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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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  • Compare and Contrast: Reflections on Katrina
    A painting by Caspar David Friedrich called The Monk by the Sea (1808) and Christian Calzadillas photo before Katrina hit South Beach last Friday.

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  • Compare and Contrast: Reflections on Katrina
    A painting by Caspar David Friedrich called The Monk by the Sea (1808) and Christian Calzadillas photo before Katrina hit South Beach last Friday.

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  • Katrina Hurricane Gallery
    Images from New Orleans, our thoughts are with you.

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  • Katrina Hurricane Gallery
    Images from New Orleans, our thoughts are with you.

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  • Thoughts On Katrina
    Personally, what I have gathered from seeing this catastrophe, what seems to be revealed above all is how much finding someone to blame seems essential to human nature. We need this to focus our anger and frustration. The Lefties are all blaming the Neo-cons and bad government, and global warming...the neo-cons are blaming the looters, as if they are really a problem...c'mon, let's find some harmony, OK?

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  • Thoughts On Katrina
    Personally, what I have gathered from seeing this catastrophe, what seems to be revealed above all is how much finding someone to blame seems essential to human nature. We need this to focus our anger and frustration. The Lefties are all blaming the Neo-cons and bad government, and global warming...the neo-cons are blaming the looters, as if they are really a problem...c'mon, let's find some harmony, OK?

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  • The Road to Maho Bay
    Please help stop private individuals from changing the face of Maho Bay and creating a personal resort for a selected few. Your assistance is needed in keeping this park publc.

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  • The Road to Maho Bay
    Please help stop private individuals from changing the face of Maho Bay and creating a personal resort for a selected few. Your assistance is needed in keeping this park publc.

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  • The Road to Maho Bay
    Please help stop private individuals from changing the face of Maho Bay and creating a personal resort for a selected few. Your assistance is needed in keeping this park publc.

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  • Oil’s Well that Ends Well
    Reason #4: Olfactory. Maybe I’m weird, but I like driving around in a car whose exhaust smells like French fries.

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  • Oil’s Well that Ends Well
    Reason #4: Olfactory. Maybe I’m weird, but I like driving around in a car whose exhaust smells like French fries.

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  • Oil’s Well that Ends Well
    Reason #4: Olfactory. Maybe I’m weird, but I like driving around in a car whose exhaust smells like French fries.

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  • Becoming What You Abhor: The Lesson Learned from "The Family"
    While it is easy for most of us to empathize with their concern for the environment and animals, and their discouragement and outrage at how little the masses of society care about these concerns, it is harder to understand what they thought they were accomplishing with their violent attacks.

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  • Becoming What You Abhor: The Lesson Learned from "The Family"
    While it is easy for most of us to empathize with their concern for the environment and animals, and their discouragement and outrage at how little the masses of society care about these concerns, it is harder to understand what they thought they were accomplishing with their violent attacks.

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  • Becoming What You Abhor: The Lesson Learned from "The Family"
    While it is easy for most of us to empathize with their concern for the environment and animals, and their discouragement and outrage at how little the masses of society care about these concerns, it is harder to understand what they thought they were accomplishing with their violent attacks.

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  • "For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth." (Col. 1:16)
    Many leaders of the Evangelical movement came together this week to stand up for the environment. Though not all evangelicals agree with their stance, the leaders cited Bible verses for the change in their position, and are urging government, businesses and individuals to cut emissions to combat global warming.

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  • "For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth." (Col. 1:16)
    Many leaders of the Evangelical movement came together this week to stand up for the environment. Though not all evangelicals agree with their stance, the leaders cited Bible verses for the change in their position, and are urging government, businesses and individuals to cut emissions to combat global warming.

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  • "For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth." (Col. 1:16)
    Many leaders of the Evangelical movement came together this week to stand up for the environment. Though not all evangelicals agree with their stance, the leaders cited Bible verses for the change in their position, and are urging government, businesses and individuals to cut emissions to combat global warming.

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  • Reefer Roomie does not care about my head.
    It was clear my head was last.

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  • I'm an Eco-Groovy Republican
    A lot of it was based on bad science - there were the "hippie liberal" marine biologists who believed any sneeze hurt the environment. So they went into overkill - attempting to ban almost everything. People panicked, afraid they'd lose their property rights, which created a building boom. Within a few years, we went from having the lowest rate of growth in the state to having the HIGHEST.

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  • I'm an Eco-Groovy Republican
    A lot of it was based on bad science - there were the "hippie liberal" marine biologists who believed any sneeze hurt the environment. So they went into overkill - attempting to ban almost everything. People panicked, afraid they'd lose their property rights, which created a building boom. Within a few years, we went from having the lowest rate of growth in the state to having the HIGHEST.

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  • I'm an Eco-Groovy Republican
    A lot of it was based on bad science - there were the "hippie liberal" marine biologists who believed any sneeze hurt the environment. So they went into overkill - attempting to ban almost everything. People panicked, afraid they'd lose their property rights, which created a building boom. Within a few years, we went from having the lowest rate of growth in the state to having the HIGHEST.

