Dan’s Classic Rock FM blog, a regular stop in my browsing travels, led me to the following Springsteen item today, which comes from my radio friend Jay Philpott. Jay shared the following Springsteen story and audio in a recent blog entry: Here’s a very revealing story about what a great guy Bruce is, and to […]
Category: Good Reads
Guest Blog: New Kids on the Block at Quicken Loans Arena 10-3-08
Today’s guest blog comes courtesy of my rock and roll bro Corey at Rabble Rousin’ Since ’77. Last Thursday night, I had a vision and realized that I needed to get in touch with Corey to have him blog his experiences as a lifelong New Kids on the Block fan in attendance for the NKOTB […]
Guest Blog: Things I Miss About Cleveland
Whoa. Guest blog, what? Former Cleveland morning radio goddess, roller girl, and all-around viciously cool chick Cristi Cantle received an assignment from Scene Magazine to pen a list of things that she misses about Cleveland for their annual Best of Cleveland issue which is hitting the streets today. She shared it with me, and I […]
My DVR is crushing me + I read books, and watch videos on Youtube
Greetings from the homestead. Things have been kind of weird here recently. The other night, I got a knock on my door, and the man at the door randomly asked me if I was selling my house. With his family sitting in the van across the street. It was a little bit unsettling the more […]
Good Reading: Richard Wright’s Last Interview
Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright passed away earlier this week after a short battle with cancer. One of his final interviews has surfaced online courtesy of The Times: In the summer of 2007 I went to Wright’s modest mews house in Kensington, at the time of the 40th anniversary of Floyd’s first album, Piper […]
And how much did you pay for your rock’n’roll t-shirt, that proves you were there…
Thanks to Pete @ Blogness on the Edge of Town for pointing me towards this great essay courtesy of former Sleater-Kinney member Carrie Brownstein – SO awesome…. I used to have such an awesome ticket stub collection prior to three moves in a year and a half…..I keep hoping that one day that I’ll have […]
Cleveland radio buffs, Devo, and Slayer fans, check this out!
Hey Cleveland! What are you doing Saturday morning/afternoon? I just read about a cool event via John Gorman’s blog: The Rock and Roll Carnival, sponsored by 91.3 The Summit is happening tomorrow (Saturday) at Borders in Fairlawn from 11am-5pm. Gorman will be there to talk about and sign copies of his book The Buzzard. Gorman […]
Courtney Love
Call me crazy, but I’m glad that Courtney Love is blogging. I’ve put it all out there in a blog, but Courtney REALLY puts it all out there, again and again and again. As I work to find the balance between being real, and being too real, I’m kinda glad that Courtney just keeps it […]
Funny Press Releases: Rob Halford
Saw this on Melodicrock.com, and I feel for the poor bastard that has to write these press releases. I’ll highlight the portions that I found to be humorous – no additional commentary needed, really! Metal God Entertainment and Rob Halford are pleased to announce New York screenings of Halford Resurrection World Tour Documentary an Official […]
What I’m Reading: Off The Rails: A Tribute to Randy Rhoads
This week, I got a copy of the “collector’s edition” of Rudy Sarzo’s (Dio, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Yngwie Malmsteen) book Off The Rails – Aboard The Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz. The book is billed as “a tribute to Randy Rhoads” and indeed, that is exactly what it is. So often, […]