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Well, I figure if people are asking in the 10's of thousands range on stub hub for the actually show, I could probably get $500 bucks or so for a couch tour ticket just put it in the mail if you want to come, I only accept envelopes made with blotter paper though.

Required no convincing at all, got the approval. Wonder if anyone has a projector and we could play it on the side of the house.

That's what I'm talking about Schwa. I saw a post on facebook today saying to stay tuned for something special for those without tickets so sounds like a couch tour event if I ever heard one.

Maybe a good time to have some folks up to point clark a la bonfire/ with lots of room for camping in my yard and lake swimming. Running past the boss now. 

One guy had his advertised on stub hub for a million bucks. There have been more than a few listed in the 100,000 and up range. 'Merica ladies and gents.

I just saw on groupon you can get tickets for $20 for that def Leppard show in July, still lots of time between now and then to grow a mullet

As evidenced by the quality of the above posts, I suspect it may be a long time between posts once again

I feel bad for his fans though, how he actually maintains a fan base is beyond me though. Dude's an a-hole.

This thread got me thinking about the songwriting process of Bob Dylan. I'm pretty sure I read in a book somewhere about how Bob used newspapers to come up with song ideas. Here's an article I just read as I was googling some proof of this claim. I was wondering what Dylan's song/album catalog would look like had he had the technology that exists today, that obviously Butler is taking advantage of. Being able to multi track in your living room with no more space then some room you clear off on your coffee table. Dylan likely has tons of songs that never got completed/recorded or even wrote down for that matter, as evidenced by his "relationship" with OCMS.

Anyway, here's the article:

http://transcriptions-2008.english.ucsb.edu/archive/topics/infoart/dylan/issues.html

Bob Dylan and Social Consciousness: Critical Issues

1. How does the release of information, over the radio, extend to the masses and present issues with the expectation of spreading social consciousness?

By inventing frequency modulation in the 1930's, Edwin Howard Armstrong gave birth to a new and exciting medium for spreading awareness to everyone. Bob Dylan, and other's like him, chose to use the radio as a forum for spreading social consciousness. By using the radio, it was easier to reach people in great numbers and in areas that newspapers and magazines could not be afforded. The radio allowed anyone within an ear's distance to listen and react. Spreading information over the radio was easy, inexpensive, and an acceptable medium for spreading awareness to people that normally wouldn't be privy to such information. The radio transcended the act of spreading information to the masses.

2. How does the Hurricane Story, specifically the bond which was formed when Rubin Carter first approached Bob Dylan with his book, make sense of the information culture both of the time in which Rubin was convicted (and "Hurricane" was composed) and presently?

Before being convicted in May 1967, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter had presumably heard Dylan's songs of social protest, and therefore had a fair idea of the songwriter's views on issues of social and political injustices. Dylan's lyrics served as a form of communication to Rubin. Had the American boxer had no idea of what Dylan stood for, he would not have been motivated to send a copy of his book, "The Sixteenth Round," to Dylan. Likewise, Dylan would not have had the inspiration to speak to the public about Carter's story of injustice and racism, had he not initially received the book. The very powerful song would never have been composed. As a result of Carter informing Dylan about his situation and attempting to gain some sort of hope, Dylan enlightened the public, whose only other primary informative were newspapers. Today, Carter is actively giving lectures and speaking on issues of slavery. In addition, a movie is presently being made, which will serve as yet another form of knowledge concerning Carter's story.

3. Transmission of information through newspaper and radio broadcast news were two of the main sources of information throughout the 1960's. However, how factual and time consistent is the newspaper and radio information and to what extent is the truth being told? How is the information being processed and by whom?

Singer and songwriter Bob Dylan's music exists implicitly and explicitly in relatipon to the information media and technology of his time, and particularly to the information society of the newspaper and the radio. Dylan's song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" from his 1962 album Freewheelin Bob Dylan was inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis -- the moment the cold war came closest to boiling over to all-out nuclear catastrophe. Dylan wrote and preformed this song to address his own fears about the crisis and where the world was heading in his opinion. This song also raises social consciousness about how we obtain our information through tainted devices such as the newspaper and the radio. Dylan explains, "The 'hard rain' of the song is not, however, nuclear fallout. It's not 'atomic rain'. The hard rain that's gonna fall is the last verse, where I say 'the pellets of poison are flooding us all'--I mean all the lies that are told on the radio and in the newspapers, trying to take people's brains away, all the lies I consider poison."

Dylan's interpretation is interesting because he considers media information or misinformation to be the real fallout. This is important to the crisis issue because valuable information which had not been released during breaking news in 1962 about the Cuban missile crisis continued to emerge thirty years later. Now the availability of previously classified material has enabled scholars to challenge and revise longstanding historical interpretations that took place in 1962. This highlights the distortions, limitations, and inaccuracies of the former Kennedy administration officials. An example such as this should inevitably raise the question to society about the information we are receiving and by whom. What distinguishes the information which is relayed and who permits this transmission to the public?

4. Hypothetically, if Bob Dylan was born in 1914, instead of 1941; would he have had as big, or bigger, an impact on music and society? Why?

In the last 40 years, Bob Dylan has been a major part of contemporary music. Through radio, television, newspaper, and concerts, Bob Dylan has been able to reach the public and spread social consciousness over the years. Music has and will continue to change in the future. Musicians of the 1960’s played and distributed music either because they loved performing or had a message which they wanted to express. Present day musicians (in the 1980’s and 1990’s) appear to want one of two things: fame or fortune, or both…. As with many other professions, musicians have to be appealing and effective in order for people to listen and purchase their music.

