Topic: Cleveland: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame News & Discussion

[CornerCurve]

Stay tuned 'til 1:15...

'Major announcement' coming on Rock Hall

Posted by Henry Gomez December 19, 2007 09:12AM
Categories: Top Story

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will hold a news conference at 1:15 this afternoon to "make major announcements" regarding the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum.

[punch]

Well, we will find out in an hour, but the cerimonies are scheduled for the Waldorf-Astoria in March. 
Maybe it is a concert

[musky]

Hmmmm.... I wonder what this could possibly be?

[gotribe]

Hopefully it's good news.

[Map Boy]

Hmmmm.... I wonder what this could possibly be?

My spidey sense tells me that you have an idea...

[Florida Guy]

An advisory sent this morning says they will discuss the 2009 Rock Hall induction ceremony.

or....

[musky]

Hmmmm.... I wonder what this could possibly be?

My spidey sense tells me that you have an idea...

I can neither confirm nor deny.

An advisory sent this morning says they will discuss the 2009 Rock Hall induction ceremony.

or....

That's what it is!

[musky]

Hmmmm.... I wonder what this could possibly be?

My spidey sense tells me that you have an idea...

Does your spidey sense know when I'm gonna find a job?


WKYC:

NEW: 2009 Rock Hall Induction Ceremony to be held in Cleveland   
Created: 12/19/2007 11:50:43 AM
Updated:12/19/2007 1:26:27 PM

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland will be rocking in early 2009 when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony returns for the first time in more than a decade.

The announcement has been made by Mayor Frank Jackson, joined by officials from the hall.

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[8ShadesofGray]

From the Mayor's Office:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2007

Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson partners with Rock Hall to hold 2009 Inductions in Cleveland Induction ceremony and other major initiatives support Rock Hall’s mission

CLEVELAND – Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson, City Council President Martin Sweeney, Joel Peresman, President and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and Terry Stewart, President and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, were joined by Rock Hall Board Members to announce today that the 2009 Rock Hall Inductions would be held in Cleveland in March 2009, with the option of bringing them back to the City every three years. In addition, the Rock Hall announced additional measures designed to support its mission and capital campaign ...

... More at http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/pdf/press/20071219366.pdf

[Florida Guy]

Long overdue...

[8ShadesofGray]

As this is their primary fundraiser, local support for setting up the event, a good showing at the induction and a sizable donation of funds at the event will all make it likelier that Cleveland hosts it in the future.

I wonder if the financial results of the 1997 induction were lackluster or if the decision to move it to NYC was more arbitrary.

[MyTwoSense]

The members of the Rock Hall want it in NYC. Since the labels are here and NYC has the services for the venues major fund raiser.

This to me believe we're going to have future announcements about hotels and tourist and convention related business.

I don't like this "every third year" business.  I would settle for every other year though.

[Florida Guy]

I hear ya but its better than every ten.

[MyTwoSense]

When I was at warner records I voiced that it should be in Cleveland everyyear.  However the board of the foundation and the rock hall are two seperate entities and they run the show.

Me thinks...NYC is to expensive, so they want to come to Cleveland, part-time.

[CornerCurve]

^^^I actually think the every third could work. Not if they do one year in Cleveland and two in NYC. I think it could really work well in the do one year in Cleveland, one in NYC and one in a rotating city throughout the country and the world. I think that would do wonders to both spread the consciousness of the rock hall and recognize the truly transcendent nature of music. LA, London, Tokyo, Memphis, Seattle, Sydney and many others...each can stake their claim on influencing rock and, in a larger sense, popular music. With a rotating venue every third year, I think interest in the institution and visiting the hall could really be peaked.

[KJP]

I like that idea!

[MyTwoSense]

^^^I actually think the every third could work. Not if they do one year in Cleveland and two in NYC. I think it could really work well in the do one year in Cleveland, one in NYC and one in a rotating city throughout the country and the world. I think that would do wonders to both spread the consciousness of the rock hall and recognize the truly transcendent nature of music. LA, London, Tokyo, Memphis, Seattle, Sydney and many others...each can stake their claim on influencing rock and, in a larger sense, popular music. With a rotating venue every third year, I think interest in the institution and visiting the hall could really be peaked.

It takes the emphasis off of cleveland which we're trying to build up.  Let them do that stuff with a traveling "road show" but the ceremony should have one home - Cleveland.

[FrqntFlyr]

^^^I actually think the every third could work. Not if they do one year in Cleveland and two in NYC. I think it could really work well in the do one year in Cleveland, one in NYC and one in a rotating city throughout the country and the world. I think that would do wonders to both spread the consciousness of the rock hall and recognize the truly transcendent nature of music. LA, London, Tokyo, Memphis, Seattle, Sydney and many others...each can stake their claim on influencing rock and, in a larger sense, popular music. With a rotating venue every third year, I think interest in the institution and visiting the hall could really be peaked.

Good idea.

