One of the great things about blogging – besides the international fame and noteriety that it brings – is the never-ending exposure to things that are new and cool. It’s a give and take thing – you give somebody something that you perceive to be cool, and they turn around and hit you with a […]
Category: friends
A few words in defense of Human Touch and Lucky Town
My longtime blogging comrade TJ at Viva La Mainstream has been admirably reviewing an album a day, both new and old releases, since the beginning of the year. It’s one of my favorite daily reads, and this week is of special note and interest to Bruce Springsteen fans – the entire week is dedicated to […]
Going home + things to see and do
I’m on my way out of town to clear my head, and I’ll be remembering an old friend as I travel across the miles, while listening to some of my favorite music turned up nice and loud. The ultimate tribute in my book, from one music lover to another. I’m going home this weekend to […]
More BC – A Look At The Art Process
Former Buzzard artist Brian Chalmers had one of the most brilliantly creative minds I’ve ever known. In any person, that trait combined with a love for music means that we’re going to be friends for life. In 2002, I graduated and moved on from WMMS to a new job and plenty of new projects. This […]
Memorial Details for Brian Chalmers Updated
IMPORTANT NOTE – See below from Colleen Ventura, Brian’s niece: Due to the overwhelming response of his passing the funeral home has to move the service to a larger facility. If you could help pass the word. Brian Chalmers’s memorial service is now going to be at North Royalton Christian Church 5100 Royalton Road, North […]
Goodnight, BC
While waiting to meet a friend for lunch at Melt on Saturday afternoon, I was enjoying looking at the many pieces of Cleveland memorabilia on the walls – old concert posters, and sports memorabilia that I hadn’t noticed during previous visits. One item that caught my eye in particular was a WMMS “Buzzard Next Generation” […]
At Bonnaroo (sort of.)
Well kids, here we are! After making my way through seemingly insurmountable amounts of work on Monday and Tuesday, I was finally ready and able to step out the door for Bonnaroo. At this point, I need to stop down and give huge amounts of thanks to my co-worker and fantastic friend Rebecca for being […]
Metal Horns Up: Talkin’ Testament
Bay Area metal gods Testament return to Cleveland on Sunday night with the fan favorite lineup of singer Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer, etc.) Armed with additional artillery in the form of openers Lazarus A.D. and Unearth, the ingredients combine for another must-attend Cleveland […]
Site News: Add Two More Names To The Guest List
Pardon my interruption in your regularly scheduled Addicted to Vinyl, but I’d like to let you know about a couple more site changes/additions that are pending here at ATV. And by “pending,” I actually mean stuff that is happening, as of today. Hopefully you have all had the chance to get at least a little […]
Clutch reveal 2009 plans for world domination
My buddy Brian and I are big Clutch fans. In fact, did we ever tell you about the time that we were supposed to go see Clutch at the House of Blues during the Thanksgiving holiday break? We showed up, and our names were not on the guest list. Despite being kind of a big […]