It’s the third annual Columbia Records Radio Hour Christmas Concert with Bruce Cockburn live from New York on December 12. 1993. This year’s special guest is the one and only Jackson Browne who is riding high on the swelling success of I’m Alive and about to experience a tremendous rebirth of interest in his substantial […]
Category: Christmas
Cage Match: Xmas Edition Vol. 2: Tom Petty vs. John Cougar Mellencamp
Ho! Ho! Ho! The first installment of last week’s holiday Cage Match is here if you missed it. There was a surprising amount of love for Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” – more than I expected, with all of the people that I know that despise it. For this week’s Cage Match, we’re rolling out two […]
Contest: Win a Lionel Holiday Train Car from Vapor Records!
My pal Rob emailed me last week with the question, “What would the Holidays be without giving away a Lionel Train Car?” He had no idea that he had just emailed the semi-authority on Lionel Model Trains. While that is a slight exaggeration, Lionel Trains did play a part in my early youth.
Contest: Win a copy of the new REO Speedwagon Christmas CD!
When you care enough to give the very best, you keep it for yourself instead. you share it with the ones that you love! With the holiday season in full swing, we’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic about the past year. While sitting around listening to the new REO Speedwagon holiday release Not So Silent Night […]
Cage Match: Xmas Edition Vol. 1: Paul McCartney vs. Billy Squier
While discussing recent Cage Match activities, my co-worker Rebecca suggested a battle between a couple of Christmas tunes. Suddenly, an additional idea sprung into my head – a holiday themed Cage Match each week leading up to Christmas! It was so simple…..and why hadn’t I thought of this easy cop-out great idea sooner! We’d been […]
Show of the Week: All Hail The Winchester
If someone were to ask me for my 30 second elevator pitch on why I love living in Cleveland, I know that without question, The Winchester would be one of the reasons on my list. I like to think of The Winchester as “the little venue that could.” While other venues in Cleveland have had […]
The 12 Boots of Christmas – How About Sandals?
Installment number two of the 12 Boots of Christmas series is a thirty year-old chestnut that is ready to be roasted again this holiday season. The Grateful Dead is truckin’ across the nation in support of the Shakedown Street album and lands in Cleveland on November 29, 1979 at Public Hall for a night of […]