Wednesday, January 28, 2004
BEER SHORTS OUT IRON MAIDEN IN NYC SHOW
You can read the short story on the USA TODAY site at:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-01-26-iron-maiden_x.htm
BUT thepoint is, beer belongs in your mouth, not thrown around at a concert that so many people payed hard-earned money to attend.
Let's behave out there people; it's only rock and roll!
Zephy, out.
You can read the short story on the USA TODAY site at:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-01-26-iron-maiden_x.htm
BUT thepoint is, beer belongs in your mouth, not thrown around at a concert that so many people payed hard-earned money to attend.
Let's behave out there people; it's only rock and roll!
Zephy, out.
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
CHEAP TRICK / AEROSMITH
2004 TOUR OF USA
DATES ANNOUNCED (subject to change and according to CheapTrick.com):
Thursday, March 11 Lubbock, TX
Saturday, March 13 El Paso, TX
Monday, March 15 Hidalgo, TX
Wednesday, March 17 Laredo, TX
Friday, March 19 Little Rock, AR
Sunday, March 21 Bossier City, LA
Tuesday, March 23 Tupelo, MS
Thursday, March 25 Lafayette, LA
Saturday, March 27 Biloxi, MS
Monday, March 29 Pensacola, FL
Thursday, April 1 Tallahassee, FL
Saturday, April 3 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Monday, April 5 Orlando, FL
Wednesday, April 7 Columbia, SC
Friday, April 9 Atlanta, GA
Wednesday, April 14 Philadelphia, PA
Friday, April 16 Dayton, OH
Sunday, April 18 Quebec City, QC
Tuesday, April 20 Montreal, QC
Thursday, April 22 Hamilton, ON
Saturday, April 24 Green Bay, WI
Tuesday, May 4 Ames, IA
Thursday, May 6 Peoria, IL
Saturday, May 8 Madison, WI
Monday, May 10 Evansville, IN
Wednesday, May 12 Sioux City, IA
Friday, May 14 Winnipeg, MB
Sunday, May 16 Saskatoon, SK
Tuesday, May 18 Edmonton, AB
Thursday, May 20 Calgary, AB
Saturday, May 22 Portland, OR
Monday, May 24 Boise, ID
Wednesday, June 2 Dallas, TX
Friday, June 4 Houston, TX
Sunday, June 6 Birmingham, AL
Tuesday, June 8 Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday, June 9 Buffalo, NY
Saturday, June 12 Atlantic City, NJ
Monday, June 14 Scranton, PA
Wednesday, June 16 Virginia Beach, VA
Friday, June 18 Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday, June 20 Holmdel, NJ
Tuesday, June 22 Long Island, NY
Thursday, June 24 Boston, MA
Saturday, June 26 Hershey, PA
Monday, June 28 Cleveland, OH
* Dates are subject to change
Zeph, out
2004 TOUR OF USA
DATES ANNOUNCED (subject to change and according to CheapTrick.com):
Thursday, March 11 Lubbock, TX
Saturday, March 13 El Paso, TX
Monday, March 15 Hidalgo, TX
Wednesday, March 17 Laredo, TX
Friday, March 19 Little Rock, AR
Sunday, March 21 Bossier City, LA
Tuesday, March 23 Tupelo, MS
Thursday, March 25 Lafayette, LA
Saturday, March 27 Biloxi, MS
Monday, March 29 Pensacola, FL
Thursday, April 1 Tallahassee, FL
Saturday, April 3 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Monday, April 5 Orlando, FL
Wednesday, April 7 Columbia, SC
Friday, April 9 Atlanta, GA
Wednesday, April 14 Philadelphia, PA
Friday, April 16 Dayton, OH
Sunday, April 18 Quebec City, QC
Tuesday, April 20 Montreal, QC
Thursday, April 22 Hamilton, ON
Saturday, April 24 Green Bay, WI
Tuesday, May 4 Ames, IA
Thursday, May 6 Peoria, IL
Saturday, May 8 Madison, WI
Monday, May 10 Evansville, IN
Wednesday, May 12 Sioux City, IA
Friday, May 14 Winnipeg, MB
Sunday, May 16 Saskatoon, SK
Tuesday, May 18 Edmonton, AB
Thursday, May 20 Calgary, AB
Saturday, May 22 Portland, OR
Monday, May 24 Boise, ID
Wednesday, June 2 Dallas, TX
Friday, June 4 Houston, TX
Sunday, June 6 Birmingham, AL
Tuesday, June 8 Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday, June 9 Buffalo, NY
Saturday, June 12 Atlantic City, NJ
Monday, June 14 Scranton, PA
Wednesday, June 16 Virginia Beach, VA
Friday, June 18 Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday, June 20 Holmdel, NJ
Tuesday, June 22 Long Island, NY
Thursday, June 24 Boston, MA
Saturday, June 26 Hershey, PA
Monday, June 28 Cleveland, OH
* Dates are subject to change
Zeph, out
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
BRUCE HORNSBY's GREATEST RADIO HITS (out today!)...
