DBT Week in Review - 3/26/10

DBT!

Independent Albums | Billboard.com

Big To-Do chart debut:
#1 - Indie Chart
#6 - Rock Chart
#9 - Digital Chart
#22 - Top 200 Album Chart

Spain @ #18 in the FNAC chart
Norway @ #23 (and no 12 in the Platekompaniet bestsellers chart)
Sweden @#42

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Hype Track Charts – Last.fm

#8 - Drag the Lake Charlie
#18 - Birthday Boy

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Drive-By Truckers : Working This Job Video Contest:

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - About the Show - Tickets | NBC Official Site:

"Wednesday, March 31: Drive By Truckers - Code: DBT"

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Aquarium Drunkard � Drive-By Truckers :: The Big To-Do

Drive-By Truckers: That Southern Accent on JamBase

Best New Songs 2010 - Top New Songs of 2010 - Esquire:

"Because this is southern rock that takes the cultural pulse of the entire country."

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When were they not?!

The Big To-Do by Drive-By Truckers on Blurt Online:

"The Drive-By Truckers are back to kicking ass."

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Drive-by Truckers: Reinvented again || OnlineAthens.com

The Big To-Do : Drive-By Truckers : Review : Rolling Stone

Album Review | The Drive-By Truckers,‘The Big To-Do' | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal

California Chronicle | Drive-By Truckers roll along while Clem Snide gets to the 'Meat of Life'

New Music / Pop and Rock - Winnipeg Free Press

Knoxville.com | Bledsoe: Drive-By Truckers' 'Big To-Do' does the job : Music : Knoxville.com

Album Review: Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do � Consequence of Sound

Real Detroit Weekly - Ear Candy (March 17, 2010)

Drive-By Truckers - 'The Big To-Do' Review

Las Vegas Weekly : - Drive-By Truckers

CD Reviews: Ted Leo and Drive-By Truckers - Page 1 - Music - Seattle - Seattle Weekly

Drive-By Truckers | Tacoma Weekly

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Alright, so... yeah, after a few watches, it does look like her.

"beach757 — March 21, 2010 — Mischa Barton bummed a cigarette from our friend during the Drive-By Truckers show at Stubb's on March 19, 2010. I was able to quickly snap this short clip. Hope it's not too dark."

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Just a few days left to grab a $5 MP3 download of Murdering Oscar:

Amazon.com: Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs): Patterson Hood: MP3 Downloads

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Neff.

Jon Neff from @DrivebyTruckers is painting the sunshine on these songs one by one. #overdubbliss by @mcdalton - TwitVid

Welcome back to Athens, Bax!

Features: Setting Up Shop - Flagpole Magazine: Colorbearer of Athens, GA

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Aquarium Drunkard � Jason Isbell :: When My Baby’s Beside Me (Big Star Cover)

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Music/whatnot

The coolest gall-dang nekkid motherscratcher...

Steve McQueen Never-Before-Seen & Nearly Nude PHOTOS

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Noted S.F. rock photographer Jim Marshall dies

YOU REALLY OUGHT TO KNOW: THE DIRTY GUV'NAHS - Americana and roots music - No Depression

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Only 4 mil.

Design resonates (but noise won't):

"What you'll love about it: The media room that previously served as Gleeson's recording studio, where he recorded artists such as Depeche Mode, Phil Collins and Earth, Wind & Fire.

The room still has some of the original acoustic insulation, and there's an adjacent office with built-in furniture that served as the recording booth."

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Elliot from Dexateens posted this on FB. First Rock Song?

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DBT Week in Review - 10/16/09

Damn laptop committed harakiri this morning. Luckily, a trip to Best Buy produced a bad ass 300 dolla replacement. Last one. Whew! $300. Yes, I am laughing the laugh of a man who feels like he just stole something.

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Excellent

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Heavy and Hanging on Criminal Minds

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DBT Lore.

