Ricky Gervais' Desert Island Discs

If I had to be stuck on a desert island with someone, I'd certainly consider Ricky Gervais. The Office is one of the most brilliant shows ever and Extras is also high quality funny stuff. Now, if Ricky brought his Desert Island Disc and we had Hugo's everlasting CD player, I may have to bury Ricky's cd in the sand after a few weeks and ask him to tell me more stories. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of most of the artists he included, but I would have to forgo love songs when stuck on a desert island with Ricky Gervais. But then again, that wasn't part of the rules when he made his list, and hell, perhaps we'd find love.... I think I'm getting off track.

He just released a podcast where he gives a good interview listing his Desert Island Disc songs, talks about growing up in Reading, UK, and his journey to current stardom. His humility and loathing of celebrity culture is admirable.

Evidently the songs were not cleared so the interview lacks some of the punch it should. Fear not. BTreotch loves mixes so much that I put them together to see how'd they jive.

http://www.mediafire.com/?6mnbntwnzuo

If You See Her Say Hello - Bob Dylan
Lilywhite - Cat Stevens
Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols
After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
Bones - Radiohead
Letter to Hermione - David Bowie
Galveston - Jimmy Webb
You Were Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson

and the interview

Greyboy All-Stars NYE

Photo by Todd Radunsky

This is how I spent my New Year's Eve- funkin' it up with Greyboy. I don't have the setlist for this show. And I really don't have much of a review of this show- other than it was a fun funky party - I was gettin' down. All I know is that sometime after midnight Karl sings about chitlin's.
Greyboy All-Stars 12/31/07 Ogden Theater, Denver CO
***bastardized to MP3 by the joker for your downloading pleasure***

Greyboy has a few shows this weekend, if you are around check them out and dance with a southern belle:

Thurs, January 31 - Birmingham - WORKPLAY THEATRE
Fri, February 1 - New Orleans - TIPITINA'S
**Watch the Tipitina's WebCast at 10pm CT**
Sat Feb 2 Oxford, MS - PROUD LARRY'S

Ween 1/24/08 Toad's Place - Richmond, VA

Ween January 24th, 2008 - Toad's Place - Richmond, VA
Taped and transferred by Todd (titotito at gmail)
*Bastardized to MP3*

Set 1/Disc 1:
01. The HIV Song
02. Golden Eel
03. Stallion 3
04. Piss up a Rope
05. Bananas and Blow
06. Learning love
07. Voodoo lady
08. Your Party
09. Take me away
10. Gabrielle
11. Even if You Dont
12. Pandy
13. Buckingham Green
14. Spinal Meningitis
15. Bare Hands
16. Baby Bitch

Set 1/Disc 2:
01. Final Alarm
02. Object
03. Touch My Tooter
04. Don't Get to Close
05. Woman and Man
06. The Mollusk
07. Ocean Man
08. Fat Lenny
09. Dr. Rock
Encore:
10. Fiesta
11. Big Jilm
12. Sorry Charlie
13. Booze Me Up
14. Fluffy
DOWNLOAD (mp3)

Up in Summit County, CO they have some wonderful local radio stations. I heard "Best Time at Your Party" for the first time a few weeks ago - I did not realize that it was a Ween song. When you don't know that a song is a Ween song it puts things in a different context...I kept on thinking "is this for real? this is awful." My buddy Pat does a great "serious" version of this song...now that we know it is a Ween song we kind of like it. Anyway, check out some live Ween...

It Came from 2007- The Mixes

I found these mixes on the web last week and I have been listening to them non-stop. I know BTreotch loves them too as I am beating him to posting this. I wish that I could take credit for them - I cannot - a guy with a really good ear named Justin G. put them together. Here is what he has to say about them:

"This is my end-of-year summary mix of songs released in 2007 that I always make for my friends. I try to make sure all the song volumes are roughly the same and each track starts and ends smoothly. These are 256kbps mp3 files tagged properly for iTunes with album art already embedded."

I think they are brilliant. Each disc has its own vibe and flows easily. I have been listening a lot to disc 2 lately which seems to be the funk disc. I like all of them- I have been turned on to some new music as a result. Check them out!
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It Came From 2007 - Disc One
http://www.mediafire.com/?7x9fgrbdrxm
http://www.mediafire.com/?dxry5yynbxx

01. This Is For The Better Days - The Bees
02. Same Jeans - The View
03. High Watermark - Amfibian
04. Bird Problems - Limbeck
05. Cash In - Little Barrie
06. Down In The Valley - The Broken West
07. Stop The Bus - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
08. Summer In The City - Vietnam
09. Yolanda Hayes - Fountains Of Wayne
10. Blips/Bleeps - Bear Colony
11. Wild Mountain Nation - Blitzen Trapper
12. Fans - Kings Of Leon
13. The Underdog - Spoon
14. Mahna, Mahna - Cake
15. You're Alright - Jeremy
16. Creaks - The Panics
17. The General Specific - Band Of Horses
18. Alaska - Dr. Dog
19. The Mesopotamians - They Might Be Giants

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It Came From 2007 - Disc Two
http://www.mediafire.com/?3yyjbyzbdl9
http://www.mediafire.com/?e11gglmwhf1