I really relish the opportunity to get the first-ever "greatest hits" of someone/group I have enjoyed peripherally. That is what makes Bruce H. satisfying. I own NO B.H. or B.H. and the Range, never did...you can't buy everything...
I am listening (for the first time) to it right now on my headphones as I type. LOVELY. BH didn't have that many "hits" and I only recognize the first maybe 6 tunes. You would too, if you've had a radio on in the last 15 years.
BH also wrote "End of the Innocence" with Don Henley (whose album of the same name I got as a promo on cassette, WORE IT OUT, and bought the CD eventually, it's brilliant, but I digress...). Well BH's take on "Don's" song, is ...OK...good...NOT great; it's a live cut, has alot of feel, but I am plugged into the former/current Eagle's version which had to be painstakingly recorded and producted to sound SO good.
One down side of GREATEST RADIO HITS is the live version of "Jacob's Ladder" (Hughey Lewis and The News had a huge hit with it. BH does it ALMOST like a Zydeco tune, maybe too New-Orleans-ish. It's a C+ in an overall A- collection.
I am just enjoying the "new" studio cuts on the CD. He had some "minor" hits as a solo artist (without "the Range"), and they sound beautiful, and alot less mechanical and regimented than earlier material. Any one is as good as "The Way It Is" but not as metronome-ish in rhythm and sequence.
So, it was worth just under 13 bucks to pick this one up. No where near the incredible uneven feel of the Tom Jones Reloaded CD, which is so psychotic, it's delicious! TJ's most recent (of a HUGE string of greatest-hits packages) is actually his "real" best, and a wonderful inter-generational collection with amazingly stark differences in the tunes from the 00's and 60/70s, but again I digress.
Bruce Hornsby's Greatest Radio Hits is a 4.5/5 stars! Get it.
Zeph, out
I really relish the opportunity to get the first-ever "greatest hits" of someone/group I have enjoyed peripherally. That is what makes Bruce H. satisfying. I own NO B.H. or B.H. and the Range, never did...you can't buy everything...
I am listening (for the first time) to it right now on my headphones as I type. LOVELY. BH didn't have that many "hits" and I only recognize the first maybe 6 tunes. You would too, if you've had a radio on in the last 15 years.
BH also wrote "End of the Innocence" with Don Henley (whose album of the same name I got as a promo on cassette, WORE IT OUT, and bought the CD eventually, it's brilliant, but I digress...). Well BH's take on "Don's" song, is ...OK...good...NOT great; it's a live cut, has alot of feel, but I am plugged into the former/current Eagle's version which had to be painstakingly recorded and producted to sound SO good.
One down side of GREATEST RADIO HITS is the live version of "Jacob's Ladder" (Hughey Lewis and The News had a huge hit with it. BH does it ALMOST like a Zydeco tune, maybe too New-Orleans-ish. It's a C+ in an overall A- collection.
