Archive for February, 2008
Posted by T Rex on February 25, 2008
The ability to watch and listen to amazing quality live concerts from the comfort of home is finally starting to happen on a larger scale.
Fabchannel, which webcasts shows from the best two venues in Amsterdam (Paradiso and Melkweg) plans to announce a deal Tuesday with Universal Music Netherlands that will let it offer free, ad-supported webcasts of Universal Music artists’ shows at those venues.
Universal artists scheduled to record shows over the next few months include Richard Bona, Ian Brown, Chamillionaire, DJ Shadow, Feist, Amy McDonald, Method Man, Kate Nash, Roni Size, Sigur Rós, Willie Nelson and more.
Fabchannel uses four camera angles and high-quality sound recording equipment for these shows, so Universal gets a valuable new source of original content from its artists, and fans get a great high-end alternative to fuzzy, distorted concert videos on YouTube.
Check out the entire article on Wired and you can see what the shows will look and sound like. The quality is the best I’ve seen on the internet!! Besides the deal with Universal go to Fabchannel’s website and check out their huge list of archived concerts, I watched two great ones Kashmir and Iron & Wine.
See all my previous posts on live music webcasts.
Posted in Music/Industry News, Tech News | Tagged: Fabchannel, Iron & Wine, Kashmir, Live Music Webcasts, Melkweg, Paradiso, Universal Music Netherlands | No Comments »
Posted by T Rex on February 24, 2008
With Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood playing three nights at the Garden this week I thought the timing was perfect for this book of the month. In related music news Steve Winwood has signed a new deal with Columbia Records. His label debut, “Nine Lives,” will arrive April 29.
I recently finished Eric Clapton’s autobiography and came to the conclusion that he needs to write another one. The music is almost secondary to the main story of the years Clapton spent in addiction and then his amazing recovery. It’s powerful how he cleaned up his act after years of debauchery and maintained his sobriety even when he lost his son in a tragic accident. Cream was one of the first bands I ever listened to with Disraeli Gears still one of my favorite albums. My high school senior picture has the caption “In the white room with black curtains” that was in 1994. I have no idea the message I was trying to get across back then except the fact I loved Cream. Now that Clapton has had the opportunity to get his personal story out I hope he goes back and writes even more about his time in The Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos, Blind Faith, Cream and his solo work. For a music junkie like myself these just wasn’t enough details about these bands and the music they created.
Next up-Rock Book of the Month for March: Rock On by Dan Kennedy
Posted in Music Book of the Month | Tagged: Blind Faith, Cream, Dan Kennedy, Derek and the Dominos, Disraeli Gears, Eric Calpton, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton Biography, Rock On, Rock On by Dan Kennedy, Steve Winwood, The Yardbirds | 2 Comments »
Posted by T Rex on February 23, 2008
I finally saw Wilco last night in Philadelphia and they were well worth the wait. Nels Kline is amazing and this current Wilco lineup of musicians have taken this band to a whole new level, they are a true rock band now. Each member is a master on their instrument and the synergy between all of them results in some of the tightest playing I’ve heard in a while. When you look back on a band’s career and pick out their special years 07-08 will be ones that stand out. They played a long 2hr+ incredibly tight set with beautiful song selection and they dominated Via Chicago. The crowd was a bit older with a lot of baby boomers out on date night and for a portion of the show the crowd sat down which is no excuse when you go out to a rock concert. Luckily, the sitting crowd had no effect on the band they rocked straight through until the 11pm curfew. Tweedy was enjoying himself with his usual comical banter and made reference to the sitting crowd asking at one point if we were catholic and telling us ”the band had a long program planned for the evening and there was going to be a lot of standing up and sitting down.”
The band is on Saturday Night Live this week.
On Wednesday 27th NPR will broadcast Wilco live from the 9:30 Club in DC!
I had never heard of John Doe who opened the show and I was really impressed.
Check out John Doe’s music here.
If you are looking for Wilco’s Chicago shows I found this on one of my music groups. This is a link to a forum that is hosting the first four nights of Wilco’s winter residency run (where they played every song in their catalog)….Check out this cool interactive chart to see how they did it.
Each show is tagged and converted to mp3 in a zip file.
Nights 1-4 here.
Night 5 here.
