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I'll admit it. I have an unyielding obsession with anything 80's. Sour Patch Kids, Soap-On-A-Rope, Alf lunchboxes, The Cosby Show - you name it, I probably spent a good portion of my measly $20/week allowance on it. It goes without saying that...
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The full stage line-up for Oxegen 2008 has been revealed and the festival, which takes place from 11th to 13th July 2008 at Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare (Ireland) is shaping up to be a fab weekend. Festival goers at Friday’s Oxegen can...
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Jazz Takes Over Toronto! +++++++Starting today! (June 20) this ever-growing 11 day festival swamps 49 venues with sounds sweet and blue. (Oh oh, wait a second. I see from my schedule that Al Green played last night! Damn!! Where was I?! Now I’ll...
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The campground gates opened at noon on Wednesday and by Thursday morning the farm was packed for the night’s unofficial opening. What Made Milwaukee Famous, Newton Faulkner, Back Door Slam and Grand Ole Party were among the small group of artists...
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Bonnaroo’s seventh run came to a close last night with Widespread Panic’s three-hour set. With some decidedly not-so-jam-bandy artists filling the festival’s big-ticket spots (Metallica on the massive “What Stage” at 9 on...
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It’s that time of year again- grab a granola bar, pack your cooler and SPF your bandana –clad forehead - we’re going to Bonnaroo. The line up for the seventh-annual music festival (held on a more than 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee)...
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2008 CMA Music Festival attendance and presales for next year exceed expectations and break records With daily attendance running about 52,000 a day (4,000+ above last year) over the four-day festival, Nashville couldn’t be more pleased with this...
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Fans and locals alike show no signs of slowing down on Day Three of the “CMAfest ” On another 90+ degree day in Music City, the enduring enthusiasm of attendees of the CMA Music Festival is impressive. It’s like there’s a statue...
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North By Northeast takes over Toronto next weekend! With 500 bands playing 40 venues you’d be hard pressed to find a better pub crawl. +++++++++Twenty-nine Canadian dollars (that’s what, like fifty bucks US right?) gets you into EVERTHING....
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11:30 in the morning is the best possible time to arrive at the blues festival--not only did the temperature hover at a manageable seventy degrees, but the grounds were almost empty. I was able to stroll up to the stages without impediment. Seating was...
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The first day of the blues festival is always filled with the same sort of anticipation that accompanies Christmas morning. There was a brief but dramatic thunderstorm on Wednesday night, and the Thursday morning sky was gray and creepy, filled with ominous...
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A sold out Avalon Hollywood was filled with about 1500 surf fashion people for the 2nd Annual Design for Humanity Wednesday night. It was as swanky as surf industry stuff gets (I’m assuming with the red carpet and all). A former Billabong person,...
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After an incredibly nice day at Wakarusa Douglas County came under a tornado watch. At about 7:30pm on Thursday the music stopped and staff began broadcasting warnings of tornadoes and high winds over megaphones in the major camping areas. The rest of...
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The sea of bright orange bags seems to take on a life of its own – floating down the streets of Nashville in a quest for the ultimate fan experience If you don’t recognize the diehard country music fan by the dangling camera and gleam in their...
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I've already fallen behind the ball on this month-long celebration that has aurally-inclined Montrealers doing cartwheels for an entire moon-cycle. June comes and stalks us once again, and thanks to the fine folks who run the Suoni per il Popolo festival,...
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Chicago is a town that can't get enough of the blues, and the annual blues festival kicks the typical Chicagoan's passion for the genre into overdrive. By the time the second week of June rolls around, we're impatient for the chance to sit...
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Kicking off the four-day festival on Thursday, June 5 at 10:00 a.m. will be Phil Vassar and Jo Dee Messina at the Greased Lightning Riverfront Stage. Over 100 artists are set to grace the various stages over the next four days....
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Wakarusa 2008 is right around the corner. In fact, for those that wish to spend an extra night camping (and enduring the harsh morning sun), the festival starts tonight at midnight. The gates and the will call tent open at midnight and will continue to...
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You're driving up and down an unfamiliar road that snakes it's way around a mountain on a moonless black night. You haven't seen another car since I-87 – and that was at least thirty miles ago. Up ahead you spot swirling red and blue...
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This entry might have been longer if we had made it in time for The National . I have a bone to pick with The Hollywood Bowl 6:30 start times, but this isn’t that kind of blog (or maybe it will be by the time I’m done). So there comes a point...
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While many musicians share cult-like popularity with fans who first experienced Terrapin Station on vinyl, and those that first experienced it on iTunes – few of them actually hail from a time when vintage rock tees were, well... vintage. Some people...
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It is difficult to believe that an entire year has passed since the last blues festival, even after the exceptionally cold winter and spring. Many times, as I was shivering and cranking the heater in my apartment in April and May, I consoled myself by...
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Spending the evening at the Sonoma Jazz + festival is like being invited to a very large and fancy wedding, without the boring vows or the awkward toasts. There are large white tents, color-coordinating tablecloths artfully tied to freestanding tables...
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After a beautiful night camping under the stars at Westworld, I got up eager to start the second day of live music being offered by McDowell Mountain Music Festival. Saturday started out much warmer – although it could have just been my incredibly...
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I ran into Cedric and Omar from The Mars Volta back stage. We caught up about the last time we spent time together in Los Angeles in 2005 doing a remix together of Gang of Four’s ‘To Hell With Poverty’ with Cedric laying down the vocals...
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