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Diving with Vinnie and Al...two separate excursions!
Ecological path and bicycling
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Select international wine lists with a wide variety in all the ala carte restaurants
12 bars, including a swim-up bar at main pool with unlimited beverages
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One daily green fee at 27 holes Cocotal Golf & Country Club (golf cart mandatory at extra charge)
One daily SCUBA diving for PADI certified (6 passengers maximum, subject to availability)
Non-motorized water sports
Four tennis courts
A wide lake-style swimming pool
Kids Club (5-12 years)
Free use of Jacuzzi, steam room and gym at the spa
All inclusive fun pubs
All taxes and gratuities
Round trip airport transfers from Punta Cana International Airport
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Smashing Pumpkins | Santa Barbara | Review | Pics
Smashing Pumpkins :: 09.04.10 :: Lobero Theatre :: Santa Barbara, CA
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There was surreal mash up of cultures at the historic Lobero Theatre last Saturday night. The tiny 680-seat theater is the oldest continuously operating performance hall in California. The venue was founded in 1873 and is a state landmark with a rich history of stage, screen, and musical performances. Today, the Lobero is run much the same way as it was 100 years ago, but by a non-profit organization. The usher staff is composed mostly of retired, well-dressed volunteers who maintain antiquated rules of etiquette. Patrons are personally seated only during breaks in a performance. The crowd is expected to stay in their rather small, stodgy old seats for the entire performance. Wealthy, mostly elderly patrons rewarded for their support of the non-profit theatre with season tickets seem to be happy with the old school etiquette. The system usually works for most types of performances booked at the theatre, like live jazz bands and folk singers, but every once in awhile a rock band is booked to play the intimate space and all hell breaks loose. My Morning Jacket played a marathon four concerts at the venue several years ago and fans were dancing in the aisles and on their seats all night long.
Bad City by L. Paul Mann
So, the announcement that Smashing Pumpkins would be playing the little venue came as a great surprise to most rock fans. The opening act for the September 4th show quickly established the mood of the evening and showed a readiness to unleash a rocking barrage of music on unsuspecting fans. Bad City, a young new band of rockers from Chicago with their first album released just a few weeks ago, exploded onstage. Handpicked by Head Pumpkin Billy Corgan to open the show, the group is composed of energetic teenage rockers with a collective old soul. Sounding like a veteran hair band from the 80s, the band launched a traditional rock assault on the audience. Led by charismatic lead singer Josh Serek, the band joked and laughed with the audience between songs. Serek, the last member to join the group, actually hails from Temecula, and his sleepy Southern California wine town seems to be spawning an inordinate amount of successful rockers of late. Other members of the band also bantered back and forth with the crowd. One guy asked "if the people sitting in the front were there for the Kenny G light jazz," playing into the evening's mash-up between irreverent rock and the world of old school manners. Bad City boasts a double guitar threat in Max Perenchio and Tom Schleiter battling in a six-string war on many songs. Most of the band members were solid back-up singers as well. Serek quipped on the last song of their solid set that as long as the band's members are alive, rock and roll will never die. Considering how young they are that means rock has a good long road ahead.
Billy Corgan and his new Pumpkins sauntered onstage after intermission and continued the light banter about the restrictive, reticent atmosphere. Fresh from their performance, the Saturday before as headliners for the Sunset Strip Music Festival [see review & pics here] in front of over 30,000 people, the band looked surprisingly relaxed and engaged in the tiny venue. With most of their sound and lighting equipment crammed onto the small stage, the band immediately began to assault the audience with a wall of exploding audio and visual stimulation. The blinding lights and strobes of all shapes and sizes actually forced some fans to don sunglasses.
