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Warren Haynes sets in with every band in all-day festival.Onstage for 12 straight hours,& then jets to London to record with Ringo (on bass). :stunned

 

Nice. :thumbup

 

Although I'd rather see:

 

"Warren Haynes sings 'Into the Mystic' and a couple other songs, then decides to tone it down a bit (and then jets to London to record with Ringo (on bass)" :lol

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New Wilco Record Is A Rocker

 

Wilco have decided to change course from their soft-jazz piano direction after their latest demos were mistaken one too many times for an old Billy Joel prog-rock record. Jeff Tweedy explained, "It just seemed like a complete drag having to trot out the old rockers to get the crowds to show much life all the time, we're sick of playing 'em, they're 10+ years old; this way we can play new songs and still hold the crowds attention. An added bonus is I don't have to chide them into standing so they don't seem like such a lifeless mob, and they actually want to sing along rather than having to be told to do it."

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iTunes, MTV Call it Quits!

 

Two decades after destroying the album format pioneered by the Beatles and other great 60's and 70's bands, MTV and iTunes are going to be closing their proverbial doors this month. Since MTV (owned by Warner) first broadcasted its single-based music video format on August 1st, 1981, the recorded music industry has been in a tailspin has been critisized as being a one-trick pony. "And rightfully so," says one Warner record company mid-level executive who wished to remain anonymous. "There's one directive from the top: sign someone who looks good, record the hit, shoot the video, and sell 100,000 downloads on iTunes a month. -- And do it fast!"

 

While iTunes is a late comer to the singles music distribution market, their arrival has been nothing but devastating to the album format. iTunes offers songs for 99 cents a pop or albums at a slightly reduced cost compared to mall outlets such as Sam Goody and Tower Records. However, the album is not promoted widely on iTunes and "there's nothing to feel, nothing to hold anymore," say music fans around the world.

 

Even thought MTV and iTunes sales are strong, they are going to close says Apple exec Steve Jobs. "We realized that we are destroying music as a whole in the name of money. Even great bands that have the ability to create an epic album for the ages are being pressured more and more into singles. Basically what happened is MTV executive Phillip Blanchard and I were sitting around talking about great music and we both found ourselves sobbing uncontrollably. We knew what we needed to do!"

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Not you, silly! :P (Never you!)

 

I'm thinking of a string of shows at Bottom of the Hill in the early days of Britpop. Sigh. And of course the Flaming Lips Boombox Experiment circa 1998. Grr!

I don't know, my track record has been :ermm less than stellar recently. :monkey

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Wilco Finally Offered the Cover of Rolling Stone - Turn it Down

 

Bits of James Blunt Recovered After Singer Consumes Deadly Mixture of Pop Rocks and Coke

 

Spinal Tap Revealed to Be a Real Band Made Up of Guys Who Merely Pretend to Be Comedians

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