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Saturday, September 11, 2010
trailer for the sept 14 th PPV broadcast
watch the trailer by click on this link
http://www.nevessa.com/trth_trailer.html
purchase tickets here
http://www.todocast.tv/toddrundgren/healing/
http://www.nevessa.com/trth_trailer.html
purchase tickets here
http://www.todocast.tv/toddrundgren/healing/
we will never forget 9/11
Music: 'A WALL IN NYC' by TODD RUNDGREN
'A Wall in New York City' appeared on The Interocitor some time before 'Liars', and was never released on an album. It was described as "the soundtrack to a multimedia presentation about a spontaneous wall of letters to 9/11 victims".
The presentation, 'A Face to a Name', was a short film produced and directed by Douglas Sloan, to which Rundgren donated the music.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Todd Rundgren lets his fans call the shots
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/article_418a9b9e-7f2a-5c48-9e04-29dc17d812aa.html
Todd Rundgren lets his fans call the shots
BY DANIEL DURCHHOLZ • Thursday, September 9, 2010 12:00 am | 1 Comment
..If you go: Todd Rundgren
When • 7 p.m. Friday
Where • Roberts Orpheum Theater, 416 North Ninth Street
How much • $33.45-$95.75
More info • Ticketmaster.com
It's not often that an artist — especially one like Todd Rundgren, whose long career has followed a singular and sometimes quirky muse — will step aside and let his audience call the tune.
Yet that's what Rundgren did last year when a poll of his fans indicated that the album they most wanted to see him perform was the eccentric masterpiece "A Wizard, A True Star."
Rundgren obliged, staging a theatrical show spotlighting the disc that he says separated casual fans of his music from the most ardent ones.
"There are people who survived the transition to 'A Wizard, A True Star' and those who didn't," Rundgren says. "But the ones who survived it, those are the ones that have been around through all of my musical history since."
Having gotten their wish with "Wizard," Rundgren's fans went on to request he play more albums in their entirety. This time they want "Todd," a largely experimental work from 1974, as well as the synth-driven "Healing" (1981).
"Todd," originally released as a double LP, includes "A Dream Goes On Forever" and "The Last Ride," gorgeous ballads that have long been concert staples, but also some esoteric instrumental work, sonic experiments and, quite out of nowhere, a Gilbert and Sullivan tune, "Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song."
Rundgren chalks up the album's adventurousness to the fact that before recording "Todd," he'd built a studio in New York City.
"It became this sort of workshop-playpen for us," he says. "We were no longer thinking about what the cost of studio time was. We didn't pay anything except the electric bill."
By the time he made "Healing," Rundgren had moved his studio to upstate New York. The album reflects a period of spiritual and physical exhaustion, he says.
"In the old days, you could buy a ticket on Pan-Am (airlines), and as long as you kept flying in the same direction, you could stop anywhere you wanted," Rundgren says.
"I bought one of those and spent two or three months just traveling around the world, particularly in the Middle East and India and Nepal. I had just been seeking all over the place and trying to expand my understanding of spiritual issues. ("Healing") was me trying to figure out a way to reground myself."
Like the "Wizard" concerts, Rundgren's current tour will feature an expanded lineup of his band as well as costumes and more elaborate staging.
"I look at it more as if we had really gone back to the era and had the resources and the accessibility — just take the entire audience back to the era when the records were actually made, as opposed to just reproducing it."
Todd Rundgren lets his fans call the shots
BY DANIEL DURCHHOLZ • Thursday, September 9, 2010 12:00 am | 1 Comment
..If you go: Todd Rundgren
When • 7 p.m. Friday
Where • Roberts Orpheum Theater, 416 North Ninth Street
How much • $33.45-$95.75
More info • Ticketmaster.com
It's not often that an artist — especially one like Todd Rundgren, whose long career has followed a singular and sometimes quirky muse — will step aside and let his audience call the tune.
