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Thursday, May 08, 2008

What's new in Baltimore? A Frank Zappa Bust

Frank Zappa bust

Baltimore is good city to get busted. The city has just accepted a 15 foot Frank Zappa bust, a gift by fans in Lithuania.

Most Baltimoreans are aware of their hometown's claim on Edgar Allan Poe, H.L. Mencken and John Waters, but fewer know that Zappa, who made more than 50 records between the late 1950s and his death in 1993, was born in Baltimore, the son of immigrants from Sicily.
His family lived in the 4600 block of Park Heights Ave., then moved to Edgewood in Harford County. Zappa's father, a chemist and mathematician, had a job nearby at Aberdeen Proving Ground. They moved to California when Frank was 10.
Until they met last night, some members of the Baltimore Public Art Commission, which voted unanimously to accept the gift of the bronze sculpture - valued at about $50,000 - were also unaware of Zappa's connection to Charm City.

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Nick Cave: North American tour dates

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will be touring in North America, promoting Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! It's been awhile - five and a half years to be exact.

09/16 Sept San Diego, CA - 4th & B
09/17 Los Angeles, CA -Hollywood Bowl
09/20 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
09/22 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
09/23 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
09/26 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
09/29 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
10/01 Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
10/02 Montreal, QC - Metropolis
10/04 New York, NY - WaMu Theatre at MSG
10/05 Washington, DC - 9.30 Club

» nickcaveandthebadseeds.com
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Carney: Nothing Without You

Four guys, four songs. Carney from Los Angeles have come up with an EP called Nothing Without You filled with powerpop songs with a rock feel -- the kind of music The Babys used to make in 1970s. The title track steals some licks from Brian May, Imperial Lover and There She Goes are deceptive gentle love songs, but the band come truly into their own on the final track Testify, with a false ending, a snippet of a cappela and some bad-ass guitar. So, it's all good? Yup, bring on the full length asap.

Carney:
Reeve Carney: lead vocals & guitar
Zane Carney: lead guitar
John David Lipscomb: bass
Jon Epcar: drums

Tracks:

Nothing Without You
Imperial Lover
There She Goes
Testify

Buy Nothing Without You from newburycomics.com.

MP3: Carney - Testify

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Gov't Mule 2007 live torrents: 2007/10/19

Another Mule show for you. Late arrival from the 2007 shows. There are some issues.

Gov't Mule
2007/10/19
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA, USA

Decided to upload this mainly because no other sources have been circulated. Muddy recording, as usual the sound at the Tabernacle sucked. Some ass clown insisted on yelling "Freak me out Warren" as often as he could directly into my mics.

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