The Dead @ Garden State Arts Center - N.J.
The first night (8/10) was really nice. We had outstanding weather, and the crowd was mellow. As always there was lots of fun to be had in the parking lot and on the lawn. I like PNC--the people who work there aren't total JERKS like many people at Jones Beach. On the way into the show we saw some interesting things..
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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Mark Karan interview - 4/21/01
    Mark Karan interview

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  • Railroad Earth
    With nearly 400 shows and tens of thousands of road miles now behind them, Railroad Earth has become a staple on the national touring and festival scene, and built a huge following of loyal fans that document and trade every note they play, and often join them on the road for multiple nights. These fans call themselves “Hobos,” and the band considers them to be the fuel that keeps this engine chugging along. Railroad Earth’s next album is planned for release in Spring 2004. Till then the band will continue to bring their music to the stage from East to West. So keep an ear to the ground and listen for Railroad Earth, because they'll be rolling through your town very soon.

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  • ten2nine
    "I hate to break the news to you, but you guy's may have finally put all the pieces together. This new ep is the best work I've heard from you ever! The writing, lyrics and music is superb, the performance is top notch and [Jim Leguilloux's] production gives it a true professional gloss." - Ron Gilmour, Power 104 Kelowna, BC

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  • Metharia
    The debut on the band was on 18th January 2000, when Metharia won the festival "Le Quattro Notti Rock." In June 2003 they are one of the three winners of the "NMC festival,' in Marcerta winning the award for the best live performance.

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  • Signal Path
    Armed with new jungle juice, they are warming up and ready to play. They opened up with a latenight show in Atlanta and continued on to Mountain View Jam Festival in North Carolina. Coast to coast, they'll be working their way to SummerCamp, Wakarusa, and High Sierra Music Festival.

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  • T-Band
    Jim Dooney plays guitar and does most of the lead vocals. He is great at getting everyone involved in the fun by taking requests or choosing the perfect song for any situation. Amy Anderson plays the stand up bass and sings harmony. Amy is the musical backbone of the band. Her playing punch and solid timing keeps us all together in our all acoustic environment. Robert Griffith plays banjo and sings harmony. Rob drives the band with lightning fast fingers and great improvising skills. Rich Egan plays mandolin and does some vocals. Rich keeps your feet tapping and your fingers snapping with his rhythm chops and is great at playing tasteful solos."

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  • Shanti Groove (September 2003)
    Shanti's groove moves along acoustical and electrical lines, combining the voice of jazz and rock with back porch bluegrass and funktified percussion. Bringing their unique sound to venues nationwide, the band provides a musical celebration of the 'groove' kind.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Curious Yellow (August 2003)
    After fronting a couple bands in the mid 90s in California and spending the next several years developing his musical and songwriting talents in Japan and Minneapolis, Adam Lancaster landed in Denver in 2000 and founded the band. The band took on many formations and seemingly endless lineup changes for about a year until the perfect complimentary additions of Gregg Rosenthal (drums), Josh Eckhoff (guitar), and Matt Novack (bass, vocals) created a sound and style beyond what Adam could have hoped for. This new talented group immediately began writing songs and reworking old songs to create music and a performance that attracts and engages every listening audience. The personal and musical bond between each member deepened quickly and the dedication from everyone to develop the band to its fullest possibilities is evident.

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  • New Monsoon (June 2003)
    Utilizing congas, timbales, tabla, banjo, bongos, Dobro, ghatham, Didgeridoo, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drum kit and keys, the band offers a plethora of textures, rhythms, ideas and moods. New Monsoon absorbs elements of sound indigenous to world culture and incorporates them into a variety of colorful and original rhythmic compositions.

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  • One Way Rider (May 2003)
    "One Way Rider has taken Nashville by storm! It was an honor to have them perform on the Interstate Radio Network a network of over twenty stations that broadcast from Music City and airs nationwide and in Canada. Locally in Nashville, the IRN broadcast on WSM 650 AM, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. The response was great! We cant wait to have them come back on the air and play for us again. It was so good to be with folks that live and love the bluegrass way, truly a blessed family. David and Valerie are a great example of what a family can accomplish together."

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  • Smokestack (January 2003)
    “The quality of playing blew me away. All four guys were stars, but that keyboard player is a superstar. Very Hornsby in his writing and singing, very Medeski with his jams. I have had the CD for a few months, and being a little familiar with the songs impressed me even more.” CanJam News Toronto, Canada

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  • The Miltones (December 2002)
    Formed in the summer of 2000, the Miltones have already performed over 350 shows in under 28 months. Their high volume of gigs has enabled the band to mature and explore a range of musical directions that make them a formidable artistic act. Simultaneously their music seems to embrace a level of healing and celebration that make them both accessible and fortunate for the audiences they have attracted.

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  • Ripple (November 2002)
    When Ripple started out in an Old Tappan, NJ basement during early 1978, none of us thought we would be discussing the possibilities of playing together for 25 years. But that’s exactly what happened. From the early day’s of playing friends parties (usually when the Parent’s were away) to all the great nightclubs and other interesting venues we’ve performed at during the years, we’ve met some amazing people and formed life long friendships that will long out live the Band.

