Protestant Churches: Lay Off Israel
Three protestant church organizations have introduced a policy to divest from companies affiliated with Israel. They should find a more productive use of their time.
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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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  • Look out infidels!
    Theo Van Gogh, who produced a film which criticized Muslim treatment of women, was brutally murdered in Amsterdam.

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  • Yasser Arafat has died
    Yasser Arafat has died.

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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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  • 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"

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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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  • 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!

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  • 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!

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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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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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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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  • 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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  • 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.

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  • Arafat's Gone
    "I've never before seen so much cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man."

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  • Arafat's Gone
    "I've never before seen so much cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man."

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Greetings fellow anti-imperialists from VVAWAI
    March 19/20 2005 events: March 20---Around the World---Day of Protest Against the War on Iraq---Standing With the People of the World---2nd Anniversary of the Beginning of Gulf War II -- URL -- http://www.notinourname.net

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  • Absence of alerts notable since the November “election”
    We spend billions every month wringing our hands over terrorist attacks, while we are borrowing a cool $2 billion per day from the Chinese to fund our leviathan government. You see? The Banana is working!

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  • Absence of alerts notable since the November “election”
    We spend billions every month wringing our hands over terrorist attacks, while we are borrowing a cool $2 billion per day from the Chinese to fund our leviathan government. You see? The Banana is working!

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  • Who Cares?
    I understand. It’s much easier and more convenient to preach political activism and hate toward “the man” when you’re hoping to mooch weed or catch a ride to the nearest bluegrass festival. It helps you fit in and it doesn’t mean you have to actually DO anything about it.

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  • Who Cares?
    I understand. It’s much easier and more convenient to preach political activism and hate toward “the man” when you’re hoping to mooch weed or catch a ride to the nearest bluegrass festival. It helps you fit in and it doesn’t mean you have to actually DO anything about it.

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  • D.P.A.:It's Time For Sentencing Guidelines That Make Sense
    One day nineteen year old Brenda - who had never been in serious trouble before - made a costly mistake. Her roommate's stepmother asked for a ride to a drug dealer and she foolishly said, "Okay." When the police busted the dealer they also arrested the stepmother, and Brenda. What happened? Brenda was sentenced to twelve years and seven months in prison with no chance of parole. That's twice the sentence she would have been given for manslaughter.

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  • D.P.A.:It's Time For Sentencing Guidelines That Make Sense
    One day nineteen year old Brenda - who had never been in serious trouble before - made a costly mistake. Her roommate's stepmother asked for a ride to a drug dealer and she foolishly said, "Okay." When the police busted the dealer they also arrested the stepmother, and Brenda. What happened? Brenda was sentenced to twelve years and seven months in prison with no chance of parole. That's twice the sentence she would have been given for manslaughter.

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  • John Paul the Great
    One need not agree with every Papal utterance to know that his thoughts and efforts were clear and well-reasoned. He energized the world with humility, grace, and prayer.

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  • John Paul the Great
    One need not agree with every Papal utterance to know that his thoughts and efforts were clear and well-reasoned. He energized the world with humility, grace, and prayer.

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  • John Paul the Great
    One need not agree with every Papal utterance to know that his thoughts and efforts were clear and well-reasoned. He energized the world with humility, grace, and prayer.

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  • CU Students Protest TODAY for SAFER laws at CU
    Demonstrators to gather Wednesday (TODAY!) on the field in front of the Coors Events Center on University of Colorado campus

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  • Jew + Jew + Jew = 4 Opinions
    The old joke: If you see three Jews having a discussion, you will hear at least four opinions...

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  • Jew + Jew + Jew = 4 Opinions
    The old joke: If you see three Jews having a discussion, you will hear at least four opinions...

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  • Will the South Park Creators Get the Last Laugh?
    South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always gone out of their way to skewer the self-serious and people like Michael Moore, Barbara Streisand and Alec Baldwin aren't exactly moving targets, but to suggest that the show has a conservative, or at least an anti-liberal bent is ludicrous.

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  • Will the South Park Creators Get the Last Laugh?
    South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always gone out of their way to skewer the self-serious and people like Michael Moore, Barbara Streisand and Alec Baldwin aren't exactly moving targets, but to suggest that the show has a conservative, or at least an anti-liberal bent is ludicrous.

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  • Will the South Park Creators Get the Last Laugh?
    South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always gone out of their way to skewer the self-serious and people like Michael Moore, Barbara Streisand and Alec Baldwin aren't exactly moving targets, but to suggest that the show has a conservative, or at least an anti-liberal bent is ludicrous.

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  • Local Citizens form to fight for quieter, cleaner skies
    Quietsky.org is a great example of citizens of all political and social types coming together to fight Airport Sprawl over our homes.

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  • SAFER Announces Drive TODAY to Place Marijuana Initiative on Denver Ballot
    WHERE: Steps of the Denver City and County Building, with staff submitting paperwork to the Denver Election Commission following the news conference (200 W. 14th Ave., Suite 100) WHEN: TODAY! Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 2:00 p.m., MST

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  • Drug Czar Misled Press on Teen's Suicide.
    Young Victim Tested Positive for Alcohol, Not Marijuana. But who needs facts when beer companies pay for your campaign?

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  • Drug Czar Misled Press on Teen's Suicide.
    Young Victim Tested Positive for Alcohol, Not Marijuana. But who needs facts when beer companies pay for your campaign?

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  • Cool War Rhetoric
    An American President welcomed and cheered by Eastern Europe: first time for everything.

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  • Cool War Rhetoric
    An American President welcomed and cheered by Eastern Europe: first time for everything.

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  • Cool War Rhetoric
    An American President welcomed and cheered by Eastern Europe: first time for everything.

