Hey there music lovers! ATV is pleased to bring you a Monday Morning Mix featuring a fine blend of 70s hard rock. 14 killer tunes flowing into what is known on the street as the Stereo Dictator’s 75 Minutes of 70s Volume One. Feast your musical mind on this free prize and give your week […]
Category: The 70s
The 12 Boots of Christmas: Ian Wants Three Things for Christmas
With Santa being a creature of habit, it’s no surprise that we are returning to Sweden for Boot # 9 in the 12 Boots of Christmas series. Welcome this time to lovely Lucianatten, apparently the home of flaming candle princesses, for a radio broadcast with British new wave pioneers, Ian Dury & the Blockheads.
Tom Petty – The Live Anthology
Greetings internet citizens! I’ve put my review online at Popdose for The Live Anthology, the fantabulous new box set from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Click here to read it. Quick review: Bribe your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/family member in any fashion necessary to get this as your holiday gift. It’s a must have!
Book Review: The Light in Darkness by Lawrence Kirsch
When I unwrapped the Live: 1975/85 box set, which I received as a Christmas gift from my parents in 1986, I don’t think I truly had a complete idea of exactly how much of an impact Bruce Springsteen would have on my life. As I put in the first cassette, and began thumbing through the […]
Cage Match: Tom Petty vs. Tom Petty
Since it’s the week of Thanksgiving, filled with special family time and nightmarish visits from relatives, I’ve been reflecting on the things that I’m thankful for. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, for instance. I know this seems like an odd thing to mention right off the bat, but has any one of your family members […]
Concert Review: Steely Dan – E.J. Thomas Hall – 11/16/09
Our buddy Bear from Cleveland Rock and Roll went to see Steely Dan earlier this week. Though we tried, we couldn’t scrape together the dollars here at ATV HQ to fund a ticket for either of the two Steely Dan shows, so we invited Bear to share his review of the first night! Is There […]
Got Starz in their eyes…
Saturday night is full of opportunity for Cleveland music fans to see a lot of great live music – but isn’t it always? The Beachland Ballroom offers one-stop shopping for music geeks to take in a boatload of kick ass rock bands – all in the same building! We’ve already discussed International Pop Overthrow – […]
Traveling on the Super Highway with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I’ll admit it – I’ve been holding something back from all of you, because for the past month, I’ve been on a secret road trip. I’ve been on the road with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, traveling with the band on the maiden voyage of their Superhighway Tour. Supporting the release of the highly anticipated […]
Hey man, is that AC/DC? Yeah man. Well turn-it-up man!
Oh my God, it’s like we opened up the souls of a thousand rock and rolls….. If the Freedom Rock guys from the 80’s were around today in 2009 promoting the new AC/DC rarities box set Backtracks, I’m thinking it would look something like this video featuring Billy and George of AC/DC FanNation. Hilarious.
Cage Match: Bruce Springsteen vs. Bruce Springsteen
By now, you probably know that I got some results out of my recent “open letter” to Bruce Springsteen. Kind of. I was pulling for full album performances of Born To Run in St. Louis, and Darkness On The Edge of Town in Cleveland. Announcements were made on Monday morning that both Cleveland and St. […]