Ford razes long-empty die cast site | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"The area's unemployment rate exploded to near 20 percent when Ford ceased operation. That was followed by the discovery of contaminants in the groundwater near the plant and several lawsuits from workers and nearby residents who claimed the operation led to them contracting cancer or devalued their property. The environmental concerns were largely linked to the cleaning solvent Ford used in its manufacturing process."

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Jason Isbell

"Jason Isbell Muscle Shoals to Music Row, October 15th at 8pm at The Marriott Conference Center. Tune into KIX 96 FM or www.ms2mr.com to listen live!
Muscle Shoals to Musc Row Live!
Source: www.ms2mr.com"

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Shoals musicians guide new generation of artists | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

Jason Isbell still remembers the advice Barry Billings gave him nearly 15 years ago when he was a kid hoping to break into the Shoals music scene."

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Dexateens

Lake Fever Sessions - The Dexateens

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Road-trip mix-tape | Music | The A.V. Club:

"But if I must avoid both repeating myself and getting overtly personal, I’d say you want to have a copy of “Take Me To The Speedway” from the Dexateens’ Red Dust Rising album. Here’s where you’re going to want to trigger this one: Assuming you’re taking the most direct route from Seattle to Nashville, you’ll find yourself at some point on the I-24, passing through Kentucky. You’ll also find yourself a mite peckish, and you’ll stop somewhere—maybe a grocery store, maybe a truck stop or a gas station—to get some quick focus via a Coke and some jerky. Walk back to your car. Feel that little frisson on your skin and at the base of your brain that tells you that you’re really in the South now, and that means you’re in another country. Get in the car, give your navigator a little wink, and put on “Take Me To The Speedway.” Then you’ll know."

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Music

They Might Be Giants' "Flood": Track by Track Guide to the Geek-Chic Breakthrough : Rolling Stone

Instead of Retiring, Carly Simon Is Suing Her Label - NYTimes.com

The Most Annoying Songs Of All Time: Pick The Worst! (VIDEO)

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Vote for Steve!

Vote Trash for Green Jobs Czar!:

"Please cast your vote for Steve Trash for Green Jobs Czarof the United States!"

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DBT Week in Review - 8/28/09

DBT/Patterson Hood

Check out 4 new videos from Patterson Hood and the Screwtopians as they perform songs in-studio from Murdering Oscar (and other love songs):



YouTube - Patterson Hood & the Screwtopians - "Belvedere" from Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)

YouTube - Patterson Hood & the Screwtopians - "Back of a Bible" from Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)

YouTube - Patterson Hood & the Screwtopians - "Pollyanna" from Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)

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Lorenzo Wolff: There Ain't Much to Country Livin':

"A few years ago I heard about a band that was doing a kind of updated country-rock thing and went to seem them play Irving Plaza. They played for about an hour and half, dazzling what otherwise would have been a jaded New York crowd with their proud, aggressive songs and the brutal realism of their lyrics. After the last chord was struck and the world started spinning again, I went over to their merch booth to pick up as many of their records as I could fit in my pockets."

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Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) Review | Scathing Reviews for Bitchy People

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The Hold Steady & Drive-By Truckers - videos from last November | Breakfast On Tour

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Drivin' N' Cryin' discuss DBT's influence on a song from their upcoming album Great American Bubble Factory:

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Byron Wilkes is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself

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Wes Freed

Wes has been posting some sweet new work on Willard's Garage. Check it out:

Willard's Garage

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Will Johnson

Centro-Matic's Pence, Johnson Share Art at Good Records | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth:

"Baseball through the eyes of Centro-matic singer/guitarist Will Johnson looks like that. On panels of wood, he paints portraits of the men who've served the beloved sport with their life stories, such as Willie Mays and Cool Papa Bell. Johnson frames their faces with words, sometimes words the players famously said and sometimes Johnson's own wide-eyed biographies of the figures.

The night before they set out to record Centro-matic's next record, Johnson and drummer Matt Pence, who's a photographer, will share their work Sunday from 7 t"

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Lauderdale

Shameless self promotion - Lauderdale's MySpace Blog |:

A couple of us from the band have started blogs so that we can share our photos, stories and whatnot. We're always taking photos on the road and elsewhere. If you're interested in seeing what's going on inside and outside of the band check them out.