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  • Ray Charles died today at 73.
    Ray Charles dead at 73

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  • Fair To Midland (September 2002)
    Brett Stowers and Nathin Seals offer a rhythmic passion that leads the humble gentlemen in their avant-garde sound. The unearthed discord and unconventional cries of frontman Andrew Sudderth infused with guitarist Cliff Campbell's melodic fury tumble into a captivating creation of sonics, cultures, and confusion. Combined with the subtle offering of Matt Langley on keys, FTM glides past the expected boundries and gracefully throws their intense rock harmonies to the flame.

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  • The Few (July 2002)
    "We did it in chunks, whenever he was available," says Burnside. "Living there, and playing in the clubs, it raises your game." The result, an explosive, hooky collection that echoes Burnside's love of the Replacements and fascination with the Cure, is startling from a 22-year-old who took up guitar only three years ago.

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  • One Cat Left (May 2002)
    Pete’s former association with TOM MARSHALL of PHISH led to the band AMFIBIAN. It was here in this situation that Pete found his voice and his motivation..

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  • Mt. Kilimanjaro!
    In one scene we saw a hippo in the river, a croccodile laying on the bank just beside it, and a waterbuck stanking near in the grass!

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  • Grateful Web Interview with Madison House and SCI Ticketing
    SCI interview

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  • Leftover will be calling it quits at years end.
    Leftover Salmon are saying goodbye..

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  • AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TREY 05.25.04
    Phish is coming to end..

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  • Sativa Gumbo (April 2002)
    Sativa Gumbo

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  • Pamela's stories from Africa
    This month I'll continue teaching English at the school, organize a second beekeeping seminar, begin making fuel-efficient stoves, and track down another place to buy modern breed roosters.

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  • Yamagata update
    Yamagata

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  • Yamagata (June 2001)
    Yamagata

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  • JSwine (October 2000)
    JSwine

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  • Mark Karan (August 2000)
    Mark Karan

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  • Moses Guest (September 2000)
    Moses Guest

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  • Uncle Sammy (July 2001)
    Uncle Sammy

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  • Solomon Grundy (April 2001)
    Solomon Grundy

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  • Tonal Vision (May 2001)
    Tonal Vision

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  • Cosmic Dust Devils (December 2001)
    Cosmic Dust Devils

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  • Purple Buddah (November 2001)
    Purple Buddah

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  • Rather Sit Than Dance To It? - by Chris Olson
    no one was dancing, but we HAD to...people were upset behind us for standing up at a rock-n-roll concert...so we tried the aisle...

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  • I'm a Nice Jewish Girl With a Big Bad Tattoo
    Time to stifle your shrieks and open your minds, dear readers, for you will find that this is a story outside of the parameters of Judaism. A story not about desecrating The Body, but one of adorning it, rewarding it.

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  • Phil & Trey - submitted by Jenica
    Truly amazing, that is all that really needs to be said about these two! I recently attended the two Phil shows at Red Rocks, and the reuniting show with Bobby in Oklahoma. They left me speechless and wanting more..

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  • Trey at Alpine! - by Elizabeth
    I just have to agree with the other commentaries on the Trey Anastasio concert at Alpine Valley! Trey and the band were outstanding! I also read that Trey commented that Alpine Valley is "really the best place to play in the world."

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  • Trey at Alpine 7-21-01 - by Ben Dunker
    On Saturday the 21st of July I went and saw Trey Anastasio and Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy Wisconsin.

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  • Trey Anastasio - by Carey Anthes
    Sad but true -- Phish is on hiatus after touring for 15 years and as of now they have no plan to unite anytime soon. Fortunately, some of the Phishies are still making music -- and plenty of it...

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  • Phil Lesh with RatDog - by Cary Anthes
    If one considers how Grateful St. Louis is for The Kind, The Shwag and Jake's Leg, there's no doubt that this city certainly knows how to honor its Dead..

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  • Jerrys' Rain - by William "Swivel" Young
    This a story about my own first mystical experience with the band. I can't remember exactly what year...82 or 83, I believe...

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  • Trey at Red Rocks - by Polly
    I went to the two trey shows at red rocks both the shows were sick it was nice to see an energetic show the horn section tears..

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  • Trey Anastasio's band - by Jonathan Coker
    Well, I did not go to any of Trey Anastasio's summer tour. I saw him during his fall tour. Needless to say I was not impressed. I had a chance to catch him in Charlotte, NC this summer, but decided to catch Panic in Myrtle Beach, SC instead..

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  • Censorship is the Answer? - by Rachel
    Apparently, Clear Channel Communications and whoever makes decisions there has been very, very touchy about the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. The media giant has formulated a list of over 100 songs that will be banned from its stations..

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  • George Harrison - by Mike Macchi
    I was born in 1965, the same year The Grateful Dead was born and the year that the songs that would land on the Beatles' landmark album "Rubber Soul" were probably starting to gel in the minds of the newly turned-on Fab Four..

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  • Insecticide (inspired by Kafka) - by Mike Marzol
    There is a place I remember as being the last place I remember. I'll ask you kindly not to judge me too strongly as I recall the details of the onset of my present condition. There were situations there....Living creatures wore the skin of dead ones. I saw things moving in unnatural ways..

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  • Byrne Other Ones' review - by Jennifer Sarnoff
    here is the set list, which you've probably already checked out on the websites. the songs that have asterisks are ones that Susan Tedeski joined in on. I don't even think they announced her at the show, b/c the whole time we all kept saying, who is that???

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  • Happy New Year from Africa! -by Pamela
    Adjusting to a life of solitude has been somewhat challenging, but I'm sure times will easier once my Swahili improves and I become busy with projects.

