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Man, I have gotten glued to the TV watching a couple of games in the World Cup and have thoroughly enjoyed it. The Irish win over the Aussies was fun. I'd love to see some NFLers out on the pitch with those dudes ;D If anyone is NOT watching simply because you don't understand the rules, here's something that helped me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0Fp16XhZo

http://bit.ly/oMGtuh Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (2011 Remaster) As Roger Waters’s solo career set into a sunset of suspiciously self-serving Wall revivals and compelling if modest-selling solo efforts, his former band became one of the few outfits in the soft live market of the 1990s to burnish its stadium-filling appeal. But their recorded output wasn’t quite so rosy. As all post-Dark Side of the Moon albums must have a Big Important Theme, The Division Bell is vaguely about levels of separation (did you say, duh!?), with more than one not-so-opaque lyrical jab at the estranged Waters. But there’s a sense that the band may have put more thought into its trademark audio gimmickry (well represented here by the actual sound of the earth’s crust cracking—you don’t get that on Rage Against the Machine albums!—and a “spoken†intro by Dr. Stephen Hawking, or rather his voice synthesizer) than it did into its songs this time around. The opening “Cluster One†has a hypnotic minimalist lure that dissolves all too quickly into the bluesy waffle of “What Do You Want From Me,†while Floyd Mach III leader Dave Gilmour’s usually lyrical guitar work is uninspired throughout, a definite Floydian slip. Still, the band maddeningly manages a few moments of the old grandeur here and there. The Division Bell is not a great Pink Floyd album, but an all-too-fallible simulation. —Jerry McCulley mp3@320 Track List 01. Cluster One (05:58) 02. What Do You Want From Me (04:21) 03. Poles Apart (07:04) 04. Marooned (05:28) 05. A Great Day For Freedom (04:18) 06. Wearing The Inside Out (06:48) 07. Take It Back (06:12) 08. Coming Back To Life (06:19) 09. Keep Talking (06:11) 10. Lost For Words (05:14) 11. High Hopes (07:58) http://bit.ly/oMGtuh

http://bit.ly/rbG3X9 Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (2011 Remaster) Though many predicted that Roger Waters’s acrimonious split with the band after 1983’s aptly named Final Cut would ultimately spell the end of Pink Floyd, the remaining band members confounded pundits by extending their status as classic rock’s most ponderous dinosaurs into the 1990s and beyond. And if the title was a gentle jab at Waters after a years-long legal struggle over the Floyd moniker, the music was all too familiar; some would say even formulaic. And lest anyone doubted that the absence of Waters’s dour soul would lighten things up a bit, guitarist and post facto leader Dave Gilmour gamely took on the Mantle of Conscience for topics ranging from the cold war (“The Dogs of Warâ€) to yuppie self-indulgence (“On the Turning Awayâ€). And if this album sometimes evokes an uncomfortable feeling of a band on autopilot, it’s one that can still turn out the likes of the anthemic “Learning to Fly†on cruise control. —Jerry McCulley mp3@320 Track List 01. Signs Of Life (04:24) 02. Learning To Fly (04:53) 03. The Dogs Of War (06:05) 04. One Slip (05:10) 05. On The Turning Away (05:42) 06. Yet Another Movie (06:30) 07. Round And Around (01:13) 08. A New Machine (Part 1) (01:46) 09. Terminal Frost (06:17) 10. A New Machine (Part 2) (00:38) 11. Sorrow (08:46) http://bit.ly/rbG3X9

http://bit.ly/omdqHz Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (2011 Remaster) The last release from the Roger Waters-led incarnation of the band, The Final Cut is easily the most darkly provocative entry in the entire Pink Floyd catalog. Many fans and critics tend to think of it as a Roger Waters solo album, though it certainly hangs together much better than The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking or Radio K.A.O.S.. Others view it as a sequel to The Wall—and indeed, The Final Cut tackles many of the same issues (the futility of war, the innate powerlessness of the individual in modern society), albeit with twice the bile and intensity. The anger that fires songs like “The Hero’s Return†and “Not Now John†is certainly legitimate, and Michael Kamen’s orchestral arrangements are absolutely stunning, but the entire listening experience can be pretty draining. On the other hand, if you found The Wall to be too soft or commercial, The Final Cut is definitely the record for you. —Dan Epstein mp3@320 Track List 01. The Post War Dream (02:59) 02. Your Possible Pasts (04:19) 03. One of the Few (01:28) 04. The Hero’s Return (02:58) 05. The Gunners Dream (05:04) 06. Paranoid Eyes (03:42) 07. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert (01:17) 08. The Fletcher Memorial Home (04:10) 09. Southampton Dock (02:14) 10. The Final Cut (04:43) 11. Not Now John (05:01) 12. Two Suns in the Sunset (05:17) http://bit.ly/omdqHz

