van-morrisonVan the man turns 64 today. Please raise your goblet, pilsner glass or vat of spirits to the heavens in honor of George Ivan from Belfast. You may know him as a Van, regardless, lift a snifter and quaff mass quantities of the bubbly and whatever else whets your whistle to celebrate the light Van’s shown on us.

“Sweet Thing”

From September of 1970. Beautiful, beautiful harmonies.

15421CNN.com:

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Sunday Jazz

August 30, 2009

jazz womenThis edition of Sunday Jazz is focusing on a few ladies of jazz. First up is a local singer here in Atlanta, Amy Pike. The band she is singing with is The Bonaventure Quartet, whose main focus is swing jazz. This is “Blue Rendezvous”:

Continuing with Madeleine Peyroux and “Don’t Cry Baby”:

Norah Jones with The Band’s “Bessie Smith”:

Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings with “Let Them Knock”:

And check out Katherine Whalen of The Squirrel Nut Zippers singing on this track, “Prince Nez”:

MOE(set one)
01 Threw It All Away
02 St. Augustine
03 Captain America
04 Kids >
05 Moth
(set two)
01 Brent Black >
02 Time Ed >
03 Yodelittle
04 Timmy Tucker
(encore)
01 Not Coming Down

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Phish — “Twist Jam”

August 28, 2009

From 4/2/98.

joyParty Time, the bonus album included in the boxset accompanying Joy, will feature the following tracks:

Party Time (2:43)
Alaska (7:16)
Windy City (5:20)
In A Misty Glade (2:51)
Gone (4:10)
Only A Dream (4:10)
The Birdwatcher (2:16)
Let Me Lie (3:57)
If I Told You (3:53)
Splinters Of Hail (3:33)
Can’t Come Back (4:38)
Shrine (1:54)
Liquid Time (4:23)

Click here to check out the boxsets that the band is offering. Click here to check out Mike Gordon’s super cool new website that features an Andelman’s Yard themed scavenger hunt.