TW Classic 2005
Later on, Novastar with front man Joost Zweegers, one of my favorite bands, was performing. This band is really loved. On national level (Belgium), it has been rewarded with three awards earlier this year: Best singer for Joost Zweegers, Best band for Novastar, and Best CD for “another lonely soul”.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Cosmic Dust Devils (December 2001)
    Cosmic Dust Devils

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  • Purple Buddah (November 2001)
    Purple Buddah

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  • Aaron Souder's Early Fiction Attempts: Institutionalized
    Ford stood up and walked from the room, explaining to the orderly that Rick had tried to kill him and was wallowing in a fit of blubbering insanity. He should be locked up permanently for his own good, he explained. That man is never to speak another word.

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  • BiRD MaN Part II
    Everyone is singing Everyone but you Till it needs the high note That’s when you come through

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  • Porchlight Prophecies Book Two, Chapter 1: The Errant Spider and the Army of the Immense Fabric
    "It is only because I've known you since the cocoon that I now allow you to live," Mothoriah said sternly. "But you can no longer be in my service. From now on, you are exiled from the Immense Fabric."

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  • Brazilian Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro
    Brazilians are indeed very happy and friendly people, who like to party like there’s no tomorrow, and who, for the most part, have a very positive and spontaneous way about them, finding pleasure in simple things, and enjoying life regardless of what their social and financial situation might be…Therefore, If you ever feel like experiencing Brazil and getting to understand a little bit about its people, I recommend you drop by for Carnaval sometime. You can be a participant, or just choose to watch as a spectator..either way I’m sure the contagious energy of those passionate and exciting people will blow you away, and make you want to go back again…

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  • Brazilian Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro
    Brazilians are indeed very happy and friendly people, who like to party like there’s no tomorrow, and who, for the most part, have a very positive and spontaneous way about them, finding pleasure in simple things, and enjoying life regardless of what their social and financial situation might be…Therefore, If you ever feel like experiencing Brazil and getting to understand a little bit about its people, I recommend you drop by for Carnaval sometime. You can be a participant, or just choose to watch as a spectator..either way I’m sure the contagious energy of those passionate and exciting people will blow you away, and make you want to go back again…

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  • Brazilian Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro
    Brazilians are indeed very happy and friendly people, who like to party like there’s no tomorrow, and who, for the most part, have a very positive and spontaneous way about them, finding pleasure in simple things, and enjoying life regardless of what their social and financial situation might be…Therefore, If you ever feel like experiencing Brazil and getting to understand a little bit about its people, I recommend you drop by for Carnaval sometime. You can be a participant, or just choose to watch as a spectator..either way I’m sure the contagious energy of those passionate and exciting people will blow you away, and make you want to go back again…

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  • The Porchlight Prophecies Book II, Chapter 2: Burial Grounds of the Curdled Sky
    "Yes, my good spider, but you've only seven legs. I shall thrash you accordingly." The spider guffawed and locked his spinnerets to the sky for the dangled parry.

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  • Porchlight Prophecies: Book II, Chapter 3: Flicker Flutter Flux
    somehow the beating, beating, fleeting of wings relaxed Mothinian. Delighted. Inebriated. Ensconced in the celebration. No longer the ruler of fear. His jovial mind began to unwind and meet his wife's worry with cheer.

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  • “12-12 The Concert”
    Belgium is no exception as regards taking initiatives to collect money for South-East Asia, which has been hit by a tsunami on December 26 last year. At the end of February this year, I was present at a concert in Antwerp (Sportpaleis): “12-12 The Concert”. It was called that way since in Belgium people can deposit money at bank account “000-0000012-12” to support South-East Asia.

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  • “12-12 The Concert”
    Belgium is no exception as regards taking initiatives to collect money for South-East Asia, which has been hit by a tsunami on December 26 last year. At the end of February this year, I was present at a concert in Antwerp (Sportpaleis): “12-12 The Concert”. It was called that way since in Belgium people can deposit money at bank account “000-0000012-12” to support South-East Asia.

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  • “12-12 The Concert”
    Belgium is no exception as regards taking initiatives to collect money for South-East Asia, which has been hit by a tsunami on December 26 last year. At the end of February this year, I was present at a concert in Antwerp (Sportpaleis): “12-12 The Concert”. It was called that way since in Belgium people can deposit money at bank account “000-0000012-12” to support South-East Asia.

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  • Those Fears for Which We Yearn
    “I’m playing with your fears,” he said, rolling a bullet between his fingers.