Billy Corgan by L. Paul Mann
In the lighting chaos, Corgan screamed and wailed in his trademark voice and attacked his guitar like a madman. The new Pumpkins, looking surprisingly like the old Pumpkins, followed his lead in a frenzy of sound. The new members include Jeff Schroeder on guitar, who gave Corgan a run for his money in guitar battle throughout the set. Nicole Fiorentino is a veteran rock bass player who has played with numerous bands including Veruca Salt. Young drumming prodigy Michael Byrne rounds out the new lineup.
Mixing old songs with new, the Pumpkins tore through a nearly two-hour set. Opening with a Middle Eastern tinged new song titled "Astral Plane," the band quickly established that they could live up to their historic pedigree. Other new songs included "Freak," "A Song for a Son" and "My Love Is Winter." But it was the old classics that got the crowd excited and out of their tiny, wooden seats. "Today" had fans screaming with anticipation. An awkward moment came when the band played the classic "Bullet With Butterfly Wings." As he has done countless times, Corgan paused and pointed at the audience to sing the familiar chorus - "Despite all my rage/ I am still just a rat in a cage" - but a seemingly clueless Santa Barbara audience stood silent and bewildered like the proverbial deer in the Pumpkins' headlights. The feisty Corgan, however, showing just how relaxed he was onstage, didn't get flustered and sarcastically took a moment to teach the audience the lyrics. He began with an ironic, slow annunciation of the chorus, slowly speeding it up until he devolved into a guitar wailing and screaming frenzy.
By the time the band launched into the 1993 hit "Cherub," the crowd had fully come alive, sensing their good fortune at being invited to Corgan's little party at the Lobero. That classic song devolved into a salute to the sixties - a sound that Corgan has admired and incorporated into his recent side project Spirit in the Sky - first playing a Hendrix jam of the "Star Spangled Banner," then morphing into the beginning of Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker." This evolved into a classic drum solo, giving Byrne a chance to showcase his incredible talents. The band returned to play a searing encore to the main set. Finally, after three more tunes and more friendly chatter, Corgan thanked the crowd for attending the event and the sleepy ushers slowly drew back the exit curtains. It was truly a surreal scene perhaps only possible in Santa Barbara
Setlist
Astral Planes, Ava Adore, Drown, As Rome Burns, A Song for a Son, Today, Eye, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, United States (with Star Spangled Banner and Moby Dick interludes), My Love Is Winter Perfect, Cherub Rock, That's the Way (My Love Is), Tonight, Tonight, Stand Inside Your Love, Tarantula
E: Disarm, Freak, Zero
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Leftover Salmon Halloween Show<br> At The Fillmore in Denver
Leftover Salmon
From LeftoverSalmon.com:
"We are excited to announce our return to the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver to celebrate Halloween! Zombie Jamboree will be Salmon's 5th time decking out the Fillmore in Halloween fashion. Costumes and Halloween has always been a big part of Leftover Salmon. This October 30th we will continue that tradition with special guest Todd Snider back by Great American Taxi to open the show. A limited amount of tickets will be sold through our fan ticketing today Wednesday September 8th at 10am MST. Buy Tickets here."
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Frontier Records 30th Anniversary:<br> Adolescents, Keith Morris
Frontier Records, the independent Los Angeles-based record label founded in 1980 by Lisa Fancher, and Part Time Punks, a weekly club that focuses on obscure and classic music from 1978 to present, will be celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the seminal Los Angeles label with a massive blow-out show in Echo Park on Sunday, November 7 at the Echoplex. Tickets are on sale now. Doors open at 4pm and the event is all-ages. Tickets are on sale and available here.
The master of ceremonies will be legendary Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris. Check out the lineup below. Additional Frontier bands are soon to be confirmed and will be announced in the coming weeks.
LINEUP
The Adolescents
Middle Class (First show in 30 years)
Rikk Agnew
Flyboys
The Pontiac Brothers
Weezer: <i>Hurley</i> Album Stream
Hurley
Weezer are now streaming
their forthcoming new album, Hurley, in its entirety online at www.myspace.com/weezer. The album is currently available for pre-
order at Epitaphstore.com, Amazon.com and iTunes.com and will be released everywhere on Sept. 14.
