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HBD ... welcome to yer dirty thirties

Not nearly as good as the vid at the start of this thread, but it's still Wilco

I'll be at one of those two for sure

More have gone down this weekend/today: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/65920166.html They all tend to have "reward" programs for uploaders whose files get accessed a lot. Rapidshare (who fought in the courts a few times) seems to be the most solid at the moment. Alternatives will arise. Also, there's a movement afoot for a call to action in March: Black March

http://bit.ly/zi83sN moe. – What Happened To The LA LAs For their 10th studio album, the psychedelic jam maestros moe. will transform 10 road-proven, moe.ron-approved songs from their normally lengthy live versions into more compact, layered tracks, resting on the back of Vinnie Amico’s and Jim Loughlin’s pulsating percussion. Still pure moe., the album entitled What Happened To The La Las, is the band’s first partnership with a label in over a decade, and features the outside production assistance of John Travis (Kid Rock, Social Distortion, No Doubt). Founding member Chuck Garvey is quite optimistic of the new approach, stating via press release, “With most of our recordings, we’ve gotten the equipment together, we’ve paid for everything ourselves, we’ve produced it ourselves and we’ve had complete control over it. For this album we actually made the leap of putting ourselves in someone else’s hands to help us come out with something different.†mp3@320 Track List CD1: 01 – The Bones Of Lazarus 02 – Haze 03 – Downward Facing Dog 04 – Rainshine 05 – Smoke 06 – Paper Dragon 07 – Chromatic Nightmare 08 – Puebla 09 – One Way Traffic 10 – Suck a Lemon CD2: 01 – The Bones of Lazarus (Acoustic) 02 – Haze (Acoustic) 03 – Downward Facing Dog (Acoustic) 04 – Rainshine (Acoustic) 05 – Smoke (Acoustic) 06 – Paper Dragon (Acoustic) 07 – Chromatic Nightmare (Acoustic) 08 – Puebla (Acoustic) 09 – One Way Traffic (Acoustic) 10 – Suck A Lemon (Acoustic) http://bit.ly/zi83sN

http://bit.ly/zg9Ozw Etta James - Time After Time No one can deny Etta James’s legendary status as a queen of the blues, and here, in this 1995 recording, she still wails with the best. Surrounded by extraordinary musicians—especially the brilliant Cedar Walton on piano and Eddie Harris and Herman Riley on tenor sax—she turns standards into big, bold, assertive statements, capitalizing on her lower register (much lower than when she was younger). Full of passion, she proclaims her songs, as much as she sings them, using volume and her somewhat harsh voice, instead of sweetness and subtlety, to convey her messages. “Don’t Go to Strangers†is her joke. Often confused with Etta Jones, she begins the CD with Jones’s most famous song, giving it her own style and interpretation. Jo Stafford would never recognize what James does with “Teach Me Tonight,†an R & B treatment that features one of Eddie Harris’s great sax solos. “Fool That I Am,†one of her best songs, includes an unusual accompaniment, almost completely limited to the flugelhorn of Ronnie Buttacavoli and guitar of Josh Sklair, who have terrific solos, and one can hear Etta in the background offering them encouragement. The best song on the CD is “Willow Weep for Me,†a stunning song which she begins a capella and sings as if she were one of the originators of old-time blues. Here she keeps the tempo slow, letting out all her emotion in pure blues style, the accompaniment kept simple and very much in the background. With jazz and the blues embedded deep in her soul, James is still a fine interpreter, and the musicians with whom she surrounds herself are top notch. Her voice, now very deep and dark, is still fine in the middle and upper ranges. Unfortunately, she sometimes misses notes in the lower range (particularly noticeable on “Time After Time†and “My Funny Valentineâ€), especially when she tries to sing the lowest notes quietly, rather than at full volume, and she often slides up and down to hit her notes. Because of this, newcomers to this lady and long-time fans might prefer to look for some of the new releases of her earlier work, such as “At Last,†a remastered version of her 1960 debut. - Mary Whipple mp3@320 Track List 1. Don’t Go To Strangers (5:00) 2. Teach Me Tonight (4:59) 3. Love Is Here To Stay (4:29) 4. The Nearness Of You (6:32) 5. Time After Time (4:23) 6. My Funny Valentine (5:46) 7. Imagination (6:52) 8. Fool That I Am (3:58) 9. Willow Weep For Me (6:23) 10. Ev’rybody’s Somebody’s Fool (5:15) 11. Night And Day (4:16) 12. Someone To Watch Over Me (6:01) http://bit.ly/zg9Ozw

