Some of you may have noticed it’s been a little quiet ’round these parts over the last couple days.
Over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, Live Music Blog got a little promotion of sorts. We’re now running on our own private server, most likely due to our comment spam and not all that crazy traffic we get on Google searches for “Mountain Jam,” so please let us know if you notice anything wonky on the site over the next couple days or so. Drop a comment here or send us a note at the vibes inbox — either one works fine for me.
One love. Peace out.
A while back I got an email on a cool web service that allows you to create custom ringtones for your cell phone from any digital music track you have lying around on your computer (must be .mp3,.mp4,.m4a,.aac,.wma,.aiff,.ogg, or .wav). It’s called OwnYourPhone.com. I thought I’d give it a shot.
Considering you can already get Phish ringtones straight from the source…
Live Phish Ringtones are now available for purchase through all major mobile service providers. Tones are available from the extensive online Live Phish catalog, culled from classics like Colorado ’88, The White Tape, 12/29/97, 11/14/95 and 12/01/95.
…you might want to create something a little more friendly to your neighbors that might hear your phone ring more than once. I’m sure the opening notes to “Fluffhead” could get a little old after a while. This is the song I used, courtesy of the !!! openers from Wednesday night, Holy F**K…
You get one ringtone for free just for signing up for an account, and you can use promo code “livemusicblog” to get another one. Feel free to drop your shared ringtones in the comments and have some fun with it. I think I’ll use my second one for “Big Bottom” and I’ll alternate between the two.
That band with the funky name, !!! (aka Chk Chk Chk), blew into the Windy City on a Wednesday night and tore up the Metro with the help of electro-rockers Holy F**K. Thanks to a Metro media pass, we were able to snap some pretty decent shots.
Photos and comments after the jump…
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Following up one of my prior Phish Friday’s, I got a lot of requests for a particularly strong segment of the show that I had overlooked. It’s more that this was something my memory had overlooked, but thanks to some loyal fans, I was reminded that I need to revisit the Chula Vista ’99 show and possibly feature something else.
The “Boogie On…” at this show was hot hot hot. The jam gets nice and spacey until the band delivers on some fun start-stop jamming at the end. They almost feel like they’re going to lose the crowd, too — but they pull it out very nicely in the end. What a fantastic song to start a set.
People asked for it and we delivered (thanks once again to MomaDance.com).
Enjoy and have a killer Memorial Day weekend, everyone! If you’re at Sasquatch or Summer Camp, well, you’re probably a better live music fan that I am. I’m taking ‘er easy this weekend but I imagine there’ll be plenty of updates on the site if you’re chained to your computer like myself.
photo by Thomas Hawk
Sirius Satellite Radio and Grateful Dead to Create Grateful Dead Radio Channel [via PR Newswire]
This is yet another example of how the Grateful Dead niche continues to thrive and expand across generations. Although I’ve thoroughly covered much of their influence on today’s touring bands, news like this still tends to impress me.
Also, if you are not yet aware of the Grateful Dead’s own Tapers Section, it is a great (free) source of tunes and Grateful Dead history, updated weekly.
In other Grateful Dead-related news, Fader Magazine has dedicated its current issue to Jerry Garcia. The issue is available as a free PDF. Fader is also generously offering a free Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia podcast, available at iTunes or as an mp3:
The tracklist includes the following:
“Cryptical Envelopment” 3/1/69 – Fillmore West
“Turn On Your Lovelight” 1/24/71 – Seattle Center Arena
“New Speedway Boogie” 5/15/70 – Fillmore East
“Tore Up Over You/Legion of Mary” 4/7/75 – Keystone, Berkeley
“Candyman” 6-11-76 – Boston Garden
“Terrapin Station” 12-29-77 – Winterland, San Francisco
