WHY IS THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN CLEVELAND and THE INDUCTION CEREMONY IN NYC?

That was the very topic debated amongst friends the other night.

However, upon further review, since opening in 1995, the Hall has hosted the ceremony twice, including the 2009 festivities and will be the host every third year (for those of you not good with math that would be 2012, 2015, 2018, etc).

But WHY NOT EVERY YEAR? Maybe some still feel it’s the “mistake on the lake.” Or that even though Cleveland DJ Alan Freed coined the term Rock and Roll, Cleveland doesn’t possess the glitz and glam of “The Big Apple.” My thought is that the majority of record companies and Hall benefactors are based in New York, so why fly one hour and fifty-seven minutes when the folks are already there. Plus they now have the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in the city.

Regardless of the reason, it does seem appropriate that Madonna got inducted at the Waldorf-Astoria ceremony in 2008 and that the Beastie Boys will most likely get inducted in NYC in 2010.