Yet that's what Rundgren did last year when a poll of his fans indicated that the album they most wanted to see him perform was the eccentric masterpiece "A Wizard, A True Star."
Rundgren obliged, staging a theatrical show spotlighting the disc that he says separated casual fans of his music from the most ardent ones.
"There are people who survived the transition to 'A Wizard, A True Star' and those who didn't," Rundgren says. "But the ones who survived it, those are the ones that have been around through all of my musical history since."
Having gotten their wish with "Wizard," Rundgren's fans went on to request he play more albums in their entirety. This time they want "Todd," a largely experimental work from 1974, as well as the synth-driven "Healing" (1981).
"Todd," originally released as a double LP, includes "A Dream Goes On Forever" and "The Last Ride," gorgeous ballads that have long been concert staples, but also some esoteric instrumental work, sonic experiments and, quite out of nowhere, a Gilbert and Sullivan tune, "Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song."
Rundgren chalks up the album's adventurousness to the fact that before recording "Todd," he'd built a studio in New York City.
"It became this sort of workshop-playpen for us," he says. "We were no longer thinking about what the cost of studio time was. We didn't pay anything except the electric bill."
By the time he made "Healing," Rundgren had moved his studio to upstate New York. The album reflects a period of spiritual and physical exhaustion, he says.
"In the old days, you could buy a ticket on Pan-Am (airlines), and as long as you kept flying in the same direction, you could stop anywhere you wanted," Rundgren says.
"I bought one of those and spent two or three months just traveling around the world, particularly in the Middle East and India and Nepal. I had just been seeking all over the place and trying to expand my understanding of spiritual issues. ("Healing") was me trying to figure out a way to reground myself."
Like the "Wizard" concerts, Rundgren's current tour will feature an expanded lineup of his band as well as costumes and more elaborate staging.
"I look at it more as if we had really gone back to the era and had the resources and the accessibility — just take the entire audience back to the era when the records were actually made, as opposed to just reproducing it."
Thursday, September 9, 2010
today in history. sons of 1984 was recorded
In 1973, Todd Rundgren recorded the voices of 1,000 fans in San Francisco for the left track of his song "Sons of 1984." He had recorded over 5,000 fans in New York for the right track.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Radio Interview set for friday morning
set your alarms for 7 am friday morning and set your radio or internet feed to Q 104.3 fm NYC time Todd will have an interview with Jim Kerr
listen live with this internet player
http://www.q1043.com/mediaplayer/?station=WAXQ-FM&action=listenlive&channel_title=
listen live with this internet player
http://www.q1043.com/mediaplayer/?station=WAXQ-FM&action=listenlive&channel_title=
my record fantasy dates announced
Gigatone Entertainment, a next-generation entertainment company located in Sacramento and Hollywood has announced dates for myRecordFantasy with Todd Rundgren. The event will take place January 17-19, 2011 at The Track Shack Studios in Sacramento, CA. The three-day event puts fans in the studio with Rundgren to audtion to perform on his new album. In addition to the in-studio aspects of the event, attendees will be treated to special off-site jam sessions each evening. Participants also co-star in the reality show chronicling the experience. Special surprise guests drop by throughout the three-day event which culminates in a special VIP show featuring Rundgren playing classic Todd songs along with tracks from the new album. Seating is limited for myRecordFantasy with Todd Rungren and is available on a first-come, first served basis. Pricing and information for those wanting to register for the event is located at
http://www.myrecordfantasy.com/news/registration/register-for-todd-rundgren/
http://www.myrecordfantasy.com/news/registration/register-for-todd-rundgren/
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
ticket give away from Radio Interview Q104.3 NYC largest classic rock station
ticket give away on this web page
http://rewards.q1043.com/asp3/ContestDetail.aspx?aid=108431
just got word that the radio interview based out of NYC on the JIM KERR radio show will happen either this friday or next wednesday . Q104.3
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