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http://bit.ly/9zUEHI The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots After the symphonic majesty of The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips return with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a sublime fusion of Bulletin’s newfound emotional directness, the old-school playfulness of Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, and, more importantly, exciting new expressions of the group’s sentimental, experimental sound. While the album isn’t as immediately impressive as the equally brilliant and unfocused Soft Bulletin, it’s more consistent, using a palette of rounded, surprisingly emotive basslines; squelchy analog synths; and manicured acoustic guitars to craft songs like “One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21,†a sleekly melancholy tale of robots developing emotions, and “In the Morning of the Magicians,†an aptly named electronic art rock epic that sounds like a collaboration between the Moody Blues and Wendy Carlos. Paradoxically, the Lips use simpler arrangements to create more diverse sounds on Yoshimi, spanning the lush, psychedelic reveries of “It’s Summertimeâ€; the instrumental “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloonâ€; the dubby “Are You a Hypnotist?â€; and the barely organized chaos of “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2,†which defeats the evil metal ones with ferocious drums, buzzing synths, and the razor sharp howl of the Boredoms’ Yoshimi. Few bands can craft life-affirming songs about potentially depressing subjects (the passage of time, fighting for what you care about, good vs. evil) as the Flaming Lips, and on Yoshimi, they’re at the top of their game. “Do You Realize??†is the standout, so immediately gorgeous that it’s obvious that it’s the single. It’s also the most obviously influenced by The Soft Bulletin, but it’s even catchier and sadder, sweetening such unavoidable truths like “Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?†with chimes, clouds of strings, and angelic backing vocals. Yoshimi features some of the sharpest emotional peaks and valleys of any Lips album — the superficially playful “Fight Test†is surprisingly bittersweet, while sad songs like “All We Have Is Now†and “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell†are leavened by witty lyrics and production tricks. Funny, beautiful, and moving, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots finds the Flaming Lips continuing to grow and challenge themselves in not-so-obvious ways after delivering their obvious masterpiece. – allmusic.com mp3@320CBR Track List 1. “Fight Test†(The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Cat Stevens) 4:14 2. “One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21″ 4:59 3. “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1″ 4:45 4. “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2″ 2:57 5. “In the Morning of the Magicians†6:18 6. “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell†4:34 7. “Are You a Hypnotist??†4:44 8. “It’s Summertime (Throbbing Orange Pallbearers)†4:20 9. “Do You Realize??†(The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann) 3:33 10. “All We Have Is Now†3:53 11. “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)†3:09 http://bit.ly/9zUEHI

http://bit.ly/asY7Hy Jimi Hendrix – Valleys Of Neptune This brand-new, completely unreleased studio album features 12 previously unreleased studio recordings totalling over 60 minutes of unheard Jimi Hendrix. Ten of these recordings were made between February and May, 1969, as the Jimi Hendrix Experience set out to create the sequel to their groundbreaking 1968 double-album Electric Ladyland. The album features “Valleys Of Neptune,†one of the most sought after of all of Hendrix’s commercially unavailable recordings, and includes exciting 1969 arrangements of the classic signature songs “Red House,†“Fire,†and “Stone Free.†Also includes unheard studio versions of Hendrix’s inspired interpretations of “Bleeding Heart†(Elmore James) and Cream’s “Sunshine Of Your Love.†Mixed by Eddie Kramer, the engineer for all of Hendrix’s albums throughout the guitarist’s lifetime. Produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, and John McDermott, the team behind all of the acclaimed Jimi Hendrix CD and DVD releases since 1996. VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE: Track by Track All of the 12 recordings featured on the album have never before been released on a CD/LP. The songs document the pivotal time period after Electric Ladyland and before Electric Lady Studios and the recordings made there that would later take form as Cry of Love and First Rays. Valleys of Neptune documents both the final studio recordings Jimi made in 1969 with the original Jimi Hendrix Experience and the first efforts with new bassist Billy Cox. As a number of the song titles will be familiar to fans and buyers alike, the following details the key characteristics of each of the tracks on Valleys of Neptune. “Stone Freeâ€: The original 1966 recording by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience is best known as one of Jimi’s signature songs. The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000) featured a new remake by the original group. Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, and Billy Cox recorded this version in May 1969. It is a different recording entirely. “Valleys of Neptuneâ€: This track was recorded in September, 1969, and May, 1970. This full-band version has never been released. An extract of a demo Hendrix made of this song — featuring just Mitchell on drums and percussionist Juma Sultan — was part of the short-lived Reprise/Polydor album Lifelines, which was in the marketplace between 1990 to 1992. “Bleeding Heartâ€: This cover of the classic blues song by Elmore James is different entirely from the versions featured on South Saturn Delta and (originally) on War Heroes. This recording has never been issued and features Jimi, Billy Cox, and drummer Rocky Isaac. It was recorded in April, 1969. “Hear My Train A Comin’â€: This electric, full-band version is different from the famous 12-string acoustic version that was featured in the 1973 documentary Jimi Hendrix and subsequently on the album Jimi Hendrix: Blues. “Mr. Bad Luckâ€: Like “Valleys of Neptuneâ€, a different version of this song was part of Lifelines in (1990). Jimi would later develop this song as “Look Over Yonder,†issued as part of South Saturn Delta. “Sunshine of Your Loveâ€: A stage favorite for the group during the 1969 period which has never been released. “Lover Manâ€: Jimi recorded many different arrangements of this song, including the versions on both the Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000) and South Saturn Delta. This is an entirely different recording made in February, 1969. “Ships Passing Through the Nightâ€: A never-before-released track taken from the last recording session by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience on 4/14/69. “Fire/Red Houseâ€: Both of these songs by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience were recorded at the same February, 1969, session. They feature the expanded stage arrangements Jimi had developed and are not alternate takes of the original 1967 recordings. “Lullaby for the Summer/Crying Blue Rainâ€: These April, 1969, recordings by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience have never been released. - amazon.com mp3@320CBR Track List 01. Stone Free 02. Valleys Of Neptune 03. Bleeding Heart 04. Hear My Train A Comin 05. Mr. Bad Luck 06. Sunshine Of Your Love 07. Lover Man 08. Ships Passing In The Night 09. Fire 10. Red House 11. Lullaby For The Summer 12. Crying Blue Rain http://bit.ly/asY7Hy

