Some of you might remember shock jock Greaseman, who achieved quite a bit of notoriety for all of the wrong reasons in the 90s. He’s back on the air in Jacksonville, FL with a new afternoon gig starting today on the classic rock station WFYV (Rock 105.) Of course WFYV had to make room by […]
Category: Good Listening
No tricks, only treats – gimme J. Geils Band for Halloween please!
Cleveland peeps, pay attention to this one: Last year, I found myself at the Beachland Ballroom for their Halloween shindig, featuring a ton of local bands reborn (some in costume) to each play a tribute set of tunes from their favorite musical influences. I was there with my friend Amy to see our two favorite […]
Good Listening: Bruce Springsteen – Passaic Night – 9-19-78
As CD trading via mail started to build in the 90s, I suddenly had an additional outlet to feed my growing love for live shows. No longer did that require purchasing bootleg CDs from local and mail order retailers because I finally had the ability via the internet to find others that were fans of […]
Good Listening: Yes – Richfield Coliseum – 9/19/78 – 30 Years Ago Today
In 1997, I learned officially exactly what it was that people loved about “classic Yes.” After growing up as a fan of 90125-era Yes, I had free tickets to see “classic Yes” at Music Hall. It was a show that despite my relative unfamiliarity with their 70s back catalog, I couldn’t pass up. Post-show, Yes […]
That’s some real conversation for your ass….
Nope this isn’t Ben Folds, Snoop, or even Dre related, but this is instead a post for my fellow music geeks. Take a couple of Chicago’s well known music critics who happen to work for competing newspapers, and give them a radio show to discuss, argue, and dissect music. The result is a weekly radio […]
Blue Rodeo Week: What am I doing here?
In honor of Blue Rodeo’s U.S. jaunt happening next week, I’ve decided to celebrate with Blue Rodeo Week. We kicked things off yesterday with a look at the band’s The Days in Between album, and featured a couple of choice cuts, as well as some some cool live television performances promoting the album thanks to […]
Good Listening: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Live in New York City Volume 2
You’ve got part three already, and now, here is part two: Thanks by the way, to Pete @ Blogness on the Edge of Town for making my day times twelve by mentioning Addicted to Vinyl in this post pointing fellow Bruce-lovin’ folks here. Blogness has become a daily must surf for me, and though I […]
I’m hungry for the green mind
In the midst of an otherwise crazy busy day, I caught a Twitter update from TMZ referencing “Hungry Bloodshot Eyes” and had this sinking feeling that it was Eric Carmen related. Remember that ’80s song “Hungry Eyes”? The guy who recorded it was busted in an epic DUI. Oh man, I’m thinking they must have […]
Closer to the edge everyday, or so it seems….
I’m going to cover a few things in this post, so strap yourself in. You might call this an extended version of “Quick Hits” that might be called “Not So Quick Hits.” Anyway, So check this out – right after I blogged about the Yes Talk album popping up on my Ipod, I find news […]
On the Ipod – Yes – State of Play
Sweet! Any fans of the Yes album Talk here? A reunion of 90125-era Yes, how could you not like it? Lots of people didn’t! Yes – State of Play