I picked up Esquire Magazine’s 8th annual Meaning of Life issue over the weekend. Fifty interviews, one person from each state. I was sucked in by Clint Eastwood on the cover, and also seeing the names of Little Steven…..and Chloë Sevigny? Inside the table of contents, Mickey Rourke. Sold. Side note: I kinda have a […]
Category: The 90s
Good Listening: Special Aimee Mann Holiday Edition
If you’re still searching around a bit for that Xmas spirit, boy do I have something that’s going to help out a lot! First, a quick flashback to last year’s holidays: Last year’s holiday cheer was provided in my household with the debut of a Christmas album from The Smithereens. You all remember how much […]
5 from Jules Shear + More about “More”
Consider this a followup to my post about the new Jules Shear album More that I posted here yesterday. But first, I need to tell you how I got into the music of Jules Shear. Some of my best friends are friends that I met who were working at record stores I went to frequently. […]
Santa’s gonna bring me a new Armored Saint album!
Something else to look forward to in 2009…..STOKED!! Hey Rob, you’d better be going to the show in March at the Key Club, or we’re no longer friends!!! 🙂 From the band’s Myspace page: Due to the nature of vague speculation albeit created by your authors here, Armored Saint are officially announcing that they’ve begun […]
New album available now from Jules Shear!
So I’m sitting around tonight, and I had a thought that has come around occasionally in recent months: What the heck is Jules Shear up to? If you’re asking me who Jules is – here’s a couple of stats – As a songwriter, he wrote “All Through The Night” for Cyndi Lauper, and “If She […]
Facebook Fun: So this one time, we were talking about Coldplay and Joe Satriani….
Blogging buddy and occasional Ohio resident Kevin Mason throws me a nice shoutout that documents on video the recent conversation that several of us had on Facebook that started with a simple comment about Kevin’s status update, which had to do with the whole Coldplay/Joe Satriani thing. By the time it was over, the comment […]
Friday Youtube Fun: The Great Big Yes + big big rock star hair
The Lemonheads – The Great Big No I know what you’re thinking. Actually, you might be thinking several things: 1. When did Glen Phillips from Toad The Wet Sprocket sing for The Lemonheads? 2. Wow, was this the week that Evan Dando stayed away from drugs? 3. Did I just have a seizure from the […]
Pearl Jam reissue of Ten leads off newly announced plans for overhaul of entire catalog
It’s official – we officially have our first mega-reissue to get excited about for 2009. March 24th, 2009 to be precise. On that date, Pearl Jam will reissue their classic debut album Ten, which will be available in four different packages. The extensive list of bonus material in the reissues includes 6 previously unreleased bonus […]
Today’s scheduled activities
Going to Detroit to see Neil Young and Wilco at the Palace of Auburn Hills. I got a record company download of Neil’s new Sugar Mountain archival release that I’m not taking with me, but it will make for some good listening when I get back. It’s looking like we hopefully got most of the […]
Good Listening: Bruce Hornsby – Cleveland Music Hall – 11/20/93
Fifteen years ago, a Cleveland music fan in his late teens walked into Music Hall on the fence about Bruce Hornsby. He’d heard the necessary tunes, but had a couple of albums missing from his Hornsby collection. Yeah, that was me, and I couldn’t have picked a better show to fill in the gaps on […]