Mrs. Peel

I'm on an iMac I bought in '05. Pre-Intel processor = 1.9 GHz G5 and I have Adobe CS3 installed. That might have something to do with it.

That's exactly the same setup I have.

I keep my music on an external hard drive that iTunes reads from. It slows down my computer like a mofo though, and as a result, I hardly ever open iTunes when working at my computer. I pretty much only use iTunes when I'm away from the computer.

Right now, I'm working in Flash and Illustrator and listening to Pandora.

Sorry to hear about your crash, Sarah. I'll turn on my external drive later to see what I can send ya.

Strange. Mine runs really fast, something that it didn't do when I housed everything on my internal HD.

Actually my anal retentive nature would say that a backup backup to the same media is not as safe as the CDs, because you're backed up to different media. But that's a buttload of CDs.

It's not as safe, you're right, but it sure is a lot faster! And if one drive goes bad, I have the backup drive until I can get another 1TB drive for 100 bucks.

Actually, I'm going to partition the second drive to also make a bootable backup of my entire system in case my internal hard drive crashes. Of course I've been saying this for a year now. I'm another one who preaches regular backups but rarely does them myself, which is why I also lost 3/4 of my music collection and all my personal photos 4 years ago.

I changed the setting for the folder iTunes reads from to be a folder on the external drive. I think it's in the Preferences menu. You can redirect iTunes to look for the folder somewhere besides its default location. I did this because I have a 250GB internal hard drive and about 230 GB of music files. ITunes bogged down the rest of my system so much that it wasn't good for anything except a music player. Once I moved all of the music to the external drive and freed up all that space the computer is screaming fast again.

I know this isn't the time to hear from someone real anal, but the only safe way is to back it up on an external harddrive and keep CD copies of everything. It is alot of work and I on a monthly basis back up and make CDRs of any new downloads, but it is worth it.

I'm actually going to buy a second 1 TB drive to back up my backup.

You can get a 1TB USB drive for $100. I bought one to transfer all of my iTunes files to, hoping that it wouldn't be too slow. It works seamlessly. No lag time at all.

Fantom 1TB drive

- a free We Are Scientists/The Whigs split 7"

Oh, wow, nice score!

Nice! Haven't been since Wilco. I think we'll be attending this year.

If you get a chance to see the 400 unit, don't miss it. Jason's a friend from the Shoals area, and in addition to being an amazing songwriter he's an even better guy. It's always good to support guys who are doing it the right way-- and he is.

 

Good to see the love start pouring in for em.

It's a regular love fest for Jason in these parts. I have been told I should be his agent based on the amount of people I've turned into Isbell fans.

Just picked up:

Rancid - Let's Go

 

I have the double 10" white vinyl, but no turntable to play it on, anymore.

It's nice to hear this again; especially "Radio" (one of my favorite songs, evah).

That is a fantastic song. Have you ever heard the 7" version? It's even better, IMO.

Ashes DVD

SY/Beck 7"

MMJ 2X10"

Flaming Lips/Black Keys 7"

Jenny Lewis 7"

Decemberists 7"

Free RSD Sampler LP

A ton of junk: flyers, CD comps, stickers and zines the store was dying to get rid of. So they filled up everyone's bag with their trash, essentially

and bought "New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye", a book about the NB hardcore scene. Maybe the biggest niche market book ever. But a band I'm friends with seems to be in every other photo, so I needed to have a copy.

My husband got the Booker T. 7" and all three Sharon Jones LPs.

I went in winter too...I think it was 4 years ago. It was a totally unique experience, and I'd do it again in a second if it didn't cost so damn much money. Woodstock is wonderful. I would live there if it weren't so far away from everything.

Alexis Suter is incredible. More a baritone blues signer.

You're right, not sure why I said soul. Probably because I wasn't paying attention to myself.

Oh yeah, Little Sammy Davis! That guy's a character!

When I was there he had the Conan guy too, as well as an awesome female black soul singer. I think her name was Alexis P. Suter. Something like that. And Amy and her band Ollabelle played too. They were part of Levon's ensemble as well.

Even without having a serious illness, Helm is 68 and can't sing all night long anymore. Hopefully he brings a load of great folks to back him up.

This is true, but he has gradually been getting stronger, not weaker. He really needed to retrain his vocal cords and his lungs after he beat the cancer.

And hey, I just saw Ted Neely in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar a couple weeks ago....he's 66 and hit every rock opera note that he hit in the movie version 35 years ago!!

There's one on Damien Rice's O, but I forget what it's called.

"I Remember"?

The first time I saw him was an early Ramble and he didn't/couldn't sing at all. The second time he sang a couple songs and let his band do the rest. The last one was about 6 months ago, and he was going strong until close to the end of the night when his voice just lost its strength. I think they take this into account when they plan the setlists though. Larry Campbell, and his daughter Amy share a good deal of the singing duties. It's more like an ensemble than anything.

PATTERSON HOOD TO RELEASE MURDERING OSCAR (and other love songs) on June 23, 2009

Patterson Hood & the Screwtopians announce first leg of the tour

Patterson Hood will release Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) on June 23, 2009 on Ruth St. Records. The second solo record from the leader of the Drive-By Truckers has been 15 years in the making. The album was produced by Hood and long-time DBT producer David Barbe (Sugar). Most of his DBT band mates join him on the album as well as Don Chambers, Will Johnson and Scott Danbom from Centro-matic/South San Gabriel. This is also the first time Hood's father David Hood, famed Muscle Shoals bass player, joins him on a record.

The album was recorded at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, GA and will also be released on 180 gram vinyl. The vinyl release will include three exclusive bonus tracks. An a cappella version of "Range War" will also be available exclusively with iTunes. "Pollyanna" and "Pride of the Yankees" are available to preview on his Myspace page: www.myspace.com/pattersonhood.

Hood and the Screwtopians will start the first leg of their tour in Nashville and end with a headlining slot at AthFest in Hood's hometown of Athens, GA. Joining Hood on tour will be Brad Morgan (drums), John Neff (guitar/steel), Scott Danbom (keys/fiddle), Will Johnson (guitar) and David Barbe (bass), who has not toured since his days with Sugar. Will Johnson will open the shows.

Tour dates:

June 18 Nashville, TN Grimey's in-store

June 18 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge

June 19 Louisville, KY Headliner's

June 20 Chicago, IL The Metro

June 22 Philadelphia, PA World Caf

Has anyone compared the hieroglyphs on the classroom blackboard with the ones that showed up on the countdown clock in the hatch?

Damn, the freaking Star Wars references were killer.

Get "Wrong-Eyed Jesus". Now. Right now.

Thanks so much, Jen!

I thought I heard it before but I would never have remembered where from. Maybe that's why I don't like the guy.

Seems like Mike D maybe didn't like him too much either.

Says you.

I never could stand that guy.