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  • Dustin Smith's Porchlight Prophecies Book II, Chapter 4
    "The Great Being calls it a room. I understand this not. It is not our place to question him. We are in his favor. We continue to keep things the way they are."

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  • BiRDMaN Part III
    In a blackness Shelly hears herself being held, feels the vibration of Cloud instructing the men from his chest, the bite of the November Columbia County night on her exposed cheek. She thinks of Francisco, what he would think if he saw her now, muted, in the arms of this local dick.

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  • Porchlight Prophecies, Book II Chapter 5: The Messiah of Silverfish
    "How do you know I won't eat you once I've freed you from this webbing?" Octavian asked. The silverfish waved his antennae weakly. His tail fins curled underneath him. His head sunk as he dropped into a lucid trance. "Not all is as it appears, Emperor," he said, his voice a low reed instrument, which seemed to force air though him.

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  • Porchlight Prophecies, Book II Chapter 5: The Messiah of Silverfish
    "How do you know I won't eat you once I've freed you from this webbing?" Octavian asked. The silverfish waved his antennae weakly. His tail fins curled underneath him. His head sunk as he dropped into a lucid trance. "Not all is as it appears, Emperor," he said, his voice a low reed instrument, which seemed to force air though him.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review
    Pearl S. Buck lived from 1892 until 1973. She grew up in China, where she lived and worked for 38 years. The Good Earth was her second book she wrote, which was published for the first time in 1931. It was the best-selling book in 1931 and 1932, won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1938, Buck won the Nobel Prize in literature. She was the first American women to do so. She wrote more than 70 books, revealing social and political abuses of pre-communistic China.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review
    Pearl S. Buck lived from 1892 until 1973. She grew up in China, where she lived and worked for 38 years. The Good Earth was her second book she wrote, which was published for the first time in 1931. It was the best-selling book in 1931 and 1932, won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1938, Buck won the Nobel Prize in literature. She was the first American women to do so. She wrote more than 70 books, revealing social and political abuses of pre-communistic China.

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  • FBI 10 Most Wanted Song
    Can we find these animals if we set them to lyrics?

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review 'The Crimson Petal and the White'
    The story takes place in London in 1875. The main character in this book is Sugar, a nineteen year old prostitute who wants to do something else with her life. One of her customers is William Rackham, an ambitious perfume manufacturer, who will offer her the life she wants.

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  • John Paul II
    Everybody who stayed on earth the last couple of weeks (I think most of you did), Christian or no Christian, does know pope John Paul II deceased. Although it is the second time a pope dies since I’m alive, it is the first time I experienced it consciously. That is why I want to write something about it, even though I am not a real Christian.

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  • Porchlight Prophecies Book Two, Chapter 6: Sailing the Sea of Fuzz
    The wind carried a constant rhythm cavorting between chaos and nothingness. But the raft Octavian had constructed of walking stick carcasses held sturdy. Within the calm waves of brown fuzz, the spider had plenty of time to repair the damage sustained by the gales that blew from the various metal gratings near the coasts and the curdled sky.

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  • Ahoy my lad: Pirates Target Floating Programmer Barges
    As crafty IBM and other businesspeople plan offshore 'programming barges' to steal work from America, Pirates make their plans....

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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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  • BiRDMaN Part IV
    "Fig, what are you doing here?" "The blood sampling. Never seen anything like it.... I'd like more. Why did a big man like you bring a shotgun?" Pheel's Police hat is unable to catch all the heavy drops, and water collects on his face, jumping off his lips as he speaks.

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  • Tai Chi: Not Just For Old People
    I am only 5’ 2’’ and if I am attacked by anyone I want to know how to defend myself. The moves Tai Chi shows is to back off and use someone else’s strength or “chi” against them.

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  • Tai Chi: Not Just For Old People
    I am only 5’ 2’’ and if I am attacked by anyone I want to know how to defend myself. The moves Tai Chi shows is to back off and use someone else’s strength or “chi” against them.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review "Ten Little Indians"
    Agatha Christie lived from 1890 until 1976. She is known as the Queen of Crime. More than 5OO million copies of her books were sold all over the world. She wrote novels, short stories, and plays. Famous fictional “creations” of her are Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review - 'Ironman op zoek naar een nieuwe uitdaging'
    Marc Herremans, also known as Mad Max, is born on December 19 in 1973 in Merksem, Belgium-Flanders. He is a well-known triathlon athlete, who unfortunately became disabled after a dramatic fall during one of his training sessions in Lanzarote 2002.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review - 'Ironman op zoek naar een nieuwe uitdaging'
    Marc Herremans, also known as Mad Max, is born on December 19 in 1973 in Merksem, Belgium-Flanders. He is a well-known triathlon athlete, who unfortunately became disabled after a dramatic fall during one of his training sessions in Lanzarote 2002.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review - 'Ironman op zoek naar een nieuwe uitdaging'
    Marc Herremans, also known as Mad Max, is born on December 19 in 1973 in Merksem, Belgium-Flanders. He is a well-known triathlon athlete, who unfortunately became disabled after a dramatic fall during one of his training sessions in Lanzarote 2002.