01. War Hero - Antibalas
02. Happy - The Bamboos
03. Sniffin' And Snatchin' - The Soul Snatchers
04. At The Speakeasy - Flow Dynamics
05. Swamped - Floratone
06. Mr. Z - James Taylor's 4th Dimension
07. 102% - The New Mastersounds
08. Chicago Falcon - The Budos Band
09. Four Flights Up - Speedometer
10. Speakers Built In - Charlie Hunter Trio
11. Supercharged - Down To The Bone
12. Melodious Wayfarer - The Quantic Soul Orchestra
13. Olivia - Trey Anastasio
14. Do It Right - The Sweet Vandals
15. Be Easy - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
16. Tuesday Night Sleuth - Cookin' On 3 Burners
17. Birdy Nam Nam - Tim Wood

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It Came From 2007 - Disc Three
http://www.mediafire.com/?85jxszkizdg
http://www.mediafire.com/?epwydepnzny
01. Ed Is A Portal - Akron/Family
02. Wierd - Menomena
03. Hot Little - John Medeski & Billy Martin
04. Das Spiegel - The Chemical Brothers
05. Satan Said Dance - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
06. Kid On My Shoulders - White Rabbits
07. Fa-Fa-Fa - Datarock
08. Us Vs. Them - LCD Soundsystem
09. Atlas - Battles
10. Decreasing Daylight - Arts The Beatdoctor
11. Bad Is As Bad Does - The Earlies
12. After Hours - Caribou
13. Bend Over Beethoven - !!! (Chk Chk Chk)

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It Came From 2007 - Disc Four
http://www.mediafire.com/?5kxrsaoes2y
http://www.mediafire.com/?0y5qzz2mjig

01. Here But Never Home - Shannon Whitworth
02. Heart Full Of Holes - Mark Knopfler
03. Don't You Wish It Was True - John Fogerty
04. Please Read The Letter - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
05. Roll On Arte - The Felice Brothers
06. Oh Lonesome Me - Southern Culture On The Skids
07. Society - Eddie Vedder
08. Changing Colours - Great Lake Swimmers
09. What Light - Wilco
10. Shame - The Avett Brothers
11. Brown Water - Timothy Doc/The Mellow Flame
12. Hope - Rush
13. Talk Straight - The Old Ceremony
14. Late Morning Lullaby - Brandi Carlile
15. Gospel Plow - The Hackensaw Boys
16. Back To Earth - Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
17. Last Of The Hobo Kings - Mary Gauthier
18. Kingdom Of Rain - Soulsavers

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It Came From 2007 - Disc Five
http://www.mediafire.com/?7e0dirwdrmx
http://www.mediafire.com/?bxm5rtzvmgy

01. Fake Empire - The National
02. Australia - The Shins
03. Red Microphones - The Comas
04. Dirty Town - Mother Mother
05. Unless It's Kicks - Okkervil River
06. Guns Of Navarone - Maritime
07. Missed The Boat - Modest Mouse
08. Summer's Life - The Shaky Hands
09. Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
10. Alien Christ - Cloud Cult
11. Saltbreakers - Laura Veirs
12. Room With A View - Imperial Teen
13. The Championship - The Polyphonic Spree
14. In The Mausoluem - Beirut
15. House By The Sea - Iron And Wine
16. Four Winds - Bright Eyes
17. Lover - Devendra Banhart
18. If There Was A Love - Thief
19. Lake Michigan - Rogue Wave
20. Bubble Of Magic - Life On Earth
21. Sunrise - Yeasayer

.........................Treyshoes..........................

How Red kicks it...

props to the original, unlabeled photo, I have no idea where it came from

Page McConnell in Colorado

I just got back from the X-Games in Aspen, CO, but I found some cool video of Page from this weekend in Boulder...2nd show was similar in Denver...


partial/incomplete set from Boulder Theater Big Easy Blowout 1/24/08:
Motherfunk
Do What you want to
Aint No Sunshine
Cissy Strut
Fire Water (Big Chief comes on stage)
Go to Mardi Gras
Meet the Boys
Liza Sane
Early in the Morning (Big Chief exits)
Like a Rolling Stone
Fire in The Garage
Light Up or Leave me alone
LoveLight
Hey Pockeyway
Not Fade Away
Hey Pokeyway
AikoAiko

Encore:
Super Jam w/ all of Euforquestra with out Page

Widespread Panic Spring Tour Dates

Apr 01 Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
Apr 04 New York, NY - United Palace
Apr 05 New York, NY - United Palace
Apr 06 Albany, NY - Palace Theatre
Apr 09 Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Arena
Apr 11 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
Apr 12 Chicago, IL - Auditorium
Apr 13 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
Apr 16 Murfreesboro, TN Murphy Center
Apr 18 Orange Beach, AL - The Wharf
Apr 19 Orange Beach, AL - The Wharf
Apr 20 Orange Beach, AL - The Wharf
Apr 22 Savannah, GA - Johnny Mercer Theatre
Apr 23 Savannah, GA - Johnny Mercer Theatre
Apr 25 Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Apr 26 Raleigh, NC - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Apr 29 Columbia, SC - Township Auditorium
May 01 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival -
Panic On Stage: 4:30pm
May 02 Houston, TX - Showgrounds @ Sam Houston
May 03 Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre

Jerry Garcia and John Kahn

Jerry Garcia and John Kahn
05/05/82
Oregon State Prison
Salem, OR

01. ...Deep Elem Blues
02. Friend of the Devil
03. Jack-A-Roe
04. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
05. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
06. Run for the Roses
07. Ripple
08. Been All Around This World
09. Valerie
10. Dire Wolf
-Encore-
11. Reuben and Cherise
DOWNLOAD

Trey Jailed for Two Days?

