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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Mark Karan interview - 4/21/01
    Mark Karan interview

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  • Railroad Earth
    With nearly 400 shows and tens of thousands of road miles now behind them, Railroad Earth has become a staple on the national touring and festival scene, and built a huge following of loyal fans that document and trade every note they play, and often join them on the road for multiple nights. These fans call themselves “Hobos,” and the band considers them to be the fuel that keeps this engine chugging along. Railroad Earth’s next album is planned for release in Spring 2004. Till then the band will continue to bring their music to the stage from East to West. So keep an ear to the ground and listen for Railroad Earth, because they'll be rolling through your town very soon.

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  • ten2nine
    "I hate to break the news to you, but you guy's may have finally put all the pieces together. This new ep is the best work I've heard from you ever! The writing, lyrics and music is superb, the performance is top notch and [Jim Leguilloux's] production gives it a true professional gloss." - Ron Gilmour, Power 104 Kelowna, BC

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  • Metharia
    The debut on the band was on 18th January 2000, when Metharia won the festival "Le Quattro Notti Rock." In June 2003 they are one of the three winners of the "NMC festival,' in Marcerta winning the award for the best live performance.

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  • Signal Path
    Armed with new jungle juice, they are warming up and ready to play. They opened up with a latenight show in Atlanta and continued on to Mountain View Jam Festival in North Carolina. Coast to coast, they'll be working their way to SummerCamp, Wakarusa, and High Sierra Music Festival.

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  • T-Band
    Jim Dooney plays guitar and does most of the lead vocals. He is great at getting everyone involved in the fun by taking requests or choosing the perfect song for any situation. Amy Anderson plays the stand up bass and sings harmony. Amy is the musical backbone of the band. Her playing punch and solid timing keeps us all together in our all acoustic environment. Robert Griffith plays banjo and sings harmony. Rob drives the band with lightning fast fingers and great improvising skills. Rich Egan plays mandolin and does some vocals. Rich keeps your feet tapping and your fingers snapping with his rhythm chops and is great at playing tasteful solos."

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  • Shanti Groove (September 2003)
    Shanti's groove moves along acoustical and electrical lines, combining the voice of jazz and rock with back porch bluegrass and funktified percussion. Bringing their unique sound to venues nationwide, the band provides a musical celebration of the 'groove' kind.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Curious Yellow (August 2003)
    After fronting a couple bands in the mid 90s in California and spending the next several years developing his musical and songwriting talents in Japan and Minneapolis, Adam Lancaster landed in Denver in 2000 and founded the band. The band took on many formations and seemingly endless lineup changes for about a year until the perfect complimentary additions of Gregg Rosenthal (drums), Josh Eckhoff (guitar), and Matt Novack (bass, vocals) created a sound and style beyond what Adam could have hoped for. This new talented group immediately began writing songs and reworking old songs to create music and a performance that attracts and engages every listening audience. The personal and musical bond between each member deepened quickly and the dedication from everyone to develop the band to its fullest possibilities is evident.

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  • New Monsoon (June 2003)
    Utilizing congas, timbales, tabla, banjo, bongos, Dobro, ghatham, Didgeridoo, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drum kit and keys, the band offers a plethora of textures, rhythms, ideas and moods. New Monsoon absorbs elements of sound indigenous to world culture and incorporates them into a variety of colorful and original rhythmic compositions.

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  • One Way Rider (May 2003)
    "One Way Rider has taken Nashville by storm! It was an honor to have them perform on the Interstate Radio Network a network of over twenty stations that broadcast from Music City and airs nationwide and in Canada. Locally in Nashville, the IRN broadcast on WSM 650 AM, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. The response was great! We cant wait to have them come back on the air and play for us again. It was so good to be with folks that live and love the bluegrass way, truly a blessed family. David and Valerie are a great example of what a family can accomplish together."

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  • Smokestack (January 2003)
    “The quality of playing blew me away. All four guys were stars, but that keyboard player is a superstar. Very Hornsby in his writing and singing, very Medeski with his jams. I have had the CD for a few months, and being a little familiar with the songs impressed me even more.” CanJam News Toronto, Canada

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  • The Miltones (December 2002)
    Formed in the summer of 2000, the Miltones have already performed over 350 shows in under 28 months. Their high volume of gigs has enabled the band to mature and explore a range of musical directions that make them a formidable artistic act. Simultaneously their music seems to embrace a level of healing and celebration that make them both accessible and fortunate for the audiences they have attracted.

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  • Ripple (November 2002)
    When Ripple started out in an Old Tappan, NJ basement during early 1978, none of us thought we would be discussing the possibilities of playing together for 25 years. But that’s exactly what happened. From the early day’s of playing friends parties (usually when the Parent’s were away) to all the great nightclubs and other interesting venues we’ve performed at during the years, we’ve met some amazing people and formed life long friendships that will long out live the Band.

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  • Ray Charles died today at 73.
    Ray Charles dead at 73

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  • Fair To Midland (September 2002)
    Brett Stowers and Nathin Seals offer a rhythmic passion that leads the humble gentlemen in their avant-garde sound. The unearthed discord and unconventional cries of frontman Andrew Sudderth infused with guitarist Cliff Campbell's melodic fury tumble into a captivating creation of sonics, cultures, and confusion. Combined with the subtle offering of Matt Langley on keys, FTM glides past the expected boundries and gracefully throws their intense rock harmonies to the flame.

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  • The Few (July 2002)
    "We did it in chunks, whenever he was available," says Burnside. "Living there, and playing in the clubs, it raises your game." The result, an explosive, hooky collection that echoes Burnside's love of the Replacements and fascination with the Cure, is startling from a 22-year-old who took up guitar only three years ago.

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  • One Cat Left (May 2002)
    Pete’s former association with TOM MARSHALL of PHISH led to the band AMFIBIAN. It was here in this situation that Pete found his voice and his motivation..

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  • Mt. Kilimanjaro!
    In one scene we saw a hippo in the river, a croccodile laying on the bank just beside it, and a waterbuck stanking near in the grass!

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  • Grateful Web Interview with Madison House and SCI Ticketing
    SCI interview

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  • Leftover will be calling it quits at years end.
    Leftover Salmon are saying goodbye..

