What It Is: A weekly mix tape posted on Mondays, created by the fans of Addicted to Vinyl, posted for all to enjoy! Be A Part Of It: I want you to make me/us a mix CD. I want to hear the tunes that you are into, new or old. And I want to feature […]
Category: The 70s
Quick Hits: The Wrestler, The Yayhoos, Mix Tapes, & Lemonheads
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 […]
Cage Match: Olivia Newton-John vs. Pilot
I know that some of you just had a musical stroke while reading the subject line. Today’s Cage Match was inspired by a conversation that I was having with my co-worker and sometimes Cage Match co-conspirator Michael. I was telling him some of my ideas for future Cage Matches, including some that would pit two […]
Stereo Dictator Guide #1 – Webb Wilder
Hey hey rock fans, please enjoy the first of many posts designed to help you dig back into the vast musical archives of your favorite record store or website with direction, purpose and the sense that you spent your cash wisely. Stereo Dictator Guide #1 features a guy whose credo is: “Work hard, rock hard, […]
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 […]
The Top 12 Punk Rock Live Albums
Editor’s Note: This recent post from Brian at Broken Headphones was too good not to share here on Addicted to Vinyl. With his permission, I’m sharing it here for you to enjoy. If you’re not visiting Brian’s site on a regular basis, shame on you….add that sucker to your RSS! P.S. Brian’s original post featured […]
The Excitable Boy
After laying out the reasons why I’m not a big Springsteen fan, I feel compelled to tell you why Warren Zevon is one of my favorites. I first heard his music in 1978 on WMMS, Cleveland’s only true rock station at the time (aside from M-105 which briefly put up a good fight but flamed […]
The Stereo Dictator Makes the Scene
Greetings ATV fans! It is an honor to join you all as an official member of one of the coolest websites on the net hosted by one of the coolest guys I know. Now that the sucking up is over, let’s get down to it. I’m Kevin Brennan aka the Stereo Dictator, a lifelong Cleveland-area […]
Cage Match: Jefferson Starship vs. Joe Walsh
Ola friends! As we get going, let’s start of by congratulating Steve in Nashville, who is the winner of the contest for the super-awesome Jane’s Addiction vinyl reissues of Nothing’s Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual! Congrats Steve! You know what that means – it’s time to give something else away! But you’ll have to […]
Blow Your Face Out!
What if Peter Wolf and the J. Geils Band were to decide to come to Detroit and play a couple of random rare shows on a weekend? That would be awesome, right? My friends, it certainly was. I finally got to cross another band off of my list of “concert regrets” – bands that I […]