Lori W. discovered this article Anastasio Jailed for Missing Session. It appears that Trey missed a counseling session and had to spend two days in the slammer.

According to the article...

"Assistant District Attorney Tony Jordan told the Glens Falls Post-Star that Anastasio, who lives in Richmond, Vt., missed one counseling session and the violation didn't involve a drug test.

Sheriff Roger Leclaire said the musician's two days in jail were uneventful and he spent them in the general population."

And yeah, that's a recycled photo of Trey's original mugshot. I've seen it used on at least two PokerStars avatars.

Jorge Ben - A'frica Brasil (1976)

So, with these great radio and internet DJ spots Radiohead has been doing, Ed O'Brien (the less weird guitarist) has included infectious Jorge Ben songs that equal automatic ass shaking. It was great to hear. I was turned onto Jorge Ben - wiki tells me he changed it to Jorge Ben Jor to avoid royalty confusion with the American guitarist George Benson - when a friend dumped a whole bunch of music onto a DVD for me. A'frica Brasil was an instant stand out - excellent melting pot, polyrhythmic music that causes involuntary fist pumping. The guy has an epic catalog, he's been putting out almost an album a year for five decades.

Have a listen to A'frica Brasil here.

One fun note, check out the song Taj Mahal and see what other song comes to mind. I would always sing the lyrics to the famous tune along with the song with some repugnance, but it was just irresistible. Turns out some famous pseudo rocker who married up had to pay royalties to UNICEF for jacking the melody after Jorge Ben filed a plagiarism lawsuit.

JamBands.com fan site of the month

jambands.com is linking to us and Pauly wrote up a little piece about the evolution of this blog...check out the article. Thanks to the editors over there for the attention!

Pearl Jam - Denver '06

I was at these shows. They played with Tom Petty and blew him away. It was kinda weird seeing a show at an arena (Pepsi Center) during the summertime after getting used to going out to Red Rocks all the time and coming back from Bonnaroo a few weeks earlier. I remember that the music was good from Pearl Jam and I wanted them to play longer. I also remember that I drank too much and threw up at a friend's house in the middle of the night. Good times.

Denver, CO - 07/02/06 mp3 (w/artwork)
Set 1 World Wide Suicide, Severed Hand, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Given To Fly, Even Flow, Present Tense, Jeremy, Army Reserve, Daughter, Bee Girl, Corduroy, Better Man, Black
Encore: Comatose, Bu$hleaguer, Alive, So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star

Denver, CO - 07/03/06(m4a)
Long Road, World Wide Suicide, Severed Hand, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Insignificance, Unemployable, Even Flow, Gone, State Of Love And Trust, Down, Wasted Reprise, Better Man, Black, Corduroy
Encore: Come Back, Leash, Why Go, So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star

Upcoming music in Denver/Boulder STS9>>Big Easy Blowout

This weekend I am going to the X-Games in Aspen, Colorado. I am kind of music-ed out for right now because of the recent Bisco 4 night run, but I will be missing some great performances this weekend in Denver and Boulder. Here are the details:

Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Friday 1/25 and Saturday 1/26 at The Fillmore.
STS9 comes back to Colorado after their great New Year's Run. They always put on a good show at the Fillmore- I think it is one of their favorite places to play. To get ready, check out their show from 12/31/07.

At the same time as STS9 on Friday night Boulder, and I guess it could be considered an after-party for STS9 on Saturday though it is not officially, Page McConnell is bringing some Mardi Gras funk to the Boulder Theater and dirty Denver hippie mafia hangout Cervantes. It has been mentioned here before, but here are some more details:

Big Easy Blowout featuring Page McConnell of Phish
January 25 at Boulder Theatre - Boulder, CO - doors at 7:30PM - Tickets @ $25
Featuring: Page McConnell, Russell Batiste, Papa Mali, Reed Mathis and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

January 26 at Cervantes - Denver, CO - doors at 9:00PM - Tickets @ $25
Featuring: Page McConnell, Russell Batiste, Papa Mali, Reed Mathis and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

These shows will be totally different.

Boulder Theater will have Page on a full Grand Piano, will have New Orleans food being catored and a silent auction with festival tickets, Signed Pollock posters, and tons of other great gifts.

Cervantes Masterpiece show will have Page on a B3 Organ and they are going to have Hurricane drink specials, and tons of other huge surprises to help add to the party! This show will also not start until 11:45 and go into the wee hours of the morning.

* 100% of proceeds from this event will be going to The New Orleans Musicians Clinic and The Tipitina's foundation.

In addition, the "official" STS9 After Party is at the Gothic Theater on Sat night with STS9 doing a live PA set w/Richard Devine. And for those that didn't get enough Disco Biscuits last weekend, side project Conspirator will play Friday night post STS9 at Cervantes.

So if you are around, check it out. Should be a fund time in Denver/Boulder once again.

