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Summer Camp News
Just a little clarification on some recent news. Vince Herman, guitarist and singer for Great American Taxi and Leftover Salmon, will again be the MC for Summer Camp 2007, not just a performer. Past Summer Camp attendees will recall his shenanigans as some of the better memories of the festival, I know I do. He’ll…
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The Mountain Goats: First Thoughts From A Newb
I just picked up a copy of Get Lonely by The Mountain Goats yesterday. After hearing about them for years among circles of fans whose opinions I greatly respect, I felt it was time to get my feet wet. I went into it expecting some acoustic guitars and god-knows-what attitude. What I got – from…
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Guster @ Foellinger Auditorium – 02/21/07
I had a chance to check out a great Guster show the other night. Sadly I walked in after Mason Jennings‘ opening set was over, and haven’t heard much about it. I like the guy’s music though, hope he comes through again. Anyways, Guster was quite a treat, as this was my first chance to…
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Archive Live: Peach Truck Republic
Scanning across eMusic’s wares today I stumbled upon an album called Barnyard Blonde by Peach Truck Republic. On a whim I added it to the queue, and I’m experiencing it for the first time as I sit here and write to you. Apparently these guys have been hanging around Fort Worth, TX, since 1993. They’ve…
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Streaming Inbox: The Morning Benders
I just got a couple of tracks emailed to me from The Morning Benders (site). Never listened to them before but I enjoyed the tunes, especially “Last Today,” and I thought they were good enough to share. “Last Today” starts off with a nice little Beach Boys-esque vocals and bobs and meanders along for a…
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Summer Camp Artist Update #2
The entire Summer Camp Festival site got a facelift yesterday, and those who plan to be in attendance got a treat as well, some new artists: Galactic The Wood Brothers Hot Buttered Rum Melissa Ferrick Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) Great American Taxi Vince Herman Brother’s Past Toubab Krewe Pnuma Trio Bump Any thoughts on the…
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Keller Williams Dream
Artist: Keller Williams (website) Album: Dream (eCard) Label: SCI Fidelity (website) Release: 02/06/2007 After reading about the concept for KW’s new album, Dream, I was more than a little excited to check out the results. I’m pleased to tell you it’s an absolute success. Basically, Keller assembled a list of every artist he’d love to…
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iPod Predicts End of World; Plays REM
I just found an entry on WikiHOW that explains an interesting way to use your iPod as a Tarot card deck. By making a playlist of 78 songs, renaming them as the cards, and (if you have iPod video or nano) putting the cards as the pictures on the songs. I normally might not be…
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Of Montreal Video
Video for the song “Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse” from Of Montreal’s new album, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? [youtube 5VeIL7juFE0 Of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse] Thoughts?
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Fountains of Wayne
For those of you that didn’t realize, the “Stacy’s Mom” creators are actually an extremely talented and catchy band. The band has a new release titled Traffic and Weather coming out on April 3rd, and they’ve got a sampler of the single “Someone To Love” to listen to. I’m really liking it, you can check…
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