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 […]
Category: Good Listening
Song of the Moment – David Wilcox – Mango
David Wilcox – Mango (live in Utah) Talkin’ ’bout old love…….and “found songs.”
Find Your Own Way Home
Find Your Own Way Home is the name of the latest CD from veteran Illinois classic rockers REO Speedwagon. And the album is also the unlikely source of inspiration that led me through what would be an important period of personal exploration in 2007. I purchased the CD as part of a “can’t miss” three […]
Good Listening – Indigo Girls – In Cold Storage
I remember the time when I came so close to you Sent me skipping my class and running from school And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool What makes me think I could start clean slated The hardest to learn was the least complicated Indigo Girls – Least Complicated Young love. […]
Good Listening – Kathleen Edwards – World Cafe 5/16/08
I wrote previously about Kathleen Edwards following her mid-April appearance on David Letterman. And now, I’ve got a treat for you all. Quality well-recorded live stuff from Canada’s foul mouthed sweetheart isn’t an easy thing to find. In fact, with the exception of some Austin City Limits audio that was pretty far removed from the […]
Top 5: Album Openers
First of all, shucks – my longtime Cleveland pal Len over at Jawbone Radio gave this baby blog a very nice shout-out. Jawbone is a great Cleveland-based podcast that once upon a time, I was blessed enough to be on as a guest. Len is also among other things, a big Star Wars fan, which […]
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 […]
2008 – The Rebirth of The Mix Tape
This particular entry covers a topic that is near and dear to my “child of the ’80s” heart: The lost art of making a mix tape. I’ve been meaning to write about mix tapes for a while, and had a particular angle – a whole new way in 2008 to make a mix tape of […]
Song of the Moment – Patti Rothberg – Alternate Universe
I gave you the heads up on Tuesday that Patti Rothberg’s latest studio effort Double Standards, was hitting the shelves. And since then, I actually got my mitts on a copy of the disc that same day, and have had a couple of days to get my head around the album. My quick review that […]
Patti Rothberg – new CD Double Standards in stores today!
One of my absolute favorite artists, Patti Rothberg, releases Double Standards (review and sample track), her long awaited third album today, available at all major retailers, Itunes, etc. I’ve written about Patti previously right here, and I’ve been not so patiently waiting for the new CD ever since I heard the title track, which is […]