The Trucks - The Trucks (2006)

"What makes you think we can fuck just because you put your tongue in my mouth and you twisted my titties baby?"

Against a fat synth and a little break beat, such poetry leads off the second track from The Trucks self-titled album. An all female electro-punk rock quartet (myspace) hailing from Washington state that formed in 2003 made a really fun, unabashed album released by Clickpop records in 2006. Straddling a musical and lyrical border of ridiculous and heartfelt sincerity - they've got a style and approach that I've never heard. Half the time I want to dance, the other half I'm laughing too hard to dance.

"...you hate yourself so you try and hate me but you can't hate a girl who looks good dancing.."

"...so we say, you are in lucks we are the ladies of the trucks and we don't give a fucks when we trippin all you bucks.."

"...i didn't expect to find my tits against the wall and your monotone drone didn't phase me at all i was kinda dissappointed cause you promised me lunch but all i got was a diddle-bot donkey punch!..."

"...so you're wanting something traditional, well traditionally my love is conditional on whether or not you get down on your knees, why the fuck won't you go down on me?..."

A bunch of Radiohead links

Radiohead has been busy and I have found a lot of cool Radiohead links lately. Check it out:

Chris Thile - Morning Bell
Wow. A bluegrass interpretation of Radiohead. This is not hee-haw. This is badass.


Radiohead- Gagging Order (Acoustic Recordings)
Good Morning Mr. Magpie / You / There There / Fake Plastic Trees / Banana Co. / Blow Out / Scatterbrain / Go To Sleep / Subterreanean Homesick Alien / My Iron Lung / Knives Out / Karma Police / On the Beach / Creep / I Might Be Wrong / Follow Me Around/ Sail to the Moon/ Street Spirit [Fade Out] / Gagging Order / Everything in its Right Place


Radiohead- Jigsaw Falling Into Place [Import]
"2008 UK three track CD single hailed as one of the stand out songs
from their In Rainbows album. Features 'Jigsaw Falling Into Place'
plus two previously unreleased live recordings ['Down Is The New Up'
and 'Last Flowers'] performed by Thom Yorke in November 2005 for the
TV show From The Basement"


5-1-04 Indio, Ca (Coachella Music Festival)
There There / 2+2=5 / Lucky / Myxomatosis / My Iron Lung / Exit Music
(For A Film) / The Gloaming / Karma Police / Sail To The Moon / I
Might Be Wrong / Sit Down, Stand Up / No Surprises / The National
Anthem / Paranoid Android / Idioteque / Street Spirit (Fade Out) / You
And Whose Army? / Planet Telex / Creep / Everything In Its Right Place




Radiohead 2008-01-16 London Download

from www.ateaseweb.com:
What had to be an instore performance at London’s Rough Trade East record store, turned into a Radiohead gig at 93 Feet East, where the band played ‘In Rainbows’ in full.

The police made the band move to nearby venue 93 Feet East, which has a bigger capacity. But due to the move, Radiohead started over two hours later at 22:20 hrs (UK time) with ‘15 step’. Thom Yorke then probably realized what they got themselves into: ‘What a fucking day!’ and then the band played ‘Bodysnatchers’.

It looked liked the band were going to play ‘In Rainbows’ in full and so Thom already said: ‘Guess what’s next’… The band went on to play ‘Nude’, ‘Arpeggi’, ‘All I Need’, ‘Faust Arp’, ‘Reckoner’, ‘House Of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ and ended with ‘Videotape’.

Thom came back for the encore to play ‘Up On The Ladder’, after which the full band joined to play ‘You and Whose Army?’, ‘The National Anthem’, ‘My Iron Lung’ and closed the set with ‘The Bends’.

Radiohead @ BBC Radio1 01/17
Radiohead in for Zane Lowe, Broadcast: BBC Radio 1, SAT.
Download (1 track)
Tracklist:
1. MIA - Paper Planes - XL
2. The Bug - Poison Dart (South Rawkus remix) - Ninja Tune
3. Kings of Leon - Charmer - Sony
4. Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism - DGC
5. !!! - Heart Of Hearts - Warp
6. Modeselektor - The Dark Side Of The Sun - BPitch
7. Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina
Hottest Record In The World
8. Burial - Archangel - Hyperdub
9. Sugar Bear - Dont Scandalize Me - Solid State
10. Happy Mondays - Wrote For Luck - Factory
11. AFX - Crying In Your Face - DGC (01:00)
12. Bass Clef - Ballad of The Broken
13. XTC - Sgt Rock - Is Going To Help Me - Virgin
14. Holy F*** - Lovely Allen - Young Turks
15. Jorge Ben - Umba-bara-uma - Philips
16. Carl Craig - Demented - Laurent Garnier Edit - Planet E Jonny from the band on the phone
17. Tomas Anderson - Happy Happy - Bpitch
18. The Damned - New Rose - Stiff
19. Asian Dub Foundation - Naxalite - London
20. Iron And Wine - The Devil Never Sleeps - Sub Pop
21. Konono No1 - Lufuala Ndonga - Hyperdub
22. Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) - Warp

Bisco Colorado Run Wrap-Up: Denver and Vail

I am resting up today after 4 nights of Bisco and 1 day of skiing and playoff football. It was quite a run. Friday night The Disco Biscuits played Denver and Saturday night they played Vail.

