From the monthly archives:

July 2006

Realtime Rockygrass

July 28, 2006

I’ve been really impressed at the online representation that this summer’s music festivals have been receiving. If you want to get some (semi) realtime reports/reviews of Rockygrass, point your browser at festivalpreviewblog.blogspot.com/ who also did a wonderful job of covering Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Greyfox Bluegrass Festival. Rockygrass starts today and goes thru Sunday and [...]

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Vegoose 2006 Myspace Giveaway

July 27, 2006

So the runnaway hit new fall concert festival Vegoose will announce the 2006 lineup on August 2. This year’s Vegoose will take place on October 27-31 at the Sam Boyd stadium in Las Vegas, NV. Of all the new festivals that popped up last year I think Vegoose was the most interesting. The organizers of [...]

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Featured In Wired

July 25, 2006

Well I’m still a shade tree blogger but I just attained some geek bragging rights as I’m featured in the August issue of Wired Magazine! The issue is a “how to” guide featuring Steven Colbert. I was approached by wired to be their myspace “expert consultant” as a result of a really popular blog I’ve [...]

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Tom Petty Highway Companion

July 21, 2006

I’m streaming the new Tom Petty solo album Highway Companion on Rhapsody. So far I have to say it rocks just like everything Petty touches. Highway Companion has a more honest, less radio friendly appeal to it not unlike his record Echo which is one of my favorites despite the fact that it was relatively [...]

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RIP Syd Barrett

July 11, 2006

Thanks for pioneering Pink Floyd’s sound. I know that most people said goodbye to you many years ago, but I’m saying goodbye today! (news link here)

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Pete Wernick

July 11, 2006

One of my favorite bluegrass acts is Hotrize! They were so imensely talented and funny. Every second of their show was completely entertaining and fun. Hotrize is where I first heard the sounds of banjo virtuoso Pete Wernick (a.k.a. Dr Banjo. It seems like I keep hearing all sorts of things about Pete Wernick lately. [...]

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Stream New Thom Yorke Album The Eraser

July 6, 2006

Good news for Radiohead fans, you can listen to the new solo album from Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke entitled The Eraser which will be released next week. Stream it on NME.com right now!

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Phish Live In Brooklyn

July 6, 2006

The highly anticipated live 3 CD, 2 DVD release Live In Brooklyn is set to hit stores July 11! This looks like an incredible live Phish experience. The release is so big that Phish has decided to give their fans a special screening in movie theatres across the country on July 10 (see listings here).  [...]

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David Crosby 1970 Session Outtakes

July 6, 2006

Aquarium Drunkard has posted the outtakes from the David Crosby album If I Could Only Remember My Name. Not sure where he gets these things but he sure does deliver the goods! Here’s an excerpt from the post where you can grab the mp3s: “One of my favorite LP’s from the early ’70s is David [...]

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Todd Snider The Devil You Know

July 3, 2006

I just bought Todd Snider‘s new album The Devil You Know from iTunes. Its one of those infectious albums that grows on you the more you listen to it and eventually makes it into the daily rotation. The Devil You Know is full of foot stomping melodies and hilariously insightful lyrics. In my opinion the [...]

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