http://bit.ly/pKKF5W Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds (2011 Remaster) Commissioned as the soundtrack for Barbet Schroeder’s 1972 film The Valley, Obscured By Clouds actually holds up rather well on its own terms. The title track is a trippy, cinematic instrumental that features some searing guitar work from David Gilmour, but full-fledged songs like “Free Four†(which sounds like a morbid inversion of Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Skyâ€), and the folksy “Wot’s…Uh the Deal†are the real highlights of the set. Essentially a transitional work, Obscured By Clouds has long been dwarfed by Dark Side of the Moon, the album which came immediately after it. In fact, the funky “Childhood’s End†and the ethereal “Burning Bridges†could well be dry runs for the Dark Side tracks “Time†and “Breathe,†respectively. In all, it’s a priceless snapshot of a band on the verge of immortality. —Dan Epstein mp3@320 Track List 01. Obscured by Clouds (03:04) 02. When You’re In (02:30) 03. Burning Bridges (03:29) 04. The Gold It’s in the… (03:07) 05. Wot’s… Uh the Deal (05:08) 06. Mudmen (04:20) 07. Childhood’s End (04:32) 08. Free Four (04:15) 09. Stay (04:05) 10. Absolutely Curtains (05:52) http://bit.ly/pKKF5W

http://bit.ly/psI60i Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (2011 Remaster) Released in 1969, Ummagumma represents where the influence of departed founding songwriter Syd Barrett began to fade in favor of the rather less whimsical and pastoral visions of Roger Waters. Ummagumma is a double album, divided into live and studio halves. The live cuts—“Astronomy Domine,†“Careful with That Axe, Eugene,†“Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,†and “A Saucerful of Secretsâ€â€”established the Floyd’s predilection for gloomily atmospheric and faintly preposterous sci-fi bombast that would turn them into such a successful stage act. The kindest that may be said of the studio compositions—by and large interminable avant-prog rambles in search of the lost chord—is that they haven’t dated terribly well. —Andrew Mueller mp3@320 Track List cd1 – Live Album 01. Astronomy Domine (08:33) 02. Careful With That Axe, Eugene (08:49) 03. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (09:27) 04. A Saucerful of Secrets (12:51) cd2 – Studio Album 01. Sysyphus, Pt. 1 (01:09) 02. Sysyphus, Pt. 2 (03:30) 03. Sysyphus, Pt. 3 (01:50) 04. Sysyphus, Pt. 4 (07:00) 05. Grantchester Meadows (07:28) 06. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (04:59) 07. The Narrow Way, Pt. 1 (03:29) 08. The Narrow Way, Pt. 2 (02:53) 09. The Narrow Way, Pt. 3 (05:58) 10. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Pt. 1: Entrance (01:00) 11. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Pt. 2: Entertainment (07:06) 12. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Pt. 3: Exit (00:42) http://bit.ly/psI60i

http://bit.ly/qW0EzO Pink Floyd - More (2011 Remaster) Concocted for director Barbet Schroeder’s dystopian hippie road flick, this album marks Floyd’s first venture into film “scoring,†a task they undertake with a verve that overshadows their lack of formal training in the field. With just a handful of cuts echoing the trippy, atmospheric space-rock that was so much a part of their early career, there’s a surprisingly familiar dedication to songcraft evident here, especially for a soundtrack. Roger Waters’s acoustic ballads (“Cirrus Minor,†“Crying Song,†“Green is the Colorâ€), dark and dirge-like, are familiar predecessors to music that would highlight Wish You Were Here and The Wall, while Dave Gilmour’s slashing riffs on “The Nile Song†also foreshadow greatness to come. Moody and surprisingly eclectic, More has rightly earned its place as a Floyd cult fave. —Jerry McCulley mp3@320 Track List 01. Cirrus Minor (05:15) 02. The Nile Song (03:25) 03. Crying Song (03:32) 04. Up the Khyber (02:11) 05. Green Is the Colour (02:57) 06. Cymbaline (04:48) 07. Party Sequence (01:07) 08. Main Theme (05:28) 09. Ibiza Bar (03:17) 10. More Blues (02:13) 11. Quicksilver (07:13) 12. A Spanish Piece (01:05) 13. Dramatic Theme (02:16) http://bit.ly/qW0EzO

