DBT WOW Week in Review - 1/28/11

Old 280 Boogie

Starting off this week's post asking y'all to pitch a few dollars to help keep parts of Alabama weird and musical.

Lot of good folks down there? These are them.

You got an extra $10 on your credit card, I know you do.

11th Annual OLD 280 BOOGIE, Waverly ~ Alabama by Paula Frances Peek — Kickstarter

DBT!

Oh, this happened last night:

Jason sat in for a few songs for the encore. Listen to encore here:

shoalsmusic 01/27/11 10:21PM, shoalsmusic 01/27/11 10:21PM willsfc on USTREAM. Other Music

Three Dimes Down • View topic - space city 1/27/11

Great to be alive, y'all.

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Nashville Rock Show Goers!

Drop by the Estel Gallery and check out some Wes Freed Artwork before you hit the venue(s):

Estel Gallery

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||| Third Man Records |||:

"Third Man Records is happy to announce the latest in our live show and live LP series, Drive-By Truckers.

In anticipation for their upcoming album, “Go-Go Boots” (out Feb 15th on ATO) and following up from their sold out show at The Cannery Ballroom, the Truckers will be performing a special matinee all ages show here at Third Man Records on this Sunday Jan. 30th that will be recorded direct to analog tape for release as a live LP (and a limited Black & Blue split colored LP for those in attendance)."

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Drive-By Truckers to perform songs from latest 'Boots' album tonight | al.com:

"“It’s already out as far as we are concerned,” said guitarist and longtime band member Mike Cooley. “They (fans) already know the words and they’re liking it.”"

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Drive-By Truckers documentary comes to Capri Theatre in Montgomery, George Lindsey Film Festival in Florence | al.com

Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots [Album Review]

GRAVEL ROAD 76: DRIVE BY TRUCKERS "LUNA LUNERA LIVE"

Alabama Artists � The Year of Alabama Music

The Drive-By Truckers slip on their Go-Go Boots for a perfect fit - Atlanta live music | Examiner.com

DBT rockumentary lights up film fest : Arts : Smile Politely

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DBTweets

"aledraplease: LOVE how my mom said she wished I could go in her place to Drive By Truckers tonight. Can I be 18 now? Please? #frustration"

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Twitter / Brent Hinson: Colonoscopy prep on Sunday ...:

"Colonoscopy prep on Sunday will prevent me from seeing @drivebytruckers at Third Man Records in Nashville. Please play #Assholes for me."

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Get it because it is gooood. Mo' later on Here We Rest.

Swampland:Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit's Upcoming Here We Rest

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Music

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Excellent, Wilco. Excellent.

Exclusive: Wilco forms own label, aligns with Silver Lake's Anti- Records | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times

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Holy balls, what a line-up

Coachella 2011 Lineup Revealed :: Music :: News :: Paste

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Bettye LaVette & Herbie Hancock At Tribute To Chaka Kahn

Country pioneer Charlie Louvin dead at 83 - CNN.com

Vinyl records: Five places to get into the groove

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Artists

Artist you should be 'Liking' and following

browan lollar art

Bob Masse Studios

Wes Freed

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DBT Week in Review - 11/19/10

DBT!

Secret's new website. Several screenings are recently been announced with more to come:

The Secret to a Happy Ending

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Drive-By Truckers | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Drive-By Truckers on RadioVA, Complete Audio � RadioVA

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The Greatest Song of 2011... and 2010. I freakin' love this version and the upcoming studio version.

The Thanksgiving Filter - Acoustic - Go-Go Boots - Drive-By Truckers from Drive-By Truckers on Vimeo.

Drive-By Truckers – The Thanksgiving Filter � RadioVA

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Go-Go Boots preview!

Go-Go Boots Preview Episode - Drive-By Truckers from Drive-By Truckers on Vimeo.

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First fan cover of I Used To Be A Cop and the album isn't even out yet.

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Very cool animation for Two Daughters:

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Jason Isbell

C&L's Late Night Music Club With Jason Isbell | Late Nite Music Club

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Bob Masse

Bob Masse's Rock Posters Home Page

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Billy Reid

Breaking News: Billy Reid Wins 2010 CFDA/Vogue Award - Vogue Daily - Vogue

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Bettye LaVette

The vernacular black singer Bettye LaVette : The New Yorker

News Desk: Dept. of Amplification: “Who the Hell Is Bettye LaVette?” : The New Yorker

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Music

Eleven Scientists Who Survived the School of Rock–One Year Later | The Intersection | Discover Magazine

Keith Richards Attacks Journalist During Interview | PopEater.com

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DBT Week in Review - 8/6/10

DBT!

Today, 3:00 P.M Central, DBT's Lollapalooza set will be streamed live and online!

Lollapalooza 2010 Webcast

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Big congrats to the 7th Trucker, David Barbe. UGA done good.

Barbe to lead UGA's music business program || OnlineAthens.com

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Word from the Hood:

Post from Patterson - 8/5/10 - Drive-By Truckers's MySpace Blog |:

"August 4, 2010 (Athens GA, office).

Happy August.

My Mom’s Birthday is tomorrow (8/5). Good manners will prevent me from revealing her age, but we can safely say she’s very young to have a son as old as me (my Father also)."

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In praise of Mike Cooley, the Drive-By Truckers' songwriting genius | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com

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Homedrone: Patterson Hood's Tour Diary: Part 3 - Flagpole Magazine: Colorbearer of Athens, GA

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Becoming a part of real-time social media whether you want to or not!

Patterson Hood spotted at Athens, Attiki, GR | Realtime Celebrity Photos & Sightings | Pappd

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DBT se complace venir a España!

Drive-By Truckers, Nick Lowe Y Marah, Tres Exlusivas en Espana de Lujo para este fine de semana

"Drive by truckers, �nico concierto en Europa durante este verano Comenzando al rev�s el domingo 8 el Luna Lunera se ha apuntado un tanto de primer nivel en su programaci�n al hacerse con un concierto exclusivo a nivel europeo para presentar su nuevo trabajo The Big To-Do. El grupo que comenzara su andadura all�por principios de los noventa es uno de los ejemplos de perfecci�n para los amantes del rock americano, no en vano fue el grupo elegido por el mism�simo Tom Petty para acompa�arle en la gira en la que en estos d�as est�n inmersos."

