This weekend will bring a multitude of glorious events, all happening right here in Cleveland. Now, I can already hear you out-of-town types starting to snicker a bit – knock it off! Cleveland IS cool – say it with me, and you’ll start to understand! The world renowned International Pop Overthrow festival will make what […]
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A Date With A Smithereen…
As a master writer of songs about shattered, broken and irreparable relationships whose favorite key is E minor, Pat DiNizio could be seen as a melancholy kind of guy. That may be, but the version of his “Living Room Concert” series which he presented Saturday night at the Beachland Ballroom brought happiness to all in […]
New Releases This Week: Tori Amos, Bon Jovi, Spandau Ballet
Those of you that are still putting your pocketbooks back together after picking up last week’s new releases, will probably be a tad dismayed to learn that there is a whole new batch of new releases again this week. This week’s releases include a new holiday album from Tori Amos, yet another new album from […]
Cleveland Bachelor’s Show of the Week: A Tale of Slacking, Art Brut, Edward Sharpe, Etc.
Dear ATVians, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry for failing you … two weeks in a row! Will it happen again? Yes, probably. But will I feel good about it? No, I won’t. I might not feel too bad about it, but it’ll bring me no joy to abandon you. Again. Now that you’ve […]
The Wild, The Innocent and the Bruce show I will not be attending
When Bruce Springsteen started doing the full album performance thang recently with a performance of Born to Run in Chicago, a few of us conversed about the albums that we’d really like to see him perform. You know the ones I’m talking about – The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle, and Greetings […]
Show of the Week: Pat DiNizio and Freedy Johnston
I’m going to save you some money with this week’s pick for show of the week – let me just put that out there front and center for you to ponder for a moment. Part of the proceeds from this week’s show also go to benefit a very good cause – more on all of […]
Cleveland Bachelor’s Show of the Week – Unsparing Sea
Hello ATVians! How are thee? Living life to the fullest, I hope. If you have been, let’s keep it continuous (to borrow Sammy Sosa’s rather odd parlance). If not, here’s your chance. The upcoming week is a grand one for live music performance. Paleface is playing what used to be called the Matinee (on W. […]
Won’t get fooled again….
…unless you still need tickets to see Roger Daltrey at the House of Blues here in Cleveland on November 3rd. Mr. Daltrey’s rock and roll performance in Cleveland is officially sold out. For those that have tickets for the HOB show, it sounds like you’ll be enjoying a good show – check out a recent […]
The Monday Morning Mix – The Deep End Fall Double Disc – 10/19/09
Graphic by Rachael Novak Click here for details on how you can be a part of The Monday Morning Mix and win some cool stuff! We’ve got some great mixes in hand and on the way – where is yours? About Today’s Mix: For those of you that actually read these intros, you’ll recall that […]
Setlist: Metallica at Quicken Loans Arena – 10/15/09
You know, it’s crazy when I think about the fact that I’ve seen Metallica 36 times now, yet this was the first time I’ve seen them in the last decade. I have worshipped this band since I was a kid, but the facts are the facts, and the fact is that they did a solid […]