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  • Porchlight Prophecies: Book III "The Ivory Basins of the Quintlight", Chapter 1
    "Swell story, you lazy bum, but it still doesn't change the fact that I'm doing all of the sailing. And on an empty digestive track, I might add."

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  • The Man Who Hates People, by Aaron Souders
    Impatient people are impatient because they know they suck and they can't wait to die. They are in a hurry to die because they know it will make me happy.

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  • The Porchlight Prophecies
    Book Three: The Ivory Basins of the Quintlight

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review - 'Comédia Infantil'
    Mankell is born in 1948 in Stockholm. He spent his youth in the Northern part of Sweden (Harjedalen). In 1972, he went to Africa for the first time, which influences his work later on. At age 20, he wrote his first play “The Amusement Park”, and at age 24, his first novel “The Stone Blaster”.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review - 'Comédia Infantil'
    Mankell is born in 1948 in Stockholm. He spent his youth in the Northern part of Sweden (Harjedalen). In 1972, he went to Africa for the first time, which influences his work later on. At age 20, he wrote his first play “The Amusement Park”, and at age 24, his first novel “The Stone Blaster”.

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  • Maho Bay
    Maho began as a handful of tent cottages, and over the last twenty-nine years has grown into one of the world’s greatest examples of sustainable building. Unfortunately, the land that Maho occupies is leased and there is a strong incentive economically to develop the land. Now hear this: the lease expires January 31, 2012, and Maho could very well lose out to the principles that it does not hold itself up to and could one day become a mega-resort. If you plan on going to Maho, GO NOW.

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  • Maho Bay
    Maho began as a handful of tent cottages, and over the last twenty-nine years has grown into one of the world’s greatest examples of sustainable building. Unfortunately, the land that Maho occupies is leased and there is a strong incentive economically to develop the land. Now hear this: the lease expires January 31, 2012, and Maho could very well lose out to the principles that it does not hold itself up to and could one day become a mega-resort. If you plan on going to Maho, GO NOW.

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  • Maho Bay
    Maho began as a handful of tent cottages, and over the last twenty-nine years has grown into one of the world’s greatest examples of sustainable building. Unfortunately, the land that Maho occupies is leased and there is a strong incentive economically to develop the land. Now hear this: the lease expires January 31, 2012, and Maho could very well lose out to the principles that it does not hold itself up to and could one day become a mega-resort. If you plan on going to Maho, GO NOW.

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  • Grateful Web Book Review - 'Child Of The Jungle'
    Sabine Kuegler, daughter of a German couple, is born in Nepal in 1972. She has one sister, Judith, and one brother, Christian. Her father is a linguist; her mother a missionary. When Sabine is five years old, the whole family moves to West Papua (Indonesia) to live with the Fayu, a violent tribe which even today lives as if it were the Stone Age.

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  • The Sweet and Innocent Essay
    When I was a kid, this is what I did: I’d lie under the trees and watch the yellow bees, Dreaming of what I like: a bright red dirt bike.

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review 'The Rice Mother'
    "My uncle said, My heart is my bamboo, and if I treat it kindly and listen for its song, the highest, biggest nest will surely be mine." —Lakshmi, The Rice Mother

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  • Grateful Web Book Club & Review 'The Rice Mother'
    "My uncle said, My heart is my bamboo, and if I treat it kindly and listen for its song, the highest, biggest nest will surely be mine." —Lakshmi, The Rice Mother

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  • UHHHHHHH! A White Man's Experience
    I tried to crawl out after the second round, but the Priest pushed gently on my shoulder, saying, “This isn’t hurting you. Your life is growing. Stay.” Seated again, I gasped for fresh-air coming in through the door and calmed myself. Eleven more stones were added, the door closed, and water poured onto the freshly “smudged” pile of rocks.