The latest addition to Weezer's catalog features a much talked about and delightfully kind photo of actor Jorge Garcia, who plays the character named Hurley on ABC's hit show Lost. "We struggled super hard trying to come up with an album title,'" Rivers Cuomo said recently. "I just loved this photo of Jorge Garcia -- it just had this amazing vibe. We didn't want to do a fourth self-titled record and we knew people would refer to it as 'the Hurley record' even if we left it without that title, so we just called it 'Hurley.' No words are on the cover because all we wanted was his amazing face."
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DEVO Win Moog Innovation Award<br> At MoogFest 2010
DEVO
The Moog Innovation Award celebrates pioneering artists whose genre-defying work exemplifies the bold,
innovative spirit of Bob Moog. Moog Music would like to congratulate DEVO on being the 2010 recipient
of The Moog Innovation Award, to be presented to the band during MoogFest 2010 weekend,
October 29-31 in Asheville, NC. A s part of this award, Moog Music will present DEVO with a very special
synthesizer, details of which will be revealed in the coming weeks. Past recipients of the previously titled Moog
Award include Keith Emerson, Herb Deutsch, Gershon Kingsley, Jan Hammer and Bernie
Worrell.
MoogFest 2010 tickets are on sale now. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit moogfest.com.
MoogFest 2010 Lineup:
Friday, October 29
DEVO
MGMT
Big Boi
Girl Talk
Panda Bear
RJD2
Mutemath
Dan Deacon
Van Dyke Parks
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
Saturn Never Sleeps (Featuring King Britt & Rucyl)
The Octopus Project
Kuroma
Clare & The Reasons
Saturday, October 30
Massive Attack
Thievery Corporation
Jonsi
Disco Biscuits
Caribou
Four Tet
Matmos
Dâm-Funk
School of Seven Bells
Jon Hopkins
Emeralds
Mountain Man
Ikonika
Sunday, October 31
Cee Lo Green
Pretty Lights
Hot Chip
Sleigh Bells
El-P
Neon Indian
Omar Souleyman
Mimosa
Two Fresh
DJ Spooky
For more information about Moog Music and its founder, Bob Moog, visit moogmusic.com.
Lemmy, Billy Sheehan Join<br> All-Star Ramones Fundraiser
MARKY RAMONE FOR ALL-STAR FUNDRAISING CONCERT
Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) has confirmed to play along with Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth), Michael Graves (The Misfits), Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint), Marko DeSantis (Sugarcult), Andy Hilfiger (bassologist/Fashion Guru) and Marky Ramone himself for a full concert of The Ramones. You will hear the music that defined many generations and inspired many bands. Marky's set list is comprised of 31 historical Ramones songs such as "I Wanna Be Sedated," "The K.K.K. Took My Baby Away," "Psycho Therapy," "Blitzkrieg Bop," "Pinhead," and more!
The legendary Rock Hall of Fame drummer for The Ramones is performing a special all-star fund-raising concert on Friday, October 8, 2010 at 8pm in the MI Concert Hall. Doors open at 7:30pm. The concert is in benefit for the newly-created Marky Ramone Drum Scholarship for Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. I am much honored to be chosen as an artist for the scholarship program. Music for kids is very important to have, explains Marky. 100% of the event proceeds will fund the newly-created Marky Ramone Drum Scholarship at MI.
ONLINE ADVANCE SALE: General Admission seats (festival seating) are $30, VIP seating is $45 (guaranteed first 3 rows), $99 VIP Backstage (First 3 rows seating guaranteed | Backstage Pass | After-Show Meet & Greet | Special Marky Ramone Gift bag).
WALK-UP (day of show): General Admission seats (festival seating) are $35, VIP seating is $50 (guaranteed first 3 rows), VIP Backstage not available.
