TimmyB

Hey Swan, Did Brian Wilson perform "Add A Little Music To Your Day" last night? That was the one song that would make me disappointed for not attending the Wilson concert last night.

Hey bokonon,

I love Greendale as well. From the first listen online, to the first time through third time I saw it performed live and from the first listen on CD and every time I've pressed play since.

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I love Rich Robinson whether it be the five times I've seen him with the Black Crowes or with his first side project Hookah Brown that I luckily saw once before they disbanded. I'm very excited about this solo Crowe making a stop at Lee's Palace a week from today. He is performing songs off his new album "Paper." Rich is also covering songs by The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye just to name a few. Though if you go don't expect too many songs by the Black Crowes. He'll be waiting to perform those songs when the Crowes reunite next year.

www.richrobinson.net

That was for peace, which obviously could be disputed. This is for literature.

Dylan's Nobel Nomination Sparks Debate

By MATTIAS KAREN, Associated Press Writer

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a ... Nobel Prize-winning songwriter? It's a question being asked increasingly in literary circles, as the annual debate over who should win the Nobel Prize in literature — to be announced Thursday — tosses out a familiar, but surprising, candidate: Bob Dylan (news).

While many music critics agree that Dylan is among the most profound songwriters in modern music, his repeated nomination for the Nobel Prize has raised a vexing question among literary authorities: Should song lyrics qualify for literature's most prestigious award?

Christopher Ricks, co-director of the Editorial Institute at Boston University — and an avid Dylan fan who has written scholarly papers on the songwriter's work — said the question is "tricky."

"I don't think there's anybody that uses words better than he does," said Ricks, the author of highly regarded works of literary criticism such as "The Force of Poetry" and "Allusion to the Poets," as well as books on T.S. Eliot, Lord Alfred Tennyson and John Keats.

"But I think his is an art of a mixed medium," Ricks said. "I think the question would not be whether he deserves (the Nobel Prize) as an honor to his art. The question would be whether his art can be described as literature."

It definitely can, said Gordon Ball, an author and literature professor at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. — who has nominated Dylan every year since 1996.

"Poetry and music are linked," Ball said. "And Dylan has helped strengthen that relationship, like the troubadours of old."

The Nobel Prize in literature is given out annually by the 18 lifetime members of the 218-year-old Swedish Academy. Candidates can be nominated by members of other literary academies and institutions, literature professors and Nobel laureates.

Each year, the Swedish Academy receives about 350 nominations for about 200 different candidates, which is narrowed down to about five finalists. The winner is announced in October. The finalists, except for the winner, are not revealed for 50 years.

Speculation in the literary world is that the 2004 winner will be a woman, something that has not happened since 1996, when Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska was honored.

Some names emerge time and again, including Lebanese poet Ali Ahmad Said, also known as Adonis, and several women, including Danish poet Inger Christensen, novelists Margaret Atwood of Canada, Algerian Assia Djebar, American Joyce Carol Oates and Britain's Doris Lessing.

Ball said he first nominated Dylan after the writer Allen Ginsberg urged him to do so. Ginsberg, a Beat poet whose literary circle included Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, nominated Dylan in 1996.

"Dylan is a major American bard and minstrel of the 20th century" who deserves the award for his "mighty and universal powers," Ginsberg wrote in his nomination letter, which Ball read to The Associated Press.

The literary value of Dylan's texts are also supported by The Norton Introduction to Literature, a textbook used in American high schools and universities, which includes the lyrics to Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man."

University of Virginia professor Alison Booth, who co-edited the anthology, said she doesn't "have any trouble at all considering (Dylan) for a literary interpretation."

"Literature has historically been defined very broadly," Booth said. "I don't think we're testing some radical limits of literature by putting that in."

Several collections of Dylan's lyrics have also been published as books.

Still, most Nobel watchers say it's unlikely the Swedish Academy — traditionally drawn to novelists and poets who are often out of the mainstream — will expand the scope of the prize to include songwriters.

"If so, it would be in a fit of marvelous free-mindedness," said Svante Weyler, head of one of Sweden's largest publishing houses, Norstedts. "It would be very surprising."

But not entirely unprecedented.

In 1997, the prize went to Italian playwright Dario Fo, whose works also need to be performed to be fully appreciated, some say.

And when Winston Churchill received it in 1953, for his historical and biographical writings, the academy also cited his "brilliant oratory" skills.

While the academy never discusses individual candidates, Carola Hermelin at the academy's Nobel Library said songwriters are not excluded from the prize.

