Magic Tour Highlights, including Tom Morello with the Boss
On April 7th, 2008, my wife and I sat in Anaheim’s Honda Center, watching as Bruce Springsteen brought out Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine to sit in with him and the Band on “The Ghost of Tom Joad”.…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: July 4, 2008
Today is the Fourth of July, better known in the United States as Independence Day, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. This also means many of…
Summertime Bruce [R.I.P. Tim Russert]
I can’t add anything too insightful about Tim Russert that hasn’t already been said or written over the last 24 hours, but I wanted to give my 2 cents. I’ve always been an NBC guy. One of my earliest memories…
Dreaming about…C.W.?
While we wait for Michael – King of the Friday Five – to post his latest (Michael – you okay??), I pose one question to you all… Why did I have a vivid dream about “Convoy” singer C.W. McCall the…
Darkness and Born to Run at the Count Basie Theater
Photo from Yahoo (AP) When I first checked out the set list and Backstreets review of last night’s Boss show to benefit the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, I had to do a double take to make…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: April 18, 2008
Good Morning Friday Five Family!! My wife and I are in the midst of home improvements and the iPod and iTunes have been providing the soundtrack. In honor of my current project I set up the following smart playlist in…
Sad News: RIP Danny Federici (1950-2008)
Danny Federici, Bruce Springsteen’s organ, keys, and accordion player for the last 40 years, passed away Thursday afternoon after a three year battle with melanoma. My prayers and warmest condolences go out to Danny’s Family and the E Street family.…
Top Ten Moments: The Boss in Anaheim
A couple of quality show reviews have already been posted on Backstreets and by Mr. Malchus at Popdose, so let me convey my Monday night Boss experience the following way…. picture courtesy of Backstreets.com Top Ten Moments from Monday, April…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: March 14, 2008
I don’t know how the celebrities do it, winging from coast to coast to coast and never looking worn a minute for it. I’m back, nicely jet lagged and California Dreaming for this week’s five. Last weeks “very special” pre-taped…
Prince and the Boss: Nominations at Tonight’s Grammys
Here are the categories where Bruce and Prince are nominated tonight. [Source: Grammy.com]