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Drive-By Truckers news: Drive By Truckers Live Featuring Bettye LaVette "Jealousy"

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MTV Real World hottie digging on the DBTs.

Twitter / Emilee Fitzpatrick: 18 Wheels of Love - Drive- ...

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Wes Freed (Mudd Helmut)

Wes Freed is a badass and don't you forget it.

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Glossary

Glossary should be one of the biggest bands in the world. Their three records can go up against anybodies three records.

I love this band.

Glossary - Save Your Money for the Weekend from Stewart Copeland on Vimeo.

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Music

Zoey, Feist, Chan and that Natasha Chick... may of the others need to grab a sandwich or 5.

The Hottest Women Of Indie-Rock: Pics, Videos, Links, News

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Wherein my hatred is justified.

AP: Nick Jonas, Jordin Sparks chair Reagan youth | Raw Story

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High Art

Russian Artist Paints With Her Breasts (NSFW VIDEO)

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DBT Week in Review - 6/7/10

DBT!

Guest Book for Chester W. Adams – Online Guest Book by Florence Times Daily and Legacy.com.

Birthday Boy - CANALPLUS.FR

Starr Kicks of New Season of PBS' `Artists Den' - ABC News

Here we are. Drive-By Truckers are the guest band. No cells/c... on Twitpic

A Drive-By in Dewey | Pulp Culture

Drive-By Truckers - "The Big To-Do" - Album Review

"This F***ing Job" - Drive-By Truckers // Rock Band�

Noisy Puppet brings more Drive-By Truckers to Rock Band | Noisy Puppet

Drive-By Truckers Til Sentrum Scene. � Stageway

Three Dimes Down • View topic - DBT Tracks - Week #2 - Late For Church

Bonnaroo Cinema - Bonnaroo - Activities & Attractions

Film documents life of Drive-By Truckers | delmarvanow.com | The Daily Times

Southern Shelter � Patterson Hood & Todd Snider @ Georgia Theatre 7/10/03

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Dexateens

Singles Reviews: Dexateens, Cass McCombs, David Ball | American Songwriter:

"Dexateens – “Granddaddy’s Mouth”

An overcast tone sometimes still harbors a little optimism at the core. A pedal steel’s heartbroken whine is comforted by Elliott McPherson’s reassuring voice in a song that tries and fails to be modest. The Dexateens “can’t explain granddaddy’s mouth,” just like you can’t explain the subtle beauty of the song, but it’s there."

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Bettye LaVette

Becoming Bettye LaVette: an interpreter of the highest order tackles the British Songbook - Americana and roots music - No Depression

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Lauderdale



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Drivin N Cryin



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Music

Yup:

Ryan Adams’ Metal Album Arrives - Americana and roots music - No Depression

Nice.

Rush Songs Not For Rent To Rand Paul | TPMDC

Daphne Duquesne: Do Fries Go With That Shake? 11 Kick-Ass Songs About Food From the '80s and '90s

Ali-Ollie Woodson DEAD: Temptations Singer Dies, Age 58

Stand and Deliver.

Reports: Adam Ant Sent to Psychiatric Hospital Again | PopEater.com

Punk rock:

Nicholas Blossom, Alaska Alaska Drummer, Falls From Chelsea Balcony, Impales Head On Fence

My 2nd favorite drummer:

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DBT Week in Review - 4/30/10

DBT!

3DD is the place to be... especially hit that front page before you mosey to the new and improved forums.

threedimesdown.com

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Gretsch Guitar Signed by all Members of DBT to be Auctioned - Drive-By Truckers's MySpace Blog |

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Best review of the year and English is the writer's 2nd language AND this is the first time writer has seen the mighty DBT. American music 'writers' take note:

rockerparis: Drive-by Truckers @ L' Album de la Semaine Canal , Paris April 28th 8:00PM:

"Back at the famous Canal tv show L' Album de la Semaine to see , completely unknown over here, American band from Alabama ( and based in Georgia) Drive-By truckers."

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Drive-By Truckers deliver big tales worth stopping for - Go! Magazine | ColumbiaTribune.com:

"Driven largely by the stirring writing of Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, “The Big To-Do” is an album with evocative mini-narratives and tight yet unrestrained sound that grow more resonant by the listen, proving DBT the rare band that can string together 13 tracks without a single second of filler. One of the best records so far this year, it burnishes their reputation as first-rate rockers sensitive enough to color their songs with a cinematic brush."

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Encore performance this weekend on your local PBS.

Austin City Limits - (3412) Drive-By Truckers / Ryan Bingham

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Reel Fanatic: Atlanta Film Festival report No. 4: "The Secret to a Happy Ending" with the Drive-By Truckers

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Wait for it....

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Bettye LaVette

Great read but just a little bit more actual research needed. Not hard to do.

Bettye's new record is going to be the absolute tits, ya'll.

Leonce Gaiter: Bettye LaVette: The High Priestess of R&B, Too Long Ignored:

"Then someone comes along and reminds me of what we can do in other forms. Bettye LaVette has been around since she was a teenager in the early sixties, largely ignored. She never, as she put it, 'crossed over.' Opportunities were lost, missed, unrecognized or unfulfilled. Then, in 2005 she released 'I've Got My Own Hell to Raise.' The great Joe Henry produced. The songs came from a slew of fine female writers: Aimee Mann, Dolly Parton, Joan Armatrading, Lucinda Williams. Immediately, that voice slapped you. Unashamedly aged, rough, ragged and under absolute control. On the song 'Just Say So,' she proved that she could find depths of longing and desperation in a lyric that the songwriters probably didn't even know existed.

She then released the brilliant 'Scene of the Crime' with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section."

