I now understand the infatuation that music journalists have with making lists. As pretentious, biased, and personalized as lists are, they’re just as much fun to do. Especially this one, which I won’t purport to be the “best” albums of the decade, only my “favorite” albums of the decade. As for the number, well, I [...]
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September 9, 2009
Music on the Mountaintop 2009 Review
My review and photos of the Music on the Mountaintop festival are now up at Glide Magazine’s Hidden Track blog.
July 18, 2009
News Fragments: Warren Haynes “Solo” Album, Over the Rhine’s New Release, Tragedy at Slovak Music Festival, Pirate Bay Gives Up Piracy
-In a Billboard article focused on Warren Haynes‘ perpetual multitasking, there’s an enticing paragraph about a solo album Haynes completed at the same time as the upcoming Gov’t Mule record By A Thread (release date pending). The album was recorded with George Porter Jr. (bass), Ivan Neville (keys), Ian McLagan (keys) and Ron Holloway (sax). [...]
July 10, 2009
News Fragments: All Good Webcast Weekend, Lil’ Wayne Too Drunk to Talk, Pearl Jam Album and Tour Details
-Check out iClips this weekend and enjoy some of the music from the All Good Festival without all of the mountaintop madness. Schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 10
7:15pm – Todd Snyder
7:45pm – Les Claypool
9:15pm – TBA
10:00pm – Bob Weir & Ratdog
12:00am – Jackie Greene
12:45am – moe.
Saturday, July 11
6:30pm – Yonder Mountain String Band
8:00pm – Lake [...]
December 18, 2008
Don’t shoot the messenger?
“Don’t shoot the messenger.” What did he do? Not the dirty deed, but the delivery of the tale. However, in this era of message boards and article comments and such, we all know who gets the public beatdown from the masses – the messenger.
That’s the inspiration for this blog, which will soon contain all manner [...]