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  • Happy Valentine's Day... from Africa!
    There are a few Muslims around in this part of the country, but they do not at all appear to be threatening. The only adverse attitudes we volunteers have encountered is the occassional "Osama!" shouted out at us from little boys, usually only in the bigger cities.

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  • Hamjambo?
    Here it is nearly "winter" and getting very chilly in the Southern Highlands. Not like Nebraska winter chilly, but with no central heating or insulation and lots of drafty cracks in the house, certainly CHILLY.

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  • Greetings from South Africa
    Apparently links have been found between the diamond and tanzanite mining companies in Kenya with Al Qaeda, and the British and American governments are making a big deal out of it. People who I have talked to from Kenya think this is all totally absurd, and are pleading for the ban to be lifted because, as one of them said, "the tourism industry has been brought to its knees."

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  • Pamela's Xmas in Africa
    The change in seasons here is as abrupt as elsewhere in Africa, from last month bone dry and blazing forest, field and brush fires all around, adding smoke to the already dusty air and to now flash flood downpour every afternoon, usually clearing off to a cool crisp evening and a fresh sky of sparkling stars.

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  • Hamjambo? An update from Pamela
    We had very interesting conversations, covering a broad range of topics from Tiananmen Square and democratic reform in China to of course basketball! And what made it even more interesting were that these conversations were in three languages: Chinese, English and Swahili!

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  • Zambia & Victoria Falls
    What stuck me the most, besides the sheer force and pounding loudness of the water, was the incredible intense colors of the contrasting blue sky, white clouds, dark brown rock, vibrant green plant life, and of course the multiple RAINBOWS in the mist!

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  • FLOATER: Factory Tea Bagger
    'I dont do drugs' he said with a straight face and wild white pupiled eyes, going over to the throw away damaged tea pile, producing Bengal Spice tea bags. 'Put this between your toes when you go to sleep' he said, 'clear it right up.'

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  • FLOATER: Newspaper Carrier
    Camille the deaf mother is her own business, whether she like’s it or not, understands it or not. If she and her 11 year old son are getting up at 1:30am to work for $1.50 an hour, that’s their own business, not the papers, not the State of Colorado’s.

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  • FLOATER: Newspaper Carrier
    Camille the deaf mother is her own business, whether she like’s it or not, understands it or not. If she and her 11 year old son are getting up at 1:30am to work for $1.50 an hour, that’s their own business, not the papers, not the State of Colorado’s.

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  • Ideology Maintaining Structure; The necessity of gender roles in the public/private dichotomy
    However, these "June Cleaver" images have been very effective in getting women to take pride in their role as a housewife--reinforcing their own oppressive location in the hierarchal structure of American social relations.

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  • FLOATER: Production Assistant
    I drove Loni during a night shoot at Elitch Gardens in a golf cart. Just her and I, weaving through the deserted amusement rides under the stars. Surreal. Truth was, Loni and The Hulk were very, very nice people. Loni treated me better then any of the production people, always thanking me for anything I did, and every time kids stopped the Hulkster he would spend time signing autographs.

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  • FLOATER: Boulder County Jail
    A window opened on the floodlit interior courtyard, containing a grassy area and a basketball court. We strolled past big windows looking in on prisoners in different categories. One framed a room of strange, obese men. One had long thin threads of white hair. Another was shaved bald. All seemed to float about the room, oddly aloof, like manatee’s at Sea World. Was Floater going in there? Eeeek!

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  • Air and Water Propulsion Guy: First Attempt
    We were at the YMCA of Estes Park, and I took the kids to a rocket class. I've never been the same since....

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  • Short history lesson on the privilege of voting
    For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms. When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.

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  • Short history lesson on the privilege of voting
    For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms. When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.

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  • Air and Water Guy: Water fighting Bald Faced Hornets
    On reflection, This was a foolish attempt by amateurs, and if I did indeed want to attempt another foolish attempt by amateurs, I would do so in the rain, the temperature under 55 Degrees, with a face mask.

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  • Air and Water Guy: Water fighting Bald Faced Hornets
    On reflection, This was a foolish attempt by amateurs, and if I did indeed want to attempt another foolish attempt by amateurs, I would do so in the rain, the temperature under 55 Degrees, with a face mask.

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  • Air and Water Guy: Water fighting Bald Faced Hornets
    On reflection, This was a foolish attempt by amateurs, and if I did indeed want to attempt another foolish attempt by amateurs, I would do so in the rain, the temperature under 55 Degrees, with a face mask.

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  • Johnny Apple Last Mile Seed
    We will personally connect the "last mile" of optic fiber to every home we can, until we die. For Global Crossing. For people. For Country.

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  • “Grateful” for electricity
    I’m thankful I live on a power grid with a Fire House. I was only without power for 42 hours……lots and lots of my friends still have no electric or phones and it’s been 5 days. But our President is touring the area today so all ‘s well……another HA!!!!

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  • “Grateful” for electricity
    I’m thankful I live on a power grid with a Fire House. I was only without power for 42 hours……lots and lots of my friends still have no electric or phones and it’s been 5 days. But our President is touring the area today so all ‘s well……another HA!!!!