The Denver show was probably my least favorite out of the 4 shows. I was bored the first set of the Denver show- I was excited to hear Voices Insane but thought that the jam out of it went nowhere. They played a couple of my favorite songs in the second set but I thought it lacked flow. I am usually very excited to hear M.E.M.P.H.I.S. (Making easy money, pimpin' ho's in style), but for some reason I thought the placement in the middle of the second set after the loud, fast & nasty Little Betty Boop> Above The Waves did not make any sense. People will disagree with me as some of my friends loved the Denver show, but I was not that into it.

01/18/08 Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
Perpetual Groove opened
Pnuma (PA set) at set break
Set I: 42> Voices Insane1> Astronomy Domine, Highwire> 42
Set II: Caterpillar> Shem-Rah Boo1> Little Betty Boop2> Above The Waves3, M.E.M.P.H.I.S.> Caterpillar
Encore: Shelby Rose

1 unfinished
2 inverted
3 ending only

When I woke up Saturday afternoon I did not want to go anywhere...three straight nights of music, partying and little sleep had worn on me. Somehow I rallied and drove up to meet the crew in Breckenridge and drive to the Vail show. The sound was better than I remembered from other shows at Dobson - it is a skating rink that had a floor and stage set up for the concert. The Vail show was probably my second favorite of the run (Boulder being my favorite). Many music nerds will want to talk about the 45+ minute version of I-Man in the second set. Bisco did not stop playing between songs at all both sets; the I-Man and Nughugffer together were over an hour in the second set. I had fun dancing to the jamming and segues at the show, it will be interesting to see if it holds up on tape.

01/19/08 Dobson Ice Arena, Vail, CO
Perpetual Groove opened
Pnuma (PA set) at set break
Set I: Reactor> Rainbow Song> Spacebirdmatingcall1> Digital Buddha2> Reactor
Set II: Jam> I-Man> Nughuffer2> Basis For A Day
Encore: Hope1> Wizards in Winter

1 unfinished
2 inverted

I could not get my camera into the Fillmore, but here is the video from Vail...

Phish Japan Videos - Prince Caspian

I was there. Phish in Japan in 2000. Some of the best Phish I had ever seen. This is an excerpt that was originally broadcast on Japanese TV.


Click here to view the Japan Phish video via RSS or Bloglines...

Boulder Theater renamed "Bisco Theater" - Colorado Run Night 2

The Disco Biscuits played at the Boulder Theater for the first time last night. As if to prove a point that they belonged there intead of the smaller Fox Theater, they played a fantastic high energy show. The first set was only 3 songs but it included some inspired jamming by all members. The second set energy of crowd yell-a-longs like Helicopters and coming back to Run Like Hell was fun. Allen Aucoin is proving to me that he is one of the best drummers on the scene these days. I was very impressed with his hi-hat fills and seamless transitions between kit and e-drums. Other drummers are funky; Allen is fast, precise, and he has the confidence now to drive the jams.

01/17/08 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
Set I: Run Like Hell> Crickets1> Spy2
Set II: Jam> Story Of The World> Helicopters> Save The Robots1> Story Of The World, Mindless Dribble> Run Like Hell
Encore: Abraxas> Helicopters

1 inverted
2 ending only

and of course, the video...

GROWN SO UGLY music blog and Mr. Michael Hurley

I came across this sweet music blog while searching for albums by the folk musician Michael Hurley (see pic above). They describe their site as such:

A home for musical gems from the past fifty years, decidedly biased in favor of acoustic instrumentation. From the easily accessible to the challenging listen, quality is the sole requirement for our sharity. We encourage community participation.

http://grown-so-ugly.blogspot.com

Last month, I didn't know squadush about Michael Hurley - just that he had a song on the Deadwood soundtrack. Interesting tidbits from wiki and his own website: he's 66, started making albums in 65', has 21 albums, both the Violent Femmes and Cat Power have covered his songs and he creates the quirky cover art for his albums. Have Moicy seems to be his most highly regarded album; I dunno, I'm still absorbing the few albums I've come across. The GROWN SO UGLY BLOG has quite a few blurbs about him and seems to be great at reposting any uploads they've done in the past. If you're down for some great, simple American folk music check it out (link to GROWN SO UGLY posts about Michael Hurley). Also, though free music is great when checking out new music, I've read at a few different places that when you purchase albums through his website, you (can) get autographed copies.

*P.S. Two comments that are too good not to include in this post:

saucy red said...

I don't know if you came across Have Moicy! yet in your quest for Mr. Hurley's music.

Here it is:
http://www.mediafire.com/?1urdonu1gho

It's ridiculously fun and upbeat nonesense!!!!

Anonymous said...

Michael Hurley is brilliant and crazy and a good friend of ours. For my money, his best record is "Long Journey," the original release that included "Hog of the Forsaken" (the song that ended two episodes of Deadwood). Have Moicy isn't a Hurley release proper (it also included a band made up of the Holy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Frederick--RIP) but does include some of his best work, including the Slurf Song ("oh a little wishbone, I make a wish for a po-ta-to..."). Enjoy!