Philadelphia Setlist:
Sunken Treasure
Remember the Mountain Bed
Airline to Heaven
Hesitating Beauty
Muzzle of Bees
You Are My Face
Side With The Seeds
Shot in the Arm
She’s a Jar
Kamera
Handshake Drugs
At Least That’s What You Said
Pot Kettle Black
Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway(again)
Via Chicago
Impossible Germany
Jesus, Etc.
Walken
I’m the Man Who Loves You
Hummingbird
On and On and On
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Hate It Here
Red-Eyed and Blue >
I Got You
Hoodoo Voodoo
Posted in Music/Industry News, Tech News | Tagged: Downloads, John Doe, Wilco Chicago MP3s, Wilco MP3's, Wilco Philadelphia Setlist, Wilco Residency, wilco setlist philadelphia, Wilco Tower, wilco wxrt concert mp3 | 1 Comment »
Posted by T Rex on February 22, 2008
These festivals are like rabbits this year and Jack Johnson seems to be at almost all of them.
Today an industry source confirmed Radiohead, Tom Petty, and Jack Johnson will headline the first-ever “Outside Lands Festival” in Golden Gate Park August 22-24.
Read “Outside Lands ” article here.
In other festival news the inaugural All Points West Music & Arts Festival announced their lineup which has Radiohead headlining the first two nights and Jack Johnson closing the 3rd.
Johnson is also one of the headliners at the Coachella festival near Los Angeles in April.
Also, 10,000 Lakes Festival announced their lineup with Phil & Friends and The Flaming Lips leading the pack. See the entire 10k lineup here.
And finally…Sasquatch announced their lineup with R.E.M, Deathcab For Cutie, Flaming Lips and The Cure headlining. See the entire lineup here.
The summer festival season is packed with Bonnaroo, SXSW, 10k, Lollapalooza, Coachella, Rothbury, Virgin, All Good, Mountain Jam, All Point West, Sasquatch, Outside Lands…….
Am I missing any?
Posted in Music/Industry News | Tagged: 000 Lakes Festival Lineup, 10, 10k Music Lineup, All Points West Lineup, Golden Gate Park, Jack Johnson, Music Festival, Outside Lands Festival, Radiohead, Tom Petty | No Comments »
Posted by T Rex on February 21, 2008
Remember Dinosaur Jr? Well, they broke up. If you didn’t know this abstract music fact don’t worry they got back together in 2005 and are working on a come back album for this spring. In celebration of Dino Jr 2.0 last month Nike released their Nike SB Dinosaur Jr Dunks.
Dinosaur Jr. Nike Dunks SB Detailed Photos
Posted in Rockin the Sneaks | Tagged: Dinosaur Jr, Nike SB Dinosaur Jr Dunks | No Comments »
Posted by T Rex on February 20, 2008
2008 Raising Sand World Tour: US Dates!
April 19 - Louisville, KY - The Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 20 - Louisville, KY - The Palace Theatre (SOLD OUT)
April 22 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum
April 23 - Chattanooga, TN - Memorial Auditorium
April 25 - New Orleans, LA - Jazz & Heritage Festival
April 26 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena
June 2 - Roanoke, VA - Roanoke Civic Center
June 4 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
June 5 - Boston, MA - Bank Of America Pavilion
June 7 - Canandaigua, NY - CMAC
June 8 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata
June 10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Theatre
June 13 - Columbia, MD (Washington, DC) - Merriweather Pavilion
June 14 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Civic Center
June 15 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
June 17 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
June 19 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
June 21 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
June 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
June 25 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
June 27 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
June 28 - Lake Tahoe (Stateline, NV) - Harvey’s
June 30 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s
July 1 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Pre-Sale Information:
Artist/Fan Club Pre-Sale:
As we’ve done on past tours, a limited number of tickets will be available
for you, the fans, during a special pre-sale. While not all shows will have
pre-sale tickets available, most will. You can find all the pre-sale
information by visiting www.alisonkrauss.com, going to the “Tour” section,
and clicking on “More” next to each date.
The password for each show will be the same: akrs01
(this is the letters a, k, r, s - and the numbers zero and one)
This will be your password when pre-sale tickets are available. Please make
sure you check the information on the website so you know when the pre-sale
will begin, as not all dates are the same.
Posted in Music/Industry News | Tagged: Alison Krauss, Robert Plant, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Pre Sale Information, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Pre-Sale Info, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Tour Dates, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss World Tour 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted by T Rex on February 20, 2008
Tonight there will be a live webcast of the final night of Wilco’s historic and incredible run at The Riviera in Chicago!!
