Even Better Than The Real Thing The Fly Mysterious Ways Until The End Of The World I Will Follow Get On Your Boots I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For The Wanderer Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Beautiful Day Elevation Pride (In The Name Of Love) Miss Sarajevo Zooropa City Of Blinding Lights Vertigo I'll Go Crazy/Discotheque Sunday Bloody Sunday Scarlet Walk On
Encore: One Where The Streets Have No Name
Encore Two: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me With Or Without You Moment Of Surrender
This week a very close friend basically lied to my face... or at least omitted enough of the truth that I considered it a lie. Now, I may not be very good at many things, but I consider myself an expert in two areas: I can spot a "snake in the grass" a mile away and I can sniff out a lie like a fart in a car. What's sad is that this person knows me well, has known me for years and knows I'M GOING TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH!!! Why not just tell me the truth up front and avoid a lot of drama and hurt feelings later? People never cease to amaze me! Oh, well... just another name to add to the list of people I can't trust.
So, here are two songs called "Liar". One from Mumford and Sons and one from Rollins Band. Enjoy! (...and please don't lie to me).
One of my favorite shows currently airing on network television is FRINGE. When the show premiered three years ago, it had a nice little Tuesday night timeslot. It was doing really well in that time slot and had a successful first season. Then the geniuses at FOX decided that they wanted to compete with the Thursday night comedies on NBC and the ratings juggernaut that is Grey's Anatomy on ABC, so they moved my beloved show to Thursday night (and later wondered why oh why the ratings slipped so badly for season two even though everyone agreed the storylines and character development were far superior to season one - hmmm). Remember - these are the same people who cancelled Arrested Development.
Then comes season three... Halfway through the season FRINGE was moved to yet another new timeslot - Fridays at 9:00 - also known as "The Timeslot Where Shows Go To Die" or "The Death Slot". Several critics have been defending the show and have written countless articles stating that FOX is killing one of TV's current treasures by moving FRINGE to Friday nights.
So FOX fired back with the promo below. While I totally disagree with the network's decision to move the show in the first place (come to think of it, I disagree with most things FOX-related), I have to admit that this is a pretty cool promo. I can't believe I hadn't seen it until now.
My buddy Patrick had this up on his blog and I couldn't resist posting it on mine, too. I'm sure he won't mind.
You guys have probably heard me talk about a local band called Sunday Valley. Without fail, I always get the same question: "What kind of music do they play?" That's a very good question. None of the typical answers (country, rock, bluegrass, rockabilly, etc.) seem to do them justice. So this video is a good way to answer that question... although Stu would probably say, "It's just good ol' Kentucky rock and roll."
If you like what you see and hear, come on out to Cosmic Charlie's in Lexington on Saturday, January 15 to see them live. I promise you'll enjoy yourself.
To say that I'm excited about this movie would be the understatement of the year. Not only does it star Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, the screenplay was co-written by Damon Lindelof - one of the masterminds of LOST!
Being the country boy I am, I've always had a lot of respect for bluegrass music. As a young kid I used to really enjoy hearing my uncles play guitar, banjo and fiddle. I have no doubt they are the reason I picked up a guitar at the age of eleven and started playing.
In the early '90's I was bitten by the "Seattle" bug and got really into Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, etc. Outside of the Seattle music scene, however, there was a new band called Radiohead that I fell in love with immediately. I've been hooked since the very first time I saw the "Creep" video on MTV (do you remember when MTV used to play videos?).
Now let's fast-forward to a few months ago... My buddy Clay introduced me to this very talented bluegrass group called The Punch Brothers. I was immediately blown away by their talent and songwriting. While they could be classified as bluegrass, I would go a step further and label them "alt-bluegrass". It's bluegrass, but not your grandfather's bluegrass... maybe "new-grass"?
After hearing a few albums and researching them more and more, I discovered one really cool thing about The Punch Brothers - they usually play a different Radiohead cover during each of their live shows.
So here are a few videos I found of The Punch Brothers performing Radiohead tunes. If you don't like these, you suck...
Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box:
2+2=5:
...and just for good measure, here's a Punch Brothers original called "Rye Whiskey". I really like this song for some reason (wink, wink):
While surfing the 'net tonight, I found this cool video of Goose Creek Symphony performing an acoustic version of "The Same Thing Again" at Grimey's Music in Nashville. I am a huge GCS fan and this version is just beautiful.
A few years ago, I went a little crazy posting Andy McKee videos on the blog. Well, you'll just have to bear with me once more. Here's Andy's version of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Let me say once again... I really suck at guitar!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
With the release of the sixth and final sason of LOST on DVD and BluRay coming Tuesday, I thought I'd share this video of a polar bear in a DHARMA jumpsuit playing the "Life and Death" theme on Hollywood Blvd. Enjoy!