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  • AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TREY 05.25.04
    Phish is coming to end..

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  • Sativa Gumbo (April 2002)
    Sativa Gumbo

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  • Pamela's stories from Africa
    This month I'll continue teaching English at the school, organize a second beekeeping seminar, begin making fuel-efficient stoves, and track down another place to buy modern breed roosters.

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  • Yamagata update
    Yamagata

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  • Yamagata (June 2001)
    Yamagata

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  • JSwine (October 2000)
    JSwine

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  • Mark Karan (August 2000)
    Mark Karan

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  • Moses Guest (September 2000)
    Moses Guest

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  • Uncle Sammy (July 2001)
    Uncle Sammy

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  • Solomon Grundy (April 2001)
    Solomon Grundy

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  • Tonal Vision (May 2001)
    Tonal Vision

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  • No Laundry Before Bedtime, a Cautionary Tale
    "No, sirree, there's no telling what the outcome will be," she drew in on her cigarette. Only now it was a cigar. And the Oracle had morphed into Jiminy Cricket. "No, sirree." Puff. Puff. "Doesn't matter if it's a lamb and a lion, a wolf and a rooster, or an elephant and a donkey. If you could get the two together in any sort of a civilized fashion at all, you just might come up with something totally unexpected. That's what's so exciting about it." He pointed a finger at me. Do crickets have fingers?

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  • No Laundry Before Bedtime, a Cautionary Tale
    "No, sirree, there's no telling what the outcome will be," she drew in on her cigarette. Only now it was a cigar. And the Oracle had morphed into Jiminy Cricket. "No, sirree." Puff. Puff. "Doesn't matter if it's a lamb and a lion, a wolf and a rooster, or an elephant and a donkey. If you could get the two together in any sort of a civilized fashion at all, you just might come up with something totally unexpected. That's what's so exciting about it." He pointed a finger at me. Do crickets have fingers?

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  • Service to Country Guide
    *George W. Bush: failed to complete six-year National Guard: Got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.

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  • Service to Country Guide
    *George W. Bush: failed to complete six-year National Guard: Got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.

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  • Kerry calls Bush to concede
    Democratic Sen. John Kerry phoned President Bush on Wednesday to concede the presidential election, aides in both camps said. President Bush was to deliver a victory statement at 3 p.m. ET, Bush aides said. Sen. Kerry's aides said he was expected to make a concession speech at 1 p.m. ET at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  • Kerry calls Bush to concede
    Democratic Sen. John Kerry phoned President Bush on Wednesday to concede the presidential election, aides in both camps said. President Bush was to deliver a victory statement at 3 p.m. ET, Bush aides said. Sen. Kerry's aides said he was expected to make a concession speech at 1 p.m. ET at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  • The Natural Resources Defense Council says get prepared for the worst..
    Look for it to begin over the next few weeks with new attempts to auction off vast stretches of our Alaskan rainforest for clearcutting . . . open Greater Yellowstone and other beloved wildlands to oil and gas drilling . . . and hand over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to giant oil companies.

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  • The Natural Resources Defense Council says get prepared for the worst..
    Look for it to begin over the next few weeks with new attempts to auction off vast stretches of our Alaskan rainforest for clearcutting . . . open Greater Yellowstone and other beloved wildlands to oil and gas drilling . . . and hand over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to giant oil companies.

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  • The Einstein-Freud Correspondence (1931-1932)
    "How is it possible for this small clique to bend the will of the majority, who stand to lose and suffer by a state of war, to the service of their ambitions. An obvious answer to this question would seem to be that the minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and makes its tool of them..."

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  • The Einstein-Freud Correspondence (1931-1932)
    "How is it possible for this small clique to bend the will of the majority, who stand to lose and suffer by a state of war, to the service of their ambitions. An obvious answer to this question would seem to be that the minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and makes its tool of them..."

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  • Gentle Giant
    Gentle Giant’s freshness of sound, decades later, testify to the timelessness in their belief in music above commercialism, and yet Giant’s status as a cult band never attaining ‘Superband’ status is both a badge and a thorn defining Giant’s DISCOGRAPHY. Their music could be the new sound of today or in fifty years, and they may never be repeated.

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  • Gentle Giant
    Gentle Giant’s freshness of sound, decades later, testify to the timelessness in their belief in music above commercialism, and yet Giant’s status as a cult band never attaining ‘Superband’ status is both a badge and a thorn defining Giant’s DISCOGRAPHY. Their music could be the new sound of today or in fifty years, and they may never be repeated.

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  • KEEP LOGGERS OUT OF ALASKA'S UNSPOILED RAINFOREST
    In its latest attack on our Alaskan rainforest, the Forest Service has released a proposal that would allow logging in more than 600 roadless acres of the Tongass National Forest. In 2003, the Bush administration exempted the Tongass from the "roadless rule," which protects unspoiled areas of our national forests from logging and roadbuilding.

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  • KEEP LOGGERS OUT OF ALASKA'S UNSPOILED RAINFOREST
    In its latest attack on our Alaskan rainforest, the Forest Service has released a proposal that would allow logging in more than 600 roadless acres of the Tongass National Forest. In 2003, the Bush administration exempted the Tongass from the "roadless rule," which protects unspoiled areas of our national forests from logging and roadbuilding.

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  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
    I will watch as some of my friends’ desires for marriage become hopeless fantasies, as civil liberties are stripped away from them and the constitution. I will watch as others struggle with life altering decisions that they will not legally be allowed to make. I will watch my nephews grow up in a country where one half of the populace believes the only civil liberty worth protecting is the right to bear arms, while my nephews’ peers shoot themselves and each other with this precious right. I will watch as the constitution, the very foundation of our country, is chiseled away bit by religious bit.

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  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
    I will watch as some of my friends’ desires for marriage become hopeless fantasies, as civil liberties are stripped away from them and the constitution. I will watch as others struggle with life altering decisions that they will not legally be allowed to make. I will watch my nephews grow up in a country where one half of the populace believes the only civil liberty worth protecting is the right to bear arms, while my nephews’ peers shoot themselves and each other with this precious right. I will watch as the constitution, the very foundation of our country, is chiseled away bit by religious bit.

