RADIO HANNIBAL

Time for video of the week.  R.E.M. on The David Letterman Show, October 6, 1983.  When Letterman and Stipe had hair!

Bob

Well, yesterday Bob released his new album, Modern Times.  The critics are raving and rightfully so.  It's his third home run.  First came Time Out Of Mind in 1997, then Love And Theft which was released in 2001 on 9/11.  It's full of exquistely understated playing, gorgeous shuffling melodies and Bob's lyrical genius.  The new Rolling Stone has an interview with him.  Here's what I hate about subscribing to RS.  I have to wait about a week after it's been on the stands before I get my subscription copy.  Damn them.
Oh well...

New Show 8/29/06

Set List 8/29/06 Editors-Light…Interpol-Evil…Eagles Of death Metal-I Want You So Hard…Keane-Crystal Ball…Freedy Johnston-Evie’s Tears…Jefferson Starship-Runaway…Bob Dylan-Spirit On The Water…M Ward-Chinese Translation…David Johnasen-Frenchette…Pete Yorn-For Us…Guillemots-We’re Here…Easy Star All Stars-Karma Police…The Clash-Police and Thieves…Lily Allen-Smile…Gnarls Barkley-Smiley Face…Cornershop-6am Jullandar Shere…The Roots-Don’t Feel Right…Happy Mondays-Step On…KT Tunstall-Suddenly I See…Carole King-I Feel The Earth Move…James-Say Something…Old Crow Medecine Show-Cocaine Habit…Bob Dylan-You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

The guy who never goes to concerts attends 3 in under 2 weeks.

So the concert fling started with the first annual Kuyahoga Fest at Blossom on Thursday August 3. One observation...I think the name of the fest was a mistake.  Simply changing a C to a K just caused confusion when trying to look up infgo on the net.  Anthony...change the name next year...that is if you still have a job now that Live Nation (Clear Channel) is on the verge of buying HOB.  That would suck for not only you but all of us.
My highlights of the day...
1.  Seeing Midlake, a band from Denton,Texas who play with a progressive 70's folk type vibe performed on the smallest of the three stages in the afternoon rain.  The short lived rain brought an end to the heatwave, cooled the 100 or so fans who watched, and was a perfect setting for their melancholy fare. 
2.  On the lawn as the sun went down and Deathcab For Cutie broke into REM's Cuyahoga.  I stood on the lawn and sang along like a fool as everyone looked on...totally unaware of what the song was....kids...
3.  The joyous experience that is the Flaming Lips while standing with the throng in the pit. 
Also got some more press from my great friend Michael Heaton.  He covered it in his weekly Minister Of Culture column .

The next show was exactly one week later at the same venue.  Widespread Panic came to town.  As usual, interest in this band around these parts is mostly nonexistant.  Thus the reason I couldn't even unload my extra pit ticket.  So I headed down by myself, easily selling it to a good guy from Columbus whom I met in the parking lot scene.  Here's the set list:

: Old Neighborhood* > Greta* > Knocking 'Round The Zoo*, Pickin' Up The Pieces*, You Got Yours* > Diner* > Proving Ground*, Radio Child*, Ain't Life Grand*

2: B of D, Second Skin, Travelin' Man* > Traveler's Rest* > Vacation* > Can't Change The Past* > Drums > Astronomy Domine Jam* > This Part Of Town* > Makes Sense To Me* > Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys* > Imitation Leather Shoes*

E: From The Cradle*, The Take Out* > Porch Song*

Onto show number three....which actually was this morning.  Yes, this morning!  Tom Waits tacked on a last minute show to his very short tour.  A stop at the House of Blues here in Cleveland.  Tadcked on because he played Akron earlier in the evening.  Hitting the stage here at 1:15am and winding it down at 3:15am.  Obviously this was a special occasion and though I am dragging today...there's a smile on my face.  The show went like this:

Goin' Out West
219 (My Baby's Leaving on the)
Way Down in the Hole
November
Blue Valentine
Big Black Mariah
On the Nickel
Cemetery Polka
I Wish I was in New Orleans
Johnsburg, Illinois
Metropolitan Glide
Heartattack and Vine / Spoonful
Make it Rain
Circus
Singapore
It Rains on Me

Don't Go Into that Barn
Ramblin' Man

Whistling Past the Graveyard
Buzz Fledderjohn

Finally, talk show host Mike Douglas passed away a couple of days ago.  He got his start here in Cleveland.  I went to nursery school with one of his daughters and attended her birthday party so long ago.  Douglas had some amazing musicians on his show and I for one cannot wait until someone gets thgose performances out on DVD like the Cavett one's that came out last year. 

In a strange twist of fate I stumbled across this clip of Tom Waits on the Mike Douglas show.

New Show

Set List 8/11/06

Midlake-Young Bride…The Dandy Warhols-The Last High…Sufjan Stevens-Chicago (Acoustic version)…Golden Smog-You Make It Easy…The Nightcrawlers-Little Black Egg…The Raconteurs-Intimate Secretary…The Beautiful South-The Rose Of My Cologne…Lloyd Cole-Perfect Skin…Morrissey-I Will See You In Far Off Places…Keane-Is It Any Wonder…Mates Of State-Fraud Of The 80’s…The Buzzcocks-What Do I Get…The Pipettes-Dirty Mind…Hot Chip-Arrest Yourself…The Sleepy Jackson-You Need More…Guillemots-Trains To Brazil…The Arcade Fire-Wake Up…Bad Co.-Movin’On…Johnny Cash-Like The 309…Tom Petty-Night Driver…Nick Lowe-Tonight…Mojave 3-Puzzles Like You…Donald Fagen-Mary Shut The Garden Door

To listen to the show simply click on the guy at left!

...or how about this...I can embed some cool videos from You Tube.  That is...while the site is still around...atleast in its' current incarnation!

Here's Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us, from Top Of The Pops, 1974

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The fun begins

Hello listeners,

Well, the fun begins.  After much thought on how to get my website up and running I've decided to forego learning HTML for now and am doing it blog style. 

I have no idea how slick I'll be able to make this site yet...we shall all have to wait and see.  First order of business is going to be getting a new show up and then figuring how to link to it from here. 

Stay tuned...

OK...I've got a link for the show.  That was easy. 

Hey, how about a photo...my favorite rock photo of the last few months.  It's Bruce Springsteen and retired, local legend, rock journalist Jane Scott backstage at Blossom before his Seeger Sessions show.