands who carp on and on about integrity. They just go out and make that record, and do that tour. They don’t talk about integrity. They don’t need to. And that’s what gives Slayer undeniable power, impeachable credibility. If you notice, the people that are into Slayer, […]