Elvis Costello’s birthday is almost exactly a month away. August 25th, to be exact.
Start celebrating early by watching the video for Peace, Love, and Understanding.
Music
Anything music.
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I wish I could be as cool as
…the Barenaked Ladies!
This is from BNL’s Bathroom Sessions videos on YouTube. Also, check out the Bathroom Sessions blooper reel. I love that these guys are so down to Earth.
(h/t The Stinging Nettle)
Everybody Knows
Damn you, Jeff, for getting the Duhks’ music stuck in my head! 🙂
Everybody Knows
The Duhks
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
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How Jesse Helms saved webcasting
My friend Kevin Sonney mentioned his experience with Jesse Helms’s constituent services. It reminded me of one time I had to applaud Jesse, too.
Back in 2002, Internet radio was under attack when the evil DMCA pushed by the Recording Industry of Association of America was due to jack up royalty fees that would have effectively killed webcasting.
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Grade 9
Grade 9
Barenaked Ladies
I found my locker and I found my classes
Lost my lunch and I broke my glasses,
That guy is huge! That girl is wailin’!
First day of school and I’m already failing.
This is me in grade nine, baby, this is me in grade nine
This is me in grade nine, baby, this is me in grade nine
I’ve got a blue-and-red Adidas bag and a humongous binder,
I’m trying my best not to look like a minor niner.
I went out for the football team to prove that I’m a man;
I guess I shouldn’t tell them that I like Duran Duran.
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One after 9:09
One after 9:09
The Beatles
My baby says she’s trav’ling on the one after nine-o-nine
I said move over honey I’m traveling on that line
I said move over once, move over twice
Come on baby don’t be cold as ice
I said I’m trav’ling on one after 9-09
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Plowed
I saw Sponge play on their Wax Ecstatic tour at the former MARS club near the Longbranch. A great band of the 90s.
Will I wake up
Is it a dream I made up
No, I guess it’s reality
What will change us
Or will we mess up
Only chance to connect with a dream
Say a prayer for me
I’m buried by the sound
In a world of human wreckage
Well, I’m lost and I’m found
and I can’t touch the ground
I’m plowed into the sound
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I can hear you, can you hear me? R.E.M. visits Raleigh
Here’s your official MT.Net #remnc review:
It takes an exceptional band to drag me out to Walnut Creek Amphitheatre. With its $6 per-person parking fees, $11 beers, TicketMaster headaches, Gestapo-like security checks, and in-your-face advertisements, the place screams corporate rock. No matter if my seats are reserved or on the lawn I always feel a little dirty after a show there. Fortunately, R.E.M. is one band worth seeing.
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R.E.M.’s Raleigh set list
The band posted the set list from last night’s show. I love all the oldies that were played, especially Sitting Still, when Mitch Easter and Don Dixon joined in. Michael Stipe was just beaming at the end of that song.
Later tonight I’ll post more of my thoughts on the show.
#remnc
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R.E.M. at RDU
…or more correctly, R.E.M. plays Raleigh’s Walnut Creek-Hardee’s-Alltel-Time Warner Music Pavilion tonight.
I’m going to bring my camera to the show in the hopes I can get some pics, as the R.E.M. forum seems to encourage this. I called the Ampitheatre number and was told cameras weren’t allowed, but was finally told I could bring it and take my chances. We’ll see. The worst that can happen is I have to hike back to my car. No biggie.
Look for some blogging entries (appropriately tagged #remnc) afterward!