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FREE MP3: Betty LaVette - "Salt of the Earth" :: Featured Videos :: Paste

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ANTI- Bettye LaVette Invited By Robert Plan To Open On His July Tour:

"The stars are aligning for Bettye LaVette and the May 25 release of Interpretations: The British Rock Songboo, as Robert Plant has invited Bettye to open for his July tour. Bettye's 3rd album for Anti-, and the follow-up to her Grammy-nominated Scene of the Crime, is earning considerable praise from both the press and her artist peers, and she’s already booked for a performance on The Late Show with David Letterman for June 23.

The request to join the legendary Led Zeppelin vocalist on tour is not so much a notch in Bettye's belt as it is another link in the chain: Her latest work is an impassioned dissertation on the much-documented influence that American blues and soul had on British rock n' roll – but more than that, it's an exploration of how those echoes from a foreign shore in turn influenced and reshaped American blues and soul. Fittingly, Bettye’s rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic “All My Love,” will premiere exclusively on AOL’s “Spinner” April 27."

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Dexateens

Get yo momma a present from Elliott this year.

FOR SALE : LIGHTBOXES : ELLIOTT McPHERSON : CORNELIUS CHAPEL BUHL, AL

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Music

Diabetic and sleeveless. Classic.

DUDE, DON’T DIE. | The People's Music:

"Bret seems like a nice guy and has always done what most any other average American guy would do given the opportunity and selection of cowboy hats. In fact, Bret is America. He’s diabetic, sleeveless, and just trying to get back to his success from the 80’s. Bret Michaels is Mr. America, which is all the more reason he cannot die while under contract with Donald Trump."

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Justin Townes Earle live at The Guest Apartment on Baeblemusic

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OK, I'm ready to take you on now... what, you're quitting?

A-ha Breaking Up After Three Decades Together | PopEater.com:

"A-ha are ending their 30-year run.

The '80s band, who gave us the memorable video for their greatest hit 'Take on Me,' have decided to call it quits, EOnline.com reports.

Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy will tour one last time together this year, but it will be their last."

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Pitchfork: Record Store Day Sets, Uh, Records:

"Billboard reports that according to Nielsen Soundscan, this year's Record Store Day marked the biggest single day for vinyl sales in the history of Soundscan, which started counting things in 1991. According to Billboard, RSD's co-founder, the Music Monitor Network's Michael Kurtz, also reports that stores including New York City's Other Music, Seattle's Sonic Boom, and New Jersey's Vintage Vinyl, had their most successful days ever. And sales were up all across the board.

Good work, people."

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Beer

Went to high school with Dale. Yet to get my hands on any of his brew.

50 Beers to Try Before You Die - The Early Show - CBS News:

"Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale - $9 (6-pack cans)
Packed with tons of citrus from a heavy dose of American hops, this is the quintessential stateside IPA. Like most pale ales, it's on the hoppier side-which means its slightly bitter and sour. You know hops when you taste em. However, it's not as hoppy as a IPA (Indian Pale Ale). And we really like the can, which makes it easily transportable, great to bring to a picnic or barbecue or the beach. Technically speaking, beer lasts longer in a can because no light is allowed in."

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DBT Week in Review - 4/16/10

DBT!

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS WORST JOB VIDEOS | The People's Music

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NFL

Jerry Falls Victim To The Information Age (And Whiskey) | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth:

"This isn't the best way to go about things, and the booze is no excuse. As the Drive-By Truckers tell us, 'whiskey don't make you do a thing, it just lets you.'"

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10 Best Rock Operas - Spinner:

"3. 'Southern Rock Opera,' Drive-by Truckers
The classic Lynyrd Skynyrd lineup may have perished in that awful plane crash, but the band left behind a fine legacy for Drive-by Truckers, the band that would define what it was like to grow up in the South in their wake. This 2001 'Southern Rock Opera' tells Patterson Hood's semi-autobographical tale through the constant touchstone of the Skynyrd legend. Sample song title: 'Shut Up and Get on the Plane.'"

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DBTweet

NBA

Twitter / Paul Shirley: I've owned the new @driveb ...:

"I've owned the new @drivebytruckers album for 12 days. I've listened to 'Birthday Boy' 8 times. This is a lot. So far, best song of 2010."

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I'm lovin' it too, Junkie.

Twitter / Athens Music Junkie: I love all the social medi ...:

"I love all the social media stuff the @drivebytruckers are doing. Kinda makes me wish I had a bad job to post on www.workingthisjob.com."

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I might not agree, but I know comedy when I see it.

Twitter / BitterOldPunk: @soundhunter Kings of Leon ...:

"@soundhunter Kings of Leon is for people who like My Morning Jacket but think Drive-By Truckers r 2 country. I have no use for these people."

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David Morton is rocking to DBT whilst climbing Mt. Everest.

Twitter / David Morton: renjola yesterday. tday le ...

renjola yesterday. tday leaving Gokyo. tmorrow ChoLa. BC 11 or 12. Drive-By Truckers on the headphones. new FA update soon.

Meeting with Elizabeth Hawley Kicks off Expedition for Arnot and Morton

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Facebook | Misericordia's Hearts & Flour Bakery's Photos - We're Fans!

DBT-working on Flickr - Photo Sharing!:

Dewey Beach to host Drive-By Truckers | Pulp Culture

Drive-By Truckers/Lucero | 04.03 | Philly on JamBase

Drive-By Truckers live in concert: Photos of Drive-By Truckers live in concert - Eye Tunes

Road Tested | My Secret Boston - StumbleUpon

Five Records With… Patterson Hood : Sounds Country:

"I had the opportunity to interview Patterson Hood about some records that keep him going. I covered his band, the Drive-By Truckers’ latest record The Big To Do here. Five Records is an occasional feature of artists talking about the music that inspires them. Read more of these posts here."

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Day 2: Braves season, Heyward mania resume | Atlanta Braves:

"♣ Diversions: Picked up a couple of excellent CDs last week, the new, interesting, partly spoken-word CD by the godfather of hip-hop, Gil-Scott Heron, and the most recent release by Alabama garage-rockers the Dexateens, a CD called Singlewide. It’s the first one I’ve heard of theirs in a few years, for some unknown reason. Talk about underrated bands. The Dexateens have been around for many years and absolutely rock, but don’t seem to get much attention from the music press. They should. Try ‘em out if you haven’t. The Drive-By Truckers aren’t the only vital band from Alabama.