Gonna miss you Etta. Truly one of a kind. Glad I got to see you perform live a couple of times. http://bit.ly/wKdB8X Etta James - Live From San Francisco Etta James led a roller-coaster life, sustaining enough spills and thrills to satisfy the wildest daredevil. This live set reflects the ride. Bursting with color, Live in San Francisco is a snapshot from the journey, a record of one remarkable evening when the singer seemed at last, free to purge her soul and impart the joy and pain which gives her art such frightening beauty. It was March of 1981. Etta was forty three and frustrated. Her career, which began when she was five in St. Paul Baptist Church in L.A., had hit a snag. As a child of the Forties, she was a gospel star; as a teenager of the Fifties, she emerged as an R&B pioneer (â€Roll With Me, Henry†was her seminal song of early rock); and as a woman of the Sixties, she became, along with Aretha and Otis, one of the great figures in the Golden Age of Soul (her â€Tell Mama†ranks with â€Respect†as an anthem of the epoch). The Seventies, though, was a darker decade. Personal demons drove her in and out of hospitals. Disco did her no favors. Not one to compromise her heart, Etta fought the fashion. â€The music business was going disco crazy,†she remembers, â€but I wasn’t about to start chasing some half-baked fad. I kept singing what I felt like singing — the stuff I loved best. R&B, or soul, or whatever the hell they were calling it, still sounded good to me.†Discussing the past with Etta James is a distinct pleasure, perhaps because her present — and presence — is rock steady. Enjoying a resurgence of popularity in the Nineties, Etta lives on a luxurious ranchette in the suburbs of Riverside, California, but today she’s riding around San Francisco in her Lincoln Towncar, remembering a turning point in her life. A brisk breeze is kicking off the bay; the sky is a cloudless, cobalt blue. - mog.com mp3@v0 Track List 1. I Just Want to Make Love to You 2. Take It to The Limit 3. Baby What You Want Me To Do 4. Sugar on the Floor 5. Tell Mama 6. I’d Rather Go Blind 7. Otis Redding Medley (Hard to Handle/Just One More Day/Can’t Turn You Loose) 8. Born Blue http://bit.ly/wKdB8X

Give it to Pierre ... change the name to the Montreal Monsters

This is a pretty good pic though. It was before there was any score on the board so you could say it is positive http://siphotos.tumblr.com/post/16116620203/members-of-the-montreal-canadiens-gather-around

First track released with video. From http://www.brucespringsteen.net BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TO RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM 'WRECKING BALL' ON MARCH 6; EUROPEAN DATES AND SXSW KEYNOTE SPEECH CONFIRMED Bruce Springsteen's new album 'Wrecking Ball' has been set for March 6 release on Columbia Records. Marking his 17th studio album, 'Wrecking Ball' features 11 new Springsteen songs and was produced by Ron Aniello with Bruce Springsteen and executive producer Jon Landau. A special edition of 'Wrecking Ball' will also be available and include two bonus tracks and exclusive artwork and photography. 'Wrecking Ball' Song Titles: We Take Care of Our Own Easy Money Shackled and Drawn Jack of All Trades Death to My Hometown This Depression Wrecking Ball You've Got It Rocky Ground Land of Hope and Dreams We Are Alive Said long-time manager Jon Landau, "Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life. The lyrics tell a story you can't hear anywhere else and the music is his most innovative in recent years. The writing is some of the best of his career and both veteran fans and those who are new to Bruce will find much to love on 'Wrecking Ball.'" Bruce Springsteen will make an appearance as the keynote speaker at SXSW 2012. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be touring extensively in the US and Europe in 2012. 'Wrecking Ball' is available for pre-order now on Amazon and iTunes. "We Take Care of Our Own" is available now as a digital single and can be previewed here.

