Stories by Pete Rizzo
A Fine Line between Stand-Up Comedy & Tragedy
It’s unfortunate how some stand-up comedians take on a mythic rock star status, and not in the happiest way either. One of the sadder instances I hear about is when stand-up comics die young. This is a big deal for me because I’m a huge fan of the craft and ...
St. Patty's Day, 30 Rock Style
I miss this show already. Is nothing sacred? http://youtu.be/qzGRA4QIYhU
Rock Classics Thrashified
Cover tunes usually fall far short of the glory for me. There are exceptions, though. And I’m keeping my fingers tightly crossed that Anthrax is one of them. They have a new disc out on Tuesday called Anthems, which contains covers of some serious rock royalty. Psyched as I am ...
Delivering a Knockout Punch to Long Island
Mike Tyson is coming to Long Island. And while his days as ‘the baddest man on the planet’ are long over, my memories of his fights are still very fresh in my mind. Say what you will about him, but I’ve never seen anyone punch harder than Tyson. Someone once ...
Ex-Psy-llent
To say I am not a fan of novelty pop tunes would be putting it mildly. I flat out loathe them! Dreck like the Macarena, Electric Slide and Barbie Girl don’t even deserve the 99-cent bin as far as I’m concerned. Add to my list the latest monstrosity, Gangnam Style ...
30 years of ‘Photograph’s & Memories
Hard to believe one of the greatest rock albums of all time came out 30 years ago, that, of course, being ‘Pyromania’ by Def Leppard. Back in the beginning of 1983, I was in the fourth grade and a major MTV-aholic, watching several hours a day and infuriating my parents. ...
Too Crazy Train?
As Black Sabbath finish up work on their first new full disc of tunes with Ozzy since 1978, an interesting story came out earlier this week. It said that Rick Rubin wanted to recruit Ginger Baker to replace Bill Ward as their drummer for the disc and tour, an idea ...
Taking & Shaking the Sitcom World
They’ve penetrated late night comedy shows, movie-land and now, TV sitcoms are beginning to come around to the awesomeness that is Rush. If you watch How I Met Your Mother, this past Monday’s episode featured a smorgasbord of Canadian star power, including one Geddy Lee (sorry for the grainy quality). ...
Must-See or Must-Pee?
Now I normally use the Super Bowl halftime show as a bathroom break in between watching the big game. That said, I have seen a few of them to mixed results. My favorite thus far goes to The Who. Prince deserves an honorable mention. Say what you will about him, ...
Heart Glitters Gold!
As if I needed another reason to love Ann Wilson! If you missed it, Heart performed a stellar re-do of Led Zeppelin’s classic ‘Stairway to Heaven’ at the Kennedy Center Honors show a few months back (I know, I’m late to the party on this one). Watching this clip further ...
Remembering White Lightning
Hard to believe that it’s been over two decades since the great Steve Clark passed away. This Tuesday 21 years ago, the former Def Leppard guitarist died the classic rock star death (alcohol and drug OD). While that in and of itself isn’t much of a shock, White Lightning was ...
Vegas Coup, or Adieu to Rock Star Cred?
Well, one of my favorite bands is going the route already paved by Motley Crue and Guns ‘n’ Roses. Def Leppard recently announced plans to do nine shows at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas this coming March. Read more. While the idea of ‘taking back Vegas’ seems admirable, ...
A Look Back to Affront
While we’ll be busy cranking out the 250 best tunes to help close out 2012, I thought I’d showcase a favorite countdown of my own for your viewing pleasure to help ring in 2013, the top 100 greatest movie insults of all time. This is one of my favorite Youtube ...
Spreading Bundy Cheer
Call me a sentimental old fool, but ‘Married with Children’ gets me in the Christmas spirit more than ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ ever could.For those of you unfamiliar with one of TV’s most lovably dysfunctional families, ‘It’s a Bundy-ful Life’ is a season four episode that desecrates the Jimmy Stewart ...
Why?!?!
We really will buy anything, won’t we?! I remember when I was a kid how radically gross Cheez Whiz sounded. Flash forward 30+ years later, and we’ve got bacon scented shaving cream, snot flavored jelly beans, and now this monstrosity, Pizza Hut perfume And just in time for the holidays. ...
Backed-up Willie Style
Another movie has shot up to the top of my must-see list. It's the biopic about one of all-time favorite stand-up comics, the late, great Bill Hicks. Word is Russell Crowe was once tapped to play Willie. but that doesn’t make much sense now. Crowe is pushing 50 and Hicks ...
Finish Line in Sight for the Holy Triumvirate?
It’s hard for me, let along any Rush nerd, to imagine the world of rock and roll without the holy triumvirate. Well, Alex said recently that we may have to get used to that idea because there may be a finish line in sight for Rush. If they do hang ...
Turkey Day from Hell
Ever wonder what two violent sociopaths sharing a Thanksgiving dinner looks like? Well, allow the folks at ‘Dexter’ to show you. If you are as huge of a fan of the show as I am, this is a classic scene from one of the show’s best seasons. John Lithgow is ...
Dumbass of the Week
It usually takes a pretty lame-brained move for someone to be anointed as my ‘dumbass off the week’ on my show. But this one may be a Hall-of-Famer for stupidity. Some woman in Colorado is in trouble for faking that she had post-traumatic stress disorder in order to get out ...
How Does Barclays Rank?
I visited the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn recently to see Rush, and to see how it stacks up to the Garden, one of my favorite venues. First, the fact that the powers-that-be at Barclays anointed the holy triumvirate as their first-ever rock concert scored major points with me. It’s ...
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