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New DMB Album Late

jasonjcrowther — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:56:28 +0000

Darn, Dave just tweated that the new album is gonna be late. Seems to be coming together, just taking a while to wrap up. Looking forward to some new stuff, regardless if I have to wait a little longer.

DMB ‘09 Summer Tour Announced

jasonjcrowther — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:54:26 +0000

Just got some spam from the Warehouse regarding Dave Matthews Band some tour plans. Interesting, they’re opening at Darien Lake on May 27. Hmm, a two-fer at SPAC 2 weeks later (maybe a little Birthday trip, or early wedding anniversary celebration?) Hold the phone, Syracuse on August 4th? Now we’re talk’n.

I may be too old and crusty to suffer through the long drives and traffic at Darien and SPAC, but I think I can handle the short 10 minute drive over to the ball park.

Legal Music on the Cheap

jasonjcrowther — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:30:41 +0000

I always said I’d buy a lot more music if it were priced more reasonably. Well, I just put my money where my mouth is. Recently I stumbled on the fact that Amazon MP3 announces super duper deals on their Twitter feed.

I’ve been meaning to try them out for a while, but today’s $1.99 deal was a 22 track Patsy Cline collection that I just couldn’t resist. Everything was a go until I noticed that you need the Amazon MP3 Downloader to buy an album at a time (I think you can only buy a track at a time without it.) Sitting at my work desk, I said geez, gonna have to wait until later ’cause there’s no way they have a Linux version. But, hey now! They do!

A quick deb package download later and I was ready to click the One-Click Checkout button. Well, it was a few more clicks for me (because my credit card on file was expired), but it wasn’t anything too mind bending. Pretty smooth.

I’ll be keeping my eye out for more good deals on the Twitter feed.

Sad Day In Music

jasonjcrowther — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:52:07 +0000

Leroi Moore, saxophonist and founding Dave Mathews Band member, has succumbed to injuries from an ATV accident earlier this year. CNN story. Rest in peace, brother; you’ll be greatly missed.

I’m sure the band will carry on, but it won’t be the same.

Ready to Ramble

jasonjcrowther — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:07:59 +0000

A while back (years ago, in fact) I stumbled on Hayseed Dixie (probably via KPIG, the home of all things good.) They’re a bluegrass band that covers all sorts of rock music, including AC/DC (their namesake), KISS, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and many others. Good stuff!

The other day, I was messing around on the Live Music Archive (if you haven’t been over there lately, you can now stream most shows; no more downloading, woo-hoo!) and saw that they had a some shows up. Oh man, I was on ‘em like white on rice. As usual, the live stuff is way better than the album. Bonus! the front man shares some hilarious stories in between the songs.

At the moment, I’m listening to 2007-05-25. The story about someone parking in a handicapped parking space that opens in the show is a riot.

Update: the Hayseed Dixie profile page on Last.fm has some entertaining videos.