In addition to kicking out their own catalog of work over the years, The Smithereens have also provided backing band duties for a number of their musical heroes, including Otis Blackwell, The Beau Brummels, and The Kinks, to name a few. Here’s an interesting note on how the collaboration with The Kinks came about, taken […]
Category: Live Stuff
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
got live if you want it…
a tip of the hat to Gregor @ captains dead for the MP3s of a classic Rolling Stones bootleg. At the above link, there is a great link to the story behind the recording of one of the most classic bootlegs in the history of bootlegging! If you’re not familiar with Live’r Than You’ll Ever […]
Thank you for listening to our songs, we’d do it for free, I swear to God….
Okay, guilty pleasure time – here’s one of many bands that fall into that category for me. This one’s for Mel, who just wrote a great memory-jogging post about 10 of her favorite concerts. One of those concerts, was a 1997 Grog Shop appearance from Matchbox 20, who were in the midst of finally breaking […]
Good Listening: Pearl Jam – Tivoli: Utrecht, Holland – 3/4/92
Seventeen years ago today, Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten. As of 2003, the album has been certified twelve times platinum in the United States, and remains the band’s best selling album. So you might find it hard to believe that the album wasn’t an immediate success, and took nearly a year to reach […]
Tonight’s events are being presented in Living Stereo
You know those days/nights where you’re about to go out of town, and you have about 10 million things to get done? That was my day yesterday, as I was preparing to go to Baltimore for Virgin Festival 2008 (more on that, in a bit.) I had to take care of regular work obligations, additional […]
Good Listening: Gov’t Mule and Dave Matthews Band
This is part two of promised posts to “rock your weekend.” I had to pull the Black Keys post that was up earlier offline (hopefully temporarily.) So we’ll skip ahead to the second planned post. It was practically Jam Band Week here in Cleveland – The Black Crowes were at the House of Blues for […]
Good Listening: Del Amitri Live Rarities
A drunk, an atheist and a poet walk into a bar. They’re all the same guy, and there is no punchline. Welcome to Del Amitri! And so begins the long overdue Popdose Guide to Del Amitri, written by David Eastman. I’ve had a Del Amitri post brewing since a stray mention caught the attention of […]