Today, my friend Denise made me think of Fountains of Wayne….who have a song that as it happens, is called Denise.. I was so happy to see FOW twice last year….including a great back to back of FOW and Cheap Trick to kick off Virgin Mobile Festival 2007 in Baltimore…..Power Pop HEAVEN! Don’t dismiss these […]
Category: The 00s
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 […]
Song of the Moment – Blue Rodeo – Glad To Be Alive
As it often happens, this one came up on my Ipod this morning as I was getting ready for work. For those that are unfamiliar, Canada’s Blue Rodeo are led by the core of singer/songwriters Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor. Generally, I’m more of a Cuddy guy, but I definitely have a healthy amount of […]
Lefsetz on Kid Rock’s Rock and Roll Jesus and Itunes – plus a response from Kid Rock
Bob Lefsetz writes: Is Kid Rock selling a hundred thousand CDs a week because his album is not available on iTunes? Last year, Jay-Z famously refused to sell his new album at iTunes because he thought it would break up the flow, that it needed to be heard as a whole. Despite being available digitally […]
Extreme release new album called Saudades De Rock next week + the scoop on Maiden Heaven
A week from today (8/12,) reactivated Boston rockers Extreme, will release their first release of new material in 13 years titled Saudades De Rock. (If you’re scratching your head on the above, it is pronounced “sow-dodge de rock”, which roughly translates from Portuguese as “Nostalgic Yearning for Rock”) While rejoicing at the prospects of new […]
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 […]