In Music

Assorted news from my musical world:
1. Honky Tonk Heroes – A great story by Jimmy Patterson about the life of Waylon Jennings, and the “outlaw” movement forged by Waylon and Willie that “changed the course of country music and redefined everything about it from how it was made to where it was played.”
2. The Local Scene – [...]

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New iTunes Pricing and DRM Policy

Apple just announced some significant changes for iTunes’ pricing and DRM protection policy. Here are the highlights:

The majority of songs will drop to 69 cents beginning in April, while the biggest hits and newest songs will go for $1.29. Others that are moderately popular will remain at 99 cents.
Beginning this week, Sony, Universal and Warner will [...]

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From ‘Blah Blah Blah’ to ‘Fa La La La La’

It may seem early, but two Boston radio stations are already kicking off the Christmas tunes. WROR (105.7 FM) and WODS (103.3 FM) started playing Christmas songs around the clock on Thursday, and will continue to play them through Christmas Day.
 
 
 
4-Block World

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Buzz Back at the Homestead

It can be difficult to come up with a steady stream of blog post topics, but there is nothing like a week of great experiences (and a week off from work and blogging) to renew your creativity and inspire a number of new ideas. I could probably come up with about a dozen posts or [...]

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Austin or Bust!

It’s been a long month. Things have been especially busy at work, so I’m really looking forward to our trip to Austin. Our flight leaves tomorrow morning….at dawn.
On the other hand, we’re not looking forward to paying to check our bags. We, ironically, ordered our tickets in June, one day after the new checked-baggage fees [...]

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Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock – A Saturday Night Special

 
We were at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA (formerly Great Woods) on Saturday night to see Lynyrd Skynyrd & Kid Rock on their Rock and Rebels tour.
It was a hot, sunny day - we got there at about 2:30 and tailgated all afternoon. It was the first time in a looong time that the atmosphere felt like the old Great Woods…everyone [...]

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Willie and Wynton – Two Men with the Blues

Well, first of all, I think labels were invented to sell the music. You had to know what to call it before you could sell it. So they call it, the blues, jazz, bluegrass, gospel, or whatever. But, some music accomplishes it all…so what do you call that? And, that’s pretty much what I like to play.”  [...]

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The Black Crowes Let it Slide, Like Mercury on Silver

The Black Crowes, soulful purveyors of music’s most authentic brand of rock n’ roll, played the second show of their “Euphoria or Bust” tour last night - June 28, 2008 – at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in New Hampshire. We were there…In the front row…It was awesome.
This new tour follows the release of their much [...]

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Rolling Stone: Beauty and the Beast

 
Speaking of Plant & Krauss…David Fricke with Rolling Stone has written a great piece about the duo:
How a rock legend and a bluegrass queen became the unlikeliest match in rock & roll. On the road with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

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From Boston to Austin

A long first paragraph describing how we came to decide on our next vacation destination would be pointless, as I’ve already revealed it in my clever blog title (I should have been a rapper – could have put my superior rhyming skills to better use.)
Anyways, Buzz headed to Texas, ya’ll!
We just ordered our tickets and booked our [...]

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Eric Clapton Gets His Mojo Workin’ in Mansfield

Elicia mentioned in her earlier post that we saw the legendary Eric Clapton last night at Great Woods in Mansfield (a.k.a Tweeter Center, and as of yesterday, Comcast Center). I miss the old days of roaming the lawn, but it is still a terrific venue to see a concert and we all had a great time getting [...]

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Wacky Week – Our House Didn’t Burn Down

This week might just be my wackiest yet of 2008.
So, to kick things off on Monday night I attended the Publicity Club of New England’s annual Bell Ringers – the Oscars of the New England PR world. I enjoyed myself – food was good and I loved the steel drum band. The award show usually runs [...]

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Buzz Wins Kickball; David Archuleta Loses Idol

 
Last night was bitter sweet. The sweet – our kickball team walked away with a win (I knew all we needed was our official t-shirts – see previous post) followed by some celebration drinks, flip cup, and karaoke at the bar Samba in Somerville.
The bitter – while we were consumed in kickball victory bliss, David Archuleta was [...]

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Working 9 to 5 (or 6 or 7) – Getting Through the Day

Most of us get up every day to the sound of an alarm, get dressed, grab a bite and its off to work we go for hours and hours….and hours and hours. I switch gears quite often throughout the day with my job- which can make focusing difficult sometimes, but overall it helps to make the day go [...]

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“Nevermind” Boy – Then and Now

 
Ah, the 90’s – plaid shirts and grunge bands aplenty.  Jason Lazarus, a photographer and teacher from Chicago, took a very buzz-worthy portrait of Spencer Elden - a High School senior from CA who is now much bigger than when he was photographed for the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album. Check out the photo:
 
Jason Lazurus also has [...]

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The Most Rock n’ Roll Band in Rock n’ Roll

The Black Crowes first studio album in 7 years, Warpaint, will be released on Tuesday, March 4!! They’ve added guitarist Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars for this album – here’s the full Rolling Stone review.
Related Note: Here are the top 5 rock n’ roll vocalists of all time in no particular order - yes, I’m going there. [...]

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Upcoming Mic Monarchy Show!

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Mic Monarchy will be playing their first-ever show on Saturday, March 8th at the All Asia Bar in Cambridge, MA. The show is half hip-hop and half stand-up comedy, which means that the performers will alternate between hip-hop acts and comedians. Mic Monarchy will be playing a 20 – 25 minute set [...]

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Tina and Beyonce – Proud Mary at the Grammy’s

The Grammy’s were on last night (if you haven’t already heard or, perhaps, live under a rock). Tina Turner and Beyonce’s performance of Proud Mary was absolutely FABULOUS!

Tina probably could have picked a better outfit (the silver body suit wasn’t extremely flattering for her), but I loved her hair and the overall performance from [...]

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The Red-Headed Stranger?

American icon and country legend Willie Nelson evidently doesn’t believe 19 terrorists are responsible for the tragedies of 9/11. He likens the “symmetrical” way that the towers fell to the appearence of an intentional building demolition, and makes the leap that 9/11 was therefore an inside job.
He said the following on a nationally syndicated radio [...]

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