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  • Pearl Jam Selects Bonneville Environmental Foundation for Renewable Energy Programs
    The band's initiative is the latest demonstration of its commitment to solve global warming and provide information to music fans worldwide about what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.

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  • Pearl Jam Selects Bonneville Environmental Foundation for Renewable Energy Programs
    The band's initiative is the latest demonstration of its commitment to solve global warming and provide information to music fans worldwide about what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.

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  • Pearl Jam Selects Bonneville Environmental Foundation for Renewable Energy Programs
    The band's initiative is the latest demonstration of its commitment to solve global warming and provide information to music fans worldwide about what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.

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  • Sub Pop Goes Green with Bonneville Environmental Foundation
    Sub Pop Records, the music label that has given rise to bands ranging from Nirvana to The Shins, announced today that it has purchased enough Green-e certified Green Tags, also known as renewable energy credits, from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation

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  • Sub Pop Goes Green with Bonneville Environmental Foundation
    Sub Pop Records, the music label that has given rise to bands ranging from Nirvana to The Shins, announced today that it has purchased enough Green-e certified Green Tags, also known as renewable energy credits, from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation

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  • Baby Gray Whale "Thank You" Campaign
    Despite NRDC's stunning victory in 2000 that stopped Mitsubishi from industrializing the lagoon with the world's largest saltworks, San Ignacio Lagoon is still vulnerable to plans for oil and gas drilling ...massive high-rise hotels and resort marinas ...and ocean-bound ship traffic.

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  • Baby Gray Whale "Thank You" Campaign
    Despite NRDC's stunning victory in 2000 that stopped Mitsubishi from industrializing the lagoon with the world's largest saltworks, San Ignacio Lagoon is still vulnerable to plans for oil and gas drilling ...massive high-rise hotels and resort marinas ...and ocean-bound ship traffic.

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  • Baby Gray Whale "Thank You" Campaign
    Despite NRDC's stunning victory in 2000 that stopped Mitsubishi from industrializing the lagoon with the world's largest saltworks, San Ignacio Lagoon is still vulnerable to plans for oil and gas drilling ...massive high-rise hotels and resort marinas ...and ocean-bound ship traffic.

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  • NDRC Kicks Off Fight to Protect Gray Wolves
    The Bush Administration has just issued a disastrous "License to Kill" plan that could trigger the extermination of half the gray wolves in Wyoming and Idaho, starting as early as October -- unless we stop it now.

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  • NDRC Kicks Off Fight to Protect Gray Wolves
    The Bush Administration has just issued a disastrous "License to Kill" plan that could trigger the extermination of half the gray wolves in Wyoming and Idaho, starting as early as October -- unless we stop it now.

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  • NDRC Kicks Off Fight to Protect Gray Wolves
    The Bush Administration has just issued a disastrous "License to Kill" plan that could trigger the extermination of half the gray wolves in Wyoming and Idaho, starting as early as October -- unless we stop it now.

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  • Tell Congress to say "No" to huge subsidies for the coal industry
    As several energy bills make their way through Congress, the coal industry is pushing for huge subsidies and mandates to transform millions of tons of coal into transportation fuels. The process to make this "liquid coal" is an expensive, inefficient one that produces large amounts of global warming pollution and precludes it from being a sound option to reduce America's dependence on oil.

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  • Tell Congress to say "No" to huge subsidies for the coal industry
    As several energy bills make their way through Congress, the coal industry is pushing for huge subsidies and mandates to transform millions of tons of coal into transportation fuels. The process to make this "liquid coal" is an expensive, inefficient one that produces large amounts of global warming pollution and precludes it from being a sound option to reduce America's dependence on oil.

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  • Protect Utah's White River Wilderness
    The Bush administration is poised to approve a plan for 60 new gas wells -- and a maze of roads and pipelines -- in the spectacular White River wilderness in northeastern Utah. We need your immediate online action to block this attack. The deadline to register your opposition to this destructive proposal is Monday!

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  • Protect Utah's White River Wilderness
    The Bush administration is poised to approve a plan for 60 new gas wells -- and a maze of roads and pipelines -- in the spectacular White River wilderness in northeastern Utah. We need your immediate online action to block this attack. The deadline to register your opposition to this destructive proposal is Monday!

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  • Help block Power Plant on Navajo Lands
    Please speak out now against plans for a dirty, coal-fired power plant in New Mexico that would release mercury and other toxic contaminants into the environment, pollute waterways and threaten human health.

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  • Help Save Alaska's Tongass National Forest
    Alaska's senior senator, Ted Stevens, is now working feverishly behind closed doors to make sure that this long-overdue legislation never sees the light of day. And he's drafting his own, underhanded, amendment to restrict sharply the public's ability to halt wasteful and devastating Tongass logging in court.