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  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
    I will watch as some of my friends’ desires for marriage become hopeless fantasies, as civil liberties are stripped away from them and the constitution. I will watch as others struggle with life altering decisions that they will not legally be allowed to make. I will watch my nephews grow up in a country where one half of the populace believes the only civil liberty worth protecting is the right to bear arms, while my nephews’ peers shoot themselves and each other with this precious right. I will watch as the constitution, the very foundation of our country, is chiseled away bit by religious bit.

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  • Drug Policy Alliance is returning $200,000 Ford Foundation grant
    The fact is that this clause would be unconstitutional if the government inserted it in its own grant letters, but instead they pressured one of the country's leading foundations to include the clause in its own grant letters. It was a sneaky way to circumvent the protections of the First Amendment, and unfortunately the Ford Foundation succumbed to this pressure.

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  • Drug Policy Alliance is returning $200,000 Ford Foundation grant
    The fact is that this clause would be unconstitutional if the government inserted it in its own grant letters, but instead they pressured one of the country's leading foundations to include the clause in its own grant letters. It was a sneaky way to circumvent the protections of the First Amendment, and unfortunately the Ford Foundation succumbed to this pressure.

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  • Perception is Everything: Look Busy
    When I turned 16, I decided to get a job at a restaurant. I remember a young bartender telling me the secret to the working world: “Pick something up and look busy. It doesn’t matter what you are doing, just look busy.” Eight years later, I realize what a golden nugget of advice this really is.

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  • Perception is Everything: Look Busy
    When I turned 16, I decided to get a job at a restaurant. I remember a young bartender telling me the secret to the working world: “Pick something up and look busy. It doesn’t matter what you are doing, just look busy.” Eight years later, I realize what a golden nugget of advice this really is.

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  • Donald 'Bumsfeld' Rumsfeld -- "Blame the other guy!"
    And there's still more. Donald Rumsfeld shifted blame for the lack of troop strength in Iraq. "The big debate about the number of troops is one of those things that's really out of my control.' Out of your control, Mr. Bumsfeld!? Who's in control then?? He added, "I mean, everyone likes to assign responsiblity to the top person & I guess that's fine,' Bumsfield explained. "But the number of troops we had for the invasion was the number of troops that General Franks & General Abizaid wanted." However, according toe Bob Woodward, CBS News, it's a different story. According to Woodward, Bumsfeld ordered General Tommy Franks to rewrite plans for Iraq and reduce troop numbers.

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  • Donald 'Bumsfeld' Rumsfeld -- "Blame the other guy!"
    And there's still more. Donald Rumsfeld shifted blame for the lack of troop strength in Iraq. "The big debate about the number of troops is one of those things that's really out of my control.' Out of your control, Mr. Bumsfeld!? Who's in control then?? He added, "I mean, everyone likes to assign responsiblity to the top person & I guess that's fine,' Bumsfield explained. "But the number of troops we had for the invasion was the number of troops that General Franks & General Abizaid wanted." However, according toe Bob Woodward, CBS News, it's a different story. According to Woodward, Bumsfeld ordered General Tommy Franks to rewrite plans for Iraq and reduce troop numbers.

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  • Help write the Grateful Web Movie: "WJER RADIO"
    Submit ideas, dialouge, character development or commentary on Grateful Web's first movie "WJER RADIO" !

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  • Help write the Grateful Web Movie: "WJER RADIO"
    Submit ideas, dialouge, character development or commentary on Grateful Web's first movie "WJER RADIO" !

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  • PHISH on-line charity AUCTION for STATION NIGHTCLUB SURVIVORS -- THANK YOU EVERYONE!
    Phish has teamed up once again with John Langenstein and The Mimi Fishman Foundation to raise money for The Station Family Fund. These are truly unique, one of a kind items. Grateful Web is humbled to host these kind auctions...Happy Holidays from all of us. thanks to everyone who participated!!

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  • PHISH on-line charity AUCTION for STATION NIGHTCLUB SURVIVORS -- THANK YOU EVERYONE!
    Phish has teamed up once again with John Langenstein and The Mimi Fishman Foundation to raise money for The Station Family Fund. These are truly unique, one of a kind items. Grateful Web is humbled to host these kind auctions...Happy Holidays from all of us. thanks to everyone who participated!!

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  • Who would want to hurt this little girl?
    If seven African American children could integrate a white school in Little Rock in 1957 and live to tell about it, then dozens of African American children should be okay almost twenty years later in Denver, Colorado, right?

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  • Who would want to hurt this little girl?
    If seven African American children could integrate a white school in Little Rock in 1957 and live to tell about it, then dozens of African American children should be okay almost twenty years later in Denver, Colorado, right?

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  • Who would want to hurt this little girl?
    If seven African American children could integrate a white school in Little Rock in 1957 and live to tell about it, then dozens of African American children should be okay almost twenty years later in Denver, Colorado, right?

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  • Leftover Salmon - Fox Theater - Boulder, Colorado
    Leftover Salmon, since 1989, started their four night run at the Fox in Boulder. Word is from Vince Herman this may be the end of road. He recently told the Daily Camera he is interested in pursuing politics, but is not closing the door to a Salmon reunion. For over 15 years, Leftover Salmon has graced us with their polyethnic cajun slamgrass. These last shows promise lots of special guests and former band members.

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  • Leftover Salmon - Fox Theater - Boulder, Colorado
    Leftover Salmon, since 1989, started their four night run at the Fox in Boulder. Word is from Vince Herman this may be the end of road. He recently told the Daily Camera he is interested in pursuing politics, but is not closing the door to a Salmon reunion. For over 15 years, Leftover Salmon has graced us with their polyethnic cajun slamgrass. These last shows promise lots of special guests and former band members.

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  • Leftover Salmon - Fox Theater - Boulder, Colorado
    Leftover Salmon, since 1989, started their four night run at the Fox in Boulder. Word is from Vince Herman this may be the end of road. He recently told the Daily Camera he is interested in pursuing politics, but is not closing the door to a Salmon reunion. For over 15 years, Leftover Salmon has graced us with their polyethnic cajun slamgrass. These last shows promise lots of special guests and former band members.