http://bit.ly/z5zcWc David Byrne - Live from Austin, Texas David Byrne is a modern renaissance man and that s not just a cliché. From the heady days as co-founder of the celebrated art new-wave group Talking Heads (1976-88) through his own constantly evolving and innovative solo music career, he has pursued his muse on many different artistic fronts. He s been the driving force behind a body of work that has been both intellectually daring and commercially successful…and he shows no signs of slowing down three decades later. This performance, captured on November 28, 2001, came on the heels of his hit single, Like Humans Do and the release of the album Look Into the Eyeball, which was another typically eclectic musical stew reflecting a variety of styles and influences, from Philly soul to a D.C. Go-Go inspired groove and his first-ever Spanish composition, Descondido Soy. Critics at the time called it his best work in years, and his performance on the Austin City Limits stage shows why. Joined by Austin s own eclectic tango ensemble Tosca, Byrne takes us down many different musical roads in his ACL debut. - amazon.com mp3@320 Track List 01. (Nothing But) Flowers 02. God’s Child (Come Dance with Me) 03. And She Was 04. Once in a Lifetime 05. The Great Intoxication 06. Marching Through the Wilderness 07. The Revolution 08. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 09. What a Day That Was 10. Desconocido Soy 11. Like Humans Do 12. Life During Wartime 13. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) http://bit.ly/z5zcWc

Holy shitballs. This is just so f'in good. Damn. I had heard some people mentioning this duo, but wow do they ever bring it. I was halfway through the second track and I pulled the trigger and got a pair of tix to the Massey Hall show on April 16th. Pumped http://bit.ly/zt76Ji Rodrigo y Gabriela with C.U.B.A. – Area 52 Raised in Mexico, based in Ireland, and not too far removed from life in metal bands — how could Rodrigo y Gabriela not wind up with a sound that splits the difference between jazzy flamenco and heavy rock? On 2006’s self-titled album and the 2009 breakout 11:11, fleet-fingered Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero craft their wild instrumental genre fusions using only acoustic guitars, but that changes on Area 52, out Jan. 24. Here, the songs remain the same — the album radically rearranges nine pieces from the pair’s past catalog — but the instrumental palette practically explodes. Recorded mostly in Havana, Area 52 finds Sanchez and Quintero (along with producer Peter Asher and arranger Alex Wilson) reconstructing and building onto their music using the sounds of Cuba — or, more specifically, C.U.B.A., a relentlessly proficient 13-piece Cuban orchestra. Fans of Rodrigo y Gabriela have heard “Hanuman†countless times, but it’s practically unrecognizable at times here. You thought the song was epically propulsive before? Try pairing it with the insistent bashing of drums and a massive electric guitar solo worthy of Carlos Santana. Bold and brassy, these arrangements will no doubt be jarring to purists — and, yes, the band has been around long enough to attract purists. Rodrigo y Gabriela’s impeccable guitar runs don’t usually compete for attention with horns, pianos, horns, strings, yet more horns and, in an eight-minute take on “Ixtapa,†a sitar courtesy of Anoushka Shankar. But, while it refrains from adding new compositions to the duo’s catalog, Area 52 travels many steps further: It utterly reconstructs the Rodrigo y Gabriela template, and morphs it into something worldlier, bigger, less formulaic and more surprising. It demonstrates decisively that these songs are sturdy and versatile things, suitable for an endless array of shapes and sizes. mp3@256 Track List 01 – Santo Domingo feat – Samuel Folmell Alfonso on drums 02 – Hanuman feat – John Tempesta on drums 03 – Ixtapa feat – Anoushka Shankar on sitar 04 – 11:11 feat – Carles Benevant on bass & Carlota Teresa Polledo Noriega on vocals 05 – Master Maqui feat – Le Trio Joubran on ouds 06 – Diablo Rojo 07 – Logos 08 – Juan Loco feat – Carlos Benavent on bass 09 – Tamacun feat – John Tempesta on drums http://bit.ly/zt76Ji Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Hanuman