Disco Biscuits Colorado Run: Night 1 - Ft. Collins

I had a great time last night at the Aggie Theater on a frigid night in Ft. Collins. Overall, I thought there was a lot of strong guitar playing from Barber. Bass and drums grooved all night, hardly ever stopping. Lots of jamming, it was the kind of show where I would often think "what song is this? did i lose my place?" I have been saying that when you see Bisco 4 nights in a row, one show will be an A+, one will be a C-, and two will be B/B+. I think we saw a B+ last night.

01/16/08 Aggie Theater, Fort Collins, CO
(9:35pm)Set I: Jigsaw Earth> And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night1> The Great Abyss> Astronaut2 (10:47pm)

(11:35)Set II: Morph Dusseldorf> Cyclone> Munchkin Invasion1 3> Morph Dusseldorf, Alter Ego4> dub jam> Jigsaw Earth (1am)
Encore: Rock Candy

1 inverted
2 ending only
3 with "The Thieving Magpie" tease
4 unfinished

and the video:

AC/DC Videos: Highway to Hell

Well, I'm down under in Melbourne, Australia covering the Aussie Millions poker tournament. I'm working with a bunch of Aussies and they all love AC/DC. I'm dedicating this post to those folks.


Click here to view the AC/DC video via RSS or Bloglines....

My Morning Jacket at Radio City Music Hall

My Morning Jacket announced that they will be performing (for the first time ever) at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The date? June 20th.

Pre=sale tickets go onsale this Friday. Click here for more details.

Jimmy asked that I pass this on to you...

...enjoy the link while it lasts. Widespread Panic - Free Somehow download.

Phish- Hoist Sessions

This is pretty much a mini-documentary of the recording of Hoist. Being the goofy people that Phish are, these scenes are hilarious. I especially love the recoring of Mike singing "Axilla" at the beginning of part 2. As a guitarist I also found it interesting to see Trey recording with different guitars. Check out the links:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Lotus on Jamcruise

The video is up of Lotus on Jam Cruise. Link
Sound and Video is great! All you have to do is reguster on iClips and you are set.

Grateful Dead Videos: Franklin's Tower 10-31-80

When I get confused... I listen to the music play.

The Dead played a Halloween show at Radio City Music Hall in NYC in 1980. Here's a glimpse of that night with a juicy and delicious Franklin's Tower.


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My Morning Jacket - NYE 12.31.06

The Joker clued me about this gem...

My Morning Jacket - 12.31.06 NYE at the Fillmore.

Here's the setlist:

MMJ 12.31.06 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

"Two Tone T-Bone" intro / One Big Holiday / What A Wonderful Man / The Way That He Sings / Gideon / Off The Record / It Beats 4 U / Lowdown / Lay Low / The Dark / Golden / Dondante / Run Thru / They Ran // New Year Countdown > Celebration (Kool and the Gang cover) / All Night Long (Lionel Richie cover) / Careless Whisper (George Michael cover) / I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Prince cover) / Cobra / Phone Went West / Honest Man / The Bear / Steam Engine / Wordless Chorus / Easy Morning Rebel / Dancefloors / Highway To Hell (AC/DC cover) / Anytime / Mahgeetah

Joker said that the sound quality is fantastic.

I happened to be at that show with my girlfriend, as we rang in the new year of 2007. Feel free to read my original recap... My Morning Jacket: New Year's at the Fillmore.

Also... the Joker mention these other bits of heady goodness...

MMJ - Z

MMJ live disc 2

Phish News: Page Plays Nola Benifit in Colo

Leo + Nola + Colo = Heady Goodness

Just caught this news blurb on Phish.com...

Page will perform as part of the "Big Easy Blowout: a Mardi Gras Benefit Celebration" on January 25 at the Boulder Theatre and January 26 at Cervantes in Denver. All proceeds from the events will benefit the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Tipitina's Foundation. In addition to Page, the musical lineup will feature Russell Batiste (Funky Meters, PBS), Papa Mali (Rhythm Council), Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians) and Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green, JFJO). The two shows will include Mardi Gras decor and activities including silent auctions, raffles, drink specials, food drive, New Orleans themed artwork and more. Euforquestra will support on both shows. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Boulder Theater and Cervantes online.

Hopefully we'll get the Joker to head up there and give us a show review!

A Little Welcoming BTreotch Mix:

Peoples:

Aloha. Thanks to Joker and Pauly for opening the door to the Coventry blog. I'd like to start off by posting this sweet mix - if you were a saucy red head with a nice rack and this was pre 1995, I'd put this on a tape, break off the tabs so you couldn't record over it, label with block print and ask you out to dinner and movie a week later. Hopefully we'd end up back at your place and you would still have the tape in your tape deck. You could play it - I wouldn't be embarrassed, it'd be sorta cute. I'd hope you weren't really thirteen, and that Afrobeat had a disrobing effect on you.

These songs - for one reason or another - left some mark that will always smell of 2007 for me (but not released in 07); it's poorly titled: '2007, but Not.'

http://www.mediafire.com/?7jsjgmzb24z

For those who like go the extra mile with their video Ipods, you can download album artwork here. If you'd like complete albums by some of these artists, let me know and I'll try to post them.

See this post for my official 'Best of 2007?' mix.

And, cheers from the cozy confines of Palmer Station, Anvers Island, Antarctica.