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  • Dark Star Orchestra @ Cervantes - Denver, Colorado
    Dark Star Orchestra at Cervantes in Denver. their 2nd night of three. Race is On, Terrapin, Row Jimmy, U.S. Blues...

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  • Dark Star Orchestra @ Cervantes - Denver, Colorado
    Dark Star Orchestra at Cervantes in Denver. their 2nd night of three. Race is On, Terrapin, Row Jimmy, U.S. Blues...

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  • Kimberly-Clark Craps on America
    Paper producers including Kimberly-Clark -- the maker of Cottonelle, Scott, Kleenex and Viva tissue paper products -- are forcing the destruction of our continent's forests, and devastating the habitat for countless wildlife species in the process.

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  • Kimberly-Clark Craps on America
    Paper producers including Kimberly-Clark -- the maker of Cottonelle, Scott, Kleenex and Viva tissue paper products -- are forcing the destruction of our continent's forests, and devastating the habitat for countless wildlife species in the process.

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  • Air and Water Guy: Breeding Alpacas
    Bette loved her land in the mountains near Boulder, Colorado, and was looking for a way to make that 18 acres work for her. She had horses, but they were so hard on the drought-striken land. She was thinking about having livestock that would be environmentally friendly and that would not have to be killed in order to produce income.

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  • Air and Water Guy: Breeding Alpacas
    Bette loved her land in the mountains near Boulder, Colorado, and was looking for a way to make that 18 acres work for her. She had horses, but they were so hard on the drought-striken land. She was thinking about having livestock that would be environmentally friendly and that would not have to be killed in order to produce income.

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  • Elections: Proof the System Works
    Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.

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  • Elections: Proof the System Works
    Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.

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  • Elections: Proof the System Works
    Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.

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  • Flash Fiction: The Lazy Raven by Aaron Souders
    I thought about the night I spent on a sand dune where I ran into a young woman staring into the night sky. I stared into the night with her and we watched a meteor shoot across the sky. "What do you think it means?" I asked her. "Not a goddamn thing," she said. There were no meteors streaking across the ceiling tonight.

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  • Flash Fiction: The Lazy Raven by Aaron Souders
    I thought about the night I spent on a sand dune where I ran into a young woman staring into the night sky. I stared into the night with her and we watched a meteor shoot across the sky. "What do you think it means?" I asked her. "Not a goddamn thing," she said. There were no meteors streaking across the ceiling tonight.

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  • A Celebration of the Man & the Holiday
    On January 21st, 2008, Americans across the country will celebrate the national holiday honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As they have since 1995, hundreds of thousands of Americans will remember Dr. King by participating in service projects in their communities. Together, they will honor King’s legacy of tolerance, peace, and equality by meeting community needs and making the holiday “A day ON, not a day OFF.”

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  • A Celebration of the Man & the Holiday
    On January 21st, 2008, Americans across the country will celebrate the national holiday honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As they have since 1995, hundreds of thousands of Americans will remember Dr. King by participating in service projects in their communities. Together, they will honor King’s legacy of tolerance, peace, and equality by meeting community needs and making the holiday “A day ON, not a day OFF.”

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  • America is Dead! Long live the King!
    As domestic spending is being halted, social welfare programs cut and "reformed" into extinction, remaining national funds funneled to "terror" management and war, oligarchy decides it is finally time to congratulate itself on a job well done, focus the population away from depressing images of war and international suffering, to the beats of the national breast, swollen with pride, to the celestial festivities of the inauguration.

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  • America is Dead! Long live the King!
    As domestic spending is being halted, social welfare programs cut and "reformed" into extinction, remaining national funds funneled to "terror" management and war, oligarchy decides it is finally time to congratulate itself on a job well done, focus the population away from depressing images of war and international suffering, to the beats of the national breast, swollen with pride, to the celestial festivities of the inauguration.

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  • Flemish Sign Language
    Like spoken languages, sign languages developed spontaneously since people wanted to communicate with each other. There are several sign languages in the world: American, French, Flemish, etc. The sign languages even differ concerning the region you’re in (e.g. for Belgium: Ghent, Bruges, etc.).

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  • Flemish Sign Language
    Like spoken languages, sign languages developed spontaneously since people wanted to communicate with each other. There are several sign languages in the world: American, French, Flemish, etc. The sign languages even differ concerning the region you’re in (e.g. for Belgium: Ghent, Bruges, etc.).

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  • Home Brewing Wine: Easy, Fun, Cheap
    Out of all the miracles recorded in religious texts, history and fiction, I think Jesus’ first miracle is my favorite. After all, what is better than turning water into wine? This got me into the most rewarding hobby I have every tried – home brewing.

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  • Home Brewing Wine: Easy, Fun, Cheap
    Out of all the miracles recorded in religious texts, history and fiction, I think Jesus’ first miracle is my favorite. After all, what is better than turning water into wine? This got me into the most rewarding hobby I have every tried – home brewing.

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  • Grateful Blog: WJER Movie, Fraud Dog, & Pokin' Fun!
    George: The new leader of China. Condi: Hu. George: The main man in China! Condi: Hu is leading China. George: Now whaddya' asking me for? Condi: I'm telling you, Hu is leading China. George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China? Condi: That's the man's name. George: That's who's name? Condi: Yes. George: Will you, or will you not, tell me the name of the new leader of China? Condi: Yes, sir. George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he's dead in the Middle East. Condi: That's correct. George: Then who is in China??!!!!

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  • Arthur Miller has passed away.
    The Crucible (1953) The Crucible is an allegorical re-telling of the McCarthy era red scare that occurred in the United States after World War II. Based on historical accounts, the play is set during the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials when several young girls accuse innocent town members of witchcraft to avoid getting into trouble for entertaining ideas of witchery themselves.

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  • Bush's Logic - Protect the Homeland - DON'T PRESERVE IT
    Buget spending cuts hurt all Americans who prefer to breathe healthy air, drink clean water, treasure our natural heritage and enjoy wildlife. And, unlike Social Security, which the president has marked for urgent action, the time to ensure our environmental security is now.

