Sundance’s The True History of the Traveling Wilburys cobbles together home movies and concert footage to tell the tale of the world’s greatest supergroup. Like the band’s brief career, this flick doesn’t last long enough - it’s only 25 minutes. Be sure to check the short film out before Sundance stops showing it.
Earlier this week we saw a page on the Grateful Dead’s website that we probably weren’t supposed to see. The post announced the release of Road Trips Volume 1, Number 3 featuring music from the Summer of 1971. Now they’ve taken down the post, and we can’t find any information on the release anywhere.
Luckily we saved what we saw that day, so we figured we’d share it with you. While we haven’t been thrilled with the first two Road Trip releases, this next one looks pretty fucking rad. The collection is full of tunes from previously uncirculated master tapes from the summer of ’71 that turned up unexpectedly. So they probably couldn’t even release the full shows if they wanted to, unlike Road Trips 1 and 2.
READ ON for the full text from the since removed post on Dead.net, which explains why this marvelous mish-mash of unreleased gems looks so damn good…
If you’re looking for a complete overload of golf/rockstar metaphors, check out the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s article about hitting the links with Widespread Panic’s John Bell. While registration is required for the article you can view a slide show of photos from JB’s round of golf without having to turn over your personal information. [Hat Tip to Rook]
[Photo by Rich Addicks for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
Prince’s rabid team of lawyers may have been overly zealous when they took down videos of the purple one performing Radiohead’s Creep at Coachella. Thom Yorke would like to remind Prince that Radiohead owns the right to that one. Unblock that shit, my man.
Now that everyone and his brother has heard My Morning Jacket’s Evil Urges, we can turn our attention to the long-awaited new album from that other band we can’t stop fluffing: Apollo Sunshine. The boys from Boston will release the CD of Shall Noise Upon on September 2, but you’ll be able to purchase the album digitally on August 5. We can’t wait to hear what they came up with, and hopefully they’ll get back on the road for an extended jaunt over the next few months after a long layoff. Bring it, fellas.
Since getting back together with the E Street Band in the late ’90s The Boss has kept busy with his backing band churning out some great albums and epic concerts. While NJ’s favorite sons are about announce the final leg of their Magic tour, which is rumored to include a five night stand at Madison Square Garden, many are speculating this could be the last run for the band.
If seeing a rousing three-hour plus Springsteen show isn’t for you, then maybe one of these recently announced tours will be…
How about a fest that comes to your city? The Fuck Yeah Tour will feature the likes of Matt & Kim, Dan Deacon, Circle Jerks and more (begins: 06/17)
Finally. the festival announcements have come to a considerable halt over the last few weeks; but the initial line up for the inaugural Jackson Hole Music Festival caught our attention when it was revealed the other day. Among the handful of bands that were announced to appear alongside the Black Crowes, Medeski, Martin & Wood and Kaki King are old Uncle Tupelo band mates Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar with their current bands.
It’s no surprise the two acts will appear on different nights, since there is no love lost between those two. I’m sure there are people out there who are crossing their fingers that the two might kiss and make up and play some tunes together, but I wouldn’t hold your breath on that one. Good looking festival, though.
iClips is at it again! Last weekend they webcasted three full days of Summer Camp performances (with minimal technical difficulties) and starting now, they move about 900 miles to the east to broadcast Mountain Jam live from Hunter Mountain.
If you’re anything like me, you’ll be creating a personal multimedia presentation combining the likes of live music and playoff sports starting tonight.
Earlier this week, I watched the new HBO movie “Recount.” The movie tells the story of the 2000 presidential election and the debacle that occurred in the great state of Florida. It’s a great depiction and even though it did have it’s obvious democratic leanings, it stuck to the story pretty well.
This week we also saw the release of former Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s tell-all book entitled “What Happened” which apparently highly criticizes the Bush Administration and their actions with everything from the war in Iraq to the handling of Hurricane Katrina.
The movie, along with the news of McClellan’s criticisms on our current administration got me thinking - what if Al Gore had won the presidency in 2000? Well, for one, he certainly wouldn’t be living in Nashville…
“No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.” - Al Gore
READ ON for more about what Gore and Bush accomplished since 2000…
I always viewed We Are the World as America’s crappier, soft batch answer to the UK’s far more awesomer and - let’s face facts here, people - BETTER famine-ending tune, Do They Know It’s Christmas…until now.
What changed my mind, you ask? Well the song was just in the hands of the wrong people. See, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and Bruce Springsteen are nice and all, but what We Are The World REALLY needed was for it to be performed by Asians who are dressed up to look like Jacko, The Boss, et. al. Complete with truly alarming makeup jobs:
In just a few short hours Mountain Jam kicks off what should be the first rain-free festival in the history of the event. (Jinx!) If you can’t make it up to Hunter Mountain you can still join in on the fun in one of three ways: Sirius will be simulcasting a performance each night, Rich Lieberman will be blogging live from the site and iClips will be broadcasting most of the sets starting at 12:45 this afternoon.
Let’s take another gander at the stories not big enough for a whole post, but you need to check out anyways since it’s Friday and you ain’t got shit to do:
“If you don’t have a ticket, you ain’t getting in tonight,” proclaimed the burly bouncer at the door of the sold out Bowery Ballroom last Saturday night.
Starting the evening off was the white-faced-but-naked-to-the-waist, duo of the Awesome New Republic. With their indie cover versions of Thriller and Eye of the Tiger, they held the crowd’s attention as they waited for the New Deal to appear. Finally with the lights going low Darren Shearer appeared on the stage and announced, “Thanks everyone for coming out tonight, you always make this place feel like home” and you knew something was about to go down.
For the first time since December ‘06, Darren, Jamie Shields, and Dan Kurtz put aside their other projects and returned to the Bowery stage with their original livetronica sound. With quick hand gestures, subtle eye movements, and an uncanny ability to improv, The New Deal weaved the jams through a handful of songs and teases during their two sets. The crowd responded with yells of encouragement, fist pumping, and grinding to the beat, while shaking the dance floor and bar below.
READ ON for more of Jeremy’s review and photos from the Bowery Ballroom…