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  • Citizen Review: Boulder Municipal Court
    The DA reached out to her thin dark framed LCD screen and swiveled it neatly into my face as I was positioned in the seat across from her. I had never seen so crisp a display, and sure enough, within her sharp and detailed state of the art LCD screen was my silouette at the wheel of my Subaru Wagon, running the red light....

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  • What’s the best way to salvage a doomed Presidency?
    Even Jesus can’t save him now, so don’t go publishing that horrific article!

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  • What’s the best way to salvage a doomed Presidency?
    Even Jesus can’t save him now, so don’t go publishing that horrific article!

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  • NYTIMES: If you're making 87 million or more, Bush is your man
    If less, Bush has got your number po'boy.

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  • Politics Amid Time Bombs
    How precarious it must be to implement education programs for new immigrants, knowing that somewhere close by a bomb ticks.

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  • Politics Amid Time Bombs
    How precarious it must be to implement education programs for new immigrants, knowing that somewhere close by a bomb ticks.

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  • Politics Amid Time Bombs
    How precarious it must be to implement education programs for new immigrants, knowing that somewhere close by a bomb ticks.

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  • No More News!
    If you really think about what kind of sensation you’re getting from the news, you might discover that not only is it causing you to view the world through blood-tinted lenses, but it’s also turning you into a vampire.

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  • No More News!
    If you really think about what kind of sensation you’re getting from the news, you might discover that not only is it causing you to view the world through blood-tinted lenses, but it’s also turning you into a vampire.

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  • Mustaches Morph Into Keffiyah
    Well-timed to kill a celebration of London's selection for the 2012 Olympics, and disrupt the G-8 Summit, terrorists murdered 52 in Great Britain.

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  • Mustaches Morph Into Keffiyah
    Well-timed to kill a celebration of London's selection for the 2012 Olympics, and disrupt the G-8 Summit, terrorists murdered 52 in Great Britain.

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  • Mustaches Morph Into Keffiyah
    Well-timed to kill a celebration of London's selection for the 2012 Olympics, and disrupt the G-8 Summit, terrorists murdered 52 in Great Britain.

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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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Originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3-10-2005

Three protestant church organizations have introduced a policy to divest from companies affiliated with Israel.  The World Council of Churches issued a recent divestment letter, echoing earlier statements from the leadership of Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches (USA).  Such political positioning is inflammatory and destructive to decades of friendly interfaith dialogue betweeen Christians and Jews.

In these heady times, as we witness the conception of freedom and democracy in the Middle East, it's unsettling to see an erosion of support for Israel, the single bastion of democracy in the region.  Especially now, as bold plans are undertaken by both sides in the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is time for hopeful support and encouragement, not condemnation.  The church groups cite familiar reasons for divestment, including: the disputed territories, the destruction of terrorists' homes, the separation fence.  Let's clarify those three central issues:

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began to implement a complete withdrawal of Jews from the Gaza strip.  Despite the small number of Jews in Gaza (8000) this is a difficult and complicated task.  The ancient Jewish life in Gaza was rekindled in the mid 19th century, long before a Jewish State was conceived; these communities have roots.  The Jews who now live in Gaza operate commercial greenhouses producing tomatoes, peppers, and flowers for Israeli and international markets.

After withdrawal, the tidy Jewish housing in Gaza will probably be left intact: a valuable gift to Arab families who could move right in.  Enjoying miles of beautiful beachfront property, Gaza could see explosive growth in tourism once the explosions end.  Jewish families who have endured countless terrorist attacks on their neighborhoods will be compensated by the Israeli government, but many will be dragged kicking and screaming from communities they built with love and toil.  The greatest danger of the unilateral disengagement is that terrorists might gain a stronger foothold.  Hamas did well in recent Gaza elections.  It will be a crucial test for the Abbas government to control Hamas and other factions; to create an economic engine will require a lasting peace.

In another unilateral de-escalation, the Israeli government ceased its controversial policy of destroying terrorists' homes.  This policy change was made despite ongoing violence, including the recent suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv nightclub killing five youths, a shooting attack at the Jewish Holy Site "Tomb of the Patriarchs," and a huge truck bomb discovered and destroyed before it could be detonated by terrorists.

Israel has spent millions building a separation fence between its population and Arab controlled towns.  The fence has dramatically reduced the number of terrorist attacks, and is a non-violent method to protect Israeli civilians.  Most nations have fences, even in the absence of terrorist attacks.  Disputes over the exact location of the fence should include this important fact: every nation has a primary obligation to protect its population--nations require secure and defensible borders.  Should Arab violence and incitement cease, the fence can be easily modified or dismantled.

There is no occupation, except in response to Arab violence.  When the terrorist groups resumed attacks against Israeli civilians in 2000, the Palestinian Authority controlled 95% of the Arab population.  Now the Israeli military is planning to withdraw from five West Bank towns (from which terrorist attacks have been launched) in exchange for another promise of peace.

Church leadership surely approves the remarkable strides currently being made in the Middle East.  For the first time since Yasser Arafat turned the tables on President Clinton and stormed out of Camp David peace talks in 2000, there is a real possibility for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.  In Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia a new paradigm is born--how to initiate democracy and pluralism? These nations are beginning to clear the logjam created by the decline of the Ottoman and British Empires, clogged by the jetsam of repeated wars, plugged by dictatorships.

The progress throughout the Middle East was not created by wishful bureaucratic proclamations of "even-handedness." Hear President Bush on Tuesday: "By now it should be clear that authoritarian rule is not the wave of the future. It is the last gasp of a discredited past...For the sake of our long-term security, all free nations must stand with the forces of democracy and justice that have begun to transform the Middle East."  As the Middle East freedom train leaves the station, many of Bush's staunch critics have clambered on board--it's not too late to buy a ticket.

 

Donald Meissner, Editor, Grateful Right

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