I was jazzed to see the news about former Michael Stanley Band singer-songwriter Jonah Koslen who recently announced an April 18th date at The Winchester where he will recreate the classic MSB live album Stagepass with his creatively titled band Stage Pass Now. As someone that didn’t grow up here in Cleveland, it took me […]
Category: Cleveland
Some Links To Know About – The Jigsaw, Propaghandi, The Alarm, + Bruce Springsteen
I’ve been ill over the past 24 hours after reading D.X. Ferris’s rundown of the downward spiral of Phil Lara and the Jigsaw Entertainment Group. In the past couple of years, Lara has purchased or taken a controlling interest in 4 prominent Cleveland-area landmarks – The Jigsaw Saloon and Stage, Peabody’s Down Under, The Hi-Fi […]
The Not So Pretty Parts of Cleveland…
I wanted to share this with ATV readers that live for some unknown reason outside of our beloved zipcode. My rock and roll comrade @veryloud, sometimes also known as Schumacher, recently posted a short film on Twitter that led me to several other short films that he had created about our fair city. First up […]
Last night with Anya, Jay, and some guy named Greg….
So after a nice spurt of warm weather this weekend, I can see my breath in the air again this morning. What the hell? Oh yeah, thanks Cleveland…. Last night I was at The Winchester, which has become one of my favorite clubs over the years, and lucky for me, I now live about a […]
U2 on Letterman + Rock Hall and Queensrÿche news
In case you’ve been under a rock, U2 have been hanging out on the Late Show with David Letterman all week. And if that’s news to you, perhaps you are also unaware that there’s a new U2 album, No Line On The Horizon, that hit stores and digital outlets on Tuesday. You better believe that […]
Concerts, Concerts, CONCERTS!
Before we get going, I’d like to give a quick blog shoutout that is actually more of a public service announcement: John Gorman’s Buzzard Blog has a great piece online now detailing the infamous early history between WMMS and Rush that played a big part in launching the now-legendary Canadian trio. People always want to […]
We are the youth gone wild…in Cleveland!
Brian from Broken Headphones emailed me the other day and noted that it’s been a while since I’ve written anything about Tesla. I took this email as a cry for help, and decided to completely ignore his obvious request for a Tesla update. Instead, I’m posting this live video of Sebastian Bach performing the Skid […]
Saturday nights were made for rockin’
Dateline: Saturday morning at 7am. I’m at the Rock Hall waiting in line to buy tickets for this year’s induction ceremony happening in Cleveland. For the first time ever, tickets are being sold to the public. Brian and I are determined to not be the suckers sitting at home watching it on TV while it’s […]
Latest purchases: The holiday weekend edition.
This morning I feel a bit like Jim Carrey hearing the voices and problems of everyone in Bruce Almighty. Except I’m hearing nothing but Duran Duran fans arguing over the band’s most recent album Red Carpet Massacre, which is at least humorous. I’m guessing that like GNR and Journey fans, they can probably keep going […]
Good Listening: The Lemonheads – Live in Chicago – 7/4/94
When Beth and I had our little vinyl meetup the other day, we spent a good amount of time talking about Evan Dando and The Lemonheads. It’s A Shame About Ray and Come On Feel The Lemonheads are two of my 90s desert island discs from my teenage years. If it was possible to wear […]