Archive for the 'live gems' Category
Saturday, June 14, 2008
I just pulled in from midtown Atlanta, The Loft, specifically, where The Breeders just put on a hell of a show. I've been a big Breeders fan since the Last Splash days (14 years ago). Yet due to the band's somewhat sporadic history, tonight was my first opportunity to see them play live. And what a great performance they put on.
The band was in good form ...
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breeders, kim deal, live, the amps
Saturday, April 28, 2007
I spent a portion of this Saturday going through my extended archive of music, the stuff that's not in my central, everyday iTunes library. Most of those files are a bit old and for either quality or tagging reason, they've been left unincorporated. Some of these songs have been sitting untouched and unlistened to on cds and hard drives for years.
So I've decided to start sorting ...
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bjork, download, live, mp3, pj harvey, rolling stones, video
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The ringing in my ears serves as a reminder that I have permanently lost a portion of my hearing, but I'm telling you it is worth it. I just got home from Ratatat's show in midtown Atlanta and I have something to admit to you:
Seeing Ratatat perform live is one of my favorite things in the world. This show marks the third time I've managed to ...
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atlanta, live, ratatat, video
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
OK. I like Prince; let's just set that on the record. But after the recent Superbowl Halftime show, my respect for the man just tripled. I swear that was the best halftime show in recent memory, and possibly ever. Certainly much better than anything offered in the past few years, especially 2004's infamous profligacy.
Prince's performance was showy, but tasteful, spectacular, but not gaudy or opulent. ...
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dave grohl, foo fighters, prince
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Back before all this digital music and internet mumbo jumbo, finding a live recording of a band's performance was a tricky proposition. You basically had to stumble upon one by knowing someone who was in a bootlegging circle and was willing to make a cassette copy (leaving you with a reduced quality duplicate). Alternately, you could have searched the racks at used music stores to find ...
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bootleg, download, pearl jam, the beatles
Monday, November 6, 2006
Widely cited as the most influential post-1950s jazz pianist, here's Bill Evans (with Eddie Gomez on bass and Marty Morell on drums pay attention to those) from The Tokyo Concert, recorded at "Yubin Chokin Hall," Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 1973. The song is Up with the Lark.
[audio:061104UpWithTheLark.mp3]
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bill evans, tokyo
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Tortoise at the Independent
Originally uploaded by Luiza.
Whereas my previous iPod, a 3rd generation model, could not display album art, my new one, of course can. So I spent a portion of my morning going through my library, searching for albums that were missing their covers. During the process, I ran into a couple live shows that, since they aren't formally-released albums, obviously don't have album covers.
Specifically, ...
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album art, bootleg, flickr, itunes, mouse on mars, tortoise
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
I just got home from Ratatat's performance at The Earl in East Atlanta. Awesome awesome stuff. This band is phenomenal, from concept to execution, and they kick it ten ways live. I can now add Ratatat to the list of bands I've seen more than once. Hoorah.
I would have liked to record the show, but my dinky Maxell voice recorder for iPod was overwhelmed the sheer ...
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panther, ratatat, the envelopes
Saturday, July 22, 2006
On the evening of March 9, 1994 I attended my first and only Pearl Jam concert at the Pensacola Civic Center in, you guessed it, Pensacola Florida (where PJ guitarist Mike McCready happens to have been born). I was a freshman in high school at the scampy young age of 15 and, having just discovered the full breadth of grunge six months before, I reveled in ...
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bootleg, download, L7, new kids on the block, pearl jam, tom petty