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Check out the DBT shout-out at 1:30. Nice tune, too:

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Brent is Best

Between Love and Like: Slobberbone/Drams' Brent Best Wanting to DIY Next Solo Record With Fan Donations

Music

We love the Hold Steady... but COME ON, COLBERT! Before you've had DBT on?!? You've been to Colbert County, for fuck's sake.

The Hold Steady on Letterman & Colbert Report & New Members on JamBase:

"The Hold Steady will perform on The Late Show with David Letterman on Friday, April 30, and sit down for an interview as well as perform on The Colbert Report Thursday, May 14. The band will play songs from their new album Heaven Is Whenever, out May 4 on Vagrant Records."

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That it is, baby. Can't wait for her new record.

It’s just Roast and Potatoes baby! | Epicurean Musician

Rocket Fuel - punk, ska, indie music podcast // rocketfuelpodcast@gmail.com:

"Welcome to the latest installment of Rocket Fuel! On this episode I play great new jams from Four Year Strong, Streetlight Manifesto, Crime In Stereo and much more. I also interview Joe Kneiser from Glossary and review the new album To Bed To Battle by Look Mexico."

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James McMurtry's Blog on Blurt Online:

"This guy, Rick Bass, wanted to do a piece on me for 'Gun and Garden', which sounds like it should have a sister publication called 'Tarp and Shovel'."

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Clean Bill Of Health? | GRAMMY.com:

"Framed in music terms, the U.S. healthcare debate has unfolded like an epic battle of the bands. For nearly a century politicians, doctors and private insurers have riffed on the subject, with each side hoping their proposed healthcare solutions would capture the grand prize of public approval. With the recent passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the debate continues and among the topics is how this historic legislation will impact the music community."

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Idiots

The Entertainment Industry's Dystopia of the Future | Electronic Frontier Foundation:

"In other words, the entertainment industry thinks consumers should voluntarily install software that constantly scans our computers and identifies (and perhaps deletes) files found to be 'infringing.' It's hard to believe the industry thinks savvy, security-conscious consumers would voluntarily do so. But those who remember the Sony BMG rootkit debacle know that the entertainment industry is all too willing to sacrifice consumers at the altar of copyright enforcement."

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The Associated Press: NC prosecutor: Nelson band member charges pending:

"KENANSVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina prosecutor says he still plans to prosecute six members of guitarist and singer Willie Nelson's band on drug and alcohol charges.

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Whoa, Kenny. More work done than Dolly.

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers Reteam For Rogers' Show (PHOTOS)

What English Sounds Like to Foreigners is Todays BIG Thing in Music - NOV 03, 2009 - StumbleUpon

Amen:

Green Day singer tells Bill Maher: ‘Religion is a bunch of bullsh*t’ | Raw Story

Stupid Fight � Tom Scott

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Via Peter Grumbine

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DBT Week in Review - 6/19/09

This Sucks!

Pic by KellyD.

Roof collapses as Georgia Theatre burns in Athens | ajc.com:

"A major fire erupted Friday at the Georgia Theatre, an Athens landmark and center of the local music scene, police said.

The fire, which began around 7 a.m., inflicted major damage on the building.

Athens-Clarke County Fire Chief Chuck Gulley said the fire was contained but that the roof of the building had collapsed. He said there was no evidence that anyone was in the building when the fire broke out around 7 a.m."

I never got to attend a show at the GT, but I did spend a few nights sitting outside across from the old beauty during my Athens GA Getaway.

I know this place was near and dear to many a good friend. My heart goes out to y'all today.

But, knowing the folks in Athens, she won't stay down for long. She'll rise again.

Best part is nobody got hurt.

Hang in there, Athens!

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Patterson Hood

Diversion needed.

How about the stellar new record from Patterson coming out on June 23rd.

Bunch of news on that front.

New tunes from Murdering Oscar have been uploaded to Patterson's MySpace:

Patterson Hood on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

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Best Cover Ever!

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Album review: Patterson Hood's 'Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)' | Turn It Up - A guided tour through the worlds of pop, rock and rap:

"Rating: 3 stars

The second solo release by the founder of Southern roots-rockers the Drive-By Truckers was nearly two decades in the making. Hood began cobbling together songs in the early ‘90s, but “Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)” (Ruth St.) doesn’t sound like an odds-and-sods collection."

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Aquarium Drunkard: Music Blog � Diversions :: Patterson Hood on Back Lounge Days (And Nights):

"(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)

Murdering Oscar, the long delayed follow-up to Patterson Hood’s 2004 solo debut, Killers And Stars, will finally see the light of day June 23rd. Unlike the sparse, home-recorded, Killers And Stars, Hood’s new collection finds him in familiar company backed by Dave Barbe, Centro-matic’s Will Johnson and Scott Danborn, his father, the famed Muscle Shoals musician David Hood, as well as his DBT bandmates. In this edition of Diversions, Hood reflects on the musical going’s on in the back lounge. A noted voracious music fan with eclectic tastes, below Hood waxes on everything from the Clash to Syd Dale."

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Rollo & Grady Interview // Patterson Hood - Los Angeles Music Blog:

"When I spoke with Patterson last week, we discussed his excitement over the release of Murdering Oscar, his longtime relationship with Truckers guitarist Mike Cooley and big-box retailer deals."

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Nashville Music - Patterson Hood's solo album Murdering Oscar is a striking blast from the past - page 1:

"Hood came by his grunge sensibilities honestly. 'Nirvana broke wide open and became huge pretty much the exact same week that my '80s band Adam's Housecat broke up, and doing a kind of music and opening the door for a kind of music selling records that I'd spent pretty much the '80s doing,' he says.

But there's a reason why it's not a sound that people generally associate with Hood's musical ventures, while loose, muscular Southern rock is. 'I was running like hell from it by the time the Truckers started,' he says. 'Because I had seen what happened in the wake of all of that. There were so many bad bands that came along in the wake of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. After that, all the sudden it was Bush and Nickelback.'

