http://www.cobizmag.com/ en ian@unleadedsoftware.com Copyright 2009 2009-08-10T16:29:24+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/low-budget-blues-deja-vu-with-the-kinks-on-the-road-to-recovery/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/low-budget-blues-deja-vu-with-the-kinks-on-the-road-to-recovery/#When:01:48:51Z As the DJs used to say on top 40 radio—the hits just keep on coming! In January, the nation lost 598,000 jobs as the unemployment rate hit 7.6 percent. Since we entered a recession in December 2007, we’ve lost 3.6 million jobs, the government reported this month. Read on if you dare. Lyrics courtesy of British Invasion rockers the Kinks, from 1979’s Low Budget album – 30 years later, they fit our current economic woes like a (dusty) glove. Poppin' Circumstance 2009-02-07T01:48:51+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/box-sets-2008-roy-orbison-rod-stewart-grateful-dead-bob-dylan-ry-cooder/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/box-sets-2008-roy-orbison-rod-stewart-grateful-dead-bob-dylan-ry-cooder/#When:21:50:59Z Rounding this year's crop of compilations and box sets (part 1) Poppin' Circumstance 2008-12-12T21:50:59+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/u2-at-red-rocks-the-clash-at-shea-stadium-plus-warren-zevon-revisited/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/u2-at-red-rocks-the-clash-at-shea-stadium-plus-warren-zevon-revisited/#When:21:55:46Z THE CLASH — Live at Shea Stadium (Sony/BMG)U2 — Under a Blood Red Sky/Live at Red Rocks (Universal) In the early ’80s, the Clash and U2 both vaulted into superstar status, but the British punkers hit the stratosphere just before they flamed out while the Irish rockers were just beginning to stake their claim as the most popular band in the world (sorry Rolling Stones.) Poppin' Circumstance 2008-12-04T21:55:46+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/revisiting-creedence-clearwater-plus-little-richard-and-televisons-tom-verl/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/revisiting-creedence-clearwater-plus-little-richard-and-televisons-tom-verl/#When:16:15:56Z CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Creedence Clearwater, TOM VERLAINE Dreamtime, LITTLE RICHARD The Very Best of Little Richard Poppin' Circumstance 2008-10-06T16:15:56+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/dance-of-the-dinosaurs-yes-and-black-sabbath/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/dance-of-the-dinosaurs-yes-and-black-sabbath/#When:15:22:52Z To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Yes, the group is heading out on tour this year -- minus ailing singer Jon Anderson.  And, Black Sabbath's recent reunion with early '80s Ozzy Osbourne replacement Ronnie James Dio was a surprising success, prompting the lineup -- touring for legal reasons as "Heaven and Hell" -- to follow up the tour with its first studio album since 1992. Poppin' Circumstance, Travel/A&E 2008-09-26T15:22:52+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/willie-nelson-and-wynton-marsalis-dig-into-the-blues/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/willie-nelson-and-wynton-marsalis-dig-into-the-blues/#When:15:28:41Z Willie Nelson has challenged convention throughout his career so it’s hardly surprising for long-time fans to see him teaming up with Wynton Marsalis for an evening of jazz-tinged blues. Poppin' Circumstance 2008-09-09T15:28:41+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/new-orleans-fundraiser-borrows-dnc-spotlight-to-push-for-post-katrina-relie/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/new-orleans-fundraiser-borrows-dnc-spotlight-to-push-for-post-katrina-relie/#When:17:33:31Z The Mile High City got a big dose of N’Orleans flavor on Sunday as Louisiana luminaries and some of its finest musicians whooped it up at the Fillmore to raise money and draw attention to post-Katrina rebuilding efforts three years after the levees broke. Poppin' Circumstance 2008-08-27T17:33:31+00:00 http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/u2-rises-from-boy-to-war-plus-blondie-radiates-parallel-lines/ http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/u2-rises-from-boy-to-war-plus-blondie-radiates-parallel-lines/#When:16:38:42Z Revisiting U2's first three albums offers a refreshing journey back to a time when Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. were just four young lads from Ireland hoping to forge a career as rock musicians. Poppin' Circumstance 2008-08-19T16:38:42+00:00