Patrick's:
www.two-bitwonders.blogspot.com

Chris':
www.dailyspamart.blogspot.com

word is bond,
-Patrick"

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Former George Jones songwriter left fame behind | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"Welcome to Hobbyland, Montgomery's Sheffield store - a pack rat's nirvana.

But there is a history behind the guy selling those aged prom dresses and greeting cards.

He's penned more than 70 songs for country legend George Jones."

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Music

Dylan all over the news lately:

Bob Dylan to become the voice of your satnav? - Telegraph:

"Bob Dylan, the singer-songwriter who has taken his fans down Highway 61 by way of Lonely Avenue and Desolation Row, is in negotiations to voice a satellite navigation system.

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Bob Dylan’s Holiday LP “Christmas in the Heart” Due October 13th : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily:

"Bob Dylan has made his latest unpredictable career move: Rolling Stone has learned that Bob Dylan will release a Christmas album October 13th. Entitled Christmas in the Heart, the collection will feature holiday standards including “Must Be Santa,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “Winter Wonderland” and “Here Comes Santa Claus.” All U.S. royalties from the collection will benefit the charity Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Other proceeds from the disc will benefit hunger relief organizations around the world. Get a first look at the album art here."

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Bob Dylan Stopped By Cops, Asked For ID In New Jersey Shore Town:

"A 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and asked him for identification, Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley said Friday.

'I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work,' Woolley said."

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Rapper behind 'Roxanne's Revenge' gets Warner Music to pay for Ph.D:

"But Shante, then 19, remembered a clause in her Warner Music recording contract: The company would fund her education for life.

She eventually cashed in, earning a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell to the tune of $217,000 - all covered by the label. But getting Warner Music to cough up the dough was a battle.

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DBT Week in Review - 8/14/09

DBT!

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Pre-Order The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities CD and save 10% on t-shirt & CD purchases!"

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Drive-By Truckers - New October Tour Dates!

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Patterson on Playboy.com's 'Uncovered'. Thankfully, he is covered.

Patterson plays an acoustic version of 'The Range War'.

Uncovered: Patterson Hood

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Drive-By Truckers @ Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, Tenn. 8/6/2009 | American Songwriter

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Aww. Start 'em young.

NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - Cooley Dale modeling DBT

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Slobberbone

I'd be in Green Bay right now if it weren't for the stupid economy.

St. Louis Music - Slobberbone gets the band back together for another twang-punk trek - page 1:

"B-Sides: Slobberbone has re-formed. Is this your attempt to divert attention from the blink-182 reunion tour?

Brent Best: Is there a blink-182 reunion? Oh my God! I need to call my booking guy. I don't want to interfere."

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Will Johnson and Jason Isbell

Just because I'm obsessed with this song:

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Dexateens

Dexateens - "Grandaddy's Mouth" - HearYa Live Session 5/20/09 from HearYa.com on Vimeo.

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Music

Les Paul, Guitar Innovator, Dies at 94 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com:

"Les Paul, the virtuoso guitarist and inventor whose solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of 20th-century popular music, died Thursday in White Plains. He was 94."

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David Byrne Makes London Building Into Musical Instrument

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DBT Week in Review - 8/7/09

DBT/Patterson Hood

Our own Lurleen (Beth) McQueen produced a great interview with the lovely Shonna Tucker. Excellent interview and some really interesting responses from Shonna.

Great work both!

Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi - Music - Music Features - ‘Southern Female Attitude’

I've got a huge garden this year.

• What all are you growing?

I'm about to go pick okra right now. It's an everyday thing. I've got okra, onions, garlic, carrots, tomatoes—they are awesome right now—peas, beans, cucumbers, watermelon, six different lettuces. … I've got 11 chickens, so I kind of work and play in the dirt all day outside with my animals."

On music:

"It) makes people feel good sometimes to hear somebody say something that they wanna say and can't."