"Song lyrics can be good poetry," she said. "It depends on their literary quality."

But Weyler said he was skeptical about including songwriters.

"Then you're categorizing everything that includes words as literature," he said. "Literature should not have to be read by the author for it to be good."

I hope he wins!

from Billboard Bits:

As expected, jam band Galactic will launch an instrumental tour Oct. 12 in Rochester, N.Y. The 25-date trip will feature support from bluegrass act the Hackensaw Boys and Roots member Scratch on various dates.

Additionally, Galactic will share the stage with Latin funk band Ozomatli Oct. 15 in Philadelphia and Mofro vocalist JJ Grey Oct. 24 in New York. An Oct. 29 hometown show in New Orleans will feature DJ Motion Potion. The tour is set to wrap Nov. 12 in Athens, Ga. At deadline, it was unknown what would become of a planned Oct. 16 co-headlining show with Ratdog in Allentown, Pa., now that the latter's tour has been postponed (see related story).

The tour follows Galactic's summer run, its final outing with vocalist Theryl "The Houseman" DeClouet, who fronted the band for nearly its entire decade-long career. The band's final studio release with DeClouet was last year's "Ruckus" (Sanctuary).

-- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.

I thought this was a double bill, I guess not. Who are in the current Skydiggers lineup right now? I have always thought that "I Will Give You Everything" was one of the most beautiful songs ever written over the last fifteen years.

I saw this great singer/songwriter/guitarist perform two songs at the Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 1995. John Fogerty was backed by Booker T & The MG's and performed "Born On The Bayou" and "Fortunate Son."

If I were allowed to go to the Vote For Change Tour I would have saw Fogerty in Cleveland again backed by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band this past Saturday October 3.

I might be interested in attending this show, I wonder who is backing band will be?

Dear Lord and Heavenly Father,

I know I should pray for more important things than this, like the tragedy of the genocide in Darfur, or the unjust war in Iraq, or the treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories and even the indifference that Canada has to the safety of their Indigenous women. Also the importance to get George W Bush out of White House in November.

All these things are important, but please Lord let the "classic" line-up of Pink Floyd reunite. And if I can take it one step further let them play at Ivor Wynne Stadium, how cool would that be? Pretty cool eh God?

Thanks again for listening,

Tim

Amen

You're right Swan and look at the set, wow!

October 5/ St. Paul, MN/ Xcel Energy Center

Notes: Nothing ragged about this one--just full-on guitar glory as Neil Young came out and cranked up the energy for the best VFC show yet. "Any Canadians for Kerry in the house? I thought I saw one here earlier..." said Bruce. And yeah, Young had been out earlier for "Country Feedback" with REM, but that didn't diminish the "holy sh!t" factor as Neil faced off with Bruce for monster jam on "Souls of the Departed" and a fierce "All Along the Watchtower." Even Clarence got swept away. Blow, Big Man, blow! Wail, Shakey, wail! And the wind began to howl... Neil was back in the encores trading off vocals with Bruce on "Rockin' in the Free World" along with Fogerty, all of REM, and Neil's wife Pegi. Fogerty got a huge cheer when he announced "I got a final score for you: Minnesota Twins 2, Yankees nothin'!" Yeah, everything seemed to go the Twin Cities' way tonight. At the end of the show, Bruce presented Conor Oberst with a commemorative jacket to mark the end of his run with the tour. Bright Eyes, we'll miss you in Orlando--that's the next stop, Friday night.

Setlist: Bad Day (with REM)/Man on the Moon (with REM)//The Star-Spangled Banner/Born in the U.S.A./Badlands/No Surrender/Lonesome Day/The River/Souls of the Departed (with Neil Young)/All Along the Watchtower (with Young)/Johnny 99/Centerfield (with Fogerty)/Deja Vu All Over Again (with Fogerty)/Fortunate Son (with Fogerty)/The Promised Land (with Fogerty)/The Rising/Because the Night (with Stipe)/Mary's Place/Born to Run (with Mills and Buck)//Proud Mary (with Fogerty)/Rockin' in the Free World (with REM, Fogerty, Neil and Pegi Young)/(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (with all)/People Have the Power (with all)

Sorry Paisely, It's all my fault I guess.

I was just checking out Last Call with Carson Daily and Medeski, Martin & Wood will be the house band for the remainder of the week! How strange is that?

My bad, I got my information from www.billboard.com who obviously led me astray.

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A friendly reminder that Medeski, Martin & Wood are going to be on TV tonight on NBC's "Last Call" and every night for the rest of the week.

