Wednesday, March 17, 2010

John Cale: "Life Along the Borderline: a Tribute to Nico" in Rome

John Cale in Sydney (c) Peter Andrew

A fourth edition of Life Along the Borderline: a Tribute to Nico is organised by John Cale in Rome:

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(Thanks: Isabel - photo: Peter Andrew)

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Cover Me: I Get Around

Watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers tackle I Get Around, the Beach Boys classic written by Brian Wilson.

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Mike Gordon 2010 torrents: 2010/03/13 Northampton


Mike Gordon
2010/03/13
Pearl Street
Northampton, MA

Set I
  1. Can't Stand Still
  2. banter - Izzy & Griffin story
  3. Spiral
  4. banter - inviting out Mark Mercier
  5. Columbus Stockade Blues *
  6. Voices *
  7. Radar Blip
  8. The Beltless Buckler ->
  9. I'm Deranged ->
  10. Dig Further Down
Set II
  1. What Things Seem
  2. Fire From A Stick
  3. Crumblin' Bones
  4. banter - why this is a special gig
  5. Time (The Revelator) ->
  6. Hap Nappy ->
  7. La La La
  8. banter - traveling family introduction
  9. Cities
  10. banter - cheesing out
  11. Be Good And You'll Be Lonely
  12. Traveled Too Far
  13. encore break
  14. Swamp Music
  15. crowd

* w/ Mark Mercier on keys & vocals

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Note from taper Scott Bernstein:

Set 1 starts out sounding nice and clean. But just a couple of minutes into the first song, the venue security told me that they have a no mic stands policy and that I had to remove my stand IMMEDIATELY or they were going to have security remove it for me. So I had to think quickly. The best thing I could find that I could clamp my mics to was the riser area just offcenter to the left, and a few feet back. The only problem is that this riser railing that I was going to clamp to was only about 5 feet high, so it was below head height. Which means that it's a bit muffled, and that I was going to have to protect my mics from people walking by and standing in front of them. Somehow my left mic basically escaped unscathed, but a few times you can hear the right mic getting slightly muffled when people pass in front of it, and even worse since I was guiding people out of the way with my flashlight, at least 5-6 times you can hear people say "thanks" as they walk by. Thanks to my wife Jen, Melissa P., Beth S. for helping me out with quickly moving my gear under the gun!

Luckily for the 2nd set I go the OK from Mike's crew to set up in the area between the sound and lighting board and that sounds significantly better.

The perils we face as tapers never end! Apparently another taper got turned away at the door and told me that Boston-area tapers typically boycott Pearl Street as their no-taping policy is somewhat widely known, and as an out-of-towner, I had no idea.

Note that I was the only taper at this show.

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Phish: Summer 2010 tour dates

Phish have announced their Summer 2010 tour schedule. They will kick off in Chicago. Notable venue: Telluride Town Park, where they will play for two nights. Phish played a couple of well documented club gigs in that city in 1988.

Live dates:
  • 06/11 Chicago, IL @ Toyota Park
  • 06/12 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
  • 06/13 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
  • 06/15 Portsmouth, VA @ nTelos Pavilion at Harbor Center
  • 06/17 Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
  • 06/18 Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
  • 06/19 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
  • 06/20 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
  • 06/22 Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
  • 06/24 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
  • 06/25 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
  • 06/26 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
  • 06/27 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
  • 06/29 Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC
  • 07/01 Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
  • 07/02 Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
  • 07/03 Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Encore Park
  • 07/04 Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Encore Park
  • 08/05 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
  • 08/06 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
  • 08/07 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
  • 08/09 Telluride, CO @ Telluride Town Park
  • 08/10 Telluride, CO @ Telluride Town Park
  • 08/12 oblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
  • 08/13 Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
  • 08/14 East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
  • 08/15 East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
  • 08/17 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
  • 08/18 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
An online ticket request period is currently underway at phish.portals.musictoday.com and will end on Friday, March 26th, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, April 2nd.

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MP3: Phish - Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
(live at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY 2009/06/02)
MP3: Phish - Kill Devil Falls
(live at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY 2009/06/02))

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