This past week, Georgia Satellites singer Dan Baird turned 55 years young. Baird hasn’t been a part of the Sats for nearly 20 years now, and in that time, he’s been making a steady stream of records. Good ones. Dan Baird – I Love You Period (live on Letterman) First up came a couple of […]
Category: Rock and Roll Weekend
Adventures in going to the post office: Special failure edition
Dear readers, I hope this finds you well and stuffed full of Thanksgiving memories. Today, I officially began the beautiful thing that some like to refer to as a “four day weekend.” Unfortunately, I made the mistake of trying to be semi-productive. For those of you that have been following the limited details of my […]
My very special visit to Rally’s
My early evening plans changed slightly tonight, and I found myself heading through the Rally’s drive-thru to grab dinner. Rally’s for dinner is somewhere in the list of the top ten worst things you can do to your body, hanging out with McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and crystal meth. But dang, it is good. I had […]
Quick Hits: Ry Cooder, Dream Theater, GNR, and more!
Been a while since we’ve done one of these! I hope that your Monday is off to a good start. I had a relatively calm weekend that had me out and about on Friday night going to Visible Voice Books in Tremont with my friends Brian, Annie, and Adam to get a copy of Derek […]
Can you say f*ck on the radio?
I was a bit under the weather last night, so I decided to skip out on previous plans, and stay in. Saturday night became movie night. Up first was The Great Outdoors with John Candy, etc. I don’t think I’ve seen it since I saw it originally in the 80s. It still holds up. Next, […]
Setlist: Journey, Heart, and Cheap Trick – Blossom Music Center 9-6-08
On Saturday night I took my sister out for the full rock and roll experience via one of the best tours of the summer – Journey with special guests Heart and Cheap Trick. This was her first time seeing Heart and Cheap Trick, and as she reminded me, she had seen Journey (with Steve Augeri […]
Setlist: Seven Mary Three and Sponge – Roc Bar Cleveland 8/30/08
With Big Head Todd and the Monsters in town today, it feels like 90s weekend here in Cleveland, and the weekend got off to a good start last night with back to back sets from fellow 90s vets Sponge and Seven Mary Three. Attendance for the concert on the east bank of The Flats at […]
Setlist: Styx @ House of Blues 8-24-08
In the moments before Styx took the stage at House of Blues in Cleveland, “Wake Up Little Susie” by The Everly Brothers played at elevated volume through the sound system. There was significance behind the song choice that likely was unnoticed by most of the crowd in attendance. Susie Young, wife of longtime Styx guitarist […]
Lots of Music! Steve Lukather & others play Cleveland tonight + Luke talks file sharing
Busy night tonight in the Cleveland music scene. As per usual, there’s no shortage of choices for live music! Nine Inch Nails are at Quicken Loans Arena – I of course saw the show a few weeks back at Virgin Mobile Festival, and it ruled. EDIT: Just got word that Cleveland’s own Nicholas Megalis has […]
Wilco and Death Cab open for Neil Young this fall + my own personal love letter to cereal.
I meant to blog about a few things at the end of yesterday, but last night ended up being a late night. I had a social engagement after work, and as I was making my exit, I looked at my phone, and I had two missed calls/voicemails to return, in addition to one followup call […]