Today is Vinyl Record Day, on what may or may not be the 130th anniversary of the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Edison. But whether or not the day is completely accurate — as some say it happened in November or even December 1877 — hooray for records. When you’re a collector of the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Music
Did I play that?
With just over a day left in the month, I have about 99% of my bandwidth left to burn. It would be a shame to let that go to waste. So, welcome to episode one of something that may or may not become a semi-regular feature on this weblog: “Did I play that?” As you… Read more »
Meat Loaf in Amsterdam
The short: much better then Cologne. Mr Loaf’s voice was in a better shape then it was two weeks ago, but that was hardly surprising. The sound was very good, the band and the show still rocked, the edit of Anything for Love still doesn’t make sense, the banter throughout Paradise seemed to have no… Read more »
Them’s fighting words
A week ago today, I went all the way to Cologne, Germany, to see Meat Loaf perform live at the Kölnarena. And to but it bluntly, he sucked ass. His voice was terrible. During his very first song — yes, that one — it struck me that if he would sing any slower, he’d be… Read more »