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An Open Letter to Phish

October 1, 2008

Editor’s note: obviously the news of Phish’s reunion announcement is burning up the internets and it’s starting to really inspire a lot of our readers and fans to send in thoughts on this momentous and epic occasion. Our buddy Andrew Justice down in Texas wrote this up and sent it my way.
With today’s great [...]

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20 Bands, 20 Nights | Tired and Five Bands Short

September 29, 2008

About a month ago I realized that I had the opportunity to see over 20 bands in about the same number of nights; I figured it could be a cool little “feat of strength” while on vacation. But I ran into something much bigger and more powerful than myself: mother nature. The adventure came up [...]

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20 Bands, 20 Nights | Ten Days In…

September 12, 2008

Its Friday, ten days into my end of summer tour and I’m blurry eyed and a little hung-over from last night’s Black Moth Super Rainbow show, which started late and went well past my work-week bedtime. I am four bands down, sixteen to go. With a little help from the Monolith Festival I should be [...]

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Editor’s Note: BLOGGER FAIL?

September 11, 2008

Sometimes it’s a hard thing for someone to admit that they’re a little burnt out. It’s not really socially acceptable or professionally acceptable, because the notion of realizing that someone is burnt out should come with an equal realization that a person has likely put themselves in the situations that they’re experiencing the burnout [...]

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Tomorrow: Stay Smooth X @ Columbia Yacht Club | Preview, Interview

September 5, 2008

It’s finally here! Stay Smooth X is finally here! The smooth music themed party is taking place on Saturday at Chicago’s Columbia Yacht Club on a boat! Inspired by the now infamous Yacht Rock web-based TV show, Stay Smooth is a party celebrating all that is smooth in music. You see, there was a time [...]

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20 Bands, 20 Nights | My End of Summer Music Tour

September 5, 2008
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Canada Pulls a Fast One | Public Funds Cut for Artists

August 16, 2008

There’s been an interesting story coming out of Canada over the last few days and it is unfortunately negative news for a lot of touring bands that come from the great white north. PromArt is a funding program for artists who seek to share their form in the international community with the purpose of spreading [...]

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Going Down the Road Feeling Bad: Touring in the Current Economy

August 10, 2008

With the the stock indexes in the first bear market in almost six years and gas prices that have hit lifetime highs, we are all feeling the proverbial tightening of the belt. Obviously I am not a columnist for the Wall Street Journal but I try and keep close tabs on the live music industry [...]

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The Union Forever | JumboTron

August 9, 2008
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The Union Forever | Wetlands Preserved

July 2, 2008

Yesterday I plugged a documentary airing on the Sundance Channel, Wetlands Preserved. I’ve been exchanging emails with the producer and director about the film, and he agreed to answer some questions. Dean Budnick is a name all jam fans should know, if they don’t already. He created (with he help of others) Jambands.com, The Jammys [...]

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The Union Forever | Vincent Moon

June 11, 2008
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Print Tease | The Raconteurs – Rob Jones

June 3, 2008

I had the chance to catch The Raconteurs this weekend with my buddy Dave from Earvolution. I was definitely psyched to see Jack White and co. again, but I must admit, when Dave said he had an extra ticket I was almost equally excited to see what Rob Jones had in store for the [...]

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The Union Forever | Navigating the post-TRL Video World

May 27, 2008
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Print Tease | The Alamo Drafthouse

May 20, 2008

I was trolling through the recently uploaded posters on gigposters, waiting for something to jump out at me for this week’s Print Tease, and surprisingly nothing did. Sure, there were some fine posters buried in there, but nothing grabbed me. So I decided to take this week to highlight an unbelievably cool ongoing [...]

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Interview with Jared Bell of Lymbyc Systym

May 14, 2008

A week ago Monday, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jared Bell of Lymbyc Systym before their show at the Empty Bottle here in Chicago. Jared is the keyboardist in the Austin/Phoenix duo that is breaking molds of what an instrumental pair can do both in the studio and on stage. His ability [...]

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Print Tease | Wilco – Crosshair

May 13, 2008

I have a nasty habit of taking photographs without people in them. In fact, I prefer landscapes, plants, and especially buildings. Truth is, people can ruin pictures sometimes. Maybe one person isn’t looking, or another closed their eyes. Some might see these imperfections as human, something to be lauded in photos as [...]

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