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  • Bush's Logic - Protect the Homeland - DON'T PRESERVE IT
    Buget spending cuts hurt all Americans who prefer to breathe healthy air, drink clean water, treasure our natural heritage and enjoy wildlife. And, unlike Social Security, which the president has marked for urgent action, the time to ensure our environmental security is now.

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  • Amazing Mimi Fishman Charity Online Auction - Bidding Total: $11,507.56
    This historic auction had it all... Autographed treasures from: Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Tom Waits, Dave Matthews, BB King, Tom Hanks, James Brown, Eminem, Sting, Bonnie Raitt, G Love, Jackson Browne, String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, Bela Fleck, Snoop Dog, & more!! Thanks all bidders and contributors, you've helped an important charity, the Station Family Fund for survivors of the Station Fire in Rhode Island.

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  • Amazing Mimi Fishman Charity Online Auction - Bidding Total: $11,507.56
    This historic auction had it all... Autographed treasures from: Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Tom Waits, Dave Matthews, BB King, Tom Hanks, James Brown, Eminem, Sting, Bonnie Raitt, G Love, Jackson Browne, String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, Bela Fleck, Snoop Dog, & more!! Thanks all bidders and contributors, you've helped an important charity, the Station Family Fund for survivors of the Station Fire in Rhode Island.

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  • Bush spends your money wisely
    Dear Utopian Pacifists of the Left: Try not to get your panties in a knot. Nations must fight the good fight, or die. Deny Ward Churchill the satisfaction.

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  • Bush spends your money wisely
    Dear Utopian Pacifists of the Left: Try not to get your panties in a knot. Nations must fight the good fight, or die. Deny Ward Churchill the satisfaction.

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  • Bush spends your money wisely
    Dear Utopian Pacifists of the Left: Try not to get your panties in a knot. Nations must fight the good fight, or die. Deny Ward Churchill the satisfaction.

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  • Bush in Belgium
    First of all, thousands of people came to Brussels to protest against the current policy of the US: not signing the Kyoto-pact; assail the civil rights at home and abroad; playing a negative role as regards world peace. The demonstrators don't want that Europe follows the example of the US. About 90 organisations and several polictical parties took part in these manifestations. Also the holebi-federation was present. They protested against the fact the US does not allow homosexual weddings. Participants came from all over the world: Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, and the States.

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  • Bush in Belgium
    First of all, thousands of people came to Brussels to protest against the current policy of the US: not signing the Kyoto-pact; assail the civil rights at home and abroad; playing a negative role as regards world peace. The demonstrators don't want that Europe follows the example of the US. About 90 organisations and several polictical parties took part in these manifestations. Also the holebi-federation was present. They protested against the fact the US does not allow homosexual weddings. Participants came from all over the world: Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, and the States.

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  • Bush in Belgium
    First of all, thousands of people came to Brussels to protest against the current policy of the US: not signing the Kyoto-pact; assail the civil rights at home and abroad; playing a negative role as regards world peace. The demonstrators don't want that Europe follows the example of the US. About 90 organisations and several polictical parties took part in these manifestations. Also the holebi-federation was present. They protested against the fact the US does not allow homosexual weddings. Participants came from all over the world: Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, and the States.

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  • Attempted Webcast of DSO Show a No Go.
    Dark Star Orchestra came to Eugene and played last night and pulled off a great performance. Unfortunately our attempt to webcast the show didn't pan out, to say the least...

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  • Attempted Webcast of DSO Show a No Go.
    Dark Star Orchestra came to Eugene and played last night and pulled off a great performance. Unfortunately our attempt to webcast the show didn't pan out, to say the least...

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  • Attempted Webcast of DSO Show a No Go.
    Dark Star Orchestra came to Eugene and played last night and pulled off a great performance. Unfortunately our attempt to webcast the show didn't pan out, to say the least...

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  • Tony Furtado - 'Bare Bones' -
    String-bender extraordinaire Tony Furtado is a road dog. Playing an average of 300 live dates a year, from the western ski resorts in the winter to the summer festivals throughout the Midwest, through gritty Chicago and glitzy New York, to New England seaside towns and up and down the West Coast, Furtado’s passion is playing his music live and bringing it out there to the people.

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  • Tony Furtado - 'Bare Bones' -
    String-bender extraordinaire Tony Furtado is a road dog. Playing an average of 300 live dates a year, from the western ski resorts in the winter to the summer festivals throughout the Midwest, through gritty Chicago and glitzy New York, to New England seaside towns and up and down the West Coast, Furtado’s passion is playing his music live and bringing it out there to the people.

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  • Hydra April 2005 Tour
    The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart and Particle, a pioneering electronic/jam-rock band, have come together to form HYDRA. The new group will launch a 14-date tour, debuting their new sound nationwide, beginning April 7 in Santa Cruz, Calif. and ending on April 24 in Washington, DC

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  • PRAANG Returns To Cervantes for Two-Night Stint
    Formed under a blanket of thick Colorado snow during the blizzard of 2006, PRAANG returns to Cervantes for a two night stand December 5th and 6th. Featuring Steve Kimock, Jason Hann and Michael Travis from EOTO/String Cheese Incident and Jamie Janover from ZILLA, PRAANG represents a new musical avenue for the four members to travel. Completely improvisational, spontaneous, and unrehearsed, the quartet’s music reflects their fateful existence

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  • THE ROXY IN LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
    Los Angeles’ THE ROXY THEATRE first opened its doors in the late fall of 1973. 35 years later, the legendary venue marks this significant milestone as one of America’s longest-running independently owned and operated establishments with two monumental shows highlighting its rich musical history: Zappa Plays Zappa December 10, 11, 12 and 13 and a New Years Eve performance by The Wailers.

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  • THE ROXY IN LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
    Los Angeles’ THE ROXY THEATRE first opened its doors in the late fall of 1973. 35 years later, the legendary venue marks this significant milestone as one of America’s longest-running independently owned and operated establishments with two monumental shows highlighting its rich musical history: Zappa Plays Zappa December 10, 11, 12 and 13 and a New Years Eve performance by The Wailers.