I am just enjoying the "new" studio cuts on the CD. He had some "minor" hits as a solo artist (without "the Range"), and they sound beautiful, and alot less mechanical and regimented than earlier material. Any one is as good as "The Way It Is" but not as metronome-ish in rhythm and sequence.
So, it was worth just under 13 bucks to pick this one up. No where near the incredible uneven feel of the Tom Jones Reloaded CD, which is so psychotic, it's delicious! TJ's most recent (of a HUGE string of greatest-hits packages) is actually his "real" best, and a wonderful inter-generational collection with amazingly stark differences in the tunes from the 00's and 60/70s, but again I digress.
Bruce Hornsby's Greatest Radio Hits is a 4.5/5 stars! Get it.
Zeph, out
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
JANUARY 2004 includes the birthday of one of my all time guitar favorites (both acoustic and electric), STEPHEN STILLS! Check it out at ...
http://www.4waysite.com/news_rumors/2004/2004news.htm
NOW, how about a NEW (not re-release) Stills, or better Crosby Stills and Nash, or even better, Crosby Stills Nash and Young album/DVD. You are WAY overdue, gentlemen!
Zeph, out
http://www.4waysite.com/news_rumors/2004/2004news.htm
NOW, how about a NEW (not re-release) Stills, or better Crosby Stills and Nash, or even better, Crosby Stills Nash and Young album/DVD. You are WAY overdue, gentlemen!
Zeph, out
Saturday, January 03, 2004
MICHAEL JACKSON TV SPECIAL (aired 2 January 2004 on CBS TV in USA)
What can I say about this TV infomercial for Mr. Jackson's "Number 1s" CD?
It SHOULD win an award for editing. You saw and heard absolutely seamless
cuts from one version of the same song to another, usually several versions in a row. From MTV-type video, to live performances, and back again, multiple multiple times.
The bad news: Well, they put various A and B list musical friends of Michael talking over...and over...and over...and over...OK you get it by now...BORING AS ALL h-e-double-hockey-sticks!
I don't need some singer talking during much of each and every song, telling me how great it was. Boo! Hiss! That frankly, stunk.
It would have been a real special special if only we had the cuts of MJ in performance, in a studio, in a theater, on a computer screen, or wild idea here in a REALLY new live gig.
Or even from video, or even with the same edits as presented. I guess that would make it TOO easy to tape or DVD or TIVO the thing, and thus making his CD sales even more dismal than they are for this otherwise STELLAR collection.
Oh, one more gripe....at the 3/4 way of the hour, they announced that you can get the DVD version and CD version of the "#1s" discs at cbs.com. How freakin' wonderful. A commercial within a commercial.
Or was this thing, as brilliantly musical as it could have been...yet another "show about nothing." Only this time, "nothing" might have been better.
Sorry MJ, great collection, lousy TV.
That's all for now...I am going to BEAT IT (couldn't resist)...
Zeph, out.
What can I say about this TV infomercial for Mr. Jackson's "Number 1s" CD?
It SHOULD win an award for editing. You saw and heard absolutely seamless
cuts from one version of the same song to another, usually several versions in a row. From MTV-type video, to live performances, and back again, multiple multiple times.
The bad news: Well, they put various A and B list musical friends of Michael talking over...and over...and over...and over...OK you get it by now...BORING AS ALL h-e-double-hockey-sticks!
I don't need some singer talking during much of each and every song, telling me how great it was. Boo! Hiss! That frankly, stunk.
It would have been a real special special if only we had the cuts of MJ in performance, in a studio, in a theater, on a computer screen, or wild idea here in a REALLY new live gig.
Or even from video, or even with the same edits as presented. I guess that would make it TOO easy to tape or DVD or TIVO the thing, and thus making his CD sales even more dismal than they are for this otherwise STELLAR collection.
Oh, one more gripe....at the 3/4 way of the hour, they announced that you can get the DVD version and CD version of the "#1s" discs at cbs.com. How freakin' wonderful. A commercial within a commercial.
