I’ll continue to follow up on the ongoing debate regarding the new Judas Priest album Nostradamus, which we’ve talked about previously. My good friend Chris Akin spent an hour on Saturday night’s edition of The Classic Metal Show debating and talking about the new album with Blabbermouth.net contributor Keith Bergman (another longtime friend of mine.) […]
Category: The 80s
My 80s summer music fix has been officially booked!
I mentioned briefly in a recent post, my plans to journey to Dayton, OH to see Night Ranger. When I saw the date pop up on Night Ranger’s Myspace page, I gave it a casual glance, and figured that it was an opening slot. Opening slots, as much as I love Night Ranger, aren’t really […]
Concert Review: Iron Maiden – Blossom Music Center – 6/12/08
Thursday night, I put on my “metal shoes” to go see Iron Maiden at Blossom Music Center. I pick up my tickets at the box office – fifth row…SWEET! The tickets are on the left hand side, right in front of the stacks……did I bring my earplugs? Of course not. So much for my ongoing […]
Quick Hits: Tim Russert, Bruce Springsteen, Night Ranger
Another Saturday morning in Cleveland – last night we were supposed to get a mother of a storm, but honestly, I zonked out after being out late at the Iron Maiden concert the night before. I got a little bit soaked Friday night going from the rapid station to my car, but everything else after […]
A little Patience with Lonn Friend
I enjoy Lonn Friend’s reflections on the past, present, and future yet to come. In his latest dispatch, he visits a number of topics, including the filming of the Guns ‘n Roses video for “Patience.” Read on…. link to original Myspace post How do you know when the shadows have really given way to light? […]
Spending a year with David Foster
More goodness from the Popdose folks: The Video Setup for Ear of Madness – click and watch this first Yup, that’s me. And my iPod. And David Foster. Everyone knows David Foster, right? The penultimate overproducer. The musician. The songwriter. The record executive. The TV reality star? Yes, indeed. The Canadian who alienated millions of […]
For Your Bookshelf: 33 1/3: Slayer – Reign in Blood
“Slayer have as much integrity as those hipster bands who carp on and on about integrity. They just go out and make that record, and do that tour. They don’t talk about integrity. They don’t need to. And that’s what gives Slayer undeniable power, impeachable credibility. If you notice, the people that are into Slayer, […]
CD Review: Journey – Revelation
The past couple of years have been turbulent ones for Journey. They released a new CD Generations that came out shortly before Sanctuary, the record company that released it, went belly up. Vocalist Steve Augeri ran into problems on the road that saw the band resort to taped vocals initially, and several days before starting […]
Imeem/Sleater-Kinney
I’m just going to take a moment to talk about today’s latest musical web addiction in my world. I have a new friend, and I can tell already that we’re going to be really good friends. I say “friend,” but actually it’s merely the website Imeem. I’ve been aware of Imeem for quite some time, […]
CD Review: The Smithereens – Live in Concert
When I pass on from this world, it is my hope that my next of kin will see within my musical collection, a large group of recordings from a particular group from New Jersey, called The Smithereens. If I have my way, curiosity will strike them, they’ll put one of the albums on, and a […]