I feel that it was too close to call. I had hoped that John Edwards would have done better. Unfortunately when Dick Cheney is on stage the points made for the right come across stronger then if it was George W Bush.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney Dangerfield (news), the goggle-eyed comic famed for his self-deprecating one-liners and signature phrase "I can't get no respect," died on Tuesday at age 82, his publicist said.

Dangerfield, who became a pop culture sensation with a string of broad film comedies starting with "Caddyshack" in 1980, died at 1:20 p.m. PDT (4:20 p.m. EDT) at the UCLA Medical Center, where he had undergone heart valve replacement surgery in August, spokesman Kevin Sasaki said in a statement.

May you rest in peace Rodney Dangerfield.

GO EDWARDS GO! The debate starts at 9PM on 10/5 all major American stations.

There is a new BestBuy that opened up in Burlington a week or two ago. It's right off the QEW off Brant Street. You can't miss it.

I just picked up my copy of Fahrenheit 9/11 today at BestBuy for $26.99. I hope this film coming out on DVD nearly a month before the elections helps to push John Kerry over the edge to the presidency.

Also I picked up Michael Moore books "The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader" and "Will They Ever Trust Us Again? Letters From The War Zone" at Indigo.

I just picked up R.E.M.'s new album "Around The Sun" at BestBuy for only $13.99. Between getting Bob Dylan's first volume of his autobiography, baseball playoffs and the vice presidential debate I don't think I'll have much time to listen to it tonight.

I just picked up "Bob Dylan Chronicles Volume One" today at Indigo! I'm going to try and start reading it tonight inbetween watching baseball playoffs and the vice-presidential debate.

I posted on here not too long ago that I found out on www.hyperrust.org that Neil Young has fulfilled his contract on Reprise/Warner, and has now signed onto Sanctuary Records. Based on this I would assume that Reprise who obviously own his back cataloge is releasing this 'Greatest Hits' without Neil Young being very much involved.

Here's the post again from www.hyprrust.org

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:00:00 GMT Evening Coconut

Reporter: David Lybrand

Topic: Neil on Sanctuary

The Sanctuary Group is a collector of bands and artists that are no longer considered to be 'profitable" by the majors. They've signed lots of old timers to give them another shot. And they seem to be doing pretty well with it.

http://www.sanctuarygroup.com/index.php?l1=4&getArticleId=574

With Time-Warner (ie, Warner Brothers, Reprise, Atlantic, etc) tossing out all but their most profitable artists, it's not a surprise that Neil would end up there. Interesting that he's now on the same label as Lynyrd Skynyrd...

They even picked up Neil's "vanity label" (Vapor): http://www.sanctuarygroup.com/index.php?l1=4&getArticleId=665

The new R.E.M. album "Around The Sun" comes out today (October 5). It is their third album since the retirement of original drummer Bill Berry. After several listens of the album on www.myspace.com I found that this album has the laid back feel that was found on "Out Of Time" and "Automatic For The People." I'm not comparing "Around The Sun" to these masterpieces, I'm just saying that the material has a similar vibe. I feel that R.E.M. are the greatest American band of the last quarter century and I'm glad that they are still actively releasing new material and touring as well. I'll be picking up this album today and I'm looking forward to seeing them live at the Hummingbird Centre on November 10, 2004.

Here's a review for the album from www.rollingstone.com

New CD: R.E.M.

Review of "Around the Sun"

R.E.M. Around the Sun (Warner Bros.)

The first few seconds of R.E.M.'s Around the Sun nearly retrace the opening to rock's archetypal power ballad, Aerosmith's "Dream On." As the song, "Leaving New York," continues, R.E.M. sound remarkably like multiplatinum-era early-Nineties R.E.M. -- the band that knew how to combine diffuse lyrics and sonics with hooks and primal rock grooves better than anyone else.

On Around the Sun, that intrinsically R.E.M.-y vibe makes a tentative, muted comeback. Unlike 1998's Up, on which the band crafted beautiful but belabored studio experimentation, and unlike 2001's Reveal, where they relaxed but didn't deliver many memorable melodies, R.E.M. here resemble their classic selves. On its way back home, the band takes the road less traveled. "The Outsiders" coolly floats on a syncopated drum beat that comes to a premature stop, then starts again for Q-Tip to resolutely rap a noble third verse. "Make It All Okay" puts piano to the fore of a strikingly direct post-breakup song. "Jesus loves me fine/And your words fall flat this time," Michael Stipe argues, rejecting a lover's offer to revive a relationship. On the title-track closer, the threesome builds to a humble climax, then fades away on a dreamy coda.

