Category: Music
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DMB Eye Candy and Bonus
Cool interview (via) with Fenton Williams, the Dave Matthews Band Lighting Director and Scenic Designer. Some of the lighting plan is determined ahead of show, but most is improvised in real time to keep up with the band. Bonus: linked off the interview above a write up on David Gilmour’s latest tour. Good reading. One…
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Pink Floyd News Bits
While checking the link for the official Pink Floyd site for the last article, I stumbled on two news items: Syd Barrett.I hadn’t heard that founding member Syd Barrett recently passed away. The site says “The band are naturally very upset and sad to learn of his death. Syd was the guiding light of the…
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Nick Mason, the car guy
I knew that Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame was into cars, but I didn’t know he was doing new car reviews. Here’s an entertaining article (via NYT DriveTimes) where he reviews a Nissan Micra C+C (not available in the US and probably never will be). He waxes a bit into Pink Floyd history (with…
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BigScreenConcerts: David Gilmour
Hmm, I’d say it was about 75% suck, unfortunately. Turns out that BigScreenConcerts are just crappy concert DVDs, shown in 4×3 with a digital projector. If this was supposed high def digital film distribution, they’ve got a long way to go; a lot of pixelation, some motion distortion (watch the drum sticks), and lots of…
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Tom Petty: The Highway Companions Club
Tom Petty is doing a fan club type thing called The Highway Companions Club. Sounds very similar to Dave Matthews Band’s Warehouse. Supposedly gets you better seats, but no guarantees; probably extra true since they’re teamed up directly with TicketBastard for a promotion. I think I’ll keep that $30, thank you very much. While checking…
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Gone in 60 Seconds…
No, not the movie, David Gilmour concert tickets… davidgilmour.com reports: US tickets gone in 60 seconds Thanks to the power of computing technology, the remainder of the tickets via TicketMaster for David�s US & Canadian dates were apparently sold within a minute at the weekend, with some hopefuls unable to purchase tickets online even at…
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Turn CDs into an iPod?
A while back, I was on Gizmodo and found a company that was offering to trade used CDs for an iPod. Too good to be true? Millennium Music has their exchange rates posted for CDs to a number of iPod models (or you can just cash out if you want.) Basically, you package up your…
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A Salute to DMB
You may have heard that Dave Matthews Band recently did an extra night their Red Rocks tour finale as a benefit for the Katrina hurricane. Reuters reports what you may not have heard, was that everybody involved donated their time; the band, security, venue, and vendors. Amazing that raised $1.5 million in a single night.…
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Rest In Peace, iPod MINI
Thankfully, my iPod MINI still works great. But, Apple is no longer selling them. Its replacement is the iPod Nano. pretty spicy, 2gb or 4gb flash (and 8gb rumored to be coming soon), color screen, and not too expensive. Available now. In related news, Motorola and Apple have also released a new phone, the rokr,…
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My Dave Matthews Band Concert List
Before I forget again, I dusted off my brain and pulled out all my ticket stubs to compile the list of all the Dave Matthews Band shows that I’ve attended. July 26, 1998 Saratoga Performing Arts Center August 2, 1998 Vernon Downs July 21, 2000 Ralph Wilson Stadium June 20, 2001 Ralph Wilson Stadium July…