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  • Help Save Alaska's Tongass National Forest
    Alaska's senior senator, Ted Stevens, is now working feverishly behind closed doors to make sure that this long-overdue legislation never sees the light of day. And he's drafting his own, underhanded, amendment to restrict sharply the public's ability to halt wasteful and devastating Tongass logging in court.

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  • Help Save Alaska's Tongass National Forest
    Alaska's senior senator, Ted Stevens, is now working feverishly behind closed doors to make sure that this long-overdue legislation never sees the light of day. And he's drafting his own, underhanded, amendment to restrict sharply the public's ability to halt wasteful and devastating Tongass logging in court.

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  • Global Warming, Has Congress Flunked Out?
    So we've got a little homework assignment for YOU. Dust off your keyboard and remove those cobwebs from your dictionary. Let's keep global warming front and center. Congress needs to understand that, "We, the People" want strong leadership and solutions.

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  • Help block drilling in Colorado wildlife refuge
    The Baca refuge is an important calving ground for deer and elk and provides a natural sanctuary to threatened or endangered wildlife, including the bald eagle, greater sandhill crane and mountain plover. World-class archeological sites dating back some 11,500 years have been found nearby.

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  • Conscious Alliance & Bioneers Present The Rebel Alliance Jam
    Conscious Alliance is proud to present Rebel Alliance VIII on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at the Boulder Theater. For this eighth event in the Conscious Alliance benefit concert series, Michael Kang (The String Cheese Incident), Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams and The WMD’S), and Chris Berry & Panjea will perform with guests to be announced for one very special evening of music.

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  • Conscious Alliance & Bioneers Present The Rebel Alliance Jam
    Conscious Alliance is proud to present Rebel Alliance VIII on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at the Boulder Theater. For this eighth event in the Conscious Alliance benefit concert series, Michael Kang (The String Cheese Incident), Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams and The WMD’S), and Chris Berry & Panjea will perform with guests to be announced for one very special evening of music.

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  • Conscious Alliance & Bioneers Present The Rebel Alliance Jam
    Conscious Alliance is proud to present Rebel Alliance VIII on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at the Boulder Theater. For this eighth event in the Conscious Alliance benefit concert series, Michael Kang (The String Cheese Incident), Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams and The WMD’S), and Chris Berry & Panjea will perform with guests to be announced for one very special evening of music.

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  • Has Toyota No Shame?
    The same car company that put the world's best-selling hybrid on the road is now asking Congress to drive America's energy future into a brick wall. Toyota has sold more than one million Prius hybrids to environmentally conscious consumers who want to do the right thing for our planet. But, incredibly, the company is now forsaking us by opposing the first improvement in U.S. fuel economy standards in nearly 20 years!

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  • Has Toyota No Shame?
    The same car company that put the world's best-selling hybrid on the road is now asking Congress to drive America's energy future into a brick wall. Toyota has sold more than one million Prius hybrids to environmentally conscious consumers who want to do the right thing for our planet. But, incredibly, the company is now forsaking us by opposing the first improvement in U.S. fuel economy standards in nearly 20 years!

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  • Has Toyota No Shame?
    The same car company that put the world's best-selling hybrid on the road is now asking Congress to drive America's energy future into a brick wall. Toyota has sold more than one million Prius hybrids to environmentally conscious consumers who want to do the right thing for our planet. But, incredibly, the company is now forsaking us by opposing the first improvement in U.S. fuel economy standards in nearly 20 years!

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  • Big vote coming on clean energy bill. Make your voice heard.
    An army of auto industry lobbyists is swarming over Capitol Hill. Their mission? To strangle a clean energy bill in the cradle -- before you and I can enjoy better gas mileage and more renewable energy. Your senators and representative need to hear from constituents like you right now -- BEFORE that bill hits the floor for the decisive vote.

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  • Big vote coming on clean energy bill. Make your voice heard.
    An army of auto industry lobbyists is swarming over Capitol Hill. Their mission? To strangle a clean energy bill in the cradle -- before you and I can enjoy better gas mileage and more renewable energy. Your senators and representative need to hear from constituents like you right now -- BEFORE that bill hits the floor for the decisive vote.

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  • Help Protect Arctic Breeding Ground
    Eight-seven percent of the northeastern portion of the Western Arctic Reserve has already been handed over to the oil industry. Nevertheless, the Bush administration announced a plan two years ago to lease every last acre of the fragile Teshekpuk Lake area -- defying more than 200,000 citizen comments, warnings from biologists and wildlife managers and objections from Alaska Natives on the North Slope.

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  • Help Protect Arctic Breeding Ground
    Eight-seven percent of the northeastern portion of the Western Arctic Reserve has already been handed over to the oil industry. Nevertheless, the Bush administration announced a plan two years ago to lease every last acre of the fragile Teshekpuk Lake area -- defying more than 200,000 citizen comments, warnings from biologists and wildlife managers and objections from Alaska Natives on the North Slope.