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  • ARNOLD Scares Americans In Hollywood & Washington
    ARNOLD, McCain, Guiliani, & Zel Miller all suceeded to reaffirm how scared Americans have become. Despite many of them not agreeing with Bush over gun control, abortion rights, enviornmental policies, etc -- the big shot republicans, those considerate moderator and attractive to the independent voters were out in full force at the Republican National Convention. Well, it worked. ach concentrated his attacks on Kerry, particulary Zel Miller, a really angry democrat. Nobody mentioned a word about Bush's domestic agenda. Not a word about healthcare, the environment, gun control, outsourcing jobs, our deficit, or education.

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  • Chaplain John (CH Morris) DIARIES from IRAQ
    Truly prayer is the privilege of the children of the Heavenly Father and I've been a grateful recipient.

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  • Chaplain John (CH Morris) DIARIES from IRAQ
    Truly prayer is the privilege of the children of the Heavenly Father and I've been a grateful recipient.

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  • Streets Smarts by Norm Brodsky: Just Say Yes
    How a Policy that sounds tough can turn into a lifeline for some.

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  • Abbie Hoffman: Steal this [Web] Book
    WELFARE It's so easy to get on welfare, anyone who is broke and doesn't have a regular relief check coming in is nothing but a goddamn lazy bum!

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  • No Laundry Before Bedtime, a Cautionary Tale
    "No, sirree, there's no telling what the outcome will be," she drew in on her cigarette. Only now it was a cigar. And the Oracle had morphed into Jiminy Cricket. "No, sirree." Puff. Puff. "Doesn't matter if it's a lamb and a lion, a wolf and a rooster, or an elephant and a donkey. If you could get the two together in any sort of a civilized fashion at all, you just might come up with something totally unexpected. That's what's so exciting about it." He pointed a finger at me. Do crickets have fingers?

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  • No Laundry Before Bedtime, a Cautionary Tale
    "No, sirree, there's no telling what the outcome will be," she drew in on her cigarette. Only now it was a cigar. And the Oracle had morphed into Jiminy Cricket. "No, sirree." Puff. Puff. "Doesn't matter if it's a lamb and a lion, a wolf and a rooster, or an elephant and a donkey. If you could get the two together in any sort of a civilized fashion at all, you just might come up with something totally unexpected. That's what's so exciting about it." He pointed a finger at me. Do crickets have fingers?

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  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
    I will watch as some of my friends’ desires for marriage become hopeless fantasies, as civil liberties are stripped away from them and the constitution. I will watch as others struggle with life altering decisions that they will not legally be allowed to make. I will watch my nephews grow up in a country where one half of the populace believes the only civil liberty worth protecting is the right to bear arms, while my nephews’ peers shoot themselves and each other with this precious right. I will watch as the constitution, the very foundation of our country, is chiseled away bit by religious bit.

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  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
    I will watch as some of my friends’ desires for marriage become hopeless fantasies, as civil liberties are stripped away from them and the constitution. I will watch as others struggle with life altering decisions that they will not legally be allowed to make. I will watch my nephews grow up in a country where one half of the populace believes the only civil liberty worth protecting is the right to bear arms, while my nephews’ peers shoot themselves and each other with this precious right. I will watch as the constitution, the very foundation of our country, is chiseled away bit by religious bit.

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  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
    I will watch as some of my friends’ desires for marriage become hopeless fantasies, as civil liberties are stripped away from them and the constitution. I will watch as others struggle with life altering decisions that they will not legally be allowed to make. I will watch my nephews grow up in a country where one half of the populace believes the only civil liberty worth protecting is the right to bear arms, while my nephews’ peers shoot themselves and each other with this precious right. I will watch as the constitution, the very foundation of our country, is chiseled away bit by religious bit.

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  • Perception is Everything: Look Busy
    When I turned 16, I decided to get a job at a restaurant. I remember a young bartender telling me the secret to the working world: “Pick something up and look busy. It doesn’t matter what you are doing, just look busy.” Eight years later, I realize what a golden nugget of advice this really is.

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  • Perception is Everything: Look Busy
    When I turned 16, I decided to get a job at a restaurant. I remember a young bartender telling me the secret to the working world: “Pick something up and look busy. It doesn’t matter what you are doing, just look busy.” Eight years later, I realize what a golden nugget of advice this really is.

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  • Happy Birthday Mike Moran, Grateful Web's Founder
    How did this slak jawed local do it?

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  • Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
    Bless the Dead and Wounded of Pearl Harbor, also victims of inept American Intelligence and failed imagination...

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  • Help write the Grateful Web Movie: "WJER RADIO"
    Submit ideas, dialouge, character development or commentary on Grateful Web's first movie "WJER RADIO" !

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  • Help write the Grateful Web Movie: "WJER RADIO"
    Submit ideas, dialouge, character development or commentary on Grateful Web's first movie "WJER RADIO" !

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  • Who would want to hurt this little girl?
    If seven African American children could integrate a white school in Little Rock in 1957 and live to tell about it, then dozens of African American children should be okay almost twenty years later in Denver, Colorado, right?

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  • Who would want to hurt this little girl?
    If seven African American children could integrate a white school in Little Rock in 1957 and live to tell about it, then dozens of African American children should be okay almost twenty years later in Denver, Colorado, right?

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  • Who would want to hurt this little girl?
    If seven African American children could integrate a white school in Little Rock in 1957 and live to tell about it, then dozens of African American children should be okay almost twenty years later in Denver, Colorado, right?

