Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

18 years ago and I was 18 years old, a struggling closeted glam rock club kid hidden inside the shell of an angry Republican.  I wrote poetry that made my teachers blush, but too good for them to hide away.  I was a rebel with torn jeans against the dress code and the cute ass [...]

Here is the first round of dates for the Meat Loaf Mad Mad World Tour for Summer 2012. 06/22/12 Fri Austin City Limits Live @ Moody Theater Austin, TX 06/24/12 Sun Pepsi Center Mexico City, MX 06/27/12 Wed The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA 06/30/12 Sat Snoqualmie Casino Snoqualmie, WA 07/02/12 Mon Eagle River Pavilion Boise, [...]

So, I had just hit the snooze button when my phone rang.  My deepest fear was realized…I had overslept…or had I??  No, it was my dad, of all people, on the phone saying “Patti Russo is making meatloaf on FoxNews, you better turn it on.”  My brain had not yet began to process reality yet, [...]

As 2011 comes rushing to a close, we are faced with a miracle that there was actually good music to be found this year! This was the year of club/dance music it seems and strangely enough Britney Spears had the club thumping winner with her rebound album titled Femme Fatale. Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, and [...]

On Thursday, November 3, 2011, the theater home of DownHome Decadence, The Downtown Discount Cinema Theater, closed its doors forever. I created this video as a tribute to the theater where I poured my heart and soul for around 5 years.  Good bye Cinema…you will be missed!!! The soundtrack is Meat Loaf & Jennifer Hudson [...]

Last week I had the delightful opportunity to see the Second National Touring Company production of the new rock and roll comedy Rock Of Ages at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Kentucky. All I can say is the production quality was nothing short of phenomenal and The Paramount should be proud of this booking. [...]

Meat Loaf Tweet About Davey Boy So, yesterday I put some of my initial thoughts on paper about the new Meat Loaf album, Hell In A Handbasket. I did not think much about it. I put out the syndication the normal way and went about my business. However, as with most things in my life, [...]

Here we go, let me try to put down some thoughts about the most recent Meat Loaf album on the interwebs. Let me start off by saying, I am well aware that Meat Loaf is an extremely polarizing artist who has seen many ups and downs throughout his 40 year career span. Let me also [...]

WOW!  Just when I thought I had seen it all, the term PURPLE MONKEY DISHWASHER is a trending topic in America simply because people are remembering when Justin Bieber, of all people, put up a Tweet about this on the social networking site Twitter about this back in 2010! Just when you think there is [...]

It is always fresh, new, and unique to wake up to find out another rock and roll icon is being trashed for a poor performance at a major sporting event.  Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake were drug through the mud over a “costume malfunction” and Black Eyed Peas were panned for a performance that was [...]