More than welcome Nothing like listening to Jerry giggle with musical buddies between tracks. Hmmm .. pizza for lunch maybe?

I posted it here the other day. Listen for yourself http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showpost.php?post/659412/

Oh Yeah!!! http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/heavy_metal_picnic/ Heavy Metal Picnic! Jeff Krulik, the VHS auteur responsible for one of the most legendary low-fi masterpieces of the tape trading underground of the 80s and 90s, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, has a new film out that returns to the era of his much-beloved earlier film. It could almost be considered a prequel. Produced and presented by the team behind cult hit Heavy Metal Parking Lot (Jeff Krulik and John Heyn), Heavy Metal Picnic is a celebration of mid-80s Maryland rock and roll and heavy metal, by those who lived —and survived—it. The film focuses on the 1985 Full Moon Jamboree, a weekend field party bacchanal that took place at “The Farm,†home to a cast of colorful characters who lived and partied alongside unamused neighbors in the McMansions of Potomac. The Full Moon Jamboree, an affair so raucous that it made the evening news, was the farm party to end all farm parties, and much of it was recorded using a home video camera and a stolen CBS News microphone swiped from the Reagan Inauguration earlier that year. Twenty-five years later, we revisit the scene and meet the people behind the party, as well as the musicians who performed there, including mid-Atlantic doom metal icons Asylum.

This should be a fun series. Nothing to lose. Be a spoiler for the Yanks Saying goodbye to Cito Go Jays Go

4 more weeks 'til Massey Hall http://bit.ly/ddPohT The Black Crowes – BCRS Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO – 08.29.10 MP3 / V0 (VBR) / Soundboard Track List 1. Soul Singing (04:56) 2. Hotel Illness (04:37) 3. Last Place That Love Lives (05:28) 4. Ballad In Urgency (10:29) 5. Wiser Time (13:36) 6. She (05:55) 7. Under A Mountain (05:29) 8. Whoa Mule (06:45) 9. My Morning Song (07:38) 10. She Talks To Angels (06:31) 11. Remedy (05:58) 12. Seeing Things (07:51) 13. Jealous Again (05:59) 14. Thorn’s Progress Jam (08:27) 15. Thorn In My Pride (19:32) 16. Oh Sweet Nuthin’ (10:49) 17. High Head Blues (06:48) 18. Sometimes Salvation (05:21) 19. Halfway To Everywhere (09:20) 20. No Speak No Slave (05:12) 21. Title Song (08:58) 22. Hot Burrito #2 (04:54) http://bit.ly/ddPohT