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  • Leftover Salmon to play Vail, CO + Upcoming Projects
    Leftover Salmon will perform a full two set show on December 12th at the Dobson Ice Arena. This show will be part of the Snow Daze Festival held each year in Vail Colorado as a kickoff party to the winter season.

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  • Leftover Salmon to play Vail, CO + Upcoming Projects
    Leftover Salmon will perform a full two set show on December 12th at the Dobson Ice Arena. This show will be part of the Snow Daze Festival held each year in Vail Colorado as a kickoff party to the winter season.

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  • Karrin Allyson Appearing This Weekend At The Iridium Jazz Club
    Over the years, Karrin Allyson has recorded a series of eleven CDs for Concord Records, each of which have showcased her astonishing breadth of repertoire, from standards by Gershwin and Porter to Brazilian bossa nova to samba and Thelonious Monk. She has also taken on French and Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio), the genius of John Coltrane (Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane) and the blues (In Blue).

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  • Karrin Allyson Appearing This Weekend At The Iridium Jazz Club
    Over the years, Karrin Allyson has recorded a series of eleven CDs for Concord Records, each of which have showcased her astonishing breadth of repertoire, from standards by Gershwin and Porter to Brazilian bossa nova to samba and Thelonious Monk. She has also taken on French and Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio), the genius of John Coltrane (Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane) and the blues (In Blue).

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  • Femi Kuti & the Positive Force @ Boulder Theater
    Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?

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  • Femi Kuti & the Positive Force @ Boulder Theater
    Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?

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  • BoomBox Set to Ring in the New Year at Mile High
    Kicking it all off on Tuesday, December 30th at Owsley’s Golden Road, the headline show will feature special guests Melvin Seals and JGB as well as Steve Kimock and Friends opening the night. BoomBox will take to the stage from 1:30am to 4:30am, keeping the party going until the early morning hours.

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  • BoomBox Set to Ring in the New Year at Mile High
    Kicking it all off on Tuesday, December 30th at Owsley’s Golden Road, the headline show will feature special guests Melvin Seals and JGB as well as Steve Kimock and Friends opening the night. BoomBox will take to the stage from 1:30am to 4:30am, keeping the party going until the early morning hours.

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  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's BEWARE Streets 3/17/09
    Though Beware shares spit with its immediate predecessor released this past summer, Lie Down in the Light, it's reach is longer and stronger, more grandiose. Where fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that’s fun to watch bounce in new clothes. This indensifies the air and heralds Beware as Bonny’s biggest, most ambitious record to date – yea, bigger and more ambitious than even The Letting Go! A listen or two through and you too may conclude that this could also be the great Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy contempo-country record

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  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's BEWARE Streets 3/17/09
    Though Beware shares spit with its immediate predecessor released this past summer, Lie Down in the Light, it's reach is longer and stronger, more grandiose. Where fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that’s fun to watch bounce in new clothes. This indensifies the air and heralds Beware as Bonny’s biggest, most ambitious record to date – yea, bigger and more ambitious than even The Letting Go! A listen or two through and you too may conclude that this could also be the great Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy contempo-country record

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  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Boulder Theater
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the GRAMMY® Award winning vocal group from South Africa that has conquered nations in its own way with a joyous and spiritually charged brand of vocal music and native choreography, pays tribute to this historical icon with their new Heads Up International release, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu. Ilembe celebrates not only Shaka Zulu but the sense of perseverance, creativity and pride that he has inspired in generations of descendants.

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  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Boulder Theater
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the GRAMMY® Award winning vocal group from South Africa that has conquered nations in its own way with a joyous and spiritually charged brand of vocal music and native choreography, pays tribute to this historical icon with their new Heads Up International release, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu. Ilembe celebrates not only Shaka Zulu but the sense of perseverance, creativity and pride that he has inspired in generations of descendants.

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  • Gene Ween Band Tour Dates Announced + New Ween CD
    Recorded live at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC 12/9/92, the CD comes with a bonus DVD which features clips from Ween's first tour of Holland, and also Stache's in Columbus, OH. As Dean Ween says; "The whole thing is so brown that it's almost black.

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  • Gene Ween Band Tour Dates Announced + New Ween CD
    Recorded live at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC 12/9/92, the CD comes with a bonus DVD which features clips from Ween's first tour of Holland, and also Stache's in Columbus, OH. As Dean Ween says; "The whole thing is so brown that it's almost black.

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  • Jazz Museum Events: Nov. 17-21, 2008
    The National Jazz Museum in Harlem begins an exciting full week of public programming with a conversation between executive director Loren Schoenberg and best-selling author, saxophonist and composer James McBride for Jazz for Curious Readers, whose first novel was recently turned into a film by acclaimed director Spike Lee.

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  • Jazz Museum Events: Nov. 17-21, 2008
    The National Jazz Museum in Harlem begins an exciting full week of public programming with a conversation between executive director Loren Schoenberg and best-selling author, saxophonist and composer James McBride for Jazz for Curious Readers, whose first novel was recently turned into a film by acclaimed director Spike Lee.

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  • Swing Into The Holiday Season With George Gee's Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
    This Holiday season, The Edison Ballroom and producer Mickey Marchello, former guitarist from the legendary New York Rock Band Good Rats, will welcome the swing era sounds of George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra as they entertain guests with a new show that evokes a golden era: “Sleigh Bells Swing.” George Gee and his 22-piece Big Band offer the perfect Holiday treat for not only swing and jazz music fans, but also for tourists and tri-state area residents looking for an incredible Holiday entertainment experience.

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  • Swing Into The Holiday Season With George Gee's Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
    This Holiday season, The Edison Ballroom and producer Mickey Marchello, former guitarist from the legendary New York Rock Band Good Rats, will welcome the swing era sounds of George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra as they entertain guests with a new show that evokes a golden era: “Sleigh Bells Swing.” George Gee and his 22-piece Big Band offer the perfect Holiday treat for not only swing and jazz music fans, but also for tourists and tri-state area residents looking for an incredible Holiday entertainment experience.

