I found myself at Classic Park in Eastlake last summer, the result of a last minute chance to catch Bob Dylan’s summer tour with John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson. Like capturing a lightning bug in a bottle, I had been on a semi-quest for a few years, hoping to experience that sometimes elusive yet often […]
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Aircheck: WMMS in 1987
Thanks to Cleveland radio personality Java Joel (a fellow aircheck and radio aficionado) for passing this my way via Twitter. I’ll now share it with you, 45 minutes of unscoped audio from WMMS and the Buzzard Morning Zoo circa 1987. Download now If you haven’t checked out John Gorman’s Buzzard Book Blog, you’ll find lots […]
Interview Leftovers: Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes
I saw The Black Crowes for the first time in 1991, opening for ZZ Top at the Richfield Coliseum. It was a “complicated” tour for the band (that’s the term I used to reference the tour during my recent conversation with BC drummer Steve Gorman) and truthfully, they weren’t very good, which was disappointing to […]
30 Years of Don’t Say No: An ATV Interview with Billy Squier
Along with Van Halen’s Fair Warning, Billy Squier’s Don’t Say No is a hard rock soundtrack to a life lived by me in that very important year of growth and change. Lead off unassumingly by “In The Dark,” the record tracks (even today!) right through to the finish as a carefree time capsule of rock fashion and attitude. It was my pleasure to talk with Billy about his (ours!) masterpiece…
Here’s an update on that Full House reissue
It looks like it’s canceled, at least for the moment. Take that reissue of the J. Geils Band’s “Live — Full House” off your shopping list. Peter Wolf tells The Insider that the group has scotched Rhino Records’ plans to put out the two-CD set, which was slated to feature both of the April 21-22, […]
Vinyl Lust: Speaking of “cheap vinyl,” here’s a few rekkids that I picked up last night…
Hanging out at The Winchester + picking up cheap vinyl = two of my favorite things to do! Luckily, you can do both at the same place! Last night, I walked away with the following titles for a buck each… After watching the excellent Do It Again documentary (I know that Geoff Edgers is still […]
Cheap Vinyl: R.E.M. “Document” for $3.99 at Amazon
Kudos to the kids at Slicing Up Eyeballs for alerting me to a cool deal for R.E.M.’s classic Document album, which you can score for the very cool price of $3.99 right now (plus you receive a dollar credit for a free MP3 download at Amazon MP3). We can assume that the price (cut from […]
Celebrating 20 Years of Cowboys From Hell: A conversation with Philip Anselmo
I’m pleased to welcome ATV friend Chris Akin back for another post, this time featuring a conversation recorded this past week with Pantera vocalist Philip Anselmo. With the pending release of the 20th anniversary deluxe edition of Cowboys From Hell, the opportunity to speak with Anselmo came around and I knew that Chris would enjoy […]
12/1/74 at Richfield Coliseum….
…..who was on stage? That’s the stumper of a question posed by the ticket stub below. ATV reader “Cynthia” shot me an email with a question about the stub – would I be able to help? I reached out to all-knowing Bear of Cleveland Rock and Roll and we put our heads together with no […]
For Springsteen fans, Christmas comes in November
Leave it to Bruce to make sure that the holidays are just a little bit more special this year with today’s announcement that you can celebrate the legacy of Darkness on The Edge of Town with six (!!!!) discs overflowing with more Darkness related material (three CDs and three DVDs) than we possibly could have […]