Happy Saturday from the Cleve! First of all, I was thrilled that my review of the new Smithereens live album wound up front and center on lead singer Pat Dinizio’s website. Thanks Pat! You can talk to Lou Reed about a lot of different things – just don’t ask him any stock questions. Billy Joel’s […]
Category: Good Humor
Spending a year with David Foster
More goodness from the Popdose folks: The Video Setup for Ear of Madness – click and watch this first Yup, that’s me. And my iPod. And David Foster. Everyone knows David Foster, right? The penultimate overproducer. The musician. The songwriter. The record executive. The TV reality star? Yes, indeed. The Canadian who alienated millions of […]
Video: The Morning Guy
Pretty funny stuff from Lee Arnold’s blog. The Morning Guy
Quick Hits – Rock and Roll Converse, Journey, and Jesus
Greetings from Cleveland, where we’ve had way too much sunshine and good weather lately. I’m getting a bit concerned. Here are the things that I dug this week: Get Converse All-Star kicks featuring The Grateful Dead, Beatles, Doors…..and Kurt Cobain, bullet holes sold separately. I’d love to get my hands on a pair of Dead […]
Song of the Moment – David Wilcox – Mango
David Wilcox – Mango (live in Utah) Talkin’ ’bout old love…….and “found songs.”
New Kids On The…Arena Schedule?
I’m wrapping up the day as the email hits my inbox. New Kids on the Block have confirmed a Cleveland date for October 3rd. This is the same group that played the Cleveland Agora (cap. 2000) in the mid-90s for a show that I recall hearing was not very well attended. They were promoting the […]
Weezer debuts another classic video
The great rock band Weezer put the video for their latest ditty Pork and Beans online today. Thanks to Michael Gallucci over at Scene Magazine for hipping me to the vid! Gallucci writes: If you’re anything like us, you spend at least 65 percent of your workday watching YouTube videos. And we bet you’re gonna […]
The Perfect Song
Another great one courtesy of Heather over at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends. This features “the perfect song” from the perspective of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Fantastic!
Quick Hits – Bruce Springsteen, Will Ferrell, Richard Marx, and more
Greetings from Rock on the Range in Columbus, OH where I watched Stone Temple Pilots return to the stage triumphantly last night. More on that in the next couple of days. For now, here are a few links that have caught my eye this week. Cleveland based Liza Bundy who I wrote about previously here, […]
The Tom Waits word of the day
This is brilliant comedy from the mind of Tom Waits, delivered to you in a great video dosage that comes in at just under 4 minutes of must-watch material. The seriously good news is that you’ve got 13 chances to see Tom Waits play in concert this year, at some of the most historic theaters […]