Renaissance Man Todd Rundgren made your life beautiful. The prolific songwriter/musician is not only responsible for stellar songs, but also for producing a host of iconic albums, including Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell, and promoting cutting-edge recording techniques that transformed the music industry. And, as evidenced in an archival video interview from 1978 on A.V. Club, he predicted “interactive, computer-controlled television” and the demise of tangible format music recordings, saying people will one day have computers in their homes that will allow them access to music. Nostradamus, scoot the hell over! If you refuse to find any of THAT impressive, then look no further than his legendary Billboard hits, “Hello, It’s Me,” and “I Saw the Light.” And when you’re cheering your ball players at the stadium whilst chomping a dog to “Bang the Drum All Day,” that’s him, too.
Sun., June 7, 7 p.m., 2015
