Hey kids, I had a “moment” this past week. Occasionally, I’ll lend out music to friends, although if I have my ultra-anal thinking cap on, I’ll often just burn them a copy instead. In this case, I wasn’t thinking straight (not the first time that this has happened.) A couple of weeks later, my co-worker […]
Category: Life
Happy 90th Birthday to Jane Scott
Legendary former Plain Dealer rock critic Jane Scott turns 90 years old today. For those of you that are outside of Cleveland, this link will give you some entertaining material to read about Jane. And for even more reading, check out this 2004 interview with Jane! How about this stat from Wikipedia: Scott retired in […]
Make Me A Mix Tape
Okay, I’m actually not looking for a mix tape…but how about a mix CD? I’ve got an idea for a fun supremely interactive new feature that involves each and everyone of you reading this right now. I’ll tell you about it in a second, but first I want to share a story or two with […]
Site News: New additions, reflection, and the road ahead
Hey folks, Here’s a post that I’ve been planning for a while, and with a couple of recent developments, it is time to make a couple of announcements! The one year anniversary of Addicted to Vinyl came and went in February, and at the 15 month mark, I’m pretty happy with where things are. The […]
Quick Hits: Material Issue, Bruce Springsteen, Career Advice for Aging Rockers, Neil Diamond
Oh internet friends of mine, it’s been a looooong time since we’ve done one of these Quick Hits type of posts. I’m getting ready to point my car towards Michigan for night #2 of the J. Geils Band reunion shows in Detroit, happening Saturday night. The band are reuniting for a pair of shows in […]
Hell freezes over and in related news, The Oak Ridge Boys cover The White Stripes
Sometimes a new blog post just drops into your lap, like a gift from rock and roll heaven, hurled downward by Rock and Roll Jesus his self. Such is the case with today’s post. I’m sitting here, and an email pops into my box that says “New Release from Oak Ridge Boys – Seven Nation […]
Record Store Day is HERE
Well folks, here we are. RECORD STORE DAY. I’ll be headed out in a little bit to grab a couple of things, and also will be picking up stuff for Brian, who’s going to unfortunately miss Record Store Day due to work obligations. Seriously, working from 11am-9:30pm puts a serious damper on being able to […]
The Not So Pretty Parts of Cleveland…
I wanted to share this with ATV readers that live for some unknown reason outside of our beloved zipcode. My rock and roll comrade @veryloud, sometimes also known as Schumacher, recently posted a short film on Twitter that led me to several other short films that he had created about our fair city. First up […]
Latest purchases: The holiday weekend edition.
This morning I feel a bit like Jim Carrey hearing the voices and problems of everyone in Bruce Almighty. Except I’m hearing nothing but Duran Duran fans arguing over the band’s most recent album Red Carpet Massacre, which is at least humorous. I’m guessing that like GNR and Journey fans, they can probably keep going […]
Spinning vinyl: 38 Special – Tour De Force
This “being social in the real world” thing really cramps my blogging style! After my dinner last night with blogger/Clevo/Nashville buddy Kevin Mason, I was re-inspired and researching a future webcam purchase today. During lunch, I went to Best Buy to see a couple of the options in the flesh. I think I found (thanks […]