[musky]

pd:

More hotel glitz offered for '09 Rock Hall inductions here
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sarah Hollander
Plain Dealer Reporter

High rollers heading to Cleveland for the 2009 Rock Hall induction ceremony won't be able to book a room at the Waldorf-Astoria or the Four Seasons. But they will have many more high-end hotel choices compared to the last ceremony here in 1997.

More than 1,000 rooms have been added downtown since then. And the Intercontinental - one of the city's top hotels - opened near University Circle.

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[MuRrAy HiLL]

From NBC:

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2009 Rock Hall of Fame Induction in Cleveland will be open to the public



VIDEO: http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=56664&bw=

CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News has learned when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is held here next year it will be open to the public for the first time ever.

This year's induction evening, at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, will be the usual gathering of music industry power players paying thousands of dollars apiece to attend.

But when the ceremony moves to the Rock Hall's hometown next year, for only the second time ever, it will be a public event.

Channel 3's Jeff Maynor reports instead of being held in a hotel ballroom the induction will be at one of the city's largest venues, most likely Quicken Loans Arena.

"The 'Q' and Cleveland State's Wolstein Center are newer venues that are wired for live television broadcasts. The induction is expected to be televised live on VH1.

Details of the Cleveland induction ceremony, including the date next March and ticket prices, are not set yet, but one source said ticket prices would likely be about the price of a ticket for a rock concert.

Besides opening the induction to the public for the first time ever, the Rock Hall is planning several days of related events that will be open to the public, including performances and parties at both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and other Cleveland venues.

The plan is, instead of a one night stand in New York, to make next year's induction an "induction week" in the hall's hometown.

[Oldmanladyluck]

 

[MuRrAy HiLL]

On another note, cleveland.com actually has a pretty decent blog relating to the Rock Hall:

http://blog.cleveland.com/rockin/2008/03/rockin_video_update_23.html

[X]

that's great news.

[KJP]

The plan is, instead of a one night stand in New York, to make next year's induction an "induction week" in the hall's hometown.

'Bout F-ing time!!

[jmjr]

Host American Idol or some such show there.  Every week the opening shots/credits show the Rock Hall in the background to encourage visitors to Cleveland.

Not that I know much about the Rock Hall but can you hold an event there such as a banquet or fund raiser?

[rockandroller]

Host American Idol or some such show there.  Every week the opening shots/credits show the Rock Hall in the background to encourage visitors to Cleveland.

Not that I know much about the Rock Hall but can you hold an event there such as a banquet or fund raiser?

Anyone can rent out the hall for whatever private event they want.  It's pricey but impressive to most guests. I did this for a large event I planned.

[MyTwoSense]

Yeah, but there isn't enough space to film, produce a tv show WITH a studio audience.

[rockandroller]

true.

[MuRrAy HiLL]

Great great great marketing move here:
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offers free concerts
Sunday, May 18, 2008

If you're heading to Cleveland this summer, check out the bi-weekly concert series at the main stage of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 1100 Road and Roll Blvd., Downtown.

Held Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m., the concerts of mostly Indie rock talents are designed to link the Rock Hall with the local music scene as well as draw people from outside Cleveland to the attraction.

You can find more about the individual groups listed below at blog.cleveland.com.

For more information about the hall of fame and museum, go to www.rockhall.com

May 21: Nicholas Megalis; Luca Mundaca.

June 4: Not So Good Ol' Boys; Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival.

June 18: Mystery of Two; Machine Go Boom.

July 2: Patrick Sweany; Kristine Jackson.

July 16: Whiskey Daredevils; Lords of the Highway.

July 30: National Suicide Day; Self Destruct Button; Clan of the Cave Bear.

Aug. 13: Expecting Rain; Dreadful Yawns.

Aug. 27: Hot Cha Cha; Miss Melvis and the Buford Pusser Experience.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08139/882259-37.stm

[jmecklenborg]

Somebody finally posted this magnificently sleazy bit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR58dZE9VCY

And the hardest rocking 1-2 and closing of any album, ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmxVe3ux_jw

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw96Pn4XciQ

and the end of side B:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKqAIcqPIp4&feature=related

I've never, ever heard any of these on the radio, hardly ever heard them in public, only at parties or on the jukeboxes at explicityly rock & roll bars. 

[MuRrAy HiLL]

free concerts tonight at the rock hall

[jmecklenborg]

A fantastic Rolling Stones live clip...unfortunately the average college student today has no  more knowledge of them than they do of Chuck Berry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcaHfhD9XY0

[MuRrAy HiLL]

If you'd like to see a FREE concert before the Cleveland orchestra FREE concert tomorrow:
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This week on the Cleveland Sessions Stage: Patrick Sweany, Kristine Jackson
by John Benson

http://blog.cleveland.com/localbands/2008/07/this_week_on_the_cleveland_ses.html

[MayDay]

From crainscleveland.com:

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to open N.Y. annex
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20080813/FREE/828500823/1022
11:10 am, August 13, 2008

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame plans to open an outpost in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, as it is called, will be a small exhibit space intended to whet the appetite of rock fans for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. The annex is expected to open officially in November and is part of a broader plan to create connections to the Cleveland museum in other key geographic markets.

[Eparabola]

^so is that good news or bad?