Murdering Oscar is an occasion for contemplating why musical styles, songs or life perspectives end up falling by the wayside. 'It gets to a point where you're too old to take your shirt off anymore,' Hood says. 'Grunge was bound to have a limited shelf life because once the flannel shirt came off... There's a real short shelf life with men without shirts on. About 22 or 23. It's like, 'Dude, put a shirt on, and for God's sake wear some shoes.'"

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Swampland: Patterson Hood: Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)

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Live from Grimey's in Nashvegas yesterday.

Via Traci Thomas:

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This is awesome.

hbo true blood musician casting:

"The second season of HBO’s acclaimed vampire series True Blood is fast approaching (June 14th) and, honestly, we’re pretty damn excited. While the show is already jam packed with memorable characters, being a music site and all, we can’t help but wish that some of our favorite (or not) musicians could make a cameo appearance or two. Why? For starters, because some of them just look like they would fit the part. Others would maybe fit the part, but we mostly just want to see them die a violent on-screen death.

Here is who we have in mind…

6. Patterson Hood (of the Drive-By Truckers)"

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Pics and video Via Daniel Peiken:

June 2009:

"Patterson Hood & the Screwtopians @ Nuci's Space's Camp Amped, Athens, Georgia 6 15 09

video of 'Grandaddy'

video of 'I'm In Love With A Girl'

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Ben Levin, reporting from Bonnaroo

Interview with Patterson:

DBT pics and video:

Patterson and Screwtopians video:

Patterson and Screwtopians pics and write-up:

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More from the'Roo

Bonnaroo's Top Ten Moments:

"4. The Drive-By Truckers back southern soul man Booker T. Jones on a three-song blast of Patterson Hood's Molly Hatchet-referencing autobiography 'Let There Be Rock,' a Jones-powered cover of 'Hey Ya' that got the sweaty crowd sweatier and a ramshackle-train run through 'I Can't Turn You Loose' that added up to a sprawling yet complete trifecta of Southern rock."

festivals: Drive-By Truckers

Patterson Hood interview on Vimeo

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Via Chris DeLine:

Interview with Patterson Hood

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DBT

dbts : Message: Booker & The DBT's make the NBA:

"Was flip'in by the game and they had Hey Ya play'in go'in into commercial.....cool!!....mg"

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NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - New DBT License Plates

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Isbell band album nominated for Americana music award | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

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Dexateens

New video from the Dexateens.

Whoever came up with the idea for this video is a genius! ;-)

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Bettye Lavette

MySpace.com Blogs - Bettye LaVette MySpace Blog:

"BETTYE LAVETTE'S NEW DOWNLOAD ONLY EP IS OUT EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES
This EP will only be available by download.

Follow the link to purchase.

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Music

MPAA Admits to Losing PR War to the ‘Enemies of Copyright’

So, where do these misunderstandings possibly come from anyway? We figured a short list might be in order: destroying Napster and Audio Galaxy and not creating an alternative for the get-go, raiding people’s homes because they uploaded Star Wars (not necessarily leaking it in the first place), hacking the URN hash and polluting FastTrack, hacking The Pirate Bay, having Viacom serve DMCA notices to people posting video’s of people eating in a restaurant on YouTube, suing tens of thousands of average American’s including fining one individual $222,000 for sharing a couple songs, saying that files in a shared directory is copyright infringement in court, saying that evidence is too hard to get and that the industry shouldn’t be burdened to prove their cases in court, suggesting that iPods are little more than little pirate ships, saying in court that even making one back-up copy of a DVD is illegal, lobbying to put in the DMCA, demanding that laws should be in place to prevent any tinkering with DRM including for research purposes, installing rootkits on people’s computers, installing spyware on people’s computers via the MediaMax technology, being outed for being hypocrites for pirating a documentary movie and claiming that it’ll only be in a safe place, tried to bring people a broadcast flag and telling people you can’t record TV shows if the broadcaster doesn’t like it, trying to bi-pass the backfiring of WIPO and the FCC to bring in the broadcast flag anyway, tried to get ISPs to do all the copyright industry’s dirty work,

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Resurrecting the band:

"If you could bring one artist or band back from the dead for a one-night-only concert, who would it be and why?"

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Trent Reznor Tuning Out Twitter Because “Idiots Rule” : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

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Springsteen Joins Phish At Sunday Night Show

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Real `Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' gravely ill:

"They were childhood chums. Then they drifted apart, lost touch completely, and only renewed their friendship decades later, when illness struck.

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DBT Week in Review - 5/29/09

DBT!

Big blog post from Patterson this week with all kinds of goodies:

Drive-By Truckers:

"DBT has a couple of new releases in the immediate pipeline:

First off, our Austin City Limits show from last fall will be released on July 7 on DVD. The DVD will include the entire performance (only about a third of it was aired when it came on TV).
This is by far the best live performance of ours ever caught on film.
We were on, the sound was excellent, and the production value top-notch. We loved playing on that stage and the crowd was fantastic.
It also features one of the last ever performances of '18 Wheels Of Love', featuring the full monologue and the sequel monologue.

Second in upcoming DBT News, on September 1st, New West will be releasing THE FINE PRINT (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008). We finished mixing it yesterday and are mastering it Thursday. It features 12 songs and maybe the most fun album we've ever made. Songs include 'George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues', 'Rebels', 'Play It All Night Long', 'TVA' and the original never released version of 'Goode's Field Road'."

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Every young boys dream... Patterson playing at your wedding...

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Listen to Bettye and DBT will viewing a sweet slide show:

((( artists den ))):

"Photographer Erika Goldring captured great moments from a special Artists Den performance by Booker T. and the Drive-By Truckers with special guest Bettye LaVette at the Patrick F. Taylor Library at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans."

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GLL is simply one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Here's a cover version. Nice:

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Welcome to the wonderful world, Cooley Dale Smith!

NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - Lil Stroker...

