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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..
- 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..
- Mark Karan interview - 4/21/01
Mark Karan interview
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Ray Charles died today at 73.
Ray Charles dead at 73
- 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.
- 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.
- 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..
- 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!
- Grateful Web Interview with Madison House and SCI Ticketing
SCI interview
- Leftover will be calling it quits at years end.
Leftover Salmon are saying goodbye..
- AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TREY 05.25.04
Phish is coming to end..
- Sativa Gumbo (April 2002)
Sativa Gumbo
- 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.
- Yamagata update
Yamagata
- Yamagata (June 2001)
Yamagata
- JSwine (October 2000)
JSwine
- Mark Karan (August 2000)
Mark Karan
- Moses Guest (September 2000)
Moses Guest
- Uncle Sammy (July 2001)
Uncle Sammy
- Solomon Grundy (April 2001)
Solomon Grundy
- Tonal Vision (May 2001)
Tonal Vision
- Chaplain John (CH Morris) DIARIES from IRAQ
Truly prayer is the privilege of the children
of the Heavenly Father and I've been a
grateful recipient.
- Chaplain John (CH Morris) DIARIES from IRAQ
Truly prayer is the privilege of the children
of the Heavenly Father and I've been a
grateful recipient.
- Aaron & Chris On Drugs & Iraq
probably, bush understands drugs better than kerry anyway...I have this feeling lately that Kerry is really no answer...it might actually be better to leave bush in and get people even more pissed off so that 2008 becomes revolution time...maybe bush will pass some (more) horrible rights reducing legislation over the next 4 yrs and prove what a bad move it was to vote him in...
- Aaron & Chris On Drugs & Iraq
probably, bush understands drugs better than kerry anyway...I have this feeling lately that Kerry is really no answer...it might actually be better to leave bush in and get people even more pissed off so that 2008 becomes revolution time...maybe bush will pass some (more) horrible rights reducing legislation over the next 4 yrs and prove what a bad move it was to vote him in...
- Why Do They Hate Us?
It’s disturbing to read the words of misinformed critics of the United States. They claim that somehow the U.S. is responsible for the viciousness of our enemies: if only we changed our policies, somehow peace would sprout up and everyone would love us.
- Why Do They Hate Us?
It’s disturbing to read the words of misinformed critics of the United States. They claim that somehow the U.S. is responsible for the viciousness of our enemies: if only we changed our policies, somehow peace would sprout up and everyone would love us.
- Why Do They Hate Us?
It’s disturbing to read the words of misinformed critics of the United States. They claim that somehow the U.S. is responsible for the viciousness of our enemies: if only we changed our policies, somehow peace would sprout up and everyone would love us.
- Something has gone seriously haywire with the Republican Party
This year, as in the past, Republicans will portray us Democrats as
embittered academics, desiccated Unitarians, whacked-out hippies and
communards, people who talk to telephone poles, the party of the
Deadheads.
- Something has gone seriously haywire with the Republican Party
This year, as in the past, Republicans will portray us Democrats as
embittered academics, desiccated Unitarians, whacked-out hippies and
communards, people who talk to telephone poles, the party of the
Deadheads.
- Kurt Vonnegut: Cold Turkey
We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on.
- More From Chris & Aaron
it started with Levitra's new "Tackling Men's Health" campaign...give me a break, what are they going to tell us about health? that we can fix anything with a pill...then someone said "hey I get paid to do cancer research because of products like Levitra.." Then the wave of realization that we are just caught in a horrible loop...thousands need the big companies, whether it is drug, soda, or mac-n-cheese, as employers and providers...society would collapse on itself without the monster corporations, and they are perhaps evolving into something better than what they used to be...companies that are developing a conscience and a resposibility, maybe out of necessity...
- How to Debate George Bush, by Al Gore
The last time Mr. Bush stood on stage for a presidential debate. If elected, he said, he would support allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada. He promised that his tax cuts would create millions of new jobs. He vowed to end partisan bickering in Washington. Above all, he pledged that if he put American troops into combat: "The force must be strong enough so that the mission can be accomplished. And the exit strategy needs to be well defined."
- How Many Teenage Kids Have Died In Car Wrecks With COORS Beer In Their Car?
Dear Pete: --
I've been thinking lately about how popular your beer, particularly Coors Light, is with teenage kids & have been wondering how many times teenage kids have died with your beer in their car? Of course, nobody could ever know the exact #, but my guess would easily be in the thousands. In my high school in New Jersey, Coors light was everywhere. But for me, Coors light was too expensive, so I went with rolling rock. Anyway, I am wondering if your company is notified when Coors beer cans are found in the cars of dead kids. You guys keeping tabs?
- Going to the candidates debate!
Haliburton had been mentioned for the second consecutive time, the darkness in Cheney's soul rose up and created a vortex that consumed all light entering the camera on his side of the split screen, thus leaving his side entirely blacked out for approximately 2.5 seconds
- Going to the candidates debate!
Haliburton had been mentioned for the second consecutive time, the darkness in Cheney's soul rose up and created a vortex that consumed all light entering the camera on his side of the split screen, thus leaving his side entirely blacked out for approximately 2.5 seconds
- HP RELAYS: Wall Street Journalist Farnaz Fassihi 'lives' in Iraq
They melt a shallow hole into the asphalt, dig the explosive, cover it with dirt and put an old tire or plastic can over it to signal to the locals this is booby-trapped. He said on the main roads of Sadr City, there were a dozen landmines per every ten yards. His car snaked and swirled to avoid driving over them. Behind the walls sits an angry Iraqi ready to detonate them as soon as an American convoy gets near. This is in Shiite land, the population that was supposed to love America for liberating Iraq.
