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I couldn’t possibly sum up Radiohead’s NYE webcast any better than Ace did last week, so let’s review what he had to say about Scotch Mist:
Clay Aiken-Yorke and the rest of the Radiohead fellers put in a solid 52 minutes of work on New Year’s Eve, webcasting a dynamic (mostly) studio performance that showed off how the material off In Rainbows may sound live. And after one listen, I’m ready to throw down the poundage to see them wherever they play in these United States. Give it a whirl yourself on the big screen, thanks to a DVD formatted copy of the webcast being torrented at Dime A Dozen.
Man, that’s just mesmerizing stuff, and I’ve never even been a huge Radiohead fan. Faust Arp in a field? Thom Yorke’s 15 Steps gyrations? Awesome shit. At this point, I believe anyone who didn’t think In Rainbows was the album of the year is either deaf or lying, or a lying deaf person, like that time Marlee Matlin said she’d “definitely call me” when leaving my apartment that one marvelous night.
Garcia fans got a special treat when Bruce Hornsby sat in with the Jerry Garcia Band at Hampton in 1991. Hornsby’s ragtime sass mixed in well with the band, which makes me wonder why he didn’t play with the JGB more often. Jerry and Bruce tore through a slew of classics including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, How Sweet It Is and I Second That Emotion.
Grainy video of this unique gig circulated over the past few years, but just recently a crispy, must-download copy surfaced. If Jerry’s voice and playing on Shining Star doesn’t bring you to your knees, you just might have no soul. Other highlights include a raucous He Ain’t Give You None and a passionate My Sisters and Brothers. Not only is the video on this new edition incredible, the audio source sound terrific as well. Hopefully this is just the beginning of more JGB footage leaking from the private collections of the numerous GD videotapers from the early ’90s.
Here are five other DVDs worth downloading and burning:
- Bonnie Raitt with Junior Wells and Buddy Guy 12/17/1974
- Pink Floyd Compilation 1969-1972
- Gov’t Mule 12/31/1999
- Phish 12/30/1994
- Miles Davis Quintet 11/07/1967
Have you downloaded any good DVD bootlegs lately? Let us know, and be sure to ask away in the comments if you have any questions about how to burn these files onto a blank DVD. We’re happy to help.
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Great heads up on these shows and vids, Scotty, especially the Talking Heads one — I’ve actually seen it before but never knew where to find it. It’s not awesome, but it’s SO awesome.
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Ah, that legendary CBGB sound. Great stuff, though. I tell you what, she ain’t no beauty, but I’d like to have groused Tina Weymouth’s aisles. Ahhhh, love them female musicians…wait, am I still typing?