Click here to buy Marky Ramone concert tickets or go to www.ticketweb.com.
Shonen Knife U.S. Tour
Shonen Knife
When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles
concert
- Kurt Cobain
Legendary Japanese pop-punk, all-girl band Shonen Knife kick off their U.S. tour on September 8 in Seattle, WA. The band has also just announced that they will be playing mini sets and signing autographs at the Amoeba Records stores in San Francisco (September 12 at 2pm) and Los Angeles (September 14 at 5pm). For more info visit: www.amoeba.com.
Wed 09/08 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Thu 09/09 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
Fri 09/10 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
Sat 09/11 Oakland, CA Uptown Night Club
Sun 09/12 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
Mon 09/13 San Diego, CA The Casbah
Tue 09/14 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
Fri 09/17 Austin, TX Red 7
Sat 09/18 Dallas, TX The Loft
Sun 09/19 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
Mon 09/20 Northfield, MN The Cave
Tue 09/21 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
Wed 09/22 Kalamazoo, MI The Strutt
Thu 09/23 Cincinnati, OH Midpoint Music Festival Grounds
Fri 09/24 Pittsburgh, PA 31st Street Pub
Sat 09/25 New York, NY Asia Society
Sun 09/26 Washington, DC Rock And Roll Hotel
Tue 09/28 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
Thu 09/30 Montreal, QC Le Cabaret Du Mile End
Fri 10/01 Toronto, ON The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Sat 10/02 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
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Rush: <i>2112</i> & <i>Moving Pictures</i> <br>In Classic Albums Series
AND SEPTEMBER 9 AT 8:30 AM AND 12:30 PM
Rush
The latest edition of the award-winning Classic Albums series tackles not one, but TWO epic albums from
progressive rock powerhouse Rush. Rush: 2112 & Moving Pictures Classic Albums will be
simultaneously released on DVD and Blu-ray via Eagle Rock Entertainment's Eagle Vision subsidiary on September
28.
Continuing the tradition of this celebrated series, 2112 & Moving Pictures Classic Albums carries us through the creation of these musical masterpieces via brand new interviews, demonstrations, archive videos, and use of the original multi-track tapes. The trio of bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer Neil Peart, joined by original producer Terry Brown, weigh in on these immense aural soundscapes. Many others contribute to the commentary, such as Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and acclaimed Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke. 112 minutes in total, this DVD digs even deeper with 50 minutes of bonus material not included in the upcoming VH1 Classic broadcast (airing September 8 at 9:30pm and September 9 at 8:30am and 12:30pm).
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Phish: <i>Coral Sky</i> Live DVD
Phish
On November 2, 1996, Phish
performed at Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL; the only outdoor shed show of the Fall Tour. On
October 19, JEMP Records will release Coral Sky, a brand new 2-DVD set capturing the complete
performance. They were joined by percussionist Karl Perazzo (Santana), whose contribution helped extend
and build upon the magic of Halloween, adding polyrhythms that explored new space within Phish's music. The Allman Brothers Band drummer,
Butch Trucks, furthur upped the percussion coefficient by sitting in on drums for the Encore.
The 2-DVD set features more than 2 1/2 hours of footage with 5.1 Dolby Surround or optional PCM Stereo sound audio, mixed from multi-track masters.
Coral Sky is available for pre-order now at Phish Dry Goods, along with a soundtrack companion CD (which will not be in stores, but available exclusively at Dry Goods).
CORAL SKY DVD
Disc One
1. Ya Mar
2. Julius
3. Fee
4. Taste
5. Cavern
6. Stash
7. The Lizards
8. Free
9. Johnny B. Goode
Disc Two
1. Crosseyed And Painless
2. Run Like An Antelope
3. Waste
4. Harry Hood
5. A Day In The Life
6. Sweet Adeline
7. Funky Bitch
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Mike Gordon: <i>Moss</i><br> November Tour Dates
TOUR STARTS NOVEMBER 6 IN WEST HOLLYWOOD
Moss, Mike Gordon's third solo album, hits stores October 19 and is available for pre-order now.