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  • Air and Water Propulsion Guy: Honey Bees get your home Buzzing
    Thirsty Hands provides true 'home made' bee products from Suzanne's Boulder Mountain Home. Each years unique flowers effect the taste of the honey we devour.

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  • Air and Water Guy: Breeding Alpacas
    Bette loved her land in the mountains near Boulder, Colorado, and was looking for a way to make that 18 acres work for her. She had horses, but they were so hard on the drought-striken land. She was thinking about having livestock that would be environmentally friendly and that would not have to be killed in order to produce income.

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  • Air and Water Guy: Breeding Alpacas
    Bette loved her land in the mountains near Boulder, Colorado, and was looking for a way to make that 18 acres work for her. She had horses, but they were so hard on the drought-striken land. She was thinking about having livestock that would be environmentally friendly and that would not have to be killed in order to produce income.

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  • Flash Fiction: The Lazy Raven by Aaron Souders
    I thought about the night I spent on a sand dune where I ran into a young woman staring into the night sky. I stared into the night with her and we watched a meteor shoot across the sky. "What do you think it means?" I asked her. "Not a goddamn thing," she said. There were no meteors streaking across the ceiling tonight.

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  • Flash Fiction: The Lazy Raven by Aaron Souders
    I thought about the night I spent on a sand dune where I ran into a young woman staring into the night sky. I stared into the night with her and we watched a meteor shoot across the sky. "What do you think it means?" I asked her. "Not a goddamn thing," she said. There were no meteors streaking across the ceiling tonight.

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  • Porchlight Prophecies
    The Porchlight Prophecies by Dustin Smith about the secret society of bugs. We want to post it serially, posting a chapter each week. -- So here is the first story.

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  • Five Poems by John Souders
    Or is it just a waste of time to look? A waste of space in our won- derful book? No! They come!

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  • Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005)
    Born in Corning, Iowa - went to the University of Nebraska - Lincoln - dead at 79 - Tonight Show host for 30 years, coming through the curtains almost 5000 times. May 21st, 1992 was his last Tonight Show - Johnny died of emphysema.

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  • The Fader's 'Here We Go Magic' Streets 2/24 + Preview Track
    The album opens with the trance-inducing polyrhythm’s and gorgeous multi-layered vocals of "Only Pieces.” What follows is an album oozing with sounds maternal and subconscious...like floating in amniotic fluid, ripe, hiccup-y and desperate to emerge. Many of the songs pulse with infectious afro-beat and kraut-rock influenced grooves, calling to mind classic albums like Remain in Light and Graceland. In contrast, the instrumental tracks conjure mystical introspective landscapes reminiscent of Popol Vuh's unforgettable ambience.

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  • The Fader's 'Here We Go Magic' Streets 2/24 + Preview Track
    The album opens with the trance-inducing polyrhythm’s and gorgeous multi-layered vocals of "Only Pieces.” What follows is an album oozing with sounds maternal and subconscious...like floating in amniotic fluid, ripe, hiccup-y and desperate to emerge. Many of the songs pulse with infectious afro-beat and kraut-rock influenced grooves, calling to mind classic albums like Remain in Light and Graceland. In contrast, the instrumental tracks conjure mystical introspective landscapes reminiscent of Popol Vuh's unforgettable ambience.

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  • Dark Star Orchestra's Two Night Celebration @ Boulder Theater
    Dark Star Orchestra presents the complete original set list, song by song, and in order, with uncanny faithful interpretation. To date, DSO has covered more than 1,500 different Grateful Dead shows The group has their craft so well-refined that even members of the Dead themselves, rhythm guitarist/singer Bob Weir, drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and late keyboardist Vince Welnick, have appeared on stage and performed with these live music interpreters.

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  • Dark Star Orchestra's Two Night Celebration @ Boulder Theater
    Dark Star Orchestra presents the complete original set list, song by song, and in order, with uncanny faithful interpretation. To date, DSO has covered more than 1,500 different Grateful Dead shows The group has their craft so well-refined that even members of the Dead themselves, rhythm guitarist/singer Bob Weir, drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and late keyboardist Vince Welnick, have appeared on stage and performed with these live music interpreters.

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  • Happy Holidays from the Grateful Web
    Thanks to everyone for visiting the Grateful Web over the past year. We're getting ready for a big 2009 with a new site coming out very soon. We hope you'll continue visiting the site and hopefully will enjoy the new site even more. We think it's going to be a nice change and probably a bit past due. Stay tuned.

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  • New Year's Eve Show Marcus Goldhaber W/The Jon Davis Trio
    When Marcus was growing up, every night after dinner his mother would call him over to the piano to teach him a new song. She had no great plan to train him professionally, she only wanted him to know this music and have it a part of his life. She would always say, “This is a great one for you to know.”

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  • New Year's Eve Show Marcus Goldhaber W/The Jon Davis Trio
    When Marcus was growing up, every night after dinner his mother would call him over to the piano to teach him a new song. She had no great plan to train him professionally, she only wanted him to know this music and have it a part of his life. She would always say, “This is a great one for you to know.”

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  • This Weekend At Cornelia Street Cafe (NYC)
    Michael Formanek may have one of the most diverse biographies in contemporary improvised music. At first glance his list of musical affiliations is both intriguing and confusing. Spanning nearly twenty three years he has played and/or recorded with Tim Berne, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Chet Baker, Tony Williams, Gerry Mulligan, Kevin Mahogany, Fred Hersch, Marimolin, Dave Liebman, Uri Caine, Joe Henderson, Mark Isham, James Emery, Bob Mintzer, Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Big Band, Terumasa Hino, Cedar Walton, Attila Zoller, Eddie Daniels, George Coleman, Franco Ambrosetti, Jane Ira Bloom, Ted Rosenthal, Bob Moses, Daniel Schnyder, and Gunther Schuller.

