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Oh no! First Liam and now Captain Rock!
Yes, that's Richard Ashcroft at last night's Led Zep gig. Yuck. [via]
No shows for me this weekend, I have two Xmas parties and an art show opening, which sadly means I'm going to miss both shows at the 930 Club by my email buddy Ted Leo. Boo! It's always hard to carve out time for shows in December. It is, after all, the 31 days of drinking.
Ted's always good about dropping an awesome cover song into his set. Here are a few of my favorites:
[MP3] Ted Leo | Dancing in the Dark (live)
Q: What's better than a holiday themed video with a twist (make sure you watch it all the way through) for one of my favorite songs of the year by my favorite band?
A: Goldenfiddle's recap of the Victoria's Secret fashion show.
While I was in Seattle, KEXP played "House of Cards" while we were driving around and it occurred to me that maybe everyone is missing the point regarding In Rainbows.
I think the big story here isn't the "pay what you want" sales model.
It's the new time line for releasing records and figuring out how a band can take advantage of it.
Instead of recording an album and sitting on it for four months while the label gets their marketing plan together, just release it for cheap on the internet (low bitrate files aimed squarely at people's iPods) as soon as it's done and then follow it up with the proper physical release when the label is ready. This way the band "leaks" their own album and hopefully makes a bit of cash before the P2P users do their thing. Ideally they (and the label) won't lose all of their retail sales because people will want to get the physical product, especially if the band does the normal touring and press behind the proper release.
We won't know if this actually works until January, when the physical copies of In Rainbows hit the record shops.
[MP3] Radiohead | Reckoner (Live webcast version)
[MP3] Radiohead | Faust Arp (Live webcast version)
[MP3] Radiohead | Nude (Amplive Remix)
[MP3] Radiohead | Nude Instrumental (Amplive Remix)
PS - "Bodyguards" "Bodysnatchers" is totally about Coldplay.
Early last week I got an email telling me to keep my eye out for a special package containing a pea green 4GB Microsoft Zune that I was supposed to take for a spin and review. I was actually very excited about this and looked forward to comparing the Zune to my beloved iPod. But that was before I tried to load all the software onto my Dell laptop. First I had to update the Windows Software Updater. Then I had to upgrade all sorts of other programs, which made me wary, since I was worried that half the software on my laptop would stop working once I installed all these "upgrades."
Well, the screenshot above is the result of me trying for over an hour to load the Zune Marketplace software onto my machine and format my loaner Zune. Obviously it didn't work, so my loaner Zune sits on my living room coffee table, little more than a paper weight. It won't work until I can sync it with my machine.
It goes without saying iTunes works just fine on my machine. In fact, I'm listening to it right now as I type this.
Once I get some free time I'll give it another shot, but I'm not holding my breath.
I have a pair of tickets to give away for Paul Oakenfold's Washington D.C. gig on Wednesday night at the club Ibiza. To enter, all you have to do is email me with "Oakenfold Giveaway" in the subject line. I'll pick a winner at the end of the day.
Oakenfold is currently touring behind the release of his "Greatest Hits" disc. Check out the album sampler and eCard.
When I was at the Black Cat on Monday I saw a poster for Buffalo Tom (nice site redesign BTW) on January 25th! John Stewart's favorite band ever (mine too!) back in D.C.!!! Exclamation points abound!
I started jumping up and down I was so happy. People looked at me like I was weird. I did not care.
So effing excited for this show. I saw B Tom at least eight times in college. I hope they still got it.
Check out this recent setlist:
1. Gravity (bill, chris joins)
2. Butterscotch (chris, bill)
3. Porchlight (chris, bill)
4. My Responsibility (chris, bill)
5. Taillights (tom joins on bass)
6. You’ll Never Catch Him (acoustic band)
7. CC & Callas
8. 4th of July (Tanya Donelly joins)
9. Wiser
10. Scottish Windows (Tim)
11. Crutch (Tim)
12. Pendleton (Bill on piano)
13. Oh Sister (Hilken Mancini joins)
14. Good Girl (Hilken and Chris Toppin)
15. Spider and the Fly
Intermission
1. Sodajerk
2. Kitchen Door
3. Frozen Lake
4. I’m Allowed
5. Bottom of the Rain
6. Late at Night
7. Tangerine
8. Hearts of Palm
9. Larry
10. Thrown (Tim)
Now I just have to track down my Let Me Come Over t shirt from 1992. It's around here somewhere.
Hi all, I have a pair of tickets up for grabs to see Love of Diagrams open for Enon on Thursday at the Rock and Roll Hotel. To enter, all you have to do is tell me who Love of Diagrams opened for last time they played D.C. For a hint, you could look here or here.
Just email me with your answer and I'll choose a winner by noon tomorrow.
Drool.
Even though I still think In Rainbows is majorly overrated, props to Yorke and Co. for doing stuff like this. They are one of the few bands that can cover The Smiths and not sound like total wankers. Call it the Ed O'Brien factor (see "Knives Out")
Via Dead Flowers, who also has the MP3.
Yes, I'm up at 8 a.m. on a Saturday. Don't ask.
I'm kind of regretting not being able to see ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead when they came through town last week. But at the same time, I'm not regretting staying home to watch glorious Game 7 of the ALCS. Still, from what I've read, ...Trail of Dead have gotten their fastball back (if I may use a baseball term). Here are some tunes from back in the day when they seemingly could do no wrong:
[MP3] ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead | A Perfect Teenhood (live)
[MP3] ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead | Baudelaire (live)
[MP3] ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead | Mark David Chapman (live)
They are getting ready to embark on a college tour sponsored by Adult Swim. Here are the dates:
10/29/07: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. *
10/31/07: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev. ^
11/01/07: University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. ^
11/02/07: University of California, Berkley, Calif. *
11/05/07: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. #
11/07/07: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. #
11/08/07: University of South Dakota, Vermillian, S.D. #
11/11/07: University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. #
11/13/07: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. #
11/14/07: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. #
11/17/07: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. ^
11/18/07: Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill. #
* Free concert. Open to students and non-students. No tickets.
^ Students only. No advance tickets. Show ID night of concert for entrance.
# Students only. Contact box office for ticket information.
For more information visit: www.adultswimpresents.com
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