Jonny Greenwood: Bodysong

Jonny Greenwood, everyone's favorite weirdo guitar/keyboard/analog instrument mad scientist from Radiohead did a movie soundtrack. Curious? I was. Download here.

In other Radiohead news, they announced the cities (but not dates) that they will be touring to this summer...

Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Houston
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
Montreal
New York
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington, DC

Radiohead will tour North America in two waves, the first before the European Tour (which begins June 6), and the second taking place sometime after the Euro tour ends (on July 8).

Page McConnell: Somehow he did a pretty cool Nightline interview

I am not completely sure how Page ended up featured on Nightline, but it is a great piece. Check it out - He talks about his musical influences.

New Orleans Funk: The Original Sound of Funk

Watching LSU in the BCS title game made me think of New Orleans, which made me think of funk, which makes me want to share this with you...

New Orleans Funk: The Original Sound of Funk 1960-1975
1. Handclapping Song - The Meters
2. Hip Drop - Explosions
3. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further - Lee Dorsey
4. It's Gonna Rain
5. Check Your Bucket - Eddie Bo
6. Big Chief - Professor Longhair
7. Free, Single and Disengaged - Huey "Piano" Smith
8. Can I Be Your Squeeze - Chuck Carbo
9. Hercules - Aaron Neville
10. I've Got Reasons - Mary Jane Hooper
11. Gator Bait - The Gaturs
12. Get Out of My Life Woman - Allen Toussaint
13. Tell Me What's on Your Mind - Cyril Neville
14. Handa Wanda - Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
15. Love Lots of Lovin' - Lee Dorsey, Betty Harris
16. Garden of Four Trees - Explosions
17. Dap Walk
18. Just Kissed My Baby - The Meters
19. Reborn - Marilyn Barbarin
20. Mama Roux - Dr. John
21. Natural Soul Brother - Danny White
22. Hook 'N' Sling, Pt. 2 - Eddie Bo
23. Here Come the Girls - Ernie K-Doe
24. Hip-Huggin - Robert Parker

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STS9 12/31/07 Webcast Download

photo credit: willy a

from a nice fellow on thelowdown.org (sts9 message board) named "beyowka"...

"i watched this live, i ripped and tracked this all myself, for my own personal use. it's NOT perfect by any means mostly due to the limitations of the typical webcast. I buy this stuff when it's for sale, but this one wasn't, at least not yet, and I did not sync this to the official sbd or anything like that, the webcast was free and there is no profit motive here and I asked earlier in this thread (http://thelowdown.org/index.php?topic=17.0) but no response yet...so I think that it is within the spirit of the STS9 taping policy, so i hope i don't get any shit for sharing, but this was just too good to keep to myself.

STS9 NYE 2007 webcast, almost in its entirety (missing Murph at the front, but including setbreaks - almost 4 hours total), tracked out and converted to highest quality ipod video (640x480, 24fps, aac audio); might be a bit heavy, i don't know why, but take a few, take em all, go for it. if you want to convert to lossy format to downsize the files, i'm sure it started lossy, they're lossy now, knock yourself out bottom line I definitely think it's worth your time to check this out."

Note: VLC is what you will need to watch these- They don't play in winamp or any other media player that doesn't support Mp4.

Set 1
sts9_2007-12-31_01_Music, Us.mp4 (92 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_02_986 Foot Tall Trees.mp4 (108 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_03_Pianoir.mp4 (96 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_04_We'll Meet In Our Dreams.mp4 (127 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_05_Hi-Key.mp4 (71 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_06_Move My Peeps.mp4 (144 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_07_Murph.mp4 (7 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_08_Setbreak 1.mp4 (108 MB)

Set 2
sts9_2007-12-31_09_Set 2 Intro.mp4 (7 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_10_Instantly.mp4 (165 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_11_Monkey Music.mp4 (142 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_12_Really Wut.mp4 (134 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_13_Kaya.mp4 (115 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_14_Untitled.mp4 (70 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_15_Murph.mp4 (3 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_16_Setbreak 2.mp4 (161 MB)

Set 3
sts9_2007-12-31_17_Set 3 Intro.mp4 (5 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_18_Unquestionable Supremacy of Nature.mp4 (118 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_19_New Years Celebration.mp4 (90 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_20_Lo Swaga.mp4 (94 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_21_Arigato.mp4 (94 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_22_Blu Mood.mp4 (132 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_23_Rent.mp4 (103 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_24_One a Day.mp4 (91 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_25_Be Nice.mp4 (107 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_26_Encore Break.mp4 (21 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_27_Inspire Strikes Back.mp4 (118 MB)
sts9_2007-12-31_28_Postshow.mp4 (10 MB)

Note: VLC is what you will need to watch these- They don't play in winamp or any other media player that doesn't support Mp4.

Wilco- Live 07/07/2006 Massey Hall Toronto, ON

Wilco - 07/07/2006 Massey Hall Toronto, ON

1. What Light
2. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
3. Handshake Drugs
4. Impossible Germany
5. A Shot In The Arm
6. At Least That's What You Said
7. Misunderstood
8. Wishful Thinking
9. Airline To Heaven
10. Hesitating Beauty
11. Walken
12. Theologians
13. I'm The Man Who Loves You
14. Jesus, Etc.
15. Hummingbird

Encore 1:
16. War On War
17. The Late Greats
18. Heavy Metal Drummer
19. Kingpin

Encore 2:
20. Via Chicago
21. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

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Levon Helm & MMW

On January 12th, Levon Helm from The Band is getting together with Medeski, Martin & Wood for Levon Helm Studios Kid's Ramble up at his barn in Woodstock, NY.