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  • This Weekend At Cornelia Street Cafe (NYC)
    Michael Formanek may have one of the most diverse biographies in contemporary improvised music. At first glance his list of musical affiliations is both intriguing and confusing. Spanning nearly twenty three years he has played and/or recorded with Tim Berne, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Chet Baker, Tony Williams, Gerry Mulligan, Kevin Mahogany, Fred Hersch, Marimolin, Dave Liebman, Uri Caine, Joe Henderson, Mark Isham, James Emery, Bob Mintzer, Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Big Band, Terumasa Hino, Cedar Walton, Attila Zoller, Eddie Daniels, George Coleman, Franco Ambrosetti, Jane Ira Bloom, Ted Rosenthal, Bob Moses, Daniel Schnyder, and Gunther Schuller.

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  • RIBS & BRISKET REVUE New Year's Eve at Cornelia Street
    Hard blowing, finger-snapping, klezmer-inflected jazz and wailing big city blues that suddenly slips into Yiddish; Shapiro tips his beret to Slim Gaillard with a couple of his tunes in praise of kosher cuisine, pours soul sauce and reggae beats over Jewish comedy songs and generally rips into things with just the right mix of irreverence and affection... Respect is due to John Zorn's Tzadik label for bringing this unique recording to the world. There really is no one else doing it quite like Shapiro!

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  • RIBS & BRISKET REVUE New Year's Eve at Cornelia Street
    Hard blowing, finger-snapping, klezmer-inflected jazz and wailing big city blues that suddenly slips into Yiddish; Shapiro tips his beret to Slim Gaillard with a couple of his tunes in praise of kosher cuisine, pours soul sauce and reggae beats over Jewish comedy songs and generally rips into things with just the right mix of irreverence and affection... Respect is due to John Zorn's Tzadik label for bringing this unique recording to the world. There really is no one else doing it quite like Shapiro!

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  • Marco Granados Winner Best Latin Jazz Flautist of 2008
    Marco Granados and Un Mundo Ensemble perform music from their homeland, Venezuela. Venezuelan music is characterized by fast melodies, complex syncopated rhythms, and jazzy harmonies that blend the traditions of African, European and native cultures with sense of sophistication that is truly unique. A lot of Un Mundo’s arrangements are virtuosic, giving the performers the opportunity to display mastery of their instruments. The different styles performed by the ensemble represent the typical forms most commonly enjoyed by the Venezuelan listener. These styles include: the Joropo, the Merengue, the Tonada, the Gaita, and the Valse (or Waltz).

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  • Marco Granados Winner Best Latin Jazz Flautist of 2008
    Marco Granados and Un Mundo Ensemble perform music from their homeland, Venezuela. Venezuelan music is characterized by fast melodies, complex syncopated rhythms, and jazzy harmonies that blend the traditions of African, European and native cultures with sense of sophistication that is truly unique. A lot of Un Mundo’s arrangements are virtuosic, giving the performers the opportunity to display mastery of their instruments. The different styles performed by the ensemble represent the typical forms most commonly enjoyed by the Venezuelan listener. These styles include: the Joropo, the Merengue, the Tonada, the Gaita, and the Valse (or Waltz).

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  • 12/29 & 12/30/97 on LivePhish Radio this Monday & Tuesday
    An early New Year's treat from LivePhish.com: starting at 2PM EST on Monday 12/29 and Tuesday 12/30, LivePhish.com will broadcast both 12/29/97 and 12/30/97, respectively, in their entirety on Live Phish Radio.

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  • 12/29 & 12/30/97 on LivePhish Radio this Monday & Tuesday
    An early New Year's treat from LivePhish.com: starting at 2PM EST on Monday 12/29 and Tuesday 12/30, LivePhish.com will broadcast both 12/29/97 and 12/30/97, respectively, in their entirety on Live Phish Radio.

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  • Tiësto named Mixmag's #1 DJ in 2008
    Tiësto is excited about topping off this fantastic year with this acknowledgement and says, "I am honored that Mixmag chose me as the number one DJ of 2008. I had an amazing year and would like to thank Mixmag and their readers for their support!"

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  • Tiësto named Mixmag's #1 DJ in 2008
    Tiësto is excited about topping off this fantastic year with this acknowledgement and says, "I am honored that Mixmag chose me as the number one DJ of 2008. I had an amazing year and would like to thank Mixmag and their readers for their support!"

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  • Mike Berkowitz & the Gene Krupa Band at Iridium for Gene's 100th Birthday
    Star drummer Gene Krupa and his Orchestra were the hottest of the hot stuff in the big band years. Fortunately Mike Berkowitz, an incredible drummer of today rescued the brilliant Krupa arrangements and put together a phenomenal aggregation of some of our New York Jazz world's swingingest musicians and Vocalist extraordinaire, Cassie Miller from L.A. Not just for nostalgia buffs and music historians, any real jazz lover has to be thrilled by the sounds made by this amazing 16-piece group. Scott Barbarino has booked them into the Iridium, the premiere Jazz room (on West 51 Street and Broadway) on Tuesday, January 13, which coincides with what would have been Gene Krupa's 100th birthday.

