When I rented the String Cheese Incident DVD, Waiting for the Snow to Fall, I was definitely hoping for a video insight into the band. What I did get was plenty of footage of the band playing in the Colorado snow, as they are from there and that’s where they feel at home. Maybe that was the band was trying to portray.
I do understand that this was released over a year and half ago. I’m just getting around to renting it, and I’m working on catching up now that I have a Netflix membership.
The DVD clocks in at less than one hour, not including the extra footage, but definitely including a totally tasty version of ¡BAM! This was cool because they allow four different video angles to choose from on ¡BAM! and Miss Brown’s Teahouse. I love DVD’s that try to at least give something extra.
The problem is that String Cheese Incident only provided us with 55 minutes to begin with. To me, this would never warrant an entire DVD release. That’s just me.
The background footage of the band, their soundchecks, their discussions, and everything else included on the DVD was definitely nothing too impressive and introspective. The band relates their love of creating music to the town of Telluride, and it shows the preparation for the Winter Carnival concert in the spring of 2002.
All in all, I actually did like the DVD, I was just definitely hoping for more footage of the band live. I’m preparing to watch their next DVD release after Waiting for the Snow to Fall, Live at the Fillmore. I’ll let you know how it turns out…
184 Page Flaming Lips Photo Retrospective To Launch (via Glide Magazine)
The Flaming Lips are making this only available through their website. This sounds like one sweet collectors item, sure to feature plenty of live band photos and perspectives of the Flaming Lips that not many people are privy to. By the way, the new music download from the Glide Magazine archives is a classic moe. show from 2000. When I say classic, I mean that it really isn’t considering how long moe. has been around. I’m downloading my copy as I write…
wanted: chicago bassist, guitarist, and keyboard player to start a band. drummer interested in starting project; interested in lotus, sound tribe sector 9 (sts9), disco biscuits, tortoise, 5ive style, future rock, and beyond.
who’s with me? please email me or post some comments and we’ll jam.
trey anastasio recording with bassist tony levin
for some reason, i worry about this. it seems as though this could turn into a the police > sting bum-out that i’m just not ready to see happen to phish and their legacy. although, it’s not phish’s legacy so much as it is the burnt out musicians making up phish.
the duo becomes the trio
Mike Gordon and the Duo will become the trio for four shows coming to the East Coast this December. They’re ending the year with the same trio that has recently performed making their debut at the Headcount Benefit in June and then again at moe.down. This is something that I should definitely check out, even though I’m nothing near the East Coast. I could see Mike Gordon feel good about playing small clubs again, much like his Inside In project tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Good stuff…
umphrey’s mcgee has to bring the point home that many heady fans have been trying to make for years; glowsticks at jamband shows, while used to be cool in the early 90′s, are completely played out and not clever anymore. what do you think?
update: the string cheese incident weighs in on the horrible debacle that is ashlee simpson’s milli vanilli moment.
…the band never lip synchs during live performances, even when they are on acid. Perhaps they should, but they won’t.
update: ashlee simpson just announced on some award show, like usher’s choice awards, that she actually lost her voice. how insanely pathetic?
ashlee simpson makes milli vanilli style mistake
poor ashlee simpson on saturday night live last night; she was quite confused when she missed her lip sync cue. bummer for her, as this absolutely proves that she has no musical talent that she’s looking to share with the world.
i haven’t actually watched my tivo copy of this yet, but this is definitely all the rage across blogland right now. i believe that this is hugely depressing.
john peel, legendary producer and bbc radio dj, died from a heart attack in the last 48 hours. this guy recorded everyone, and i mean from nirvana to smashing pumpkins to pet shop boys…everyone! read an article here.
