I can still remember picking up the morning paper as a kid, and reading that Roy Orbison had died. I cut the article out of the paper, and was stunned that one of my favorite artists was suddenly gone. I was a bit of a late comer to Orbison’s music and while I was aware […]
Category: Good Listening
Adventures in Madonna cover songs – The “dude sings a Madonna song” edition
So I’m on Youtube searching to see if there might be any live video of Patti Rothberg performing “Hard Times” from her latest album Double Standards…and I come across some video of Patti performing live at Madonnathon 2007 in New York City. The title alone, makes me want to move to NYC! And then I […]
Spending another Sunday morning with the Counting Crows
I’d like to start this particular post off with a plug for Mel, who takes a look at the pros and cons of long distance relationships via a two-parter post on her blog. Oh, the paragraphs I could dedicate to the subject…. We’re going to talk some Counting Crows in a second, but here’s a […]
Thanksgiving pre-game action to keep your ears busy
My mom asks me what I’m looking forward to about the family Thanksgiving celebration tomorrow. I quickly replied that I was looking forward to arriving at 4pm, and being back home before 6pm. The response on the other end of the phone line as you can probably guess, was silence. Of course I was being […]
Good Listening: Hall and Oates – Acoustic Power (1991)
Hall and Oates – Starting All Over Again (live on Aussie TV in 1991) Hall and Oates acoustic. I know you like the sound of that. So here’s the deal – Daryl Hall and John Oates went back to their roots in 1991 with the release of their album Change of Season, and had the […]
And tomorrow will make a day since we’ve met
I wrapped up the week freshly reunited with an old friend. Gregor over at captain’s dead caught my eye with MP3s of one of my favorite KFOG-FM/ San Francisco broadcasts, a 1996 session with Paul Westerberg recorded at Fantasy Studios. This particular broadcast is a nice little one hour Westerberg career rundown that held a […]
Expanded reissue of Warren Zevon’s major label debut in stores today
Warren Zevon’s classic 1976 self-titled major label debut gets an upgrade with a deluxe edition that hits stores and digital download today. The brand new two CD version of Warren Zevon, Zevon’s classic Asylum Records debut produced by friend Jackson Browne, is fattened up with a second disc that is loaded to the brim with […]
Good Listening: Counting Crows – Live at the Viper Room – 6/19/95
I will wait for you in Baton Rouge I’ll miss you down in New Orleans I’ll wait for you while she slips in something comfortable And I’ll miss you when I’m slipping in between If you wrap yourself in daffodils I will wrap myself in pain And if you’re the queen of california Baby, I […]
Good Listening: Counting Crows – Live in Amsterdam – 4/14/94
Counting Crows – The Ghost In You – The Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ 10/30/08 I got my hands on August and Everything After in 1993, drawn towards the purchase as many were, by hearing “Mr. Jones” on the radio. As the opening moments of “Round Here” faded in, I knew I had purchased an album […]
Setlist: Filter @ Hard Rock Cafe Cleveland 11/01/08 + Richard Patrick interview
Things are hella-busy right now, but I wanted to drop in for a quick post that you will all enjoy. This past Saturday, Richard Patrick brought the Filter rock and roll machine back to C-town for a hometown show to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cleveland location of the Hard Rock Cafe. On Saturday […]