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  • Tell Congress to reject loan guarantees for the nuclear industry
    The Senate energy bill passed earlier this year includes a highly objectionable provision sought by the nuclear power industry that seeks to provide taxpayer guarantees of repayment on a potential $50-$100 billion in loans to finance the construction of new nuclear power plants. The proposed "loan guarantees" would protect future investors in the debt obligations of new plants (which can cost $3-5 billion apiece) by ensuring that federal taxpayers would repay the loans if the new nuclear power projects go bust, as many of them did 25 years ago during the first big wave of nuclear reactor construction.

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  • Tell Congress to reject loan guarantees for the nuclear industry
    The Senate energy bill passed earlier this year includes a highly objectionable provision sought by the nuclear power industry that seeks to provide taxpayer guarantees of repayment on a potential $50-$100 billion in loans to finance the construction of new nuclear power plants. The proposed "loan guarantees" would protect future investors in the debt obligations of new plants (which can cost $3-5 billion apiece) by ensuring that federal taxpayers would repay the loans if the new nuclear power projects go bust, as many of them did 25 years ago during the first big wave of nuclear reactor construction.

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  • Stop Mining Companies from Destroying Valleys & Streams
    The Office of Surface Mining is proposing changes to its stream buffer zone rule, first adopted in 1983, that would make it easier for mining companies to bury natural streams and valleys under piles and ponds of mining waste. The changes would relax environmental standards for the same mountaintop removal mining operations that, even under the stricter existing buffer rule, have flattened over a half-million acres and buried hundreds of miles of streams. The headwater streams threatened by the rule changes provide valuable habitat and feed larger waters that provide drinking water, fishing and other recreational opportunities.

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  • Stop Mining Companies from Destroying Valleys & Streams
    The Office of Surface Mining is proposing changes to its stream buffer zone rule, first adopted in 1983, that would make it easier for mining companies to bury natural streams and valleys under piles and ponds of mining waste. The changes would relax environmental standards for the same mountaintop removal mining operations that, even under the stricter existing buffer rule, have flattened over a half-million acres and buried hundreds of miles of streams. The headwater streams threatened by the rule changes provide valuable habitat and feed larger waters that provide drinking water, fishing and other recreational opportunities.

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  • Critical Vote on Clean Energy...Make your voice heard!
    Next week, the full House of Representatives will vote on an energy bill that will boost the fuel efficiency of new cars for the first time in decades. Then the Senate will cast its vote. -- Send your members of Congress an email message in support of clean energy right now:

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  • Critical Vote on Clean Energy...Make your voice heard!
    Next week, the full House of Representatives will vote on an energy bill that will boost the fuel efficiency of new cars for the first time in decades. Then the Senate will cast its vote. -- Send your members of Congress an email message in support of clean energy right now:

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  • Help Stop Mining Pollution in Wild Idaho Forest
    The Bush administration is poised to approve the expansion of a polluting phosphate mine in southeast Idaho that would seriously jeopardize some of the state's most renowned wildlife and trout streams. The Smoky Canyon Mine is already listed as a Superfund site for releasing hazardous amounts of toxic selenium into the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. With no cleanup effort underway, we need your urgent action to protect the extraordinary wildlife and pristine forests of this region from a renewed onslaught of pollution.

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  • Help Stop Mining Pollution in Wild Idaho Forest
    The Bush administration is poised to approve the expansion of a polluting phosphate mine in southeast Idaho that would seriously jeopardize some of the state's most renowned wildlife and trout streams. The Smoky Canyon Mine is already listed as a Superfund site for releasing hazardous amounts of toxic selenium into the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. With no cleanup effort underway, we need your urgent action to protect the extraordinary wildlife and pristine forests of this region from a renewed onslaught of pollution.

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  • Help Protect the Polar Bears!
    Any day now, the Bush Administration will make its final decision about whether to protect the bear and its critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act. No matter what the Administration decides, NRDC must be ready to fight a major legal battle...

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  • Help Protect the Polar Bears!
    Any day now, the Bush Administration will make its final decision about whether to protect the bear and its critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act. No matter what the Administration decides, NRDC must be ready to fight a major legal battle...

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  • Help block drilling in a Colorado wildlife refuge
    The Baca refuge is an important calving ground for deer and elk and provides a natural sanctuary for imperiled wildlife, including the ferruginous hawk, the threatened burrowing owl, the greater and lesser sandhill crane and the Rio Grande sucker, an endangered fish. Over 4,000 elk depend on the area for critical winter habitat and calving grounds to shelter newborns.

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  • Help block drilling in a Colorado wildlife refuge
    The Baca refuge is an important calving ground for deer and elk and provides a natural sanctuary for imperiled wildlife, including the ferruginous hawk, the threatened burrowing owl, the greater and lesser sandhill crane and the Rio Grande sucker, an endangered fish. Over 4,000 elk depend on the area for critical winter habitat and calving grounds to shelter newborns.