Moss comes only two short years after The Green Sparrow, and about half of its songs stem from the same 50-song burst of creativity that seeded that album. Drummers Joe Russo and Doug Belote crop up throughout the album, and other guests include organist Marco Benevento, keyboardist Page McConnell and drummer Jon Fishman.
Anyone who pre-orders Moss on CD or Vinyl via Mike's Online Store or Phish Dry Goodswill receive one of four Limited Edition sketch replications of the original Moss album cover concepts from Mike's Journal - all individually signed by Mike himself. In addition, everyone is automatically entered to win a chance at the Moss Grand Prize: a bona fide 30 minute, private bass lesson with Mike.
Mike will head out on tour for a string of dates, starting November 6 at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA, and ending on November 27 in Boston, MA. Along the way, Mike will hit San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Minneapolis, and other cities. Click here for a full list of dates and take a look at the tour announcement video below.
To Pre-Order Moss, click here.
MOSS TRACKLISTING:
1. Can't Stand Still
2. Horizon Line
3. Fire From A Stick
4. What Things Seem
5. Babylon Baby
6. Flashback
7. The Void
8. Got Away
9. Spiral
10. Idea
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OK Go Remix Contest<br> For New Single
THE ROCK BAND NETWORK FOR "WHITE KNUCKLES" REMIX CONTEST
OK Go have partnered with Indaba Music and the Rock Band Network to launch a remix contest for their new single, "White Knuckles."
The grand prize winner will have his/her remix turned into a game track by The Authority, a premier Rock Band Network authoring studio and made available for download for Rock Band 3 in late November. They will also receive a gaming console, a copy of Rock Band 3, and a set of Rock Band instruments to jam with friends to their winning remix. In addition, two runners-up will receive copies of Rock Band 3 and OK Go's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (Deluxe Edition) album, as well as a "White Knuckles" UK vinyl import single and a signed set of ping-pong balls from the band's "This Too Shall Pass" (RGM version) video. The contest runs from September 7 through October 14 with the grand prize winner announced on October 29. Contest entry forms and further details are available at Indaba Music and OKgo.net.
Here's the band's last two official videos. They do set the creative bar for folks!
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Buena Vista Musicians<br> Unite for <i>AfroCubism</i>
In 1996, a group of Mali's best-known musicians were due to fly into Havana for a collaboration with some of Cuba's singers and instrumentalists. However, the Malians never arrived due to travel complications, and a very different album was recorded instead: The Grammy Award-winning, multi-million-selling Buena Vista Social Club, which became the biggest-selling world music album ever.
Nick Gold, the man behind the 1996 venture, finally brought the original invitees together with a line-up of additional talent at a recent series of recording sessions. On October 19, World Circuit/Nonesuch Records will release the lost Afro-Cuban album, AfroCubism, 14 years after originally planned.
Fronting the Cuban team is the cowboy-hatted singer and guitarist Eliades Ochoa, singer of the celebrated Buena Vista theme Chan Chan. The two original Malian invitees are multi award-winning ngoni lute master Bassekou Kouyate and the acclaimed Rail Band guitarist Djelimady Tounkara, both considered to be among the world's great instrumentalists.
Joining them are Ochoa's Grupo Patria, one of Cuba's longest running and most revered bands; the Grammy Award-winning kora master Toumani Diabate; legendary Malian griot singer Kasse Mady Diabate; and the innovative balafon player Lassana Diabate.
Seventeen songs were recorded in five days, with all the musicians playing together live in one large room. A second session was convened some months later and produced a further nine songs.
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Umphrey's: NYE Chicago Shows<Br> Additional Fall Dates
Umphrey's McGee
Umphrey's McGee have
announced a New Years Eve run at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago on December 29-31. They will play two full two-
set shows on the 29th and 30th, and three sets on the 31st.