Here's what is on MMW's website:

In support of MMW's highly anticipated children's album "Let's Go Everywhere", John Billy & Chris will perform a special Kid's Ramble at Levon Helm Studios on January 12th. Later in the evening, MMW will perform a second show as part of The Midnight Ramble Sessions for The Levon Helm Band.

Head over to Helm's website for more details about the Midnight Ramble with MMW.

Ryan Adams- Easy Tiger

I was getting coffee this morning with a gift card at Starbucks and this CD was on the counter next to Radiohead's In Rainbows. I thought that if it is good enough to be next to my morning coffee and Radiohead, then its good enough to share here. Enjoy!

Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
password: www.witches-n-wizards.com

06/21/04 Phish Videos

While Pauly and I were collecting ourselves after the Brooklyn shows and making our way to the Saratoga Springs shows in '04, Phish played a short set on top of the Marquee at the Late Show. Check out the great footage- click on the song to see it on youtube...

06/21/04 Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York, NY
Late Show With David Letterman
Set I: Scents and Subtle Sounds, Chalkdust Torture, 2001, Wilson, Chalkdust Torture, Tweezer, Tweezer Reprise

Downloads: James Brown - Live in Paris (1971)

How about some free James Brown?

Download James Brown - Live at the Olympia in Paris (1971).

Several James Brown superfans (including GMoney) told me that the concerts at The Olympia Theatre in Paris in 1971 was one of the greatest James Brown shows of all time. For James Brown fans, that epic night had the same iconic quality like 5-8-77 for Deadheads. I have listened to that show hundreds of times already and it's the closest thing you can get to being at a James Brown concert.

That night was also special because a very young Bootsy Collins was playing bass in James Brown's band. Enjoy!

Here's a video of James Brown from that epic Paris show..


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STS9 12/30/07 Video Download

Photo credit: alaaan from thelowdown.org

STS9 12/30/07
SET I:
Moon Socket, Hubble, Wika Chikana, H.B. Walks to School, Four Year Puma, Tap-In, Quests, Evasive Maneuvers
("Interplanetary Escape Vehicle" played in its entirety)

Set II
Tooth This, Us, Grow>Open E, Peoples, Aimlessly
Encore: Baraka

Radiohead NYE Broadcast: Scotch_Mist

Happy New Year phans and freaks! I had a blast last night at Greyboy All-Stars. After a little nap I am laying in bed watching the Radiohead webcast from last night. I recommend you do the same...

"This is Current Television's exclusive airing of Radiohead's "Scotch Mist." In this hour long private taping, Radiohead performs all of the tracks from its newest album, In Rainbows. Other elements include poetry readings and diverse imagery created or selected by the band."

NYE Setlists!

Bisco show looks sick...

The Disco Biscuits Setlist
12/31/07 "Circo Bisco" @ The Tweeter Center Camden, NJ

Set 1: Home Again> November Rain1, I-Man> Wizards of Winter, Morph Dusseldorf2 > Stuck in the Middle3 > Triumph > Helicopters4

Set 2: Reactor> Nughuffer> Shem-Rah Boo5> Cyclone> Run Like Hell> Above the Waves6> Run Like Hell

E: Highwire> Alter Ego> > Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band7> Munchkin Invasion8

1 ending only
2 with Afro Horns and "Thriller"; Billie Jean" and "Wanna be Startin' Something Jams"
3 with Afro Horns and Keller Williams
4 ending only, completes 12/28 version
5 with Skydog Gypsy (Allen's former band) on Guitar, unfinished
6 inverted
7 ending only, completes 12/27 version
8 ending only, completes 12/30 version

Sound Tribe Played a couple of new songs...

STS9 Setlist
Atlanta, Georgia, The Tabernacle, 12/31/07
Yellow Self-Existing Human > Red Overtone Skywalker
Current Moon Phase: Third Quarter 41% of Full

SET I:
Music, Us, 986 ft. Tall Trees >Pianoir, We'll Meet In Our Dreams, Hi-Key, Move My Peeps

SET II:
Instantly, Monkey Music, Rilly Wut? Kaya, new*

SET III:
The Unquestionable Supremacy of Nature >NYE countdown >new*, Lo Swaga, Arigato >Blu Mood, Rent, One a Day, Be Nice

E:Inspire Strikes Back


*live debut

Panic delivered another solid show...

Widespread Panic Setlist
12.31.07 Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena | Showtime 9:23 EST

Set 1 - Time Waits, Blue Indian, Send Your Mind, Clinic Cynic, Crazy, Old Joe, Driving Song > Wondering > Driving Song

Set 2 - From The Cradle > Pigeons > Life During Wartime > Machine > Love Tractor > Worry, Holden Oversoul > Up All Night

Set 3 - Ain't Life Grand (slow intro)> Bust it Big, Chilly Water > Time is Free> Chilly Water, Surprise Valley, Protein Drink > Sewing Machine, Conrad the Caterpillar

Encore - Pilgrims, Red Hot Mama