Find Your Own Way Home is the name of the latest CD from veteran Illinois classic rockers REO Speedwagon. And the album is also the unlikely source of inspiration that led me through what would be an important period of personal exploration in 2007. I purchased the CD as part of a “can’t miss” three […]
Category: The 80s
Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Chickenfoot
Good stuff from Melodicrock.com – there are new developments in the Sammy Hagar project titled “Chickenfoot” that now apparently include Joe Satriani. Let’s stop for a second: Chickenfoot is a horrendous name. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I am definitely excited to see one of my favorite singers pair with one […]
Good Listening – Indigo Girls – In Cold Storage
I remember the time when I came so close to you Sent me skipping my class and running from school And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool What makes me think I could start clean slated The hardest to learn was the least complicated Indigo Girls – Least Complicated Young love. […]
New Kids On The…Arena Schedule?
I’m wrapping up the day as the email hits my inbox. New Kids on the Block have confirmed a Cleveland date for October 3rd. This is the same group that played the Cleveland Agora (cap. 2000) in the mid-90s for a show that I recall hearing was not very well attended. They were promoting the […]
Top 5: Album Openers
First of all, shucks – my longtime Cleveland pal Len over at Jawbone Radio gave this baby blog a very nice shout-out. Jawbone is a great Cleveland-based podcast that once upon a time, I was blessed enough to be on as a guest. Len is also among other things, a big Star Wars fan, which […]
2008 – The Rebirth of The Mix Tape
This particular entry covers a topic that is near and dear to my “child of the ’80s” heart: The lost art of making a mix tape. I’ve been meaning to write about mix tapes for a while, and had a particular angle – a whole new way in 2008 to make a mix tape of […]
Quick Hits – Bruce Springsteen, Will Ferrell, Richard Marx, and more
Greetings from Rock on the Range in Columbus, OH where I watched Stone Temple Pilots return to the stage triumphantly last night. More on that in the next couple of days. For now, here are a few links that have caught my eye this week. Cleveland based Liza Bundy who I wrote about previously here, […]
Quick Hits – Dave Grohl, Stone Temple Pilots, Rick Astley, and more
Here are just a few things that have been rocking my world over the past couple of weeks. Stone Temple Pilots delivered a rockin’ performance on Jimmy Kimmel that might not have been perfect, and definitely had a bit of rust – but man, it was good to see the DeLeo brothers back on stage […]
LIVE: The B-52’s at House of Blues Cleveland 4/29/08
I had one of those “God, I feel kind of old moments” last week. I had tickets to see The B-52’s at the House of Blues here in Cleveland, and I realized that it’s been 16 years since the last time The B’s and I saw each other. I was in high school in 1992, […]
A Detroit flashback with the “Doc of Rock”
Kudos to Lee Arnold for sharing the following video treasure from Youtube…. Lee writes… This is a Christmas interview with The Look in 1982 on “The Beat”. This is the original band with WLLZ MD and “The Beat” Host Doug Podell. Doug remains one of the great rock and roll guys, and continues to kick […]