Or was this thing, as brilliantly musical as it could have been...yet another "show about nothing." Only this time, "nothing" might have been better.
Sorry MJ, great collection, lousy TV.
That's all for now...I am going to BEAT IT (couldn't resist)...
Zeph, out.
Thursday, January 01, 2004
HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS,
2004 came in with a Par-tee, not (at least at this writing about 1600 GMT) with any terror, thank you supreme being (if you, and I do believe in a much much higher power).
How about DVDs?
Peter Gabriel GROWNING UP LIVE, is great but my thinking is best viewed in comparison with SECRET WORLD LIVE from the early 90s. The shows, while staged with dramatically different gimmicks, are much the same anyway. The UP tour shows PG overly nourished (I am being kind), bald and gray, but FULL of energy with great sound and a great band. Now the site of him doing a song and dance with the band towards the end is a bit much, but completely understandable when you see how he DID do it well on SECRET WORLD 9 years before.
Then of course, you must consider SECRET WORLD's hair! It seems just a little TOO full and perfect, a rug maybe, who knows.
UP is missing ONE favorite of mine, "Steam." I don't know why; guess PG wanted to do more songs from the UP CD. For it's day, SECRET WORLD is a much better chronical, and features a young Paula Cole on WONDERFUL backup vocals too.
Bottom Line:
Peter Gabriel DVDs GROWING UP LIVE 4/5 stars; SECRET WORLD LIVE 5/5.
NOW a few quickies, if Father Christmas or Santa OR YOU MOM didn't get these for you, great best of collections are available from Sheryl Crow and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers; note get the DVD/CD combos if you still can. The DVDs have songs not on the CD, which give you a better collection, trust me.
Also Peter Gabriel's HIT a double CD collection is just great.
Robert Plant's double CD collection "Timbuktu" is well, have baked; too many demos and "historical" recordings, that do NOT gel well. I will say his version of the Still's classic "For What It's Worth" is curiously good.
NOW BE SAFE BE WELL AND CHECK BACK OFTEN, FRIENDS OF MUSIC!!!!
Zeph, out
2004 came in with a Par-tee, not (at least at this writing about 1600 GMT) with any terror, thank you supreme being (if you, and I do believe in a much much higher power).
How about DVDs?
Peter Gabriel GROWNING UP LIVE, is great but my thinking is best viewed in comparison with SECRET WORLD LIVE from the early 90s. The shows, while staged with dramatically different gimmicks, are much the same anyway. The UP tour shows PG overly nourished (I am being kind), bald and gray, but FULL of energy with great sound and a great band. Now the site of him doing a song and dance with the band towards the end is a bit much, but completely understandable when you see how he DID do it well on SECRET WORLD 9 years before.
Then of course, you must consider SECRET WORLD's hair! It seems just a little TOO full and perfect, a rug maybe, who knows.
UP is missing ONE favorite of mine, "Steam." I don't know why; guess PG wanted to do more songs from the UP CD. For it's day, SECRET WORLD is a much better chronical, and features a young Paula Cole on WONDERFUL backup vocals too.
Bottom Line:
Peter Gabriel DVDs GROWING UP LIVE 4/5 stars; SECRET WORLD LIVE 5/5.
NOW a few quickies, if Father Christmas or Santa OR YOU MOM didn't get these for you, great best of collections are available from Sheryl Crow and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers; note get the DVD/CD combos if you still can. The DVDs have songs not on the CD, which give you a better collection, trust me.
Also Peter Gabriel's HIT a double CD collection is just great.
Robert Plant's double CD collection "Timbuktu" is well, have baked; too many demos and "historical" recordings, that do NOT gel well. I will say his version of the Still's classic "For What It's Worth" is curiously good.
NOW BE SAFE BE WELL AND CHECK BACK OFTEN, FRIENDS OF MUSIC!!!!
Zeph, out