http://bit.ly/oF92ht Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (2011 Remaster) A Saucerful of Secrets is an uneven album that could glibly be called Pink Floyd’s sophomore jinx, though it’s a bit more complicated than that. The problems behind the band’s second outing can be summed up in two words: Syd Barrett. Or rather, the absence thereof. The creative force behind Floyd’s first distinctively baroque collection is credited with just one track here (“Jugband Bluesâ€) and the occasion marked the beginning of his decades-long withdrawal from public life, battles with mental illness, and burgeoning cult legend. What’s left is essentially the first album by the “classic†Floyd lineup, though they’re understandably a long way from their focused 1970s prime (as witnessed by the 11-minute title track); the dense sound and effects collages that are mere seasoning on later Floyd records are too often the whole point here. Roger Waters barely hints at his later glories on “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,†a would-be stellar journey that’s ultimately rather pedestrian. An album that seems alternately driven by a genuine experimental spirit one moment and creative panic the next. —Jerry McCulley mp3@320 Track List 01. Let There Be More Light (05:38) 02. Remember a Day (04:34) 03. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (05:28) 04. Corporal Clegg (04:13) 05. A Saucerful of Secrets (11:57) 06. See-Saw (04:37) 07. Jugband Blues (02:59) http://bit.ly/oF92ht

http://bit.ly/rmGxRw Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (2011 Remaster) At the time The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was originally released in 1967, it was one among many aurally ripped, acid-tripped albums including Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced, Cream’s Disraeli Gears, Jefferson Airplane’s After Bathing at Baxter’s, and, of course, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which the Beatles were recording down the hall from Pink Floyd at Abbey Road. But as those albums have gracefully slipped into the mainstream of our music consciousness, Piper, along with The Velvet Underground and Nico, still sounds like it broke through from another dimension. Pink Floyd were employing musique concrete techniques, inventing glissando guitar, and exploring areas of trance with tunes like “Interstellar Overdrive,†actually two takes of an extended rave-up laid on top of each other. Mixing sci-fi imagery with swinging London metaphors and pastoral fantasies (the title is lifted from The Wind in the Willows), Pink Floyd’s music was even more dappled, swirled, and surreal than the light shows that accompanied their performances. Piper represented Syd Barrett’s vision as the sole composer of all but three songs. He was yet to have his acid-induced meltdowns, and all things were possible and beautiful. Barrett mixed whimsy on “Bike†with cynicism on the wordless but ominous “Pow R. Toc H.â€; goofy innocence on “The Gnome†and mysticism on “Chapter 24.†But there’s no doubting the contributions of Richard Wright with his swirling, reverb-drenched organ fugues and jazz ellipses and Roger Waters’s earth-rooted bass. Nick Mason’s underrated drumming, time-shifting polyrhythms, and colorful flourishes pushed Barrett’s elliptical pop even further over the edge, especially on the space-music opus “Astronomy Domine.†The original album was recorded on only four tracks, making stereo effects and panning somewhat rudimentary and often annoying. But this expanded release includes a full mono mix of the album which provides a more coherent sound and, surprisingly, a bit more depth. Some of the songs are just wacky, some of the technology and tape edits rough-hewn, but The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is one of those albums that actually appears more radical in retrospect. —John Diliberto mp3@320 Track List 01. Astronomy Domine (04:10) 02. Lucifer Sam (03:04) 03. Matilda Mother (03:05) 04. Flaming (02:43) 05. Pow R. Toc H. (04:24) 06. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk (03:04) 07. Interstellar Overdrive (09:41) 08. The Gnome (02:11) 09. Chapter 24 (03:38) 10. Scarecrow (02:08) 11. Bike (03:22) http://bit.ly/rmGxRw

Duuuuuude! Way to go! Glad it worked out for ya.

JUST got 2nd row balc (mezz) Don't give up!

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Live Nation password?