http://bit.ly/dmoVu2 The Black Keys – Brothers The maturation of the Black Keys as record makers and performers has been both subtle and startling. With their 2008 Nonesuch release ‘Attack & Release’ – the fifth album of their eight-year career which doubled the sales of their previous album and Nonesuch debut ‘Magic Potion’ – guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney illustrated the durability of their few-frills sound, a mysterious and heavy brew of seventies-vintage rock, classic R&B and timeless, downhearted blues. Producer and pal Danger Mouse, their first outside collaborator, didn’t try to reinvent their sound but further isolated its essence with the help of a few carefully chosen guest players and some retro-modern electronic gear. It didn’t need to get slicker to get better, or, as the Boston Globe put it, â€Attack & Release’ proves that cleaning up the boys still won’t stop them from tracking mud all over the house.’ Danger Mouse returned to co-produce ‘Tighten Up’ on ‘Brothers,’ but for the most part, the duo was on its own, spending ten days at the legendary Muscle Shoals studio in Alabama and coming up with the an even more intensely focused, deeply soulful set that includes a cover of Jerry Butler’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.’ The performances are inventive and impassioned: Auerbach extends his vocal range to falsetto on the lead-off track ‘Everlasting Light’ and ‘The Only One’; ‘Howlin’ For You’ opens with a Gary Glitter-style drum riff and the chorus practically invites singing along. The tunes offer a surprising amount of lyrical candor and more than a little dark humor; the grooves alternate between ballsy swagger and bluesy rumination. The album reflects where Auerbach and Carney have been lately, most recently collaborating with a who’s who of New York City MC’s, including RZA, Q Tip, Mos Def and Raekwon on the 2009 BlakRoc super-session organized by hip-hop impresario and Black Keys fan Damon Dash. They’ve also pursued projects on their own, Auerbach with his solo ‘Keep It Hid’ album and tour, Carney with his band Drummer and its debut disc, ‘Feels Good Together.’ Their maturation didn’t happen just in the studio, though. Carney admits, ‘Dan and I grew up a lot as individuals and musicians prior to making this album. Our relationship was tested in many ways but at the end of the day, we’re brothers, and I think these songs reflect that.’ ‘Brothers’ was primarily cut in Muscle Shoals, a setting that turned out to have more in common with the Akron, Ohio factories where the Black Keys used to record. The place was desolate, the town depressed, so once again the duo slipped into a world all its own. They did additional recording at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound System in Akron and The Bunker in Brooklyn. The album was mixed by engineer Tchad Blake, a veteran of sessions with Los Lobos, Pearl Jam and Peter Gabriel. Says Carney, ‘The way he approaches mixing is the same way we approach making music. Respecting the past while being in the present.’ - amazon.com mp3 V0 (VBR) Track List 1. Everlasting Light 2. Next Girl 3. Tighten Up 4. Howlin’ For You 5. She’s Long Gone 6. Black Mud 7. The Only One 8. Too Afraid To Love 9. Ten Cent Pistol 10. Sinister Kid 11. The Go Getter 12. I’m Not The One 13. Unknown Brother 14. Never Gonna Give You Up 15. These Days http://bit.ly/dmoVu2

Electricity? What is it? Bob Jones University explains: http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/07/05/bob-jones-university-explains-electricity/ So, if you need a copy for your children to learn and to beef up your home-skoolin' library, you can purchase on amazon.com. http://www.bjupress.com/about/electricity-is-a-mystery.php Hey, if more than a million kids are learnin' from these books, then they can't be wrong ... right? https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/BJU_Press

Fuck Avery has to be the biggest douche in the league.

WoW! I love Stewart: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4346676/unedited-jon-stewart-interview

i believe you. LOL. I know it's a pretty pathetic lineup (and I forgot to add the Vagina Monologues that I watched half of but turned off!) That's marriage for you, I can't watch the good stuff that bouche might want to watch with me. I was pretty certain this was a safe list. Hey, i don't know about the other three, but Born Into Brothels was a fantastic doc.

hey bouche, Hotspot just worked for me with Hulu. There is an initial pop-up screen saying it won't broadcast in your region. Clicked on the "x" to close it, waited about 45sec, and show started up flawlessly. From Hulu