Umphreaks can also also catch the band all over North America this fall. Check out the full tour dates below.
Thu, Sep 23rd, 2010 The Valarium Knoxville, Tennessee 9:00 pm
Fri, Sep 24th, 2010 Minglewood Hall Memphis, Tennessee 9:00 pm
Sat, Sep 25th, 2010 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 9:00 pm
Sun, Sep 26th, 2010 George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, Arkansas 9:00 pm
Sun, Sep 26th, 2010 George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, Arkansas
Tue, Sep 28th, 2010 El Rey Theater Albuquerque, New Mexico 8:30 pm
Wed, Sep 29th, 2010 Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff, Arizona 9:00 pm
Fri, Oct 1st, 2010 The Depot Salt Lake City, Utah 9:15 pm
Sat, Oct 2nd, 2010 Knitting Factory Reno, Nevada 8:00 pm
Sun, Oct 3rd, 2010 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival San Francisco, California 1:15 pm
Wed, Oct 6th, 2010 Arcata Theatre Arcata, California 8:30 pm
Thu, Oct 7th, 2010 McDonald Theatre Eugene, Oregon 8:00 pm
Fri, Oct 8th, 2010 Showbox SoDo Seattle, Washington 8:15 pm
Sat, Oct 9th, 2010 Wilma Theater Missoula, Montana 8:00 pm
Thu, Oct 21st, 2010 Mr. Small's Theatre Millvale, Pennsylvania 9:00 pm
Fri, Oct 22nd, 2010 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo, Michigan 8:30 pm
Sat, Oct 23rd, 2010 House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio 9:00 pm
Sun, Oct 24th, 2010 The Bluebird Bloomington, Indiana 9:00 pm
Wed, Oct 27th, 2010 People's Court Des Moines, Iowa 9:00 pm
Thu, Oct 28th, 2010 Canopy Club Urbana, Illinois 8:00 pm
Fri, Oct 29th, 2010 Canopy Club Urbana, Illinois
Sat, Oct 30th, 2010 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Sun, Oct 31st, 2010 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Wed, Nov 3rd, 2010 Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont
Thu, Nov 4th, 2010 Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont
Fri, Nov 5th, 2010 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. 10:30 pm
Sat, Nov 6th, 2010 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. 10:30 pm
Tue, Nov 9th, 2010 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, Virginia 8:30 pm
Wed, Nov 10th, 2010 Legends Boone, North Carolina 9:00 pm
Thu, Nov 11th, 2010 Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Live Oak, Florida
Fri, Nov 12th, 2010 Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Live Oak, Florida
Wed, Dec 29th, 2010 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Thu, Dec 30th, 2010 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Dec 31st, 2010 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois
20 January 2011- 24 January 2011 Mayan Holidaze Puerto Morelos, Mexico
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Dr. John & The Lower 911 :: 09.02.10 :: Santa Monica Pier :: Santa Monica, CA
var siteRoot="http://www.jambase.com";var newPhotoIndex="4";$(document).ready( function() { $("#GalleryWidget").load(siteRoot+"/Photos/Widget.aspx?galleryID=122");}); 9/2/10 - Dr. John @ Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, CA) View Photos New Orleans musical legend Dr. John played a versatile closing night set for the 2010 Twilight Dance Series 2010. The free concerts took place every Thursday on Santa Monica Pier throughout the summer. A swarm of music fans of all ages crowded the pier and the beach below for the final show of the season. The funky musical genie didn't disappoint, offering jazzy renditions of some of his most well known songs that lent themselves well to a dance ready audience.