Wilco is spreading the love as much as they can after streaming an amazing show last night on 93 xrt radio.
Live webcast here.
Update 2/20 9:13 EST-After a dozen tries I finally got it working. The video is bad and choppy but the sound is near perfect…..great show!
I’ve said it a hundred times but more bands really need to do this. The past two nights I’ve been working and stuck to my computer listening to two incredible Wilco shows. The various music forums are filled with people listening and raving about the band. There’s such a big market for real time access to live music I would have even paid for the past two nights if that was the only choice.
Posted in Music/Industry News, Tech News | Tagged: Chicago, Final Night, Live Webcast, Night 5, Riviera, Wilco, Wilco Webcast, Wilco Webcast Chicago | No Comments »
Posted by T Rex on February 20, 2008
I’m in that spot where we all occasionally find ourselves…..I need a better job! I’m currently working in sales and as I start to expand my networking I decided to throw it out here to the growing reader base. My background is primarily focused in sales and internet marketing. I spent a few years working at DoubleClick working with publishers and my passion is technology and music. Ideally, I would like to get a job back in online media or a tech company but I’m exploring all options in both Philadelphia and New York. I’ve got a good resume, solid skills and references. Shoot me an email if you know of anything or have any advice on some companies to focus my search on. You never know who’s reading these days right?
Thanks!!!
Christopher
Runawaydinosaur@gmail.com
Posted in Tech News | Tagged: Job Search 2008 | No Comments »
Posted by T Rex on February 19, 2008
The timing for this week’s Rock Art Wednesday is perfect. Todd Slater has created a bunch of great new posters for Ween, Foo Fighters, Mars Volta and Wu-Tang Clan. This Friday he is selling both the Mars Volta and Wu-Tang Clan. He is also giving a cool option to buy a year subscription where you will get one of every print he does in 2008. I saw his most recent Neil Young poster going for $275.00 on eBay last week. So to say the subscription plan is an incredible deal is an understatement. I wish I had the extra dough…..
Here is Todd’s email with the details for Friday and the inspiration behind the new posters.
Check out his new prints at his site here.
“Alright, so first things first, the subscriptions for 2008 go on sale this Friday, February 22 at 2 PM CST. The subscriptions are $800 plus $100 for shipping so $900 in all. On Friday there will be a tab on my site that will allow you to pay $300 of the $900 and the $900 will need to be paid off by the end of April when the first tube goes out. If you feel that you might not be able to make all the payments you should not get one.
The subscription includes one of everything I do this year and usually ends up being around 40 prints. If you buy my prints regularly this is the deal for you. My subs in the past retail for more than double what I’m selling them for, and you won’t find a better investment out there. I can’t be sure how long the subs will be available, but they will go fast. The subs will be shipped in a large tube three times a year (April, August and January).
If you were a subscriber this past year (2007) you will have the chance to re-up this week before they go on sale. You can paypal either $300 or the whole $900 to slater.todd@gmail.com this week before that Friday sale date. If you have any questions or concerns give Kristie an email.
Also, this Friday at 2PM CST my Wu-Tang Clan and Mars Volta posters will go on sale. You can check out the details on those prints on my site: www.toddslater.net and on gigposters:http://www.gigposters.com/designer/20217_Todd_Slater.html
The image in the Wu-Tang poster of the Bird/Dr. J fight has been a favorite NBA moment of mine for a long time and I thought attaching Wu-Tang’s name to the print added a level racial tension that wasn’t there before. The poster is printed with three metallic inks plus black on white paper.
The Mars Volta poster was inspired by David Lynch’s tv show, Twin Peaks. I had read that the band was influenced by the show in the making of their new album and by coincidence I had just bought and watched the Twin Peaks with my wife for the first time about a month before the poster. The images in the show were fresh and my mind and I realized it would probably be the only time I got to make a Twin Peaks poster.”-Todd
Rock Art Wednesday-Todd Slater I!
Rock Art Wednesday-Todd Slater II w/interview!
Todd Slater Rock Art News!
Dr. Rock!
Posted in Rock Art Wednesday | Tagged: Bird/Dr. J fight poster, Concert Posters, eBay Posters, Foo Fighters Poster, Mars Volta Poster, Neil Young, Posters, Prints, Todd Slater, Twin Peaks, Ween Poster, Wu-Tang Clan Poster | 1 Comment »
