Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:16 AM
Todd's September 7, 2009 visit to Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reportedly set a record for the number of fans gathered for a meet and greet. The event is
blogged for posterity.
On Monday November 3rd, Todd Rundgren attended the Classic Rock Magazine Awards in London. Todd presented the Tommy Vance Inspiration Award to the late Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. Todd presented the Award to Syd's sister, Rosemary Green.
Click on the following links to read the official press release about the Awards - http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=classic_rock_roll_of_honour
Click here to see a photo of Todd at the Awards - http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=yet_more_photos_from_last
The Cream's Jack Bruce went on a tirade about Led Zeppelin and mentioned Todd's name here -
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=led_zeppelin_you_re_crap
The Awards attracted a host of rock stars including Ozzy Osborne, Ronnie Wood, Jeff Beck, Anvil, Whitesnake's David Coverdale, Primal Scream, Gary Moore, Jack Bruce, Wishbone Ash, Airbourne, The Zombies, Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Thunder and many more.
For the full coverage of the Awards, click here - http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/
ML Dumka writes:
My wife is a romance novel fanatic and I am a Todd
Rundgren fanatic. Our obsessions crossed paths when
she recently read a book called "Hello It's Me" by
Wendy Markham. Todd and his song are mentioned on the
third page, setting up the title and plot for the story.
Brian Ungaro writes:
Watching an ER rerun on TNT -- Anthony Edwards is driving with his
daughter. "Hello, It's Me" is on the radio. His daughter,
making a face, asks what he is listening to and he
says, "Todd Rundgren, I like this!!"
On a recent episode of "The Office" on NBC, Steve Carrell's character sings
"I don't want to work, I just want to bang on this mug all day."
Brian Ungaro writes:
I just got back from a Royal Caribbean cruise on
the "Voyager of the Seas". One of their show presentations
was the theme of "Music of the 50's, 60's and 70's".
"We Gotta get You a Woman" was worked into a melody
sequence.
Richard J.Atkins writes:
LIARS is named on Neilpeart.net as a must-listen. Check the
"Bubba's Book and Music Club" link (top right) under
"Listening." There's TR - first artist named!
Scott writes:
Todd is in Guitar Player magazine in a ad for Babicz
guitars. The Sept. 05 issue. Page 162 i believe.
Jeff writes:
Rick Springfield just released an interesting compilation of
remakes, ("songs he wished he had written"). Titled "The
Day After Yesterday", Rick's website is offering a limited
edition version that offers a bonus track: Todd's Love is
the Answer!! Haven't heard it yet, but it should have made
the cd!! Here's the link to the track listing:
http://www.rickspringfield.com/tday/tday_le.html
Ruth Karch writes:
I saw a one-woman show last night about a flight attendant
called "Around the World in a Bad Mood," written and
performed by Rene Foss. The show, which was highlighted
throughout with music, concluded with a TR's "Bang the
Drum."
Larry E. Brooks writes:
Todd [was mentioned] on "E" channel on the
program "Rock Star Daughters"
BeBe talks and thanks Todd concerning Liv's childhood.
Joseph Ugalde writes:
The current issue of RS list their Top 500 Albums of all
time. S/A comes in at 173.
Take a look:
http://www.rollingstone.com/features/coverstory/featuregen.asp?pid=2184
jmhouse write:
Just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that on select aircraft you can hear Utopia performing Can We Still Be Friends
from the Silverline KSAN release.
Pretty cool, they are even listed in the United in flight magazine.
One of my favorite and most enduring features in Utopia Times was where fans sent in the discovered mention of Todd in the
print media or on the radio or TV. Send your items to .
It could'a been yours. The Sacramento Bee reports the sale of a house in Folsom, CA at 340 Rundgren Way - $320,000.
Rolling Stone #930 - 9/4/2003 - Pg. 140 - In a review of the soundtrack for "Camp": "...and Todd Rundgren's
gospel-style "The Want of a Nail" becomes a roof-raiser."
A "testimonial" from Todd is to be found in a new Spinners retrospective CD box set.
Jeff'weavil'Gauss notes:
LiveDaily article about bootleg series and Todd's touring activities.
John Branning writes:
I just saw an ad on IFC for a new movie called "Camp", which features a cover of "The Want Of A Nail" on the soundtrack, and also
uses that track in the ad.
From the site:
And in the rousing, soulful finale of the film, "The Want Of A Nail" - the kids explode with a hard won sense of self-esteem, while
remaining unsentimentally realistic enough to recognize how precarious those victories are:
"For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost For the want of a horse, the rider was lost
For the want of a rider, the message was lost..."
Unfortunately, the site completely fails to mention that the song is written by Todd Rundgren.
Howard Stern 6/26/2003
A listener writes:
Did you happen to hear Howard Stern this morning???
Lots of Todd stuff, very funny though some was not nice but still the whole crew knew alot about OH.
Columbia House Flyer - 0307-INS-800
"WAREHOUSE BLOWOUT" advertises "Bat Out of Hell" (produced by "Todd Rungren") for $.99 and Splender's "Halfway Down the Sky"
for $3.99 (they got Rundgren right on that one).
Six Feet Under - HBO - 5/11/2003
Others may already have sent this, but at the end of last
nights riveting episode of "Six Feet Under" on HBO, the
star of the show is sitting in his wifes abandoned car at
the beach (we are led to believe she has offed
herself)....and he is listening to the cassette left in her
car stereo....playing "I saw the light"....they lyrics of
which were particularly appropriate for the story line in
that episode. - Eric Lund
Don't know if you caught it or not but last nights episode of HBO's Six Feet Under featured "I Saw The Light." Episode 37 "Death Works Overtime." They played two thirds of the song during the last scene and over the credits. Very nice. - George Crandall
just wanted to let you know that "i saw the light" was
played at the end of six feet under on hbo last night. it
was found in the car of a woman who is missing ... always
good to hear a todd song ... - Ruth Karch
The Onion A.V. Club
http://avclub.com/content/node/22523
...more great stuff! - Jeff Gauss
Came across this interview today, if you're interested... - Jim Young
Found a great interview in "the Onion A.V. Club" on 5/21/03. - Linda Probst
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