Dexateens

Dexateen’s Chicago Premiere - Come Back Real Soon, Ya Hear? : Sound Citizen:

"Anyway - this is not your standard southern rock. And that was apparent from the moment the first chord rang out. Perhaps guitarist Lee Bains III’s AC/DC shirt and Gibson SG should have tipped me off. There are times when the Dexateens jam a hard rock sound, you can even hear some metal in there, but with a decidedly hillbilly heart - and I mean that in a great way. You can hear bluegrass in both the vocals and rhythms of every song and you get the feeling that it just comes out that way. It feels so deep-rooted in their sound that I don’t imagine they could play any other way even if they tried. At times I heard just hints of Neil Young, The Black Crowes and even some Kid Rock, believe it or not, but those are just my own music biases creeping in - the Dexateens have a sound all their own. And I dig it. They can slow it down too, like “Grandaddy’s Mouth.” (check out the partial video below.)

The Dexateens may have made their first Chicago stop this week, but it won’t be their last. I feel good about the staying power with this one. And so do the people at Austin City Limits, where they will be making an appearance."

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Music

EU pushes music industry to open up online rights - The Globe and Mail:

"EU antitrust regulators told the music industry Tuesday to move quickly and change licenses that currently restrict online music stores such as iTunes from offering the same songs for sale across Europe.

Internet music downloads in Europe lag behind those in the United States, pulling in just a fraction of revenues the record industry is losing from falling CD sales.

Part of the problem in Europe is that music rights are sold separately in each country, which has prevented Apple Inc (AAPL-Q130.097.596.20%) .'s iTunes from setting up a single store to service all of Europe. Instead, it has to seek licenses from each EU member state where it wishes to sell and to set up separate national stores with different music selections."

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Members of Spinal Tap, On the Road Without the Wigs - NYTimes.com

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R.I.P. Altamont Raceway

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A Guitar Magazine Tests the Luxury Waters - NYTimes.com:

"One might assume that the new magazine Guitar Aficionado is a spinoff of the 17-year-old Cigar Aficionado. Both have covers with celebrities holding the featured prop (the chef Tom Colicchio with a 1963 guitar, Jay-Z with a stogie of a presumably more recent vintage). They both carry stories about alcohol, watches and men’s fashion, and ads for cigars and speakers. Also, both titles include the word “aficionado.”"

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NPR: R.I.P. Jay Bennett:

"Today we say goodbye to the talented Jay Bennett, who brought a wonderful depth of sound to some of Wilco's best-loved records -- particularly my favorites, Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Bennett left the band in 2001, but his influence remains stamped on its sound"

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Daily Kos: R.I.P. Jay Bennett:

"However, with this morning's news, we now know what drove Bennett to sue a former friend and bandmate: the threat of overwhelming medical bills. Like many artists and countless others who do not pursue traditional forms of employment, Bennett lacked health insurance. At the time of his death, Bennett was suffering from severe pain, and though he desperately needed hip replacement surgery, he was concerned that seeking help would send him spiraling into crippling debt. Despite the claims of health care industry apologists, many people like Bennett are beyond assistance. Struggling to secure a steady source of income early on, musicians are often forced to choose between their vocation and health insurance when they're young, and by the time they get old, they typically find themselves ineligible to receive coverage under any plan whatsoever.

Stories like this underline the desperate need for health reform that, at the very least, includes a public option. The United States needs artists and innovators who work outside the confines of the corporate safety net, and we should not be forcing them to choose between their health and the art that enriches all of our lives."

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DBT Week in Review - 5/22/09

DBT!

DBT and fine wine.

I do love the internets.

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If you haven't listened to this yet, you should. It is really, really good.

Drive-By Truckers On Mountain Stage : NPR Music

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Jason Thrasher has some excellent photos of the Truckers et al on his new website.

Jason Thrasher Photography Rock Photography

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NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - Tons of House Concert Recordings Available Online:

Thanks to Jeff from the Guitartown email list he's now in the process of making his entire collection of area house concerts available online in both audio and video formats. I had the good fortune to be at some of these including the second night of the farewell shows at Pine Hill Farm as well as the Gourds at the old church in Nashville, NC.

http://www.jeffsmusicvault.com
http://www.jeffsvault.net
http://web.me.com/grinderman64/Jeffs_Vault/Shows.html

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Congrats JI400!

MySpace.com Blogs - FAME Music Group MySpace Blog:

"NASHVILLE, May 20, 2009 – The Americana Music Association announced the nominees for the trade organization’s 2009 Honors and Awards ceremony today at its annual celebration at BMI Nashville. The show, in its eighth year, will be held September 17 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee."

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Real Animal, by Alejandro Escovedo
Written in Chalk, by Buddy & Julie Miller
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Midnight At The Movies, by Justin Townes Earle

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Dexateens

Bettye LaVette

MySpace.com Blogs - Bettye LaVette MySpace Blog:

"Having conquered the ghosts of a hard-luck past on her GRAMMY-nominated CD The Scene of the Crime, BETTYE LAVETTE shines a new light on that past with her latest, A CHANGE IS GONNA COME SESSIONS. The digital-only EP for Anti- Records, available exclusively through iTunes starting June 16, revisits BETTYE’s forgotten post-Atlantic Records years as a nightclub singer, Broadway performer, and touring cast member opposite Cab Calloway in “Bubbling Brown Sugar.”

The EP opens with a stirring solo version of Sam Cooke’s posthumous Civil Rights anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come,” a song which BETTYE sang with Jon Bon Jovi in January as part of the “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial” concert. Joining BETTYE for these Sessions are pianist and musical director Al Hill, veteran bassist John Heard – who has accompanied such luminaries as Count Basie, Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, and Art Pepper – drummer Danny Frankel (k.d. lang, Lou Reed), and Tom Hagerman from DeVotchKa on strings."

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San Francisco Peeps

Sheryl is a bud of mine from SF. She does some great Rock jewelry.

Rebel Chic: Rock Candy Design Jewelry | sfindiefashion.com:

"Candy isn’t always best when it’s sweet. Case in point: accessories from Rock Candy Design, a San Francisco jewelry line with a rebellious streak we wholeheartedly approve of.