http://bit.ly/9J8dPh Peter Gabriel – Plays Live Great, live, solo Gabriel, pre-Sledgehammer: PLAYS LIVE includes cuts from 4 different North American concerts between December 1982 and Spring 1983. PLAYS LIVE is the sound of a man finally freeing himself definitively from the shackles that had bound him for years. Admittedly those shackles, being front man for Genesis, one of the most fascinating and consistently creative prog-rock bands of the early ’70s, were hardly severe. But they were a constraint nonetheless. (How often could Peter take some fan screaming “Suppers Ready†when trying to debut new material?) Finally, with a substantial body of solo material (four albums, three of them titled PETER GABRIEL), Gabriel was ready to put the ghost of Genesis to rest. And while he did drive a stake through his art-rock past, Gabriel’s incendiary stage presence could not be distinguished. Luckily the live set captured here, which draws heavily from the SECURITY album, is consistently first rate and involving. Not content just to breath fresh life into road-weary veterans like “D.I.Y†or “Solsbury Hill,†Gabriel reaches for new emotional heights on stellar versions of “San Jacinto,†“Biko†and “And Through The Wire.†As a bonus for completists PLAYS LIVE also contains the ultra-rare “I Go Swimming.†Overall an excellent portrait of Gabriel’s live show. The complete package of the former Genesis lead singer’s first solo live album from 1983. – cduniverse.com Peter Gabriel (vocals, flute, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drums); David Rhodes (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Jerry Marotta (vocals, drums, percussion, background vocals); Larry Fast (piano, synthesizer); Tony Levin (background vocals). mp3@320CBR Track List 1. “The Rhythm of the Heat†– 6:26 2. “I Have the Touch†– 5:18 3. “Not One of Us†– 5:29 4. “Family Snapshot†– 4:44 5. “D.I.Y.†– 4:20 6. “The Family and the Fishing Net†– 7:22 7. “Intruder†– 5:03 8. “I Go Swimming†– 4:44 9. “San Jacinto†– 8:28 10. “Solsbury Hill†– 4:40 11. “No Self Control†– 5:02 12. “I Don’t Remember†– 4:20 13. “Shock The Monkey†– 7:40 14. “Humdrum†– 4:03 15. “On the Air†– 5:20 16. “Biko†– 6:50 http://bit.ly/9J8dPh

http://bit.ly/bAb9Mr John Fogerty – Centerfield (25th Anniversary Edition) 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF JOHN FOGERTY’S CLASSIC CENTERFIELD CELEBRATES GROWING UP IN AMERICA WITH MUSIC AND BASEBALL RE-MASTERED CD WITH BONUS TRACKS. Fogerty To Make History As First Musician To Be Honored At Baseball Hall Of Fame Induction “Put me in, coach, I’m ready to play.†With that heartfelt lyric from the title song to Centerfield, John Fogerty tapped into the hopes and dreams of every boy who ever played baseball and of every man and woman who ever yearned to become better in any aspect of their life. With “Centerfield,†Fogerty–one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of our time–created a rare rock classic that has become part of the fabric of the American Songbook. Celebrating the return of that 1985 album, Centerfield – 25th Anniversary Edition (Geffen/UMe), will be released on June 29 and features the original album, digitally remastered, and adds a pair of rare B-side bonus tracks–covers of the Rockin’ Sydney `80s hit “My Toot Toot†and the `50s R&B/doo wop gem “I Confess.†- amazon.com mp3@320CBR Track List 01. The Old Man Down The Road 02. Roack And Roll Girls 03. Big Train (From Memphis) 04. I Saw It On T.V. 05. Mr. Greed 06. Searchlight 07. Centerfield 08. I Cant Help Myself 09. Vanz Kant Danz 10. My Toot Toot (Bonus Track) 11. I Confess (Bonus Track) http://bit.ly/bAb9Mr

Stephen fuckin' rocks!

revolt! Come on down and raise hell. at least tix are still free

Jim Henson. The lives of millions wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for him. I can't imagine a world without muppets. Now, I get to relive my connection to them with my kids. Watch all the Muppet Shows, Sesame St, Fraggle Rock, the movies. Whenever the anniversary of his death comes up it really gets to me. I'm all choked up right now just thinking about watching this. I don't think I can while I'm at work. (like the other memorial videos) oops, sorry, i just noticed this got added to an earlier post. Richard Hunt's beautiful words to end the service (and he followed Jim Henson not long after):

Thought provoking? Yes. However, the biggest whole I see in what he wrote is how the f is WalMart being greener by forcing the lowest bidder for all manufacturing/supplies? This is how the lowest bidders all seem to come from China. Why are they the lowest bidders? Lax environmental/worker/saftey/etc laws. So there may be fewer US manufacturers pumping out pollution producing WalMart goods, but there are shitloads of Chinese ones on the other side of the planet doing so. WalMarts do well in tough economic times. Those who regularly shop there continue to shop there. Those who decided to look for cheaper prices who normally don't go there now do. I think the one area in which WalMart could be possibly less-evil is where they do have to react to consumer demands. The segment in the doc Food Inc. around the organic produce (namely yogurt supplier) and want for it by more consumers. This will encourage WalMart to stimulate suppliers into finding more economical ways to get these items on their shelves. It may be small, but it's good. Thanks for posting it.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/hbo-to-produce-documentary-series-based-around-capitals-and-penguins-in-the-winter-classic.php

Interesting. This could be really well done.