Slate’s top jazz albums of ’08
December 18, 2008
Umphrey’s McGee — Runaway Bay, Jamaica (12/11/2008)
December 18, 2008
Set One
1. Holidaze Toast
2. Intro
3. Dr. Feelgood >
4. Professor Wormbog
5. Higgins
6. The Fuzz >
7. Blue Echo >
8. Gulf Stream >
9. Blue Echo >
10. Rocker (part 2)
Set Two
1. Intro
2. Prowler >
3. The Bottom Half >
4. Voices Inside My Head >
5. The Bottom Half
6. Making Flippy Floppy >
7. Jimmy Stewart >
8. Partyin’ Peeps
9. Mulche’s Odyssey
10. Encore Break
11. Slacker
Neil Young & Wilco — New York, NY (12/15/08 Review)
December 18, 2008
Billboard:
As strange as it is to see a band with its own huge live draw play an opening set, Wilco were the perfect choice to prime the crowd at Madison Square Garden on Monday for Neil Young.
In fact, watching Jeff Tweedy and company cruise through their abbreviated set (a breakneck nine songs that left the crowd palpably desperate for more) illustrated the fact that they could very well become the Neil Young of a younger generation. (more…)
Phish — 9 Years Ago Today…
December 18, 2008
12/18/99 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Set I: Harry Hood, Back at the Chicken Shack, Dog Log, Tube, Heavy Things, Back On The Train, First Tube, The Inlaw Josie Wales, You Enjoy Myself
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Sand, The Horse> Silent in the Morning, Possum, Mike’s Song> Simple, Weekapaug Groove> Buffalo Bill
Encore: Ya Mar, Sleeping Monkey
Did You Know??
December 18, 2008
Elvis Presley had two face lifts in the mid-70′s and a nose job.
The Who — Amsterdam, Netherlands (9/29/1969)
December 18, 2008
CD 1:
01 – House Announcement
02 – Heaven And Hell
03 – I Can’t Explain
04 – Fortune Teller
05 – Tattoo
06 – Young Man Blues
07 – A Quick One, While He’s Away
08 – Subsutitute
09 – Happy Jack
10 – I’m A Boy
11 – Overture
12 – It’s A Boy
13 – 1921
14 – Amazing Journey
15 – Sparks
CD 2:
01 – Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
02 – Christmas
03 – The Acid Queen
04 – Pinball Wizard
05 – Do You Think It’s Alright
06 – Fiddle About
07 – Tommy Can You Hear Me
08 – There’s A Doctor
09 – Go To The Mirror
10 – Smash The Mirror
11 – Miracle Cure
12 – Sally Simpson
13 – I’m Free
14 – Tommy’s Holiday Camp
15 – We’re Not Gonna Take It
16 – Listening To You See Me, Feel Me
17 – Summertime Blues
18 – Shakin’ All Over
19 – My Generation
Lefsetz on Phish at Bonnaroo…
December 18, 2008
Would the Stones play Coachella?
Who gives a shit about the Stones. But Phish fans are diehards. Phishheads believe that Phish is God. They trekked to see the band at its own festivals, year after year. Is the band afraid they can’t sell a ticket anymore?
This is no way to come back, playing it safe. Phishheads don’t want to hang with Springsteen fans at some clusterfuck in Tennessee. Yes, Bruce is rumored for Bonnaroo too.
No one’s special anymore. No one means anything. A festival is bigger than any act. Which is why the best can go on sale without listing any participants.
A great band is sui generis. It should never open for anyone. It’s not part of the scene, it IS the scene.
Phish should do arenas. Then its own festival. It’s hard not to believe they’re doing Bonnaroo because of their manager’s involvement. (more...)
Happy Birthday — Keith Richards
December 18, 2008
Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards is 65 today. Can you believe it? He doesn’t look a day over 35! Here’s the old mate singing “You Got The Silver” from Let It Bleed.