Dr. John burst into the rock world in the late 60s as the ambassador of the New Orleans sound to mainstream pop culture. Known at the time as 'Dr John, The Night Tripper,' his debut album, released in 1968, established him as a pop icon. Combining traditional New Orleans music with psychedelic rock, the album featured songs such as "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" that created a whole new musical genre and inspired musicians and fans alike. His original music and live performances were steeped in a mystical stew of voodoo and experimental sounds that established him as sort of a white version of blues master Screamin Jay Hawkins. In fact, several (what appeared to be genuine) human skulls graced the stage Thursday night!
By the 1970s, Dr. John had dropped 'The Night Tripper' moniker and evolved his music into a more funk-based sound. This era produced his biggest pop hit, "In The Right Place." Always continuing to reinvent himself over his four decades of music making, he has collaborated with countless pop, rock, blues and jazz legends. A master keyboard player, one of his piano tunes Thursday night was even reminiscent of Joe Jackson's foray into samba music. On another new jazzy tune, he sang about his commitment to preserving the wetlands in New Orleans and urged the crowd to get involved in saving the region's traditional way of life.
By the time the 10 pm curfew literally forced the feisty musician off the stage, he had performed over two hours of music - singing, dancing, playing multiple keyboards and guitar. Long live, Dr John, The Night Tripper, and bravo for free concerts on the Santa Monica Pier.
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Life is good Festival Preview
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Life is good Festival :: 09.11.10-09.12.10 :: Prowse Farm:: Canton, MA
Good music, a good cause and a good attitude. What's not to like about the inaugural Life is good Festival? Spring forth this coming weekend in Canton, Mass, a suburb of Boston, this event gathers together heavy hitters like Ben Harper & Relentless7, Ziggy Marley, Jason Mraz and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals to help raise much needed funds for the Life is good Kids Foundation, which aids children and their families with life-threatening ailments.
"The 2010 Life is good Festival at Blue Hills is a one-of-a kind event. No other festival in the country can offer the talent and entertainment experience that families and music fans alike will find at the 2010 Life is good Festival - all while helping to raise funds for kids facing life-threatening challenges," said Bert Jacobs, Chief Executive Optimist for Life is good. "We have some of the very best performers coming together and we are going to have a great time while we raise more than $1 million dollars for the Life is good Kids Foundation."
On top of being a positivity charged fine use of one's dollars, this festival has some great musical talent over and above the top names. Here's a few suggestions if you make your way to Blue Hills on Saturday and/or Sunday.
1. The Sippy Cups:: Saturday & Sunday :: 11:30 AM-12:30 PM :: "Good Kids" Stage
Kids music is largely a wretched hive of sub-par crapola (trust the parent of a 3-year-old boy), but Bay Area gems The Sippy Cups are fun, clever AND good musicians who don't pander to kids so much as engage them in a cool way. The Cups open musical festivities both days and it'd be tough to start your 'goodness' on better footing - whether you have kids along or not!
2. Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves :: Saturday :: 12:30-1:15 PM :: "Life Is Good" Stage
Real soul music is making a small comeback in 2010, and this Massachusetts native is part of the cresting wave that's bringing back the quality and vibe of vintage Motown, Stax/Volt, etc. but in a living, breathing way rather than a nostalgia exercise.
3. They Might Be Giants :: Saturday :: 2:30-3:30 PM :: "Good Kids" Stage
Speaking of kids music that doesn't suck it sideways, TMBG have carved quite the nifty niche for themselves inside the Disney empire in recent years AND done so with real dignity - a trick the Mouse Factory makes VERY hard. Like Ween's good-natured twin, the Giants are masters of all styles and know a hook when they find one. They also play on Sunday, 1:00-2:00 pm, on the same stage. Go and yell, "Istanbul!" at them and see what happens!
4. Toubab Krewe :: Sunday :: 1:15-2:30 PM :: "Good Vibes" Stage
Each time onstage is different yet consistently electrifying for audiences and players alike with Toubab Krewe, who dabble in a bit of this and that to mold something rhythmic, dense and engaging that's as original as anything out there today.