Pieces like the Brothel Token pendant draw on the shady ladies of the Barbary Coast for inspiration, while the Cocksucker charm necklace caught our eye for its literal sensibilities and obvious conversation starting-appeal. You’ll fare far better than Bret or Daisy with a silver “diamond” as your new Rock of Luv, while metal multi-chain necklaces and bracelets deliver the kind of stage-worthy wow factor we’d use to amp up a simple black top and jeans.

Made by Sheryl Gould, who started out creating jewelry at a young age using wire and materials from her dad’s hardware store, each piece is designed to worn by men or women – a quality she dubs “unisexy.” Gould tells us, “I appreciate seeing men wear jewelry, when they wear it well.”"

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Garrin Benfield is a great singer/songwriter from the Bay Area. I met Garrin when I hired him as an exam proctor a few years ago.

Check out his JamBase review:

The Dead | 05.10.09 | Mountain View on JamBase

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Music

Genius.

Scritti Politti: May 19, 2009:

"Citing his ongoing feud with EMI over the prior album, Danger Mouse's new Dark Night of the Soul will be released and sold exclusively as -- get this -- a blank CD-R. It will be up to the buyer to find the music through other means and burn it onto the CD.

Per a statement from the Mouse:

Danger Mouse's new project Dark Night Of The Soul consists of an album length piece of music by Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and a host of guest vocalists, along with a collection of original David Lynch photography inspired by and based on the music. The photographs, which provide a visual narrative for the music, are compiled in a limited edition, hand numbered 100 page book which will now come with a blank, recordable CD-R. All copies will be clearly labeled: 'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.'"

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Fuck Mal-Wart.

Green Day Vs. Wal-Mart:

"NEW YORK — Green Day has the most popular CD in the country, but you won't be able to find it at your local Wal-Mart."

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Bailing Out The RIAA? | Techdirt

At the Tech Policy Summit yesterday, David Carson, the General Counsel of the US Copyright Office spent a bit of time at the beginning of his talk explaining why the Performance Rights Act made sense. This is the bill that would make radio stations pay musicians (rather than just songwriters as it is now) for every song they play on the radio. The recording industry insists that it's somehow unfair that radio stations have been promoting their music for free, and Carson seems to believe their explanation 100% (which is, unfortunately, quite typical of the Copyright Office). He argued, unconvincingly, that while radio used to promote artists (the reason that stations don't need to pay musicians), it no longer does so. That makes no sense. While there are alternatives out there for promoting artists, and radio may not have the impact it once had, that hardly means that the stations aren't promoting the music.

And, of course, the most damning argument against the recording industry's demand for money here is the fact that, for decades, the industry has (illegally) had the money go in the other direction. The system of payola has shown, quite clearly, how much the recording industry values airtime, in that it's willing to pay radio stations to play its music.

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DBT Week in Review - 4/17/09

Goin' to Coachella, Coachella, Choachella... I DO think so.

Driving to Indio as you read this. Pics next week.

DBT and Patterson!

Best jump on this and quick:

((( artists den ))) - Booker T. and the Drive-By Truckers with special guest Bettye LaVette:

"Enter for the chance for you and a guest to attend an intimate, invitation-only performance by Booker T. and the Drive-By Truckers with special guest Bettye LaVette in New Orleans on April 23. If you are selected, you will be emailed a confirmation and details the week of the show."

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Murdering Oscar release date, tour dates, and other goodness:

Patterson Hood

Patterson Hood MySpace

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Jazz News: Booker T. Jones Tours with a New Album That Breaks the Mold:

"“Pound It Out,' the opening track, begins with the unaccompanied notes of a Hammond organ, an instrument whose quavering sound was integral to the records Jones made in the 1960s, both as part of Booker T & the MGs and as part of the Stax Records house band that backed Otis Redding and Sam & Dave, among many others.

Recorded in a converted movie theater in Memphis, Tenn., the hundreds of songs Jones cut for Stax were saturated in Southern grit and sweat, a sound that came to define and occasionally constrain his career. But Potato Hole, his first solo album in almost two decades, due out April 21, announces its intention to depart from that template right off the bat. Jones' opening riff is met with a thundering triple-guitar blast, courtesy of Southern rockers the Drive-By Truckers, who back Jones on all of the album's 10 tracks.

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G'day, bitches!

Bluesfest 2009

dbts : Message: Sydney show ROCKED:

"This is my first post. I just wanted to say how The DBT's Rocked Sydney last night and was probably more of an amazing show than I even expected. Lucky enought to be only a few metres from the stage and they played every song I wanted to hear! Thanks for coming to Australia!"

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Land Down Under: School is out and ISP begins:

"We left Mullumbimby Sunday morning and headed back to Byron for the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival. It was amazing, long (12 hours), and muddy-- but we saw excellent acts like Ruthie Foster, Blues Traveler, Drive By Truckers, State Radio, Lucinda Williams, and John Butler Trio. It was a great time, and all of the hipsters from all of Australia were there."

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Patterson's on the soundtrack:

That Evening Sun

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Freep this poll - DBT's Tornadoes.

HossTheBoss.com � Hossey Music Award April Contest:

"These are the songs still alive in the April edition of the contest. Voting begins right after the live show on April 4 and continues through April 25. This month’s schedule is a little different for a variety of dang reasons that you’ll just have to deal with, dang it: we will eliminate 15 songs on Friday, April 10 (we’ll do the live show 24 hours earlier than usual because of Easter Holiday and Hoss’s Birthday, but a replay will air at the regular time on Saturday, April 11); we will eliminate another 15 on April 18, and we’ll name our Top 5 finalists on Saturday, April 25."

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

There's some really good stuff in this one:

Aquarium Drunkard: MP3 Blog, Music Blog � Long Shots :: Justin Townes Earle & Jason Isbell

JTE: I think they cross in the simplest fashion just because musicians have always been looked at as outlaws, and somehow through history, I don’t exactly know how it happened, I don’t know how people ended up translating Johnny cash into punk rock. But it ended up happening and it was just this attitude thing when these guys were coming up back in the day you had a bunch of rough and tumble folks like Charlie Pool and Dock Boggs. The kind of characters that may have been from the hills, but they’d shoot your ass in a second. They were rough, they drank, they didn’t give a shit what they said to anybody or what anybody said to them, they were gonna do what they wanted to do. And I think you know even though Dock Boggs did use his wife as a shield in a gunfight in Bristol Tennessee, I think he pulled off punk rock a little classier than Sid Vicious did.

