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 […]
Category: Good Reads
For Your Bookshelf: 33 1/3: Slayer – Reign in Blood
“Slayer have as much integrity as those hipster bands who carp on and on about integrity. They just go out and make that record, and do that tour. They don’t talk about integrity. They don’t need to. And that’s what gives Slayer undeniable power, impeachable credibility. If you notice, the people that are into Slayer, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Chickenfoot
Good stuff from Melodicrock.com – there are new developments in the Sammy Hagar project titled “Chickenfoot” that now apparently include Joe Satriani. Let’s stop for a second: Chickenfoot is a horrendous name. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I am definitely excited to see one of my favorite singers pair with one […]
Quick Hits – One Hit Wonders, Pirate Radio, and Mix Tapes
Greetings from Memorial Day Weekend in Cleveland, where I saw Filter for the second time in a week, last night at the House of Blues. Friday night, found me at the resurrected Euclid Tavern for young up and comers The Suede Brothers, who are currently making lots of noise here on the Clevo scene. Here […]
Life on Planet Rock with Metallica
Metallica – Fight Fire with Fire (live at the Wiltern in May of 2008 w/ Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers) Former RIP Magazine editor Lonn Friend shares a great read and look back at his time spent with Metallica, chronicling the genesis of what would become “The Black Album.” Friend posted the following […]
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 […]
Blue Rodeo + 7 Guidelines for a Better Present and Future
Seven times down Eight times up You get lost awhile And you feel like giving up Watching it all go to hell Living underneath a bad spell These are the days in between Blue Rodeo – The Days in Between download This is an archival post of sorts – taken from an old post on […]
Quick Hits – Dave Grohl, Stone Temple Pilots, Rick Astley, and more
Here are just a few things that have been rocking my world over the past couple of weeks. Stone Temple Pilots delivered a rockin’ performance on Jimmy Kimmel that might not have been perfect, and definitely had a bit of rust – but man, it was good to see the DeLeo brothers back on stage […]