CAKE Brand New from the Showroom By Jay S. Jacobs Oh, the crazy life of a rock star. The wild parties, the girls, the screaming fans, the drugs, the hotels, the groveling sycophants, the long days on the road… It is all enough to go to a guy’s head. But not if that head is … Continue reading
CAKE – The Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA – April 18, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Panic! at the Disco What Were Once Vices Are Now Virtues By Jay S. Jacobs It’s weird to be a bit of a grizzled veteran of the music wars when you’re still in your mid-twenties, but that is sort of where the band Panic! at the Disco finds themselves. Just seven years ago, the members of … Continue reading
Ryan Star Riding the Last Train to Stardom By Jay S. Jacobs It’s setting the bar high when you are a musician and your stage name is Star. But Ryan Star never shies away from a challenge. The singer wasn’t even exactly trying to be cute with his name, he was born Ryan Star Kulchinsky. … Continue reading
BEE GEES – IN OUR OWN TIME (2010) Featuring Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb (archival footage) & Andy Gibb (archival footage). Directed by Skot Bright. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 116 minutes. Not Rated. Over thirty years on from their blindingly bright supernova of stardom, in which the Bee Gees rivaled the Beatles for … Continue reading
Rick Springfield Does Everything For You by Ronald Sklar To look at him, even today (and he’s looking pretty kick ass for age 61), you would never know that Rick Springfield has been battling the demons of depression since his childhood in Australia. “I had a little inkling [about depression] when I tried to off … Continue reading
Roger Waters – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA – November 8, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved. Continue reading
JACKSON BROWNE – GOING HOME (1994) Featuring Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, David Crosby, Graham Nash, David Lindley, Don Henley and Jennifer Warnes. Directed by Janice Engel. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 90 minutes. Not Rated. Jackson Browne was one of the great songwriters of the 70s and 80s, though now he is sometimes unfairly overlooked … Continue reading
The Smithereens Meet the Smithereens… Again! by Jay S. Jacobs On the day that the town of Carteret, New Jersey gave the key of the city to their favorite sons – the rock band The Smithereens, whose guitarist, drummer and original bassist all grew up in the town – the group was relaxing behind the … Continue reading
The Smithereens – Carteret Park – Carteret, NJ – September 4, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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