http://bit.ly/yuerz9 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Physical Graffiti is Led Zeppelin’s only studio album that was released as a double album. Around half of the material is outtakes from previous albums, but are generally good songs and their release is welcome. It is more in the style of its predecessor, Houses of the Holy, than any of their other albums. Physical Graffiti has three songs that are longer than eight minutes. The most famous of the three is the eastern influenced “Kashmir,†which is my least favorite; likely due to my preference of blues over eastern music. Contrarily, I do find their interpretation of Blind Willie Johnson’s 1927 “Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed,†that Led Zeppelin call “In My Time Of Dying†to be an excellent eleven minute blues excursion with some thrilling slide guitar. Towards the end of one of Page’s main solos, he and Bonham lock in brilliant fashion to bring the band back to the versus. No question an original remake of this blues tune, but more importantly effective. Their are four shorter tracks that make up the rest of the first disc that include “The Roverâ€; a slow power chord rocker. Perhaps the song is too slow, but by the end the mood they create gets under your skin. It is a also a good lead in to “In My Time of Dying.†The song “Trampled Under Foot†is heavy on wah-wah and guitar effects for Page’s part, while Jones continues with the keyboards. They get into a good groove during the song and during the solo they build the mood together nicely. The second disc’s opener, “In The Light†is a lengthy, strong track that has many moments of interest, perhaps some of the connecting parts are too keyboard oriented; Page’s ending solo uses a good layering approach. The folk themed “Bron-Yr-Aur†from the Led Zeppelin III sessions is acoustic guitar based. It along with 1971’s Hawaiian themed “Down By The Seaside†provide us with some interesting music. “Ten Year’s Gone†builds nicely with some great work by Page, where on “Night Flight†he uses a crunchy chordal approach. â€Boogie With Stu†is filler, bet nevertheless is a neat little jam, where Stu is Ian Stewart that most known for his work with The Rolling Stones. â€Black Country Woman†is a bluesy style tune with some mandolin and harmonica. They close in electric fashion with a hard rock track “Sick Again†that they would perform during their tours. Physical Graffiti gets great praise. I like it a great deal and for Zeppelin fans it is a must. For a casual fan this is not where to start with Led Zeppelin. Barry Small © mp3@320 Track List Disc: 1 1. Custard Pie - 4:13 - 1974 2. The Rover - 5:36 - 1972 3. In My Time Of Dying 11:04 - 1974 4. Houses Of The Holy - 4:01 - 1972 5. Trampled Underfoot - 5:35 - 1974 6. Kashmir - 8:31 - 1974 Disc 2 1. In The Light - 8:44 - 1974 2. Bron-Yr-Aur - 2:06 - 1970 3. Down By The Seaside - 5:14 - 1971 4. Ten Years Gone - 6:31 - 1974 5. Night Flight - 3:36 - 1971 6. Wanton Song - 4:06 - 1974 7. Boogie With Stu - 3:51 - 1971 8. Black Country Woman - 4:24 - 1972 9. Sick Again - 4:43 - 1974 http://bit.ly/yuerz9

