McL

if anyone on here was interested in doing street team work for the upcoming Toronto show, email me jon@umphreys.com, and I'll send out posters, fliers (and put you on the guest list as a thanks for spreading the word)

I found that interview to be almost like Colbert warming up his O'Reilly impression.

he kind of took up the argumentative style of

"I agree with you

BUT

here's exactly where you're wrong, and I'm not going to let you talk about anything else until you admit the one point that I want to nail you on."

that's exactly what O'Reilly does, cuts people off and forces them to discuss what he wants to discuss about.

that might be too deep of a parody for the audience to actually get anything out of it. but I found his different approach to be just kind of a curious oddity more than anything else.

the interview with the National Drug Policy reform guy last week was DREADFUL. The dude was just in 100% scream/confrontation mode with everything that came out of his mouth. Colbert was trying to lead him, underhand pitching some questions, and this guy still went off as if Colbert was the conservative pundit trying to slam him.

hot off the presses.

the website was just updated this morning

there's more at umphreys.com, but I figured these 3 would interest you guys the most

Sunday, 15 April 2007

Water Street Music Hall

204 North Water Street

Rochester, New York 14604

585.325.5600

- doors: 7:00 pm

- show: 8:00 pm

- 16 and over

- tickets will be $18.50 in advance and $20.00 day of show; an Umphrey's Ticketing pre-sale will begin January 22 at 10:00 am CST

Tuesday, 17 April 2007

The Opera House

735 Queen Street

Toronto, Ontario

- tickets will be $17.50 in advance and $20.00 day of show; an Umphrey's Ticketing pre-sale will begin January 22 at 10:00 am CST

Thursday, 19 April 2007

The Town Ballroom

681 Main Street

Buffalo, New York 14203

716.852.3900

- doors: 7:00 pm

- show: 8:00 pm

- All Ages

- tickets will be $18.00 in advance and $20.00 day of show; an Umphrey's Ticketing pre-sale will begin January 22 at 10:00 am CST

and, while I'm at it, may as well plug the newest podcast with Joshua Redman()

Podcast #37 - August 2006 part 1

Posted: 01.14.2007

69.2Mb

(right-click to download podcast (MP3) to your computer)

00:00 Intentions Clear (08.26.06 - Riverview Music Festival, Chicago, Illinois)

05:51 Believe the Lie

18:11 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 (08.25.06 - F.U.N.K. Festival, Bean Blossom, Indiana)

31:55 Der Bluten Kat >

47:18 Glory >

52:19 Der Bluten Kat (08.26.06 - Riverview Music Festival, Chicago, Illinois)

56:00 All Things Ninja (08.25.06 - F.U.N.K. Festival, Bean Blossom, Indiana)

Total Broadcast Length 72:06

Notes:

entire podcast with Joshua Redman on saxophone

Umphrey's McGee was once again honored to welcome Joshua Redman to the stage for 2 shows, August 2006. He revisited his Safety in Numbers appeareance on Intentions Clear. The new "fusion" intro to Believe the Lie is augmented even further with Redman's horn. The Shine On You Crazy Diamond encore closed their appearance at the F.U.N.K. Festival.

ha...still trying to forget Girlfriend in a coma...uhhhg, shudder.....well I guess I liked it lots till about half way through then I started skipping pages and then the ending was jut so pukerific for my tastes.

whoa.

all of my friends who I've loaned the book over the years have tended to go through it in under a week and love it. It's such a different style of fiction. I thought he did an excellent job at writing a captivating and abstract novel, yet still bring his Coupland-isms to the table.

Life After God is my favorite, still.

very excited about seeing this movie. (and to finally cracking open Jpod which has been sitting bedside for the last month)

these must have been added this morning

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

Town Ballroom

681 Main Street

Buffalo, New York 14203

716.852.3900

Thursday, 28 September 2006

The State Theatre

107 West State Street

Ithaca, New York 14850

607.27.STATE

and I think this one is new, too

Monday, 2 October 2006

The Egg

Empire State Plaza

Albany, New York 12210

518.473.1845

I don't think I've seen this posted up here yet.

They're not making it across the border this year, let's hope for something next spring, though.

There should also be Albany and Ithaca shows for those willing to make the trek.

Schwa, what are these podcast thingys and where can one get one? I like Umphrey's, but do you have to have an ipod to play it?

actually, you need nothing more than MP3 software on your computer.

You can download the MP3s directly from umphreys.com/music

if you want them automatically downloaded for you, then you'll have to use itunes or some other podcasting software.