- GW BUSH: First American President to avoid "Aging Curse"
Is there any doubt the years of presidential stress have aged G.W. Bush less then any other American President in History?
- GW BUSH: First American President to avoid "Aging Curse"
Is there any doubt the years of presidential stress have aged G.W. Bush less then any other American President in History?
- Endangered Species: Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer’s latest suit against Behemoth Insurer’s reminds us how important his vanishing breed is.
- Endangered Species: Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer’s latest suit against Behemoth Insurer’s reminds us how important his vanishing breed is.
- Researching the Beliefs of Modern Liberals
Reading gratefulweb I am reminded of the life my family and I once lived. The theme I remember was, “question authority”, “make love not war”, “dare to be different”, etc etc etc… Over time, I think I just got tired of a perpetual recognition of the world’s alleged imperfections. To me these people seemed, and often time still seem, very upset at the condition of their environment and seem bent on making their voice heard.
- Researching the Beliefs of Modern Liberals
Reading gratefulweb I am reminded of the life my family and I once lived. The theme I remember was, “question authority”, “make love not war”, “dare to be different”, etc etc etc… Over time, I think I just got tired of a perpetual recognition of the world’s alleged imperfections. To me these people seemed, and often time still seem, very upset at the condition of their environment and seem bent on making their voice heard.
- HP Relays: Al Gore invite to take back America
...the problems he has caused for this country
stem not from his belief in God, but from his belief in the infallibility of
the right-wing Republican ideology that exalts the interests of the wealthy
and of large corporations over the interests of the American people. Love
of power for its own sake is the original sin of this presidency
- Youth Leaders in Action unites forces with Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy visited Boulder, CO Wednesday, 10/20/2004, for a pro-enironmental rally on the Pearl Street Mall. Our own Mike Moran was there....
- Youth Leaders in Action unites forces with Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy visited Boulder, CO Wednesday, 10/20/2004, for a pro-enironmental rally on the Pearl Street Mall. Our own Mike Moran was there....
- Youth Leaders in Action unites forces with Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy visited Boulder, CO Wednesday, 10/20/2004, for a pro-enironmental rally on the Pearl Street Mall. Our own Mike Moran was there....
- HP Relays: "UGLY" by Larry Kearney in Buzzflash
Look at your own children. Do they deserve what's being done to the Others, the ones with the wrong parents? No, they don't.
- Throw Your Vote Away
Most people don’t realize that the Republican Party was at one time a third party. If nobody voted for them because they had “no chance to win,” then there would be no Republican party today.
- 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.
- 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.
- Redskins Lose final home game before election
Since 1933, the result of the Redskin's final home game before the presidential election has correctly predicted the White House winner. When they've lost, the incumbent party is ousted.
- Redskins Lose final home game before election
Since 1933, the result of the Redskin's final home game before the presidential election has correctly predicted the White House winner. When they've lost, the incumbent party is ousted.
- 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.
- 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.
- The World Watches America Dissolve
Coverage from around the world on Bush Election
- Look out infidels!
Theo Van Gogh, who produced a film which criticized Muslim treatment of women, was brutally murdered in Amsterdam.
- Look out infidels!
Theo Van Gogh, who produced a film which criticized Muslim treatment of women, was brutally murdered in Amsterdam.
- Yasser Arafat has died
Yasser Arafat has died.
- 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..."
- 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..."
- Grateful Web Editors take unscheduled writing break
Ed DeJager: "Yeah, I saw the Fallujah Attack was turning into full fledged Iraqi Civil War, but my hand would not write"
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Syrian Protestors Hire U.S. Interpreter
Syrian protestors hired an American to translate their signs for them, so instead of "Death to America" and the usual bilge, this is what they got!
- Syrian Protestors Hire U.S. Interpreter
Syrian protestors hired an American to translate their signs for them, so instead of "Death to America" and the usual bilge, this is what they got!
- 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.
- 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.
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE UP NEXT FOR COURT - by Stephen Henderson, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau, (Source:Lexington Herald-Leader)
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will determine whether Ms. Raich; another plaintiff, Diana Monson; and similar patients in California and 10 other states can continue to use marijuana for medical purposes.
- Dear Pres. Bush: Thanks for educating on God's Law
Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 1984 – fiction, not a political manifesto
We are at war with Eastasia. Formerly, we were at war with Eurasia. Now it is with our utmost, unified hatred that we engage with Eastasia, that cowardly, craven opponent of our freedom. Big Brother runs Oceana with a ruthless media machine reiterating his every whim. We KNOW they have BIG STOCKPILES of Weapons of Mass Destruction. This is NOT about oil. We are NOT torturing enemy soldiers; rather, we are MERELY establishing the conditions necessary for a successful interview.
- Arafat's Gone
"I've never before seen so much
cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man."
- Arafat's Gone
"I've never before seen so much
cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man."
- Elections: Proof the System Works
Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.
- Elections: Proof the System Works
Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.
- Elections: Proof the System Works
Elections, Democracy, Freedom: That's what I'm talking about.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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?
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- '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.
- '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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Nobody appreciates spirited debate and vigorous discussion more than I. There were times, as recently as 1 year ago, when I felt my heart begin to race, a storm surge of andrenaline, steam puffs from my ears--it's not a good feeling, nor is it healthy. I began to adjust my temperament and thinking away from rage and towards comedy and comity, in the interest of good health. I understand the rage of the left better than most, and wish my good friends on the left good health and good cheer. So for now: don't worry, be happy, and think of the awesome possiblities for '08. Today's Hilary is sanguine, ambitious, and ready-to-wear.
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