After listening to Phish, Furthur and Mule's NYE gigs, I gotta say that I think I would rank this just ahead of Furthur. This is such a fun show with great variety. The backup singers are fantastic along with the HORNS! http://bit.ly/wBEk85 Gov’t Mule - 12-31-2011 Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY mp3@v0 Track List Set 1 Railroad Boy > Mule Thorazine Shuffle Brighter Days > Like Flies Lay Your Burden Down About To Rage Slackjaw Jezebel King’s Highway > St. Stephen Jam > Eternity’s Breath > Trane with Norwegian Wood Tease Set 2 Mad Mules & Englishmen with The Ass-ets (Machan Taylor, Mini Carlsson & Alicia Shakur) & Chronic Horns (Buford O’Sullivan, Pam Fleming & Jenny Hill) Intro > Honky Tonk Women Sticks & Stones* Cry Me A River* Bird On A Wire* New Years Countdown Feelin’ Alright Intro > Superstar* Let’s Go Get Stoned Blue Medley: I’ll Drown in My Own Tears/When Something Is Wrong with My Baby/I’ve Been Loving You Too Long* Girl From The North Country* Give Peace A Chance* She Came In Through The Bathroom Window* Space Captain* The Letter Delta Lady Set 3 Sco-Mule with Oz Noy I Believe To My Soul with Nigel Hall Soulshine with Nigel Hall, Alicia Shakur & Ron Johnson, without Jorgen Carlsson Encore I Shall Be Released with The Ass-ets, Nigel Hall, Ron Johnson & Oz Noy * First Time Played http://bit.ly/wBEk85

Ovie the rapper!! Skip right to the 2:55 mark for his big debut. Ovechkin`s verse: Prospect of Dynamo, 8 on the back All Star game - all eyes on me With 17 years in national team, 100 points in season Gold in Canada in 2008 Top 10 players for 10 years Stick in my hands. Rap in my headphones Convey greetings from Washington, With Sanya Belyi for every champion

hahaha http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/321827-dipietro-earned-more-than-12m-per-win?sct=nhl_bf1_a4&eref=fromSI&eref=fromSI Rick DiPietro's star-crossed career with the Islanders took another unfortunate turn with the news that he will require yet another surgery, this one for a sports hernia, that will keep him from the lineup for the remainder of the season. [DiPietro], has played all of 47 games in four years for the New York Islanders, winning 14 of them. For that, he has been paid $18 million. All that remains on his contract is another nine years and $40.5 million. If the Isles don't use the insurance model and push DiPietro out, they could buy out the goalie for an 18-year-period, and all it will cost them is $27 million or $1.5 million a season -- providing them a $2.5 million savings against the salary cap.

He was also the great Miles Finch in Elf "No tomatoes. Too vulnerable. Kids, they're already vulnerable. And no farms. Everyone's pushing small town rural. A farm book would just be white noise."

Heh ... well not the REAL thing, but a Classic Album evening. A buddy of mine is a kickass drummer in a band that is going to be covering EXILE ON MAIN STREET at this gig with a horn section and all Would be fun to get a few skanks out to it. For only a $10 cover you can't go wrong. I'm heading over to drink for this show fer sure (and play a little pool) :chug: Exile, Zep II and Paranoid ... pretty good soundtrack IMHO It's just a couple of minutes walk from the Appleby GO Station. Here are the details: http://www.bostonmanor.ca/2012/02/03/burlington-ontario-020312-super-70s-rock-night/ Super 70′s Rock Night With Into The Void, No Quarter and Jackie Dubins Band Find the bands on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Into-The-Void-The-Music-Of-Black-Sabbath/147608675316829 https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/No-Quarter-The-Music-Of-Led-Zeppelin/285754081463406 https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/234857353230803/ Who Super 70's Rock Night! When Friday, February 3, 2012 9:00pm - $10.00 - 19+ Where Boston Manor (map) 4460 Fairview Street Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7L 5P9 Other Info An epic classic rock night with Into The Void is a hard rock/metal band dedicated to replicating the sound and style of Ozzy-era Black Sabbath. They rocked the Manor in the summertime as a support act for Vancouver's Guns and F-ing Roses. No Quarter is a new band that performs the music of Led Zeppelin. The singer in particular will blow away anyone who is a fan of Zep, he has the early Plant sound down pat! Jackie Dubins Band are a cover band local to the Burlington/Oakville area who perform the music of The Rolling Stones. On this particular night they will be playing the album "Exile on Main Street". Doors open at 7:00, and remember, we're open for dinner!

I'm not huge into the zombie genre, but damn Zombieland was fun. 28 Days Later is a great post-apocolyptic flick. I'm two episodes into Walking Dead and finding it very entertaining and well shot (go HD if you can).