On valuing the fans:

"• The Drive-By Truckers often stick around after shows and give autographs. How would you describe your relationship with your fans?

Well, I hope it's great. I think that just relating to people is very important. You can't get up on stage and think, 'I'm gonna put on a great show tonight,' and then just walk away from these people who came out here and dropped everything and bought a ticket and drove forever and got a babysitter and whatever to see you play your guitar. You can't forget how lucky you are to be able to play music as your job. It blows my mind, still to this day. It's crazy that I can say that, and it's all because of fans. … I don't think any of us try to do it, or try not to, it's just I like to talk to people and see what's happening with them. I think it's very important."

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Patterson Hood and the Screwtopians: Collateral Damage And Then Some recorded Aug 6, 2009

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Someone on the Nine Bullets board caught this.

How weird.

Music Listings | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, Mississippi:

"Hal & Mal's Big Room - The Dexateens, Drive-By Truckers 9 p.m. 18 , $20 drivebytruckers.com

Reed Pierce's - Adam's House Cat 9 p.m. free"

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Isbell/Truckers

Isbell and Drive-By Truckers get us closer to real country - ESPN:

"Strange, then, that country music is making a resurgence in my life. For that, I blame the Drive-By Truckers."

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Music I Like

Check out these boys from the Shoals.

PLANET INK on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads:

"LOUD, CROWD PLEASING, FURIOUS, BLUES INJECTED MUSIC IS WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. Planet Ink, from the legendary music scene in Muscle Shoals Alabama, has developed their own unique sound echoing riffy 60's groove, psychedelic, electric blues, and vintage rock flavor. Energetic, foot stompin’, head jolting live performances are all part of the Ink experience. The trio comprised of brothers Alexander and Micheal Bowling, and cousin James Sherrill has been providing audiences with slamin’ tunes and solid performances since the late summer of 2006. Thanks for checkin out our music, we hope you enjoy it"

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Music

Both sides of the argument:

Op-Ed Contributor - Radio Free America - NYTimes.com:

"WHEN I hear great American standards on the radio, I think of all the songwriters, artists and musicians whom my father, brother and I have worked with over the years. It reminds me that every recording has two parts, the composition and the performance. It also reminds me how many wonderful artists and musicians have not been paid fairly for their work."

NoPerformanceTax.org: Oppose the Record Label-Led Performance Fee on Radio.

What is a performance tax?
A performance tax is a fee that record labels want the government to impose on local radio stations simply for airing music free of charge for listeners.

In recent years, the record labels have seen sales of albums decline as more listeners opt for digital downloads. However, radio remains the number one promotional vehicle for music – it’s not responsible for the label’s resistance to the digital age, and it shouldn’t be on the hook to fix it. Radio already provides between $1.5 to $2.4 billion dollars annually in music sales for artists and record labels. By pushing a tax on local radio, record labels are biting the hand that feeds them.

Where does the money go?
In short, the money would flow out of your community and into the pockets of the record labels – the great majority of which are foreign-owned. The record labels would like for you to think this is all about compensating the artists, but in truth the record labels would get at least 50% of the proceeds from a tax on local radio.

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Very cool.

Sacramentan buys old vinyl 45s, finds out they were his mom's - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

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Patterson Hood and the Screwtopians - San Francisco - 7/8/09

The long version of this tale got 86'd as too much time has passed and much of my notes didn't make sense anymore.

So, short version:

Perfect day in San Francisco:

Lunch with hairy hero guy (who shall henceforth be referred to as 'HH'). And, I can write 'hero' with the knowledge that it will be read, but I'd never, ever state this in person due to an unwritten Northern Alabama code which prevents effusive praise regardless of the success. One must always leave room for ball busting.

I digress. Lunch with HH along with Ken Zankel, owner of The Grove on Fillmore Street, and all around super nice guy. Ken pointed out a DBT sticker that resides on the front of his restaurant. I've passed this place hundreds of times and never noticed it. Ken also is a big supporter of Nuci's Space (as we all should be). Ken kicks ass.