5. Brett Dennen :: Sunday :: 4:45-5:45 PM :: "Good Vibes" Stage
A spot of sensitive singer-songwriter fare always goes down so, so well around sundown, and there's not many better proponents of this stuff than Dennen. Grab a piece of grass, lay back and let him float you away on wings of song. Kinda corny but sounds nice, eh?
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Telluride Blues Fest:<br> First Annual Sunset Blues Concert
FEATURING MATT SCHOFIELD AND THE GOLD KINGS
Matt Schofield Trio
The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is delighted to announce the addition of a free concert to kick-off the
weekend's festivities. The Sunset Blues Concert, which will be held on Thursday, September 16, 2010, will
feature British blues sensation, Matt
Schofield, and hometown favorites, the Gold Kings.
Tickets for the 17th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival are on sale now! A three-day pass is available for $160.00 and Juke Joint tickets are sold per night at $25. Friday and Sunday tickets can be purchased for $55.00 each and Saturday for $65.00.
Festival camping is available adjacent to the festival grounds for $40 per person and are valid for 4 nights starting Thursday, September 16. Tickets can be purchased at www.tellurideblues.com or by calling 866-515-6166.
Lotus NYE Show in Philly
FOR ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Lotus
Lotus returns to
Philadelphia's own Electric Factory for another New Year's Eve celebration. With the success of last year's sold-out
show at the illustrious venue, they are looking forward to counting down to 2011 in their hometown once again.
Tickets are on sale now through Lotus Fanclub ticketing, and public onsale begins September 7 through Ticketmastermore information is available at the Electric Factory website
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David Byrne:<br> <i>Bicycle Diaries</i> Audiobook 9/28
Bicycle Diaries
David Byrne's bestselling
Viking Press hardcover, Bicycle Diaries, will be released as an enhanced audiobook September 28
with pre-orders beginning today.
Offered exclusively at www.bicycle-diaries.com, this new edition is narrated by Byrne and features music (by Byrne) and location sounds to create an atmosphere more akin to a radio show than a simple reading of the book. Presented in podcast-style downloads, the listener will have a choice to purchase individual chapters or the complete book. The introductory chapter will be free. In addition to the audio version, the paperback and E-book editions will also be released the same day. The E-book version will include color images not included in the hardcover.
Part travelogue, part journal and part photo album, Bicycle Diaries chronicles what Byrne sees and whom he meets as he pedals through metropolises ranging from Berlin to Buenos Aires, Istanbul to San Francisco, Manila to New York. The collection includes records Byrne's thoughts on world music, urban planning, fashion, architecture, cultural dislocation and more.
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STS9, MiMOSA, Two Fresh <br>Benefit For Georgia Theatre
Two Fresh
In an effort to help rebuild and revitalize the iconic Georgia Theatre that was devastated by a fire on June 19, 2009, STS9 will perform a PA & DJ set as the headliner for a Georgia Theatre Benefit on Saturday, October 23, 2010. MiMOSA and Two Fresh will also perform at the Spring Valley Eco Farm, which is located approximately four miles from downtown Athens, Georgia. A large portion of the proceeds from this event will help the rebuilding effort of the legendary Athens venue.
The Georgia Theatre focused on nurturing the careers of thriving, upcoming artists who often went on to achieve national acclaim. STS9 spent years playing shows at the Georgia Theatre (including their sold out 9 year anniversary 'homecoming' concert), and the group has a strong connection with not only the venue, but also the city of Athens. The inception of this event proves that the far-reaching artistic community of "The Classic City" has a profound presence, which will continue to support the venue that means so much to both musicians and music fans around the globe.
The Spring Valley Eco Farms is a non-profit organization focusing on education, research, and outreach to promote more ecologically sustainable agriculture. Spring Valley sits on 100 acres on the Georgia Piedmont. More details about the benefit concert will be released through the website created specifically for this event, where tickets are also on sale.
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