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  • Help block drilling in a Colorado wildlife refuge
    The Baca refuge is an important calving ground for deer and elk and provides a natural sanctuary for imperiled wildlife, including the ferruginous hawk, the threatened burrowing owl, the greater and lesser sandhill crane and the Rio Grande sucker, an endangered fish. Over 4,000 elk depend on the area for critical winter habitat and calving grounds to shelter newborns.

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  • Help Block Dirty Fuels in Western Wildlands
    The Bush administration wants to sacrifice some of the wildest regions of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to produce fuel from two of the most polluting sources: oil shale and tar sands. This proposed development -- spanning an area of more than two million acres of wildlife habitat and outstanding recreation areas across three states -- could pollute air and water, jeopardize human health and dramatically worsen global warming.

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  • Help Block Dirty Fuels in Western Wildlands
    The Bush administration wants to sacrifice some of the wildest regions of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to produce fuel from two of the most polluting sources: oil shale and tar sands. This proposed development -- spanning an area of more than two million acres of wildlife habitat and outstanding recreation areas across three states -- could pollute air and water, jeopardize human health and dramatically worsen global warming.

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  • Gov Ritter Announces Incentives for Woody Biomass Projects
    “Using Colorado’s large woody biomass supplies is a clean way to produce heat while addressing problems associated with beetle kill and using waste products from fire mitigation efforts,” Gov. Ritter said. “By offering financial and technical assistance to projects that use community produced wood chips or manufactured pellets, we are helping our communities participate in the New Energy Economy while addressing forest health issues and promoting local economic development. The long-term benefits are greater energy security, environmental security and economic security for our communities and our state.”

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  • Gov Ritter Announces Incentives for Woody Biomass Projects
    “Using Colorado’s large woody biomass supplies is a clean way to produce heat while addressing problems associated with beetle kill and using waste products from fire mitigation efforts,” Gov. Ritter said. “By offering financial and technical assistance to projects that use community produced wood chips or manufactured pellets, we are helping our communities participate in the New Energy Economy while addressing forest health issues and promoting local economic development. The long-term benefits are greater energy security, environmental security and economic security for our communities and our state.”

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  • New Year's Eve Show Marcus Goldhaber W/The Jon Davis Trio
    When Marcus was growing up, every night after dinner his mother would call him over to the piano to teach him a new song. She had no great plan to train him professionally, she only wanted him to know this music and have it a part of his life. She would always say, “This is a great one for you to know.”

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  • This Weekend At Cornelia Street Cafe (NYC)
    Michael Formanek may have one of the most diverse biographies in contemporary improvised music. At first glance his list of musical affiliations is both intriguing and confusing. Spanning nearly twenty three years he has played and/or recorded with Tim Berne, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Chet Baker, Tony Williams, Gerry Mulligan, Kevin Mahogany, Fred Hersch, Marimolin, Dave Liebman, Uri Caine, Joe Henderson, Mark Isham, James Emery, Bob Mintzer, Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Big Band, Terumasa Hino, Cedar Walton, Attila Zoller, Eddie Daniels, George Coleman, Franco Ambrosetti, Jane Ira Bloom, Ted Rosenthal, Bob Moses, Daniel Schnyder, and Gunther Schuller.

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  • This Weekend At Cornelia Street Cafe (NYC)
    Michael Formanek may have one of the most diverse biographies in contemporary improvised music. At first glance his list of musical affiliations is both intriguing and confusing. Spanning nearly twenty three years he has played and/or recorded with Tim Berne, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Chet Baker, Tony Williams, Gerry Mulligan, Kevin Mahogany, Fred Hersch, Marimolin, Dave Liebman, Uri Caine, Joe Henderson, Mark Isham, James Emery, Bob Mintzer, Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Big Band, Terumasa Hino, Cedar Walton, Attila Zoller, Eddie Daniels, George Coleman, Franco Ambrosetti, Jane Ira Bloom, Ted Rosenthal, Bob Moses, Daniel Schnyder, and Gunther Schuller.

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  • RIBS & BRISKET REVUE New Year's Eve at Cornelia Street
    Hard blowing, finger-snapping, klezmer-inflected jazz and wailing big city blues that suddenly slips into Yiddish; Shapiro tips his beret to Slim Gaillard with a couple of his tunes in praise of kosher cuisine, pours soul sauce and reggae beats over Jewish comedy songs and generally rips into things with just the right mix of irreverence and affection... Respect is due to John Zorn's Tzadik label for bringing this unique recording to the world. There really is no one else doing it quite like Shapiro!

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  • RIBS & BRISKET REVUE New Year's Eve at Cornelia Street
    Hard blowing, finger-snapping, klezmer-inflected jazz and wailing big city blues that suddenly slips into Yiddish; Shapiro tips his beret to Slim Gaillard with a couple of his tunes in praise of kosher cuisine, pours soul sauce and reggae beats over Jewish comedy songs and generally rips into things with just the right mix of irreverence and affection... Respect is due to John Zorn's Tzadik label for bringing this unique recording to the world. There really is no one else doing it quite like Shapiro!