Next, cab ride to the TransAmerica building (or whatever hell company owns the place now) and a stroll through Jackson Square for some San Francisco history, with a stop to read the Hotaling placard.

"If, as they say, God spanked the town for being over-frisky,
Why did he burn the churches down and spare Hotaling's Whiskey?"

Then a nice, lazy wander through City Lights. City Lights in an amazing bookstore. Lots of history.

Another cab ride brings us closer to the venue and a Stella at the Fly Bar where The Hold Steady plays on the bar stereo.

After a short stroll to The Independent all kind of sound was thoroughly checked by Matador and Damon.

This was the first time I really got to tune into a sound check and really watch Matador at work. He's a damn professional and I was awed by his ability to simply get shit done.

Damon is pretty badass too I noticed him fiddling with a guitar strap. I walked over and he was McGyvering a beer cap into a snap to hold the strap on the guitar. Genius.

Sound check led to dinner with HH, Barbe, Neff and EZB. Dinner conversation dominated by Ted Turner/TBS/Braves/CNN... and even Bill Tush was conjured from the ether. I hadn't thought about Bill Tush in decades. Also, I should have gotten a cup of the white bean soup.

The show was incredible. The band was really tight. All was nailed to the wall. Crowd was very good for a Wednesday.

Another perfect San Francisco day. Always great to get to hang with talented friends.

Let's look at some pictures, shall we....

Are you ready to rock!

But first a word from our sponor, Beefcake!

Ever wonder how DBT/The Screwtopians stay in tip top shape during the rigors of touring?

Not only is EZB the rythym keeper he's also the trainer for all band members and crew.

EZB has developed a grueling 5 minute program which combines weight lifting with oxygen restriction. He's perfected this technique over the past many years on the road.

Be on the look out for a video and instructional book coming soon.

Beefcake!

Sound checking

Damon Towers

The opening act, The Stone Foxes, learning some tricks or two.

I only caught the last song of their set, but they were tearing it up. I'd definitely go see these guys again. They sport serious skills.

Met Will J. for the first time. What an incredible talent.

He killed Just to Know What You've Been Dreaming.

I'm an even bigger fan now.

Patterson had the best drunk girl heckle response ever.

Anna McCarthy from SF Weekly sums up the even nicely:

San Francisco - All Shook Down - Last Night: Patterson Hood and the Screwtopians at The Independent:

"Thank you Patterson Hood for finally telling the token drunk and loud girl in the crowd to, 'kiss someone, darlin.' Sweetest shushing ever."

Thanks for a great day, guys. Always a pleasure. See some of y'all in October for the Hardly Strictly Festival.

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DBT Week in Review - 7/10/09

Patterson Hood/DBT

Pics from the Screwtopians San Francisco show will be posted early next week.

Meanwhile....

FADER TV: Open Bar With Patterson Hood � The FADER:

"Drive By Trucker’s Patterson Hood stopped in at Heathers Bar on the day after the release of his latest album, Murdering Oscar. We consumed a few beers, kept the doors open, and tried to pay him the same Southern hospitality that he is probably used to. Patterson graced us with a ridiculously sweet song called “Grandaddy” that he wrote for his daughter."

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Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs):

"This long-in-coming sophomore set from the prolific Drive-By Truckers frontman hopscotches across time in a way that would make J.J. Abrams happy."

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Patterson Hood talks tunes -- chicagotribune.com:

"Nestled in the Taste of Chicago's musical lineup, tucked behind an acronym, is the great Southern roots-rock band the Drive-By Truckers and their gravel-voiced leader Patterson Hood. But on Taste programs, you'll find them listed as the 'DBTs,' backing Booker T., the legendary soul performer. That said, nestled within that show is another story -- Hood just released a solo disc, 'Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs),' which grew out of songs he wrote 15 years ago, when he was a bohemian from Alabama."