In my opinion, anyone who has been distributing and performing music for over 40 years has tremendous musical talent. Natural music talent comes from an inherent ability in which, one rarely has to practice. Bob Dylan is a perfect example of this phenomenon. Dylan would have made a huge impression on music and society anytime, despite when he was born. Although, if Bob Dylan had been born in 1914, I do not believe his impact would have had the capability of becoming global. Much of his popularity, if not all of it, has been developed through the use of technology. Radio, television, Internet, and all forms of media have instigated the global following of Dylan. With limited technology (like in the year of 1914), Dylan’s natural talent may never have been heard. How much of an impression we will never know, however I believe he sang and composed music with an extreme talent held by only him. He will always be looked at as a powerful leader.

It would be interesting to know more about his process. I agree with bouche, he probably had the music mostly fleshed out and was looking for lyrics. However he's doing it, it's neat.

Mulligan was rockin it out at geomouses barn party last year. Very tasty and talented guitar player. That little orange that he has is one of the coolest sounding amps out there imho.

Somebody is happy

Not very often you hear of something like this working out.

I just wanted to share a post that Dan Walsh had made in regards to the baritone guitar and its uniquness. Willie P Bennett was a close friend of the Beard so there was obviously a lot emotionally attached to that guitar for him:

 

 

Hey Folks...as you prolly already know, my friend Ian Scott Richardson house was broken into last Thursday. Here are some better pics of the Baritone Guitar that was stolen along with Ike's basses. Please keep an eye out. The baritone is a pretty tough one to miss. There are only 2. The other was made for Willie P Bennett Memory but his has a bigsby Tremelo installed. We would be grateful if y'all could share this smile emoticon

So glad everything worked out and the idiots got caught.

Some good news:

 

 

GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE STOLEN GEAR!
I just received a call from the police and all 3 guitars have been recovered. I can't tell you how happy this makes me. All I know at this point is the guitars have been recovered and 3 people have been arrested. More updates to come. Thanks to everyone of my friends, and friends of friends who shared my status update. You are all awesome!

 — feeling thankful.

And Chris Wright. He's been at jamland. I remember he let me play his banjo one time. For about 5 seconds. I don't think he was liking what he heard.

Curious what or who Slipfish is, a ploy to attract ottawa folks...

I used the Google, it's Chris Mulligans outfit.

https://www.facebook.com/ian.s.richardson.1/posts/10155261962890644

It's all over facebook. I hit the share button we get on posts here now, which gives the links to this thread and shared it on Twitter.

Some scumbags broke into Ike's house in Cambridge and stole some very valuable gear from him. Please keep your eye out for them and get the word around.

STOLEN GEAR ALERT!
Sometime This Thursday evening / Friday morning I had my house broken into and several items stolen. 3 guitars in these photos were taken. The first is a Dan Walsh custom 6 string baritone guitar, the second is an NS Design WAV 4 string electric upright bass, and the third is a Modulus Quantum 5 string bass guitar. All 3 are very uncommon guitars so hopefully someone I know or someone my friends, friends know sees them and can help me get them back. Please share the hell out of this post. Anyone who knows me knows how much these instruments mean to me.

 

True.

The tight collective is part of what makes it so special. Another big part of the jamland is the actual piece of magical property it is on. It can only handle so many people. I hope that the doc goes absolutely viral but I certainly hope everybody that sees it doesn't show up. There is always first timers there, which is great but too many at one time would be scary. Not sure if I'm expressing myself properly here. It's just the best.

Just found a couple with Felix at his first:

wow!  super cool. Congratulations on both projects Mark! It seems to me that the documentary could be one helluva promotional engine for Jamland, lighting up the radar with blips.  

 

Any thoughts on remote screenings?  A couch tour version via Ustream or Youtube?  

Jamland doesn't need promotion. It's an invite only type thing and I'm sure it gets as many people as it needs, although it is always great to see new faces added to the jamland family. My oldest boy has been a staple of Jamland since the beginning and is something he is always so excited to go to. 

This is one of the first, if not the first Jamland:

He's been known to spend a lot of time right in front of the stage:

(Harvard Mouse w/ Dan Walsh aka The Beard aka Walshy McBeard)

The Blurry Strangers:

(Blurry Pickers/Unseen Strangers)

The year of the puppet show, Jackson and Cohen and I do believe that would be Nitro Compression Cohen has there

(Blurry Pickers -  with Josh from the Fat Cats and Ryan from Diesel Dog)

Being that my little guy is a dancing machine, I can only hope to watch him growing up through Jamland memories and photos also. He's been to one now, before he was walking so the next one he'll be sharing the front of the stage dancing and jamming with his brother and lots of friends,

I once saw Tonin kill a man just for talking to another guy about thinking about possibly, maybe, getting up on stage.

 

Dude's crazy

I know, and that guy was in the band that was on.

Actually, after watching that video again, he wasn't rushing Maynard in a violent way at all. He was just being a fanboy.

 

That said, I certainly don't think its acceptable to get on stage uninvited, no matter what the circumstance. But, I also think its pretty fuckin unacceptable and irresponsible of this dipshit to just blindly haul off and smack someone, what if it was staff, security or even a cop removing the girl from the stage - would it still be considered the acceptable thing to do?

I would say no, it's not acceptable. It was a sucker punch and sucker punches are never acceptable, unless you are somehow feeling threatened by violence yourself. Even then, it's usually good practice to face a guy and let them know you want to fight them. She didn't appear to be putting  him in any danger. He should have just stopped and told her to fuck off. His excuses were pretty weak too. Does he have any history of doing douchebaggery before? That said, even with low security in his rider, why weren't they doing their job, even if minimal? That makes it suspicious that they weren't invited I suppose.

I remember a video of Maynard from tool, putting a guy rushing the stage in a rear naked choke hold but that guy was charging him and Maynard defended himself (and kept singing the whole time).