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  • Marco Granados Winner Best Latin Jazz Flautist of 2008
    Marco Granados and Un Mundo Ensemble perform music from their homeland, Venezuela. Venezuelan music is characterized by fast melodies, complex syncopated rhythms, and jazzy harmonies that blend the traditions of African, European and native cultures with sense of sophistication that is truly unique. A lot of Un Mundo’s arrangements are virtuosic, giving the performers the opportunity to display mastery of their instruments. The different styles performed by the ensemble represent the typical forms most commonly enjoyed by the Venezuelan listener. These styles include: the Joropo, the Merengue, the Tonada, the Gaita, and the Valse (or Waltz).

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  • Marco Granados Winner Best Latin Jazz Flautist of 2008
    Marco Granados and Un Mundo Ensemble perform music from their homeland, Venezuela. Venezuelan music is characterized by fast melodies, complex syncopated rhythms, and jazzy harmonies that blend the traditions of African, European and native cultures with sense of sophistication that is truly unique. A lot of Un Mundo’s arrangements are virtuosic, giving the performers the opportunity to display mastery of their instruments. The different styles performed by the ensemble represent the typical forms most commonly enjoyed by the Venezuelan listener. These styles include: the Joropo, the Merengue, the Tonada, the Gaita, and the Valse (or Waltz).

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  • 12/29 & 12/30/97 on LivePhish Radio this Monday & Tuesday
    An early New Year's treat from LivePhish.com: starting at 2PM EST on Monday 12/29 and Tuesday 12/30, LivePhish.com will broadcast both 12/29/97 and 12/30/97, respectively, in their entirety on Live Phish Radio.

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  • 12/29 & 12/30/97 on LivePhish Radio this Monday & Tuesday
    An early New Year's treat from LivePhish.com: starting at 2PM EST on Monday 12/29 and Tuesday 12/30, LivePhish.com will broadcast both 12/29/97 and 12/30/97, respectively, in their entirety on Live Phish Radio.

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  • Tiësto named Mixmag's #1 DJ in 2008
    Tiësto is excited about topping off this fantastic year with this acknowledgement and says, "I am honored that Mixmag chose me as the number one DJ of 2008. I had an amazing year and would like to thank Mixmag and their readers for their support!"

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  • Tiësto named Mixmag's #1 DJ in 2008
    Tiësto is excited about topping off this fantastic year with this acknowledgement and says, "I am honored that Mixmag chose me as the number one DJ of 2008. I had an amazing year and would like to thank Mixmag and their readers for their support!"

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  • Mike Berkowitz & the Gene Krupa Band at Iridium for Gene's 100th Birthday
    Star drummer Gene Krupa and his Orchestra were the hottest of the hot stuff in the big band years. Fortunately Mike Berkowitz, an incredible drummer of today rescued the brilliant Krupa arrangements and put together a phenomenal aggregation of some of our New York Jazz world's swingingest musicians and Vocalist extraordinaire, Cassie Miller from L.A. Not just for nostalgia buffs and music historians, any real jazz lover has to be thrilled by the sounds made by this amazing 16-piece group. Scott Barbarino has booked them into the Iridium, the premiere Jazz room (on West 51 Street and Broadway) on Tuesday, January 13, which coincides with what would have been Gene Krupa's 100th birthday.

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  • Mike Berkowitz & the Gene Krupa Band at Iridium for Gene's 100th Birthday
    Star drummer Gene Krupa and his Orchestra were the hottest of the hot stuff in the big band years. Fortunately Mike Berkowitz, an incredible drummer of today rescued the brilliant Krupa arrangements and put together a phenomenal aggregation of some of our New York Jazz world's swingingest musicians and Vocalist extraordinaire, Cassie Miller from L.A. Not just for nostalgia buffs and music historians, any real jazz lover has to be thrilled by the sounds made by this amazing 16-piece group. Scott Barbarino has booked them into the Iridium, the premiere Jazz room (on West 51 Street and Broadway) on Tuesday, January 13, which coincides with what would have been Gene Krupa's 100th birthday.

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  • New Years Eve Party, Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turblence, & Pressure
    New Years Eve Party at 2b1 Multimedia Inc. 3075 17th Street, San Francisco, featuring: Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turbulence, Pressure and Winstrong.

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  • New Years Eve Party, Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turblence, & Pressure
    New Years Eve Party at 2b1 Multimedia Inc. 3075 17th Street, San Francisco, featuring: Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turbulence, Pressure and Winstrong.

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  • WU Years Eve Bash
    If you're looking for something to do New Year's Eve this year and you're in the neighborhood of Minneapolis, fall by The Boardroom at Trocaderos on Wednesday night for a four-band groove extravaganza on two stages, hosted by local music partiers The Big Wu.

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  • WU Years Eve Bash
    If you're looking for something to do New Year's Eve this year and you're in the neighborhood of Minneapolis, fall by The Boardroom at Trocaderos on Wednesday night for a four-band groove extravaganza on two stages, hosted by local music partiers The Big Wu.

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  • Toubab Krewe NYE in Denver + Winter Tour!
    Toubab Krewe is thrilled to be in Denver for NYE tonight at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. Special guest Rayna Gellert (Uncle Earl) joins the band for the run on fiddle.

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  • Toubab Krewe NYE in Denver + Winter Tour!
    Toubab Krewe is thrilled to be in Denver for NYE tonight at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. Special guest Rayna Gellert (Uncle Earl) joins the band for the run on fiddle.

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  • The Dead to Tour in 2009...
    The lineup for this edition of The Dead will be the same one that rocked the house at Penn State last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti (both veterans of the 2004 Dead "Wave That Flag" tour).

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  • The Dead to Tour in 2009...
    The lineup for this edition of The Dead will be the same one that rocked the house at Penn State last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti (both veterans of the 2004 Dead "Wave That Flag" tour).

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  • Jesse Elder Quintet live at the Blue Note Tonight
    Jesse is a NYC based jazz composer, pianist and band leader. He has performed at venues such as the Blue Note, Smalls, Minton's Playhouse, Fat Cat, Top of the Rock, the Jazz Standard, and Town Hall. Jesse graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy where he received a "Fine Arts Award in Jazz Performance" and went on to study on scholarship at Oberlin Conservatory and New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Jesse performs his original compositions with renowned jazz artists such as Nasheet Waits, Ben Street, Chris Cheek, Tyshawn Sorey, Logan Richardson, Gary Thomas and others.

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  • Jesse Elder Quintet live at the Blue Note Tonight
    Jesse is a NYC based jazz composer, pianist and band leader. He has performed at venues such as the Blue Note, Smalls, Minton's Playhouse, Fat Cat, Top of the Rock, the Jazz Standard, and Town Hall. Jesse graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy where he received a "Fine Arts Award in Jazz Performance" and went on to study on scholarship at Oberlin Conservatory and New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Jesse performs his original compositions with renowned jazz artists such as Nasheet Waits, Ben Street, Chris Cheek, Tyshawn Sorey, Logan Richardson, Gary Thomas and others.

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  • Turbine Rumbles in the Red Fish
    Rightmire’s harmonica is almost certainly the band’s most exciting feature. It functions like a mouth-operated synthesizer, electrified, and run through a huge board of pedals. At times it sounds like a DJ scratch kit, at others it sounds like something from outer space. Sometimes it sounds like a regular harmonica. Rightmire’s epic lung capacity allows him to jam out on the mouth harp with incredible longevity. Long after most people would have blacked out and fallen over, Rightmire keeps the notes flowing, rocking around like a man possessed. I felt lightheaded just watching.

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  • Turbine Rumbles in the Red Fish
    Rightmire’s harmonica is almost certainly the band’s most exciting feature. It functions like a mouth-operated synthesizer, electrified, and run through a huge board of pedals. At times it sounds like a DJ scratch kit, at others it sounds like something from outer space. Sometimes it sounds like a regular harmonica. Rightmire’s epic lung capacity allows him to jam out on the mouth harp with incredible longevity. Long after most people would have blacked out and fallen over, Rightmire keeps the notes flowing, rocking around like a man possessed. I felt lightheaded just watching.

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  • Attention Colorado: Umphrey’s is on the Way!
    Chicago’s favorite export is coming to Colorado, and I’m not talking about either crooked politicians or Da Bears. I’m talking about Umphrey’s McGee, who will be doing a four-night stint along the Front Range later this month, beginning at the Aggie in Fort Collins on the 22nd. From there, UM will be stopping at the Boulder Theater on the 23rd, with back to back gigs in Denver at the Fillmore and Cervantes on the 24th, and a show in Breckenridge on the 25th.

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  • Attention Colorado: Umphrey’s is on the Way!
    Chicago’s favorite export is coming to Colorado, and I’m not talking about either crooked politicians or Da Bears. I’m talking about Umphrey’s McGee, who will be doing a four-night stint along the Front Range later this month, beginning at the Aggie in Fort Collins on the 22nd. From there, UM will be stopping at the Boulder Theater on the 23rd, with back to back gigs in Denver at the Fillmore and Cervantes on the 24th, and a show in Breckenridge on the 25th.

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  • New Years Eve: Zeppelin Reborn as Rose Hill Drive
    The promise of hearing Zeppelin II was a deal-maker as well, the kind of rock and roll Rose Hill Drive does best. But when the band opened up with Trans Am, an original track off the band’s latest, Moon is the New Earth, the crowd didn’t know what to think. As it would turn out, the change up was so that the band wouldn’t have to pause in the middle of Zeppelin II to play Auld Lang Syne, release the balloons, and watch the happy couples make out on the dance floor. Good thing too, because once these guys got going, there was no stopping them.

