I keep seeing and hearing things that make me think that I need to own Taylor Swift albums. Here’s the latest piece of visual evidence courtesy of Bob Lefsetz. From Bob: Hang in there until 4:00, when the audience takes over the song… Audio is far from perfect, but you’ll get the idea… Song starts […]
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Quick Hits: Alice in Chains, The Grog Shop, Coldplay
Greetings all, I hope this dispatch finds you in the best of places and moods. I’m typing this to you on the other side of day one of the annual Columbus, OH mega-rock weekend Rock On The Range. I went down for the first day with D.X. Ferris from Scene Magazine, and for this guy, […]
No Words Necessary
Interesting food for thought via @thewordpainter and Bob Lefsetz.
Moby still believes in the album
I loved reading this email from Moby tonight, sent to Bob Lefsetz. I’m that certain kind of music fan who still avoids contact with the singles so that I can hear the album for the first time as a whole album….even if it is U2 or Springsteen. And I’m also someone that often loves the […]
Bob Lefsetz vs. Gene Simmons
Please tell me that you didn’t miss this happening last week. Here’s the deal – industry blogger Bob Lefsetz is attending Canada Music Week and witnesses a keynote speech from KISS man Gene Simmons. Lefsetz takes issue with Simmons’ speech and sends out the following email. Simmons responds. A local promoter offers a venue at […]
When We Get to Surf City
My friend Pat sent me a Twitter message, “Dude, I can’t believe you didn’t respond to my Fountains of Wayne reference on Twitter.” “I was READING A BOOK,” I replied. “In no way believes that @addictedtovinyl was reading anything that was not online” was the Twitter reply from Pat. Strange but true. You’ll recall a […]
Latest purchases: The holiday weekend edition.
This morning I feel a bit like Jim Carrey hearing the voices and problems of everyone in Bruce Almighty. Except I’m hearing nothing but Duran Duran fans arguing over the band’s most recent album Red Carpet Massacre, which is at least humorous. I’m guessing that like GNR and Journey fans, they can probably keep going […]