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  • The Motet performs Talking Heads @ Boulder Theater
    Performing the music of the Talking Heads, The Motet will be joined by Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI) on keys, Fuzz (Deep Banana Blackout) on guitar, Jans Ingber on vocals and percussion, Liza Oxnard on vocals, Joey Porter also on keys, Carrie Sangiovanni on background vocals and Paul McDaniel on bass.

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  • The Motet performs Talking Heads @ Boulder Theater
    Performing the music of the Talking Heads, The Motet will be joined by Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI) on keys, Fuzz (Deep Banana Blackout) on guitar, Jans Ingber on vocals and percussion, Liza Oxnard on vocals, Joey Porter also on keys, Carrie Sangiovanni on background vocals and Paul McDaniel on bass.

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  • Download Phish At The Roxy Now!
    Recorded Live February 19th, 20th and 21st, 1993, this run at the intimate Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia set the stage for many classic tripartite celebrations to follow. With the second show's near-instant legendary status cemented among fans due largely to a non-stop thriller of a second set which included feats of rock and roll greatness, including a sit-in by a spurious Gene Simmons, At The Roxy captures a magical moment for Phish and their audience during a period of peak songwriting and experimentation.

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  • Download Phish At The Roxy Now!
    Recorded Live February 19th, 20th and 21st, 1993, this run at the intimate Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia set the stage for many classic tripartite celebrations to follow. With the second show's near-instant legendary status cemented among fans due largely to a non-stop thriller of a second set which included feats of rock and roll greatness, including a sit-in by a spurious Gene Simmons, At The Roxy captures a magical moment for Phish and their audience during a period of peak songwriting and experimentation.

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  • Conscious Alliance Announces Holiday Meal Drive & Rebel Alliance Jam XIV
    Not-for-profit Conscious Alliance - feeding America's hungry through music - ramps up this year's holiday giving with the announcement of their 5th annual "Holiday Meal Drive." With the support of musicians and their fans, and this year in partnership with Whole Foods Market, the organization will deliver full holiday meals to impoverished Native American Reservations for the fifth year in a row. The organization also hosts the Rebel Alliance Jam XIV - a holiday benefit show at Boulder, Colorado's Fox Theatre on November 29th featuring Keith Moseley, Scott Law, Jeff Sipe, Gibb Droll, and special guest Kyle Hollingsworth.

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  • Conscious Alliance Announces Holiday Meal Drive & Rebel Alliance Jam XIV
    Not-for-profit Conscious Alliance - feeding America's hungry through music - ramps up this year's holiday giving with the announcement of their 5th annual "Holiday Meal Drive." With the support of musicians and their fans, and this year in partnership with Whole Foods Market, the organization will deliver full holiday meals to impoverished Native American Reservations for the fifth year in a row. The organization also hosts the Rebel Alliance Jam XIV - a holiday benefit show at Boulder, Colorado's Fox Theatre on November 29th featuring Keith Moseley, Scott Law, Jeff Sipe, Gibb Droll, and special guest Kyle Hollingsworth.

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  • Four Sushi Restaurants and the Toubab Krewe
    For lovers of atypical instrumental rock derivatives, there may be no sweeter words than Toubab Krewe. What’s a Toubab Krewe, you ask? Good question! For starters, Toubab Krewe is a band, five guys who make some of the grooviest music you’ve ever (or maybe never) heard. The only term that really sticks with any consistency is instrumental, since, as the word implies, they only play instruments sans vocals. Other than that, they are a really tough act to peg. Psychic-Afro-dub-rock comes to mind as a possibility, but somehow even that doesn’t do the Toubab Krewe justice.

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  • Four Sushi Restaurants and the Toubab Krewe
    For lovers of atypical instrumental rock derivatives, there may be no sweeter words than Toubab Krewe. What’s a Toubab Krewe, you ask? Good question! For starters, Toubab Krewe is a band, five guys who make some of the grooviest music you’ve ever (or maybe never) heard. The only term that really sticks with any consistency is instrumental, since, as the word implies, they only play instruments sans vocals. Other than that, they are a really tough act to peg. Psychic-Afro-dub-rock comes to mind as a possibility, but somehow even that doesn’t do the Toubab Krewe justice.

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  • Marco Benevento & Friends | Nathan Moore | The Flynn Space
    Many aspects of last Monday night’s show at The Flynn Space in downtown Burlington, Vermont felt as if they had been transplanted from past eras, even different locales. Nathan Moore, the opener of the festivities, was channeling the bravado and freedom of a Greenwich Village bohemian from 1962 and Marco Benevento, the band leader of the night’s all-star headlining troupe, seemed to have an uncanny resemblance in the mind’s eye to a young Miles Davis, breaking free from The Gil Evans Band in 1959 and forging his own musical path. And just like that jazz pioneer who has a stronghold on everyone’s CD collection, Marco has begun to blaze a trail all his own and, on this night, all of the musicians around him were in for a treat, just like the rest of us.

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  • Marco Benevento & Friends | Nathan Moore | The Flynn Space
    Many aspects of last Monday night’s show at The Flynn Space in downtown Burlington, Vermont felt as if they had been transplanted from past eras, even different locales. Nathan Moore, the opener of the festivities, was channeling the bravado and freedom of a Greenwich Village bohemian from 1962 and Marco Benevento, the band leader of the night’s all-star headlining troupe, seemed to have an uncanny resemblance in the mind’s eye to a young Miles Davis, breaking free from The Gil Evans Band in 1959 and forging his own musical path. And just like that jazz pioneer who has a stronghold on everyone’s CD collection, Marco has begun to blaze a trail all his own and, on this night, all of the musicians around him were in for a treat, just like the rest of us.

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  • Umphrey's Mantis Pre-Order Takes Off
    Umphrey's McGee's one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign for their highly anticipated new studio release, Mantis (January 20, 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records) is already being recognized as a brilliant and innovative use of digital technology. The power of this new pre-order concept is in the hands of the fans. Umphrey's offers fans more free bonus content the more Mantis pre-orders they receive; the fans "unlock" levels of content by getting more of their friends to pre-order the album. The idea is to give the fans incentive to help spread the word about the album, and to offer a totally unique music experience.