^^^ I don't know why, but I was trying to look at that chart and it crashed my Firefox right when I was trying to get tix at 10am Wonder why? Good luck an noon people.

just pulled another Orch Row O right now (at 10:32)

Damn... for the first couple of minutes i was refreshing on the link that bouche posted (MINNEAPOLIS!!!) d'oh! Pulled a Mezz pair Pulled last row floor Purchased Row O on the floor. Just want to be inside the building that night

http://bit.ly/phVGfD Ryan Adams will release his new album Ashes & Fire October 11 on PAX-AM/Capitol in the U.S.. Adams’ first solo album to be released via a new U.S. arrangement with his own PAX-AM label and EMI’s Capitol in the U.S. and Canada, the album was recorded at Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood and produced by Glyn Johns, renowned for his work with the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Who and The Rolling Stones—and whose son Ethan produced previous Ryan Adams albums Heartbreaker, Gold and 29. “All great records start with great songs,†commented Dan McCarroll, President of Capitol and Virgin Records. “Ashes & Fire will remind you why Ryan Adams is at the front of the line as one of his generation’s most gifted artists.†From the slow burning stunner of an opener “Dirty Rain†through the infectious shuffle of the title track and irresistible harmonies of “Lucky Now,†to the closing lament of “I Love You But I Don’t Know What To Say,†Ashes & Fire is arguably the most cohesive and beautiful album of Adams’ distinguished career. Ashes & Fire also features guest turns from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench as well as Norah Jones who contributes piano and backing vocals on several tracks, including the lilting, acoustic overtures of “Come Home,†the sumptuous ballad “Save Me†and the heartfelt “Kindness.†- amazon.com mp3@320 Track List 01 – Dirty Rain 02 – Ashes & Fire 03 – Come Home 04 – Rocks 05 – Do I Wait 06 – Chains of Love 07 – Invisible Riverside 08 – Save Me 09 – Kindness 10 – Lucky Now 11 – I Love You But I Don’t Know What To Say 12 - Star Sign http://bit.ly/phVGfD

http://bit.ly/pynzuK Pink Floyd - The Wall (2011 Remaster) The Wall is less a collection of songs than a single work, which is sometimes frustrating; the plot lacks enough coherence to hold the snippets of music together. However, there are occasional flashes of brilliance on what ranks as Pink Floyd’s most ambitious project. Most of these come from the fully developed songs, which have become classics in their own right. “Hey You,†“Mother,†and especially “Comfortably Numb†are subtle, incredible pieces of music. Though complex, they move at a relaxed pace, allowing the listener to absorb them slowly; this kind of pacing was something Pink Floyd excelled at. Also worth noting is the “Another Brick in the Wall/The Happiest Days of Our Lives†medley, which has become a staple of rock radio. —Genevieve Williams mp3@320 Track List Disc 1 1. In the Flesh? (Waters) - 3:19 2. The Thin Ice (Waters) - 2:29 3. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 (Waters) - 3:09 4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives (Waters) - 1:51 5. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (Waters) - 3:59 6. Mother (Waters) - 5:36 7. Goodbye Blue Sky (Waters) - 2:48 8. Empty Spaces (Waters) - 2:08 9. Young Lust (Gilmour / Waters) - 3:30 10. One of My Turns (Waters) - 3:37 11. Don’t Leave Me Now (Waters) - 4:17 12. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 (Waters) - 1:14 13. Goodbye Cruel World (Waters) - 1:17 Disc 2 1. Hey You (Waters) - 4:42 2. Is There Anybody Out There? (Waters) - 2:40 3. Nobody Home (Waters) - 3:24 4. Vera (Waters) - 1:33 5. Bring the Boys Back Home (Waters) - 1:27 6. Comfortably Numb (Gilmour / Waters) - 6:24 7. The Show Must Go On (Waters) - 1:35 8. In the Flesh (Waters) - 4:17 9. Run Like Hell (Gilmour / Waters) - 4:24 10. Waiting for the Worms (Waters) - 3:58 11. Stop (Waters) - :30 12. The Trial (Ezrin / Waters) - 5:20 13. Outside the Wall (Waters) - 1:44 http://bit.ly/pynzuK

