This post combines two of my buddy Jack’s favorite subjects – Matthew Sweet and David Letterman! Sweet launched his fall tour last night in Boulder, CO with my current favorite (mostly) girl group The Bridges opening. The tour lands at the Beachland Ballroom here in Cleveland on Saturday night, and the latest Beachland email newsletter […]
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Good Listening: Del Amitri @ Slim’s, San Francisco, CA – 4/30/95
This here post is for TJ @ Viva La Mainstream. There are days in my life that if I were to head off to that desert island, I would require only three albums – Waking Hours, Change Everything, and Twisted. Del Amitri mix tracks from all three of those albums into one night of music […]
I got a peaceful easy feeling…
And I found out a long time ago What a woman can do to your soul Ah, but she can’t take you any way You don’t already know how to go Eagles – “Peaceful Easy Feeling” Last week, I mentioned the Warren Zevon tribute album, and today my ears were back in tribute album territory […]
Jackson Browne on The Colbert Report
Thanks to Dan passing this one my way – Jackson Browne made a great appearance on The Colbert Report last night to promote his new album Time The Conqueror. Browne chats it up, and also performs “Going Down To Cuba,” from the new album. Click here and check it out.
R.I.P. Richard Wright from Pink Floyd
so sad – didn’t even know that he was ill. Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died aged 65 from cancer. Wright appeared on the group’s first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason. complete story Wright toured […]
Blue Rodeo Week: Five from Greg Keelor
In honor of Blue Rodeo’s U.S. jaunt happening next week, I’ve decided to celebrate with Blue Rodeo Week. Here’s where we’ve been so far: Day One: T is for The Days in Between Day Two: What am I doing here? That brings us to Day Three of Blue Rodeo week. The band’s early output in […]
Unexpected A Apolitical Blues
As a guy that is all about song titles and lyrics, I often get excited seeing a subject line in Bob Lefsetz’s regular email newsletter – something like “Rock Steady” for example, where I know that certainly he must be writing about Bonnie Raitt and Bryan Adams. Those of you that read this site on […]
Interview: Tesla guitarist Dave Rude
On the heels of their recent live DVD release, Tesla are set to release Forever More, their first new studio album in four years on October 7th. My compadre Chris Akin caught up with Tesla guitarist Dave Rude for an interview on last night’s edition of The Classic Metal Show. The interview covers a lot […]
Everything you needed to know about Juliana Hatfield, and then just a little bit more….
Doing the nightly (or is that hourly) scan of my Google Reader last night, I see that Popdose just put their Juliana Hatfield guide online. It is a guide to the greatness of Juliana Hatfield, so of course you need to read it, even though I disagree with one part of it: I happen to […]
U2 fans, drool along with me on this one – reissue details and new album rumors
Dang, that looks good. Here are the details ripped straight from U2’s official website: U2’s first concert video, Live At Red Rocks, will be released on DVD next month, along with the accompanying live album, Under a Blood Red Sky. Recorded at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on 5th June 1983, Live at Red […]