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  • Umphrey's Mantis Pre-Order Takes Off
    Umphrey's McGee's one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign for their highly anticipated new studio release, Mantis (January 20, 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records) is already being recognized as a brilliant and innovative use of digital technology. The power of this new pre-order concept is in the hands of the fans. Umphrey's offers fans more free bonus content the more Mantis pre-orders they receive; the fans "unlock" levels of content by getting more of their friends to pre-order the album. The idea is to give the fans incentive to help spread the word about the album, and to offer a totally unique music experience.

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  • 'Jacofest' A Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
    The late great bassist-composer Jaco Pastorius, an undeniable force on contemporary jazz during the ‘70s as well as a towering influence on two generations of musicians, will be feted at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from November 20 - 23. Included in this all-star gala, produced by impresario Charles Carlini, are Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeters Randy Brecker, Miles Evans and Lew Soloff, Saxophonists Alex Foster and Butch Thomas, Trombonist David Bargeron, keyboardist Delmar Brown, guitarist David Gilmore and drummer Kenwood Dennard. Featured bass players are T.M Stephens, Matt Garrison, and Jaco's son, Felix Pastorius.

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  • 'Jacofest' A Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
    The late great bassist-composer Jaco Pastorius, an undeniable force on contemporary jazz during the ‘70s as well as a towering influence on two generations of musicians, will be feted at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from November 20 - 23. Included in this all-star gala, produced by impresario Charles Carlini, are Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeters Randy Brecker, Miles Evans and Lew Soloff, Saxophonists Alex Foster and Butch Thomas, Trombonist David Bargeron, keyboardist Delmar Brown, guitarist David Gilmore and drummer Kenwood Dennard. Featured bass players are T.M Stephens, Matt Garrison, and Jaco's son, Felix Pastorius.

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Grateful Dead Hour to Celebrate Twenty Years On Air With KPFA Radio Marathon Feb. 19 - Sixteen Hour Radio Program Hosted by David Gans to Feature Grateful Dead and Dead-Related Music; Will Host Live Music by Dark Star Orchestra

Oakland, CA - January 4, 2005 -- The Grateful Dead Hour radio program will celebrate its twentieth anniversary of weekly, nationwide broadcasting on Saturday, February 19, 2005 with a radio marathon from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. PST consisting of sixteen hours of Grateful Dead and Dead-related music.

Hosted by David Gans, the show will be broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 FM in the Bay Area and KFCF 88.1 FM in Fresno, CA. Additionally the broadcast may be heard around the world via a web cast to any internet connection with an audio streaming program via http://www.nugs.net, http://www.kpfa.org and http://www.kfcf.org.

Grateful Dead Hour host David Gans has been doing a benefit radio marathon every winter since 1986, raising thousands of dollars for the venerable listener-supported radio station KPFA and pleasing untold numbers of music lovers around the globe.

The broadcast will also feature live music by Dark Star Orchestra performing a brief acoustic set in the studio, taking place during the afternoon of February 19. DSO recreates historic Grateful Dead set lists
with compelling accuracy; additionally, Rolling Stone recently praised "Dark Star Orchestra's fanatical attention to detail."

David Gans' first broadcast on the radio was February 18, 1985 on the KFOG Deadhead Hour, and he will be featuring some of his favorite musical moments, interviews and other material from the Grateful Dead Hour archive, as well as some newly-unearthed gems.

In coordination with the 20 Year Anniversary Celebration of the Grateful Dead Hour listeners or supporters who contribute to KPFA will receive a CD entitled "Live from Berkeley" as a premium, with performances from David Gans' additional radio show, "Dead to the World" featuring artists such as Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth, Donna the Buffalo, David Nelson and Friends, Wake the Dead, Jemimah Puddleduck, and more.

- Support KPFA programming: contributions can be made via http://www.kpfa.org at any time, or by calling 510-848-5732 or 1-800-439-5732 during the marathon February 19.

- Visit http://www.gdhour.com for more information regarding the KPFA Grateful Dead Hour Marathon, playlists, station list, and other links.

- Listen to KPFA Grateful Dead Hour Marathon here:  http://www.kpfa.org/cgi-bin/gen-mpegurl.m3u?server=aud-one.kpfa.org&port=8000&mount=icy_0&file=dummy.m3u 


About the Grateful Dead Hour:

* David Gans, the producer/host of the Grateful Dead Hour, is the author of three books about the Dead: Playing in the Band: an Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead (with Peter Simon); Conversations with the Dead; and Not Fade Away: The Online World Remembers Jerry Garcia.

* The radio program is broadcast weekly to an estimated national audience of over 200,000 listeners per week, covering 75 markets, and is carried twice each week on XM Satellite Radio (currently with over 2 million subscribers)

* The Grateful Dead Hour has been in national syndication since 1987.

* The Grateful Dead Hour began as the "Deadhead Hour" on KFOG-FM in San Francisco and began its current spot as an American radio institution February 18, 1985 when David Gans appeared as a guest to promote his newly released book Playing in the Band: an Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead.  David put together a little radio piece called the 'Greatest Pump Song Ever Told' about the song about 'Greatest Story Ever Told'. He enjoyed making and airing this feature on the "Deadhead Hour" so much and that he invited himself back.  The host at the time wasn't that much of a Deadhead, so he welcomed David's participation. Eventually David was given sole responsibility for the program. So David, showing up there as a guest promoting a book - and it turned into a career.

* David has interviewed all the members including Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kruetzmann, Brent Mydland, Donna Jean Godchaux, Bruce Hornsby, and Vince Welnick.  In addition, David has included in conversation numerous peripheral people to the Grateful Dead Family including sound engineers, road crew, record producers, songwriters, and archivists.

* The Grateful Dead Hour has broadcast over 850 weekly episodes since 1987.

On the web: http://www.gdhour.com

About KPFA-FM:


Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. The signal reaches one third of the state, utilizing 59,000 watts.

Much of KPFA's programming is local, original and eclectic, with a well produced mix of news and in depth public affairs, an ongoing drama, literature and performance series, interviews, and reviews. Music ranges from folk to hip hop, Bach to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. KPFA travels the region to broadcast live music, demonstrations, and cultural events. The majority of station staff are unpaid community volunteers donating their time and energy to bring the programming to life.

On the web: http://www.kpfa.org

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