phorbesie

I hope he is taking the border crossing more seriously than it sounds like. Seems like you would sort that out before booking gigs.

BEIJING, China - Chinese officials found five fake Apple stores in a southwestern city and ordered two of them to suspend business while they're investigated, a local government website said Monday. Officials couldn't do anything about the other three stores — which prominently displayed Apple signs and logos — because they did not find any fake Apple products for sale, according to a report by a local newspaper posted on the Kunming city government's website. The investigation follows a blog post last week by an American woman who lives in Kunming in Yunnan province, who stumbled across three shops masquerading as bona fide Apple stores in the city. She took photos and posted them on her BirdAbroad blog. She said they were modeled on the company's iconic stores right down to the winding staircase and the staff wearing the customary blue T-shirts. After the blog appeared on Wednesday, the Kunming Trade and Industry Bureau inspected more than 300 electronics stores in Kunming and found the five fake Apple stores, the city government's website said. Calls to the Kunming Trade and Industry Bureau rang unanswered Monday. The maker of the iPhone and other hit gadgets has four company stores in China — two in Beijing and two in Shanghai — and various official resellers. The proliferation of the fake stores underlines the slow progress that China's government is making in countering a culture of a rampant piracy and widespread production of bogus goods that is a major irritant in relations with trading partners.

wish i had something to report in this thread, but alas, i too am done with phish for the year! fortunately i still feel full from SBIX!

happy birthday!

we rented one from SAW one time... http://www.sawvideo.com/

yep yep...sharon's singing was great both shows...but with the big stage last night she was able to 'do her thing' a lot more, which was so great to watch! sexy lady!

great stuff once again sharon!

yes. i didn't like it much. but it was the first time i heard them.

John Fogerty My Morning Jacket Huey Lewis Ben Harper Shpongletron the Hip

please pray now for anyone who may be trapped under the main stage which collapsed. can't believe that happened. a rogue hurricane just swept in and blew the whole stage over!

fun article

is tea party something not to be missed? i was planning to take tonight off.

another great piece jay! some new blogs on the bluesfest site...great stuff! http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/node/4950 http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/node/4951

10/07/11 - Jacques Cartier Pier, Montreal 10/09/11 - Sound Academy, Toronto 10/10/11 - Sound Academy, Toronto

i love it!

just noticed this on his website! Ottawa Chamberfest 2011 Thursday, August 04 at 10:30 PM Stretch Orchestra; Kevin Breit, Matt Brubeck, Jesse Stewart Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts; Kildare Room Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0W7 CANADA

enjoyed stephen marley tonight

wait, what? what are you doing there?

maybe you were thinking of CSNY

nice one Velvet! (ohio is NY not BS tho)

i so love that you are writing articles!

Which version did you think was better? The Phish version or the Ben version? I thought the Ben version was incredible' date=' but I wasn't at the Superball. [/quote'] it's hard to say...i feel like i preferred ben's version (which had that nice jam in the middle). i agree, incredible. i was soooo happy to see phish play it though...i really needed that. ben was a bonus. i haven't relistened to the phish one yet! both were great

which beer store are you getting that at, bagochips?