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  • Mike Berkowitz & the Gene Krupa Band at Iridium for Gene's 100th Birthday
    Star drummer Gene Krupa and his Orchestra were the hottest of the hot stuff in the big band years. Fortunately Mike Berkowitz, an incredible drummer of today rescued the brilliant Krupa arrangements and put together a phenomenal aggregation of some of our New York Jazz world's swingingest musicians and Vocalist extraordinaire, Cassie Miller from L.A. Not just for nostalgia buffs and music historians, any real jazz lover has to be thrilled by the sounds made by this amazing 16-piece group. Scott Barbarino has booked them into the Iridium, the premiere Jazz room (on West 51 Street and Broadway) on Tuesday, January 13, which coincides with what would have been Gene Krupa's 100th birthday.

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  • New Years Eve Party, Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turblence, & Pressure
    New Years Eve Party at 2b1 Multimedia Inc. 3075 17th Street, San Francisco, featuring: Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turbulence, Pressure and Winstrong.

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  • New Years Eve Party, Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turblence, & Pressure
    New Years Eve Party at 2b1 Multimedia Inc. 3075 17th Street, San Francisco, featuring: Ky-mani Marley, TOK, Turbulence, Pressure and Winstrong.

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  • WU Years Eve Bash
    If you're looking for something to do New Year's Eve this year and you're in the neighborhood of Minneapolis, fall by The Boardroom at Trocaderos on Wednesday night for a four-band groove extravaganza on two stages, hosted by local music partiers The Big Wu.

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  • WU Years Eve Bash
    If you're looking for something to do New Year's Eve this year and you're in the neighborhood of Minneapolis, fall by The Boardroom at Trocaderos on Wednesday night for a four-band groove extravaganza on two stages, hosted by local music partiers The Big Wu.

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  • Toubab Krewe NYE in Denver + Winter Tour!
    Toubab Krewe is thrilled to be in Denver for NYE tonight at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. Special guest Rayna Gellert (Uncle Earl) joins the band for the run on fiddle.

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  • Toubab Krewe NYE in Denver + Winter Tour!
    Toubab Krewe is thrilled to be in Denver for NYE tonight at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. Special guest Rayna Gellert (Uncle Earl) joins the band for the run on fiddle.

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  • The Dead to Tour in 2009...
    The lineup for this edition of The Dead will be the same one that rocked the house at Penn State last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti (both veterans of the 2004 Dead "Wave That Flag" tour).

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  • The Dead to Tour in 2009...
    The lineup for this edition of The Dead will be the same one that rocked the house at Penn State last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti (both veterans of the 2004 Dead "Wave That Flag" tour).

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  • Jesse Elder Quintet live at the Blue Note Tonight
    Jesse is a NYC based jazz composer, pianist and band leader. He has performed at venues such as the Blue Note, Smalls, Minton's Playhouse, Fat Cat, Top of the Rock, the Jazz Standard, and Town Hall. Jesse graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy where he received a "Fine Arts Award in Jazz Performance" and went on to study on scholarship at Oberlin Conservatory and New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Jesse performs his original compositions with renowned jazz artists such as Nasheet Waits, Ben Street, Chris Cheek, Tyshawn Sorey, Logan Richardson, Gary Thomas and others.

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  • Jesse Elder Quintet live at the Blue Note Tonight
    Jesse is a NYC based jazz composer, pianist and band leader. He has performed at venues such as the Blue Note, Smalls, Minton's Playhouse, Fat Cat, Top of the Rock, the Jazz Standard, and Town Hall. Jesse graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy where he received a "Fine Arts Award in Jazz Performance" and went on to study on scholarship at Oberlin Conservatory and New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Jesse performs his original compositions with renowned jazz artists such as Nasheet Waits, Ben Street, Chris Cheek, Tyshawn Sorey, Logan Richardson, Gary Thomas and others.

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  • Turbine Rumbles in the Red Fish
    Rightmire’s harmonica is almost certainly the band’s most exciting feature. It functions like a mouth-operated synthesizer, electrified, and run through a huge board of pedals. At times it sounds like a DJ scratch kit, at others it sounds like something from outer space. Sometimes it sounds like a regular harmonica. Rightmire’s epic lung capacity allows him to jam out on the mouth harp with incredible longevity. Long after most people would have blacked out and fallen over, Rightmire keeps the notes flowing, rocking around like a man possessed. I felt lightheaded just watching.

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  • Turbine Rumbles in the Red Fish
    Rightmire’s harmonica is almost certainly the band’s most exciting feature. It functions like a mouth-operated synthesizer, electrified, and run through a huge board of pedals. At times it sounds like a DJ scratch kit, at others it sounds like something from outer space. Sometimes it sounds like a regular harmonica. Rightmire’s epic lung capacity allows him to jam out on the mouth harp with incredible longevity. Long after most people would have blacked out and fallen over, Rightmire keeps the notes flowing, rocking around like a man possessed. I felt lightheaded just watching.

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  • Attention Colorado: Umphrey’s is on the Way!
    Chicago’s favorite export is coming to Colorado, and I’m not talking about either crooked politicians or Da Bears. I’m talking about Umphrey’s McGee, who will be doing a four-night stint along the Front Range later this month, beginning at the Aggie in Fort Collins on the 22nd. From there, UM will be stopping at the Boulder Theater on the 23rd, with back to back gigs in Denver at the Fillmore and Cervantes on the 24th, and a show in Breckenridge on the 25th.

