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Bumbershoot 2009: Sunday Recap

September 22, 2009

Unlike Bumbershoot 2008, which was a gorgeous 70-degrees-and-sparsely-cloudy weekend, Bumbershoot 2009 was a much more Seattlesque weekend.  The Yeah Yeah Yeahs kicked off our Sunday afternoon, but between the ugly weather and a lackluster crowd, the show never really took off.  I have to admit that I’m only a fan of four or five of [...]

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Bumbershoot 2009: Saturday Recap

September 10, 2009

The first day of Bumbershoot started early at 12:30 with an indoor set by Dyno Jamz. An up-and-coming funky hip-hop act from here in Seattle, they recently won the EMP Sound Off Competition, an under 21 battle of the bands now approaching its 8th year. Supported by the grandeur of the EMP Sky Church’s enormous lighting rig, the band ripped through a solid hour long set filled with some new material and a few spoken word moments as well.

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Bumbershoot Photo Set

September 7, 2009

Just a quick update before heading out the door for the last day of Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival in Seattle, and I thought I’d leave a selection of photos from the weekend thus far.  Also, stay tuned for a weekend recap very soon.
All Photos by Kane Jamison

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Bumbershoot 2009 Preview

September 4, 2009

Seattle’s musical grab-bag of a festival known as Bumbershoot is coming up September 5-7, and I’ll be headed back this year to check out the activities. Unbeknownst to most of the festival-goers, Bumbershoot is an arts festival as opposed to a strictly music festival, and has a wide variety of options outside of the live [...]

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Stream Phish ‘At The Roxy’ Right Now

November 12, 2008

Phish Friday came a little early this week. Tune in to http://www.livephish.com/radio/listen.m3u or stream from Phish.com to hear the upcoming live album At The Roxy. The site should be streaming each night today and tomorrow, though I’m not sure how much of the album, or at what points in the day, or if [...]

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Grateful Dead Biopic In The Works

November 6, 2008

According to the Rock n’ Roll Daily blog over at Rolling Stone, the upcoming movie based upon Grateful Dead roadie Steve Parish’s book, Home Before Daylight, is starting to take shape.  Though first announced in summer 2007, Rock Daily reports that the movie has some potential actors on board as well as a preliminary soundtrack:
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Nationwide Trick or Vote Canvas + Live Music

October 26, 2008

For those of you looking for a way to combine your political passions with the current Halloween season and some free live music, you may be interested in Trick or Vote.  Trick or Vote is a nationwide nonpartisan costume canvass taking place on Halloween in a city near you.  After a few hours of get-the-vote-out [...]

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Free Live Panjea Album

October 11, 2008

This is reposted from my personal site, but I thought I should share it with all of you, since chances are good some of you saw these tracks live.  Panjea is the African rhythms band led by Chris Berry, and over the last few tours they’ve been joined by String Cheese Incident veteran Michael Kang, [...]

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Seattle’s REVERBfest: Photos and Review

October 8, 2008

I had a chance this last Saturday to go check out Seattle’s REVERBfest, a local-acts-only single-day music festival featuring 64 bands at 9 Ballard neighborhood venues. I managed to catch Pufferfish, Lonesome Rhodes & The Good Company, Boat, Laura “Piece” Kelley Jahn, and Truckasauras. Photos and reviews after the jump.

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