Around the Sun is full of what are ultimately anti-power ballads, the kind that question rather than bluster, favoring maybe over might. It's another slow, meandering CD from a trio that refuses to fake a full recovery in the wake of drummer Bill Berry's departure in 1997. It would be too easy for R.E.M. to ride Coldplay's coattails on a rock-anthem remedy. They'd rather struggle on their own terms. (BARRY WALTERS)

My bad, I found out that Neil performed three different VFC shows in two days. Young also performed with James Taylor and The Dixie Chicks on "Harvest Moon" and "Heart Of Gold." The later song coincidently had Taylor's vocals on the orginial "Harvest" recordings, cool.

from www.billboard.com

Edited By Barry A. Jeckell. October 04, 2004, 4:35 PM ET

Young Jams For Votes, Readies 'Greatest Hits'

Although not an announced part of the lineup, Neil Young spent the weekend making appearances at Vote for Change tour stops in Toledo, Ohio, and Detroit. Sources suggest the veteran Canadian singer/songwriter may turn up to play with every VFC bill before the trek wraps Oct. 11 in Washington, D.C.

Young dropped in on Pearl Jam's Saturday evening show in Toledo, stunning the crowd at the start of the second encore when he and his wife Pegi guested with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder on an acoustic version of "Harvest Moon." Young stuck around to rock through "All Along the Watchtower," "Cortez the Killer," "Rockin' in the Free World" and, with Peter Frampton chipping in on guitar, "Act of Love," which appeared on the 1995 Young/Pearl Jam album "Mirror Ball."

The next evening, Young was even busier, reprising "Harvest Moon" and "Heart of Gold" with the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor at Detroit's Fox Theatre. Later on, he teamed with Dave Matthews Band just outside the city at the Palace of Auburn Hills for "Watchtower" and "Rockin' in the Free World."

Meanwhile, Reprise has set a Nov. 16 release date for Young's first "Greatest Hits." The 16-track set boasts such classics as "The Needle and the Damage Done," "Southern Man," Young's sole No. 1 hit, "Comes a Time" and "Cinnamon Girl," along with the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cuts "Ohio" and "Helpless."

"Greatest Hits" will also be available with a bonus DVD featuring the original stereo master mixes of the music. When each song is played, the DVD will display the vinyl cover of the album from which it is drawn spinning on turntable. Bonus features include a photo gallery, lyrics and music videos for "Harvest Moon" and "Rockin' in the Free World."

As previously reported, Young will host and perform at his annual Bridge School Benefit on Oct. 23-24 outside San Francisco. Paul McCartney, Sonic Youth, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tony Bennett are also on the bill.

Here is the track list for "Greatest Hits":

"Down by the River"

"Cowgirl in the Sand"

"Cinnamon Girl"

"Helpless"

"After the Gold Rush"

"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"

"Southern Man"

"Ohio"

"The Needle and the Damage Done"

"Old Man"

"Heart of Gold"

"Like a Hurricane"

"Comes a Time"

"Hey, Hey, My, My (Into the Black)"

"Rockin' in the Free World"

"Harvest Moon"

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

from www.rollingstone.com on October 4, 2004.

Dylan Lyricist Levy Dies

Broadway, rock & roll writer was sixty-nine

Jacques Levy, musical theater director and lyricist for songs recorded by Bob Dylan and the Byrds, died of cancer last Thursday at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He was 69 years old.

A New York native, Levy got his start practicing clinical psychology in Topeka, Kansas, but switched to a career in musical theater in the Sixties. His biggest success was as the director of 1969's Oh! Calcutta! and its revival in 1976. Levy later went on to direct a Broadway musical version of the comic strip Doonesbury in 1983 and pen the lyrics for last year's Broadway adaptation of Fame.

To rock & roll fans, Levy is best known as Bob Dylan's collaborator on the 1975 album Desire. He co-wrote seven of the nine songs on the album, including the famous "Hurricane" -- about the jailed boxer Reuben "Hurricane" Carter -- as well as "Mozambique" and "Isis."

Levy also co-wrote "Chestnut Mare" and "Just a Season" with Byrds guitarist and vocalist Roger McGuinn. The songs appeared on the band's 1970 album Untitled. Levy's songs were also recorded by artists ranging from Carly Simon to country star Crystal Gayle.

Levy is survived by his wife and two children.

DAVID CHIU

(Posted Oct 04, 2004)

Sad day, may Jacques Levy rest in peace.