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  • Attention Colorado: Umphrey’s is on the Way!
    Chicago’s favorite export is coming to Colorado, and I’m not talking about either crooked politicians or Da Bears. I’m talking about Umphrey’s McGee, who will be doing a four-night stint along the Front Range later this month, beginning at the Aggie in Fort Collins on the 22nd. From there, UM will be stopping at the Boulder Theater on the 23rd, with back to back gigs in Denver at the Fillmore and Cervantes on the 24th, and a show in Breckenridge on the 25th.

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  • New Years Eve: Zeppelin Reborn as Rose Hill Drive
    The promise of hearing Zeppelin II was a deal-maker as well, the kind of rock and roll Rose Hill Drive does best. But when the band opened up with Trans Am, an original track off the band’s latest, Moon is the New Earth, the crowd didn’t know what to think. As it would turn out, the change up was so that the band wouldn’t have to pause in the middle of Zeppelin II to play Auld Lang Syne, release the balloons, and watch the happy couples make out on the dance floor. Good thing too, because once these guys got going, there was no stopping them.

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  • New Years Eve: Zeppelin Reborn as Rose Hill Drive
    The promise of hearing Zeppelin II was a deal-maker as well, the kind of rock and roll Rose Hill Drive does best. But when the band opened up with Trans Am, an original track off the band’s latest, Moon is the New Earth, the crowd didn’t know what to think. As it would turn out, the change up was so that the band wouldn’t have to pause in the middle of Zeppelin II to play Auld Lang Syne, release the balloons, and watch the happy couples make out on the dance floor. Good thing too, because once these guys got going, there was no stopping them.

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The first night (8/10) was really nice.  We had outstanding weather, and the crowd was mellow.  As always there was lots of fun to be had in the parking lot and on the lawn.  I like PNC--the people who work there aren't total JERKS like the people at Jones Beach.  On the way into the show we saw some interesting things..  One guy tried to smuggle beer in by storing it in his ass.  Well, ok, not exactly!  He tied a jacket around his waste and lined the inside of the jacket with beer cans.  Pretty clever, but I don't think he got passed the security folks. We missed the first song, but came in at the start of Here Comes Sunshine, which was great. 

Here's the setlist:

Set 1:
Let The Good Times Roll
Here Comes Sunshine
Black Throated Wind
^Time Never Ends>
Cumberland Blues
Come Together
Down The Road Again
Direwolf
Liberty
Set 2:
Scarlet Begonias>
Doin' That Rag>
West LA Fadeaway>
New Potato Caboose>
Looks Like Rain
Passenger> Drumz/Space>
Days Between> Throwing Stones
Built To Last
U.S. Blues

E: Johnny B Goode

I really dug Cumberland Blues, Come Together, Scarlet Begonias and Looks Like Rain.  And US blues rocked!  What can I say?  I can't pick one favorite because the whole show was good.  Oh yeah, Warren Haines is AWESOME!!!!

The second night (8/11) we got poured on!!!  The rain lasted for hours and even when it finally slowed down, we still got lots of lightning (No matter--Mother Nature's special effects are always better than what they have on stage!  Although I must say that the back drop and lighting for these shows were some of the coolest I've ever seen.  Even my brother said so and he doesn't usually give a rat's ass about that stuff!)  Anyway, the crowd was a lot more pumped, probably because of the rain, and that always makes for a fun show!  One not-so-cool thing:  somebody threw a bottle of water onto the stage while the band was playing.  What's up with that??

Here's the set list:

@=Bobby acoustic
^=new song 1st time played,
sung by WarrenAugust 11, 2004
PNC Bank Arts Center
Holmdel, NJ
Set 1:
Jam>
Playin' In The Band>
Birdsong>
All That We Are>
Cassidy>
Tomorrow Never Knows
Self Defense
Minglewood Blues
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Set 2:
@Peggy-O
Dear Mr. Fantasy>
^St Stephen>
^He's Gone>
Drums>^Space>
^China Doll
^Sugaree
Birdsong Reprise>
Cassidy Reprise>
Touch of Grey

E: @Ripple

@Bobby acoustic
^ with Joan Osbourne

Mr. Fantasy, St. Stephen and Sugaree were so fantastic!  And it was such a nice surprise when Joan Osborne showed up.  And there's no better encore than Ripple as far as I'm concerned.  All in all, the shows were both great, and I can't wait for the next tour!

That being said I'd like to bring up a related topic since I have your attention.  When I'm not at Dead shows, I'm busy at work, as a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  Consequently, no matter what I'm doing, hearing loss is typically somewhere in my thoughts.  I've been going to shows for a dozen or so years, and have always appreciated the family atmosphere.  It's great to see people from every age group enjoying the music and the environment.  But it killed me at this last show to see a little baby, who couldn't have been more than four months old, exposed to such loud music.  Even though we were at an outdoor venue, we were hearing stuff that probably measured way beyond 100 decibels.  All I'm saying is that noise-induced hearing loss is something parents need to be mindful of.  I don't blame any of you adults for not wanting to wear earplugs--I'm guilty too!  But that's my choice.  We have to make better choices for our kids!!  Ok, thanks for listening, I'm getting off my pedastal now!  Enjoy the rest of the summer everyone!

~Jennifer

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