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  • Burning Man Festival 2005
    Back to life, back to reality. It’s always like that after a vacation, but coming home after a week at Burning Man is a wee bit different. I returned to my 9-5 job to wiggle my way through the inevitable question “where did you go on your vacation?”. To some it was “a roadtrip with my girlfriends”, to others “camping in the desert”, and to a few I would admit my real destination, only to be asked “what’s Bernie man?”.

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  • Burning Man Festival 2005
    Back to life, back to reality. It’s always like that after a vacation, but coming home after a week at Burning Man is a wee bit different. I returned to my 9-5 job to wiggle my way through the inevitable question “where did you go on your vacation?”. To some it was “a roadtrip with my girlfriends”, to others “camping in the desert”, and to a few I would admit my real destination, only to be asked “what’s Bernie man?”.

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  • Burning Man Festival 2005
    Back to life, back to reality. It’s always like that after a vacation, but coming home after a week at Burning Man is a wee bit different. I returned to my 9-5 job to wiggle my way through the inevitable question “where did you go on your vacation?”. To some it was “a roadtrip with my girlfriends”, to others “camping in the desert”, and to a few I would admit my real destination, only to be asked “what’s Bernie man?”.

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  • Honesty Files: Enlisting
    I am not trying to discourage anyone from joining the military. I hope that those who read this will be better equipped when they do face the recruiter. Its no secret that the military is desperate for folks to join right now. If this is your calling, please pursue it, but be mindful of what you are promised. I hope that one day the military will relax their standards so people in my situation can join of free conscious.

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  • Honesty Files: Enlisting
    I am not trying to discourage anyone from joining the military. I hope that those who read this will be better equipped when they do face the recruiter. Its no secret that the military is desperate for folks to join right now. If this is your calling, please pursue it, but be mindful of what you are promised. I hope that one day the military will relax their standards so people in my situation can join of free conscious.

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  • Honesty Files: Enlisting
    I am not trying to discourage anyone from joining the military. I hope that those who read this will be better equipped when they do face the recruiter. Its no secret that the military is desperate for folks to join right now. If this is your calling, please pursue it, but be mindful of what you are promised. I hope that one day the military will relax their standards so people in my situation can join of free conscious.

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  • I Believe
    On my personal journey I've come to the conclusion that what is most important is to be continually open to whatever lessons life has to offer, to respond thoughtfully and compassionately, and to have an open heart. Everything else seems superfluous. Because much of what I did or did not do in my younger years was either for the reward of Heaven or to avoid the consequence of Hell, my actions were for appearances' sake and little else. I feel that I'm now living and striving to live a more actualized, genuine, spiritual life.

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  • I Believe
    On my personal journey I've come to the conclusion that what is most important is to be continually open to whatever lessons life has to offer, to respond thoughtfully and compassionately, and to have an open heart. Everything else seems superfluous. Because much of what I did or did not do in my younger years was either for the reward of Heaven or to avoid the consequence of Hell, my actions were for appearances' sake and little else. I feel that I'm now living and striving to live a more actualized, genuine, spiritual life.

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  • Restless Leg
    This condition inspires blank looks from some of the best physicians I have ever had.

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  • CUT UP HEAT
    Poems by Emily Crocker (series 1)

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  • CUT UP HEAT
    Poems by Emily Crocker (series 1)

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  • The Connecticut Theory
    During the winter of 1973 Connecticut’s railway stations were shut down along with the highways and bridges. It rained all day and when the sun set, everything froze. Parking lots mirrored images, passengers sat stuck in train cars commuting back from New York, trucks in ditches off the sides of the road. -- Emily Crocker

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  • The Connecticut Theory
    During the winter of 1973 Connecticut’s railway stations were shut down along with the highways and bridges. It rained all day and when the sun set, everything froze. Parking lots mirrored images, passengers sat stuck in train cars commuting back from New York, trucks in ditches off the sides of the road. -- Emily Crocker

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  • NOVEMBER 3RD, 2004
    A suburban nation can be defined as a population of beings lying within commuting distance of a central urbanality. Usually, but not always, suburbs are the aloof wanderers economically and culturally outside the limits of central cities; usually, but not always, they are the unconquerable labyrinths of the cities potentiality.

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  • Pass your drug test and get to work!
    The lab made me empty my pockets and wash my hands, then handed me a cup and pointed me to the "pee" room. I simply emptied the concentrated synthetic urine into the cup and added the warm water from the device into the cup as well and gave it a good shake. When I brought the sample back to the technician, she checked the temperature and marked on the sheet that it was within normal range.

