on May 22nd, 2013 by JT
Various Artists True Blues Telarc, 2013 52 minutes “Blues is the blueprint. It’s the foundation of all contemporary music, no matter where you go.” Corey Harris speaks the truth. On True Blues, Telarc brings together six talented and timeless blues acts: Harris, The Taj Mahal Trio, Shemekia Copeland, Guy Davis, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Phil […]
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on May 22nd, 2013 by JT
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on May 17th, 2013 by JT
Last year, while celebrating the release of Van Halen’s A Different Kind Of Truth, I decided to make a list of my favorite song from each VH album. It was a fun exercise, and one that I had planned to revisit with several other favorite bands…but like many other projects and ideas, it was pushed […]
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on May 16th, 2013 by JT
It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago when we lost the heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio. On May 16, 2010, he succumbed to stomach cancer. Read this interview with former Dio drummer Simon Wright about Dio. At the time of Ronnie’s passing, I was still hosting the Hard Rock Nights radio program […]
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on May 15th, 2013 by JT
Is this guy getting any attention around the league? In 28 innings, Tony Cingrani has struck out 37 batters and boasts a 2-0 record with a 2.89 ERA. Not bad for a rookie, huh? As I was searching for images to use on the card, I came across a couple of other very nicely done […]
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on May 10th, 2013 by JT
John Corabi Unplugged Rat Pak Records, 2012 65 minutes Hard rock vocalist John Corabi has released his first solo recording, an acoustic collection of new songs and classics from his former bands. Corabi treats listeners to three songs originally recorded by The Scream (“Father, Mother, Son,” “Man In The Moon,” “I Never Loved Her Anyway”), […]
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on May 9th, 2013 by JT
There is a lot of hoopla surrounding the duo of Jonathan Broxton and Aroldis Chapman in the Reds’ bullpen, but they are not as exciting as the 1990 “Nasty Boys” bullpen featuring Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble, and Randy Myers. When the Reds traded John Franco in December ’89, I thought all was lost. But Myers’ […]
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on May 4th, 2013 by JT
Luke Winslow-King The Coming Tide Bloodshot Records, 2013 35 minutes You don’t hear a new record like this every day. If you are in the mood for something way different, give Luke Winslow-King’s The Coming Tide a listen. A mixture of jazz, blues, ragtime and gospel, the singer has taken the best of New Orleans [...]
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on May 1st, 2013 by JT
Alfred Hitchcock’s Movie Making Master Class by Tony Lee Moral Michael Wiese Productions, 2013 240 pages Alfred Hitchcock is perhaps the most influential filmmaker in the history of cinema, enthralling audiences with his tales of suspense and inspiring directors to simply make better movies. In Alfred Hitchcock’s Movie Making Master Class, Tony Lee Moral takes [...]
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on April 30th, 2013 by JT
(September 11, 1958 – April 27, 2013)
Former Reds pitcher Brad Lesley passed away on Saturday from kidney failure. In addition to playing in the big leagues, Lesley also appeared in a number of films, including Little Big League, Mr. Baseball, and S…
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on April 30th, 2013 by JT
Late Monday morning, an NBA player named Jason Collins announced to the world that he is a homosexual. It is difficult to say that we didn’t see this coming—not from Collins specifically (I don’t follow basketball at all), but from someone in one of the major sports. I read numerous editorials over the past few [...]
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on April 26th, 2013 by JT
(September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) One of the greatest country music singers of all-time, George Jones passed away today at the age of 81. If I ranked my favorite country singers of all-time, “No Show” Jones would come in at #2, barely behind Waylon Jennings. He had a distinctive style and will be [...]
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on April 26th, 2013 by JT
Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan by Robert K. Fitts University of Nebraska Press, 2013 366 pages A beautiful blending of baseball and history, Banzai Babe Ruth engages the reader in the attempt to forge a friendship using America’s pastime. Author Robert K. Fitts presents the events from [...]
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on April 25th, 2013 by JT
Journeyman Richie Scheinblum played for six different teams in his 8-year career, including a brief stint in 1973 with the Cincinnati Reds. Scheinblum has been named to the All-Star team in 1972 as a member of the Kansas City Royals, but was never again invited to the midsummer classic. In that ’72 season, he connected [...]
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