Thanks bouche

http://bit.ly/qv7pcm Pink Floyd - Animals (2011 Remaster) Of all of the classic-era Pink Floyd albums, Animals is the strangest and darkest, a record that’s hard to initially embrace yet winds up yielding as many rewards as its equally nihilistic successor, The Wall. It isn’t that Roger Waters dismisses the human race as either pigs, dogs, or sheep, it’s that he’s constructed an album whose music is as bleak and bitter as that world view. Arriving after the warm-spirited (albeit melancholy) Wish You Were Here, the shift in tone comes as a bit of a surprise, and there are even less proper songs here than on either Wish or Dark Side. Animals is all extended pieces, yet it never drifts — it slowly, ominously works its way toward its destination. For an album that so clearly is Waters’, David Gilmour’s guitar dominates thoroughly, with Richard Wright’s keyboards rarely rising above a mood-setting background (such as on the intro to “Sheepâ€). This gives the music, on occasion, immediacy and actually heightens the dark mood by giving it muscle. It also makes Animals as accessible as it possibly could be, since it surges with bold blues-rock guitar lines and hypnotic space rock textures. Through it all, though, the utter blackness of Waters’ spirit holds true, and since there are no vocal hooks or melodies, everything rests on the mood, the near-nihilistic lyrics, and Gilmour’s guitar. These are the kinds of things that satisfy cultists, and it will reward their attention — there’s just no way in for casual listeners. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine mp3@320 Track List 1. Pigs on the wing Part 1 (1:24) 2. Dogs (17:06) 3. Pigs (three different ones) (11:27) 4. Sheep (10:19) 5. Pigs on the wing Part 2 (1:29) http://bit.ly/qv7pcm

I'd prefer to call the PF something a little better than holy crap, but I getcha :bonghit: :bonghit: :content: :D Animals soon ....

http://bit.ly/mWwdzx Pink Floyd - Meddle (2011 Remaster) For all that menacing, hatchet-happy growl at the beginning of Meddle’s opener, “One of These Days,†Pink Floyd really weren’t about to “cut you into little pieces.†Meddle did, however, show that the reigning British monarchs of 1970s-era psychedelia could rip into galloping jams. It also showed what its predecessor, Atom Heart Mother, promised—that the band could excel in long, breathtaking suites that revealed strains of late-classical music, Sun Ra-inspired space explorations, and a patchwork approach to colliding sounds that together took on acid-drenched proportions. And if all that isn’t enough, “San Tropez†revealed a playful side of the band, playing footsy with loungy jazz and having good fun in the process. —Andrew Bartlett mp3@320 Track List 1. One of these days (5:56) 2. A pillow of winds (5:13) 3. Fearless (6:08) 4. San Tropez (3:43) 5. Seamus (2:15) 6. Echoes (23:27) http://bit.ly/mWwdzx

http://bit.ly/pUQkYL Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (2011 Remaster) Wish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd’s original frontman, Syd Barrett, who’d flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business (“By the way, which one’s Pink?â€), and two long, touching ones about the band’s vanished friend. The real star of the show, though, is the production: sparkling, convoluted, designed to sound deeply oh-wow under the influence—and pretty great sober too—with David Gilmour getting lots of space for his most lyrical guitar playing ever. And, though the album is big and ambitious, even bombastic, it somehow dodges being pretentious—the Barrett tributes are honest and heartfelt, beneath all the grand gestures and stereophonic trickery. —Douglas Wolk mp3@320 Track List 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-IV) — 13:34 2. Welcome to the Machine — 7:32 3. Have a Cigar — 5:08 4. Wish You Were Here — 5:35 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts V-IX) — 12:31 http://bit.ly/pUQkYL

http://bit.ly/rexFc6 Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (2011 Remaster) In the grand, color-bending tradition of psychedelic experimentalism, Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother takes as its title an inscrutable phrase and under the title launches a similarly inscrutable—or at least dense—musical concatenation. The title suite features French-horn-led brass melodies riffed on by David Gilmour’s guitar and the rhythm section, all of which veers into choral passages that recall György Ligeti’s vocal works and then almost atonal pulses of keyboards that mask reams of audio snippets swirling underneath. And then there’s some moody folk from Roger Waters, an almost Kinks-ish rambler from Richard Wright, then more moody folk (this time from Gilmour) on “Fat Old Sun,†and, to close, the spirited melodic runaround of “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast.†There’s a range of emotion here, from doleful to crazed to humorous (especially the dramatized comments on macrobiotics in the closer). Atom Heart Mother was a spotlight ahead for Pink Floyd, showing the extensions of form the band would engage in so successfully on Dark Side of the Moon just a few short years later. —Andrew Bartlett mp3@320 Track List 1. Atom Heart Mother Suite — 23:44 a. Father’s Shout b. Breast Milky c. Mother Fore d. Funky Dung e. Mind Your Throats Please f. Remergence 2. If — 4:31 3. Summer ‘68 — 5:29 4. Fat Old Sun — 5:24 5. Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast — 13:02 a. Rise and Shine b. Sunny Side Up c. Morning Glory http://bit.ly/rexFc6

It's a beaut for sure. Here's some cool accounts of that show from people who were there: http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/dead.html