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'Freebird' ultimately unforgettable -- chicagotribune.com:

"Patterson Hood, leader of Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers -- which released a 2-CD exploration of Skynyrd's legacy, 'Southern Rock Opera' -- said he grew up in a small town in Alabama in the 1970s and that song was 'deadly serious, and still is. But I feel like I could write you a dissertation in defense of it as being one of the most underrated songs in rock history and I could write about its utter banality, and in both papers I would be sincere. To be truthful, it didn't even occur to me there might be irony in 'Freebird' until I moved from my small town to a city.'"

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Drive-By Truckers | Southern Rock Bands | Puresouthernrock.com

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� 06-03-2009 – Drive By Truckers at MoemoePhoto - Concert Photography

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Will Johnson

Will Johnson at Salt Creek Country Screening:

"July 25 – Oakford, IL
Hill Prairie Winery

Will Johnson and Thamus Rhounds will be performing songs in a unique and remote environment. This will be a multi-media event including a screening of the final cut of “Salt Creek County”. Many of the cast and crew will be on hand. Activities begin around 7pm. $10.00 suggested donation.

Further information, directions, etc. here:
www.hillprairiewinery.com
www.downstateproductions.com"

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Music

United Breaks Guitars | Video Cafe:

"A heart-wrenching tale for any musician or anyone who loves guitars. What happens when an airline company destroys your instrument and won't own up to their own negligence? You write a song (or 3) and post them on YouTube where they go viral of course."

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Casey Kasem Counts Down Final Radio Show After 39 Years:

"LOS ANGELES — Casey Kasem has done his final countdown.

The 77-year-old DJ told 'American Top 20' listeners across the country Saturday that the program would be his last."

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DBT Week in Review - 7/3/09

Patterson/DBT

It sounded like a train, y'all:

Get your tickets soon for the 2 Buttholeville performances on July 23rd and 24th.

They be selling like hot pancakes, so you best act soon if you want to go.

Go on over to J.D.'s place and purchase:

Cork Industries

Drive-By Truckers playing two shows at Shoals Theater | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"FLORENCE - Emma Lucas frequently leaves the Shoals to see one of her favorite rock bands, the Drive-By Truckers, but in July, she and other fans won't have to drive far.

The popular rock band has scheduled two shows at the Shoals Theater in downtown Florence on July 23 and 24.

'I've seen the Drive-By Truckers dozens of times over the past few years in venues and festivals across the country,' Lucas said. 'It's always surreal to be hundreds or thousands of miles from the Shoals and listening to musicians and songs deeply rooted in this area.'"

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The rest of this post is going to be down and dirty. Traveling always screws me up.

It sucks when the dude sitting next to you on the plane smells like the cabby that brought you to the airport. Cab ride = 15 minutes. Plane ride = 2 hours.

Patterson Hood: Drive-By Boss Does 'Murder' : NPR Music:

Patterson Hood: 'Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) - AZ Republic'

Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) by Patterson Hood on Blurt Online

Patterson Hood: Live Last Night - Post Rock

Mayer’s Playlist for June 2009 - Twangville

Drive-By Truckers:

"Pre-Order Now: Drive-By Truckers: Live From Austin City Limits CD/DVD
Pre-Order NOW (available in stores July 7, 2009)

SEE THE TRAILER

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Jambands.com | Features |My Bonnaroo Day: Booker T. Jones | 2009-06-28

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Jackson influenced music produced in Muscle Shoals' heyday | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"Michael Jackson's musical genius was never directly linked to the renowned Muscle Shoals music and he never recorded a song here, but he still had an influence.

Many involved locally in the industry say Jackson influenced the music being produced in the Shoals during the 1960s and '70s.

Jackson died Thursday at age 50. His death was viewed as a huge loss by many involved in the local music industry.

'A great talent is gone,' said Jimmy Johnson, an original member of the Swampers, a collection of local musicians who helped make dozens of top hits."

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DBT Week in Review - 6/26/09

Tipping one back for the woman who assured my heteroness pre-puberty.

That nipple changed my young life..

'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62 s:

"LOS ANGