I meant to blog about a few things at the end of yesterday, but last night ended up being a late night. I had a social engagement after work, and as I was making my exit, I looked at my phone, and I had two missed calls/voicemails to return, in addition to one followup call […]
Category: The 90s
Everything you needed to know about Juliana Hatfield, and then just a little bit more….
Doing the nightly (or is that hourly) scan of my Google Reader last night, I see that Popdose just put their Juliana Hatfield guide online. It is a guide to the greatness of Juliana Hatfield, so of course you need to read it, even though I disagree with one part of it: I happen to […]
Setlist: Extreme @ House of Blues 8-6-08
The new Extreme album Saudades de Rock officially hit the streets this past Tuesday. (purchase) Listen to the full album via AOL right here. Prior to the album’s official release, I had the opportunity to see the Cleveland date of the current reunion tour at House of Blues, which found the band anchoring a musician’s […]
Song of the Moment – The Murmurs – You Suck
I saw this post from Stereogum, and laughed hard. I liked this band. Hell, I still like this band, and will admit that this song is sitting on my Ipod, and I’ve listened to it within the past year. I don’t think I EVER saw the video for the tune though, and now that I […]
Add some Bruce Hornsby to your weekend….and some Cracker and Counting Crows too!
Fifteen years ago, I saw Bruce Hornsby for the first time here in Cleveland at Music Hall, a show that sealed the deal making me permanently a diehard Bruce Hornsby fan. As a kid, Hornsby caught my ear with songs from The Way It Is and the followup Scenes from The Southside. A Night On […]
Song of the Moment – Blue Rodeo – Glad To Be Alive
As it often happens, this one came up on my Ipod this morning as I was getting ready for work. For those that are unfamiliar, Canada’s Blue Rodeo are led by the core of singer/songwriters Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor. Generally, I’m more of a Cuddy guy, but I definitely have a healthy amount of […]
Heavy D is pretty awesome
The subject line above pretty much says it all! Those of you that were following my newly installed Twitter updates will know that I got to spend some time with Heavy D today. At the “day job” we have a service that provides celebrity radio interviews (via phone) to morning shows across the U.S. Today, […]
Lefsetz on Kid Rock’s Rock and Roll Jesus and Itunes – plus a response from Kid Rock
Bob Lefsetz writes: Is Kid Rock selling a hundred thousand CDs a week because his album is not available on iTunes? Last year, Jay-Z famously refused to sell his new album at iTunes because he thought it would break up the flow, that it needed to be heard as a whole. Despite being available digitally […]
Setlist: Nine Inch Nails @ Virgin Festival 8/10/08
There had been a rare cancellation of a Nine Inch Nails show a couple of nights prior to their Virgin Festival appearance, so there was worried buzz that NIN might cancel. When we got there and saw NIN road cases, gear, and lighting in place at the beginning of the day Sunday, we knew there […]
Interview: Nils Lofgren talks about Nils sings Neil
A week before Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band took the stage for a string of homecoming shows at Giants Stadium, my comrade Chris Akin got a chance to talk with E. Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren. Lofgren spoke with Chris about his new CD The Loner: Nils sings Neil, a wonderful new solo […]