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  • Pass your drug test and get to work!
    The lab made me empty my pockets and wash my hands, then handed me a cup and pointed me to the "pee" room. I simply emptied the concentrated synthetic urine into the cup and added the warm water from the device into the cup as well and gave it a good shake. When I brought the sample back to the technician, she checked the temperature and marked on the sheet that it was within normal range.

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  • from CADENCE
    8am. The subways are moving still, now weighted down by commuters, my bodies pressed hard up against the closing doors. Back at the office a transactions has been made and he appears in computers memory, a glitch in the space. He talks about his time, but at that time I am still caught in the body march, still in a tunnel underground walking from the L train to the uptown local train under sixth avenue. I’m not sure what now he speaks of or how slow the conversion is, where the M34 is in relation to Penn Station.

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  • from CADENCE
    8am. The subways are moving still, now weighted down by commuters, my bodies pressed hard up against the closing doors. Back at the office a transactions has been made and he appears in computers memory, a glitch in the space. He talks about his time, but at that time I am still caught in the body march, still in a tunnel underground walking from the L train to the uptown local train under sixth avenue. I’m not sure what now he speaks of or how slow the conversion is, where the M34 is in relation to Penn Station.

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  • The Pope
    I am the chosen one...the Pope

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  • The Pope
    I am the chosen one...the Pope

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  • Fallings
    At the same time he is in a poorly light bar with blue plastic chairs that swivel and large wooden statues hanging on the wall as if on a pirate ship or the insides of a miniature golf course at the New Jersey shore.

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  • American Apparel: Really American
    The roads from design to merchandising for each store could not be farther apart. While the Gap and other clothing companies contract their manufacturing to factories around the world, American Apparel lives up to its name by manufacturing all of its clothing in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • American Apparel: Really American
    The roads from design to merchandising for each store could not be farther apart. While the Gap and other clothing companies contract their manufacturing to factories around the world, American Apparel lives up to its name by manufacturing all of its clothing in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • American Apparel: Really American
    The roads from design to merchandising for each store could not be farther apart. While the Gap and other clothing companies contract their manufacturing to factories around the world, American Apparel lives up to its name by manufacturing all of its clothing in Los Angeles, Calif.

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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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This year, my “summer festival season” started with TW Classic, which can be seen as the precursor of Rock Werchter, which takes place in the same area one week later. On the agenda this year: Gabriel Rios, Brian Wilson, Novastar, Arno, Duran Duran, and Lenny Kravitz. As you can see, a mixture of Belgian and foreign bands.

 

We arrived too late in Werchter to see Gabriel Rios, but since he is playing at almost all Belgian festivals this year, and he is not one of my favorites, I did not really mind. The concert of Brian Wilson, ex-member of the Beach Boys, was pure nostalgia. One noticeable thing of this performance was the amount of people on stage: a mixture of young and older people. Nice to see! Perhaps, the music they brought was not the kind of music you would expect at a festival, but it was a great warm-up for the rest of the day. Besides other great songs they, of course, played “good vibrations”.

 

Later on, Novastar with front man Joost Zweegers, one of my favorite bands, was performing. This band is really loved. On national level (Belgium), it has been rewarded with three awards earlier this year: Best singer for Joost Zweegers, Best band for Novastar, and Best CD for “another lonely soul”. This band is really great live! They always have a great time on stage, and this can be felt in the audience as well. They played a mixture of old and recent songs which was a good choice: e.g. “caramia”, “the best is yet to come”, “never back down”, etc.

 

The next artiste was the very well-known (although in Belgium) Arno. With his raucous voice, he sings bilingual songs (French and English). Arno does not only play music when on stage: he also makes jokes now and then, and tries to get contact with his audience, in which he always succeeds. Famous songs of this great musician are: “oh la la la”, “ratata”, “les filles du bord de mer”, “putain putain”, etc.

 

The last group but one of the day was Duran Duran. For me (and some of my friends), this was a big disappointment. I really did not enjoyed this concert. I expected more of it I guess. Everybody was waiting for “the reflex” but unfortunately they did not play it, even though the audience was asking for it…

 

Last but not least was Lenny Kravitz, who I really love (remember my column on Rock Werchter 2004?). It was really great to see him again (it was my third time). He played at least one song of every CD he ever gave out: e.g. “minister of rock ‘n roll”, “fields of joy”, “stand by my woman”, “let love rule”, … and of course “are you gonna go my way”. As usual, there was a terrific light show, and his outfit was really great as well. It was great to see him back! I’m sure I will enjoy the memory of this festival for a long time!

 

Kelly, European Editor

 

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