JI: Right. Yeah I guess you’re right, the classiness of it is a little bit different, because I know a lot of those old guys and they’re just as grizzled and just as hard as my opinion of Johnny Rotten would be, but they still seem to be kinda gentlemen about it you know.

JTE: Yeah. Yeah I think that there’s an old time feel about ‘em that still says like, when the suns out you say yes ma’am and yes sir, and when the sun goes down it’s fuck ‘em. Where in punk rock its fuck ‘em all the time.

JI: All day long, yup.

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Dexateens

The Dexateens are coming! The Dexateens are coming!:

"I got an email the other day that’s the best news I’ve had all year. The Dexateens are releasing their new album, Singlewide and for the first time ever, they’re going to tour to promote it! You probably don’t know who The Dexateens are, but in my little part of the world, they get as much play as any other band I’ve ever followed. They were my New Favorite Band back before someone at Fox pissed me off and I quit my occasionally updated and hardly read blog. They have too many releases to maintain that title, so they just fall into the category of one of My All-Time Favorite Bands Ever category."

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Music

Bob has been quite the chatty-Cathy.

Bob Dylan Exclusive Interview: Reveals His Favorite Songwriters, Thoughts On His Own Cult Figure Status

Bob Dylan Interview: Talks Rolling Stones, "Real Music," Val Kilmer, and Hitler

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EXCLUSIVE: 'ZZ Top' Brother's Estranged to the End | RadarOnline.com:

"Rocky Hill, legandary guitar player and brother of ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill, died last Friday."

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DBT Week in Review - 4/10/09

Dexateens

I usually begin the Friday post with DBT news, but today I want to put the Dexateens front and center.

Very cool. Get yer pics in!

Dear Celebrities of Tomorrow,

It's the Dexateens again, needing something.

We're doing a video for a song called "Caption," which asks the musical question

"If there was a caption on the picture of your life
would it tell the story that you tell yourself inside?"

That's the gist of it right there, with some elaboration about hopes, fears, present, past. Deep songwriterly things, understand?

So the video idea is to feature pictures of people with--wait for it--CAPTIONS. This is where you come in.

We'd like to feature our friends' pictures along with whatever text you'd choose as the caption (On the picture. Of your life.).

*****BEFORE THIS GOES ANY FARTHER: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE DON'T SEND PICTURES BACK TO THIS ADDRESS. IT WILL KILL OUR EMAIL. READ ON FOR DETAILS. THANKS!**********

It can be serious, zany, sad, a caption for today, or a summary of your life to this point--whatever you want barring a few exceptions outlined below in 4.

If you're interested here's what to do:

1. Send a picture of yourself to


mycaption@gmail.com


Preliminary questions and tech support requests can be sent to that address as well.

The picture will need to be between 72 and 120 dpi and at least 720 x 480. For the layman: high enough resolution for the web and not tiny.

2. Include your caption text in the body of the email. Keep em under 150 characters. It's like haiku or twitter!

3. If we want to use your picture (which we probably will) we'll need to get Official Permission from you to do so. We can send a separate email covering that once we've picked the photos, or you can paste the following into the body of the email:

"I certify that you have the right to use and distribute this photo in the Dexateens' 'Caption' video."

4. So we can use the picture, keep it clean: no logos; no dodgy behavior; no nakedness. For example, a picture of you doing bong rips while having Mickey Mouse and the Nike logo tattooed on your butt cheeks will be summarily dismissed.

All right. Awesome. Let's make a Rock Video!

DBT!

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Via JayneC.

Drive-By Truckers | timeoff.com.au:

"KEEP ON TRUCKIN’

FUELLED BY MASTERFUL SONGWRITING AND A TRIPLE GUITAR ATTACK, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS HAVE LONG BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S FINEST EXPONENTS OF COUNTRY SOAKED ROCK. STEVE BELL CATCHES UP WITH THE BAND’S PATTERSON HOOD AS HE PREPARES FOR AN AUSTRALIAN SOJOURN."

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Rock Blog: Drive-By Truckers

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Athens Rock Show - Booker T and the DBTs - April 2009

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Will Johnson - Centro-matic

Will Johnson Art

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Inductee Oldham ready to make more music | TimesDaily.com | Florence, AL:

"At Saturday's induction banquet, Oldham and his wife shared a table with his friend, singer/songwriter Bobby Womack, Rolling Stone's rhythm guitarist Ron Wood, and record mogul Russell Simmons, founder of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam.

'I'd never met any of The Rolling Stones before except Chuck Levell, the keyboard player from Alabama,' Oldham said. 'I got to chat with Bobby Womack in the green room and with Little Anthony and the Imperials.'

Oldham was introduced by Paul Shaffer, keyboard player and band leader for the CBS Orchestra on 'The Late Show with David Letterman.' Shaffer talked about Oldham while an audio and video montage of the artist's achievements played in the background."

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"Now that he's back home, Oldham is ready to get back to what he does best - making music. He is working on a solo album, his first in 40 years."

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FAME Music Group's Rock N Roll Hall of Fame induction 2009 Photo Album - MySpace Photos

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Bettye rolling with the big dogs!

Bettye LaVette's change begins within Photo Album - MySpace Photos

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Music

Kanye says 'South Park' put him in check:

"NEW YORK – 'South Park' may have accomplished the impossible — getting Kanye West to check his ego. The Comedy Central show skewered the famously self-important rapper on its show Wednesday night, painting him as a narcissistic figure so out of touch with reality he couldn't even take a (very politically incorrect) joke."

And perhaps to show that he's really serious about making that change, he provided a link to one of the most biting moments from the "South Park" show, and thanked the writers as well.

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Eminem Raps About Sex With Sarah Palin In New Single "We Made You" (AUDIO NSFW)

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Beatles catalog to be digitally remastered

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Audio: Bob Dylan on Barack Obama, Ulysses Grant and American Civil War ghosts

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