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  • New Years Eve: Zeppelin Reborn as Rose Hill Drive
    The promise of hearing Zeppelin II was a deal-maker as well, the kind of rock and roll Rose Hill Drive does best. But when the band opened up with Trans Am, an original track off the band’s latest, Moon is the New Earth, the crowd didn’t know what to think. As it would turn out, the change up was so that the band wouldn’t have to pause in the middle of Zeppelin II to play Auld Lang Syne, release the balloons, and watch the happy couples make out on the dance floor. Good thing too, because once these guys got going, there was no stopping them.

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  • Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Announce New Lineup & Jan./Feb. Tour Dates
    Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey are very pleased to announce a revamped lineup for 2009. The odyssey continues with Brian Haas on keys, Josh Raymer on drums, and proudly introducing new members Chris Combs on guitar and lap steel and Matt Hayes on bass. The reconfigured band made its debut on New Year's Eve to an elated sold out crowd in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They'll make their next apperance this coming Saturday, January 10th in New York City as part of the 2009 Winter Jazzfest.

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  • Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Announce New Lineup & Jan./Feb. Tour Dates
    Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey are very pleased to announce a revamped lineup for 2009. The odyssey continues with Brian Haas on keys, Josh Raymer on drums, and proudly introducing new members Chris Combs on guitar and lap steel and Matt Hayes on bass. The reconfigured band made its debut on New Year's Eve to an elated sold out crowd in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They'll make their next apperance this coming Saturday, January 10th in New York City as part of the 2009 Winter Jazzfest.

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  • Jones Street Station Announce January Tour
    Jones Street Station make American music that is both contemporary and classic in character. Veterans of New York City's roots music community, they released their debut album Overcome (as The Jones Street Boys) on Smith Street Records in October 2007. They are currently finishing their second album to be released in mid-2009.

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  • Jones Street Station Announce January Tour
    Jones Street Station make American music that is both contemporary and classic in character. Veterans of New York City's roots music community, they released their debut album Overcome (as The Jones Street Boys) on Smith Street Records in October 2007. They are currently finishing their second album to be released in mid-2009.

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  • Switzerland Meets New York @ The Canal Room, NYC
    Beat Kaestli moved to New York from his native Switzerland, where he was awarded a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music and he received his Master Degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music. While honing his craft alongside luminaries such as Jane Monheit, Jason Moran and Stefon Harris, he immersed himself in Manhattan’s fiercely competitive music scene, and now appears in clubs such as The Blue Note, Birdland, The Bitter End, The Jazz Standard, The Stone and Sweet Rhythm, performing with jazz greats, like Esperanza Spalding, Clarence Penn, Joel Frahm and Victor Prieto.

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  • Switzerland Meets New York @ The Canal Room, NYC
    Beat Kaestli moved to New York from his native Switzerland, where he was awarded a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music and he received his Master Degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music. While honing his craft alongside luminaries such as Jane Monheit, Jason Moran and Stefon Harris, he immersed himself in Manhattan’s fiercely competitive music scene, and now appears in clubs such as The Blue Note, Birdland, The Bitter End, The Jazz Standard, The Stone and Sweet Rhythm, performing with jazz greats, like Esperanza Spalding, Clarence Penn, Joel Frahm and Victor Prieto.

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The Bush Administration is opening the back door to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by allowing Shell to start drilling off its spectacular coastline this month.

 

NRDC needs your immediate help to go to court, slam that door shut and throw away the key. Because if we don't, we'll be leaving the Arctic Refuge and its wildlife vulnerable to a disaster that could be more devastating than the Exxon Valdez.

 

Please make a donation to stop Shell by going here.

 

It would take just one oil spill on the icebound Beaufort Sea that borders the Arctic Refuge to create a long-term toxic waste site. That's because the oil industry has no proven method for cleaning up oil in icy water!

 

Shell is planning to start its exploratory drilling within weeks. We need your immediate support to wage and win this federal case in defense of the Arctic Refuge and the wildlife that depend on it for survival.

 

You can help to stop Shell by clicking here.

 

A worst-case spill in the Beaufort Sea sends shivers down the spine of anyone who knows the appalling record of toxic spills by Big Oil in the Arctic.

 

And make no mistake: an oil spill off the coast of the Arctic Refuge is all but assured. The Bush Administration's own experts have predicted that drilling in the Beaufort will lead to at least one oil spill.

 

That spill would likely spread into the migratory routes of the endangered bowhead whale...blanket the shores of the Arctic Refuge where polar bears give birth...and impact hundreds of thousands of migratory birds.

 

The death toll of oil-soaked and poisoned whales, seals, polar bears and shore birds would be unimaginable.

 

There's still time to stop this disaster in the making, but NRDC is going to need your most generous support right away.

 

With your financial help, we can win this case -- because the Administration's approval of Shell's drilling is a brazen violation of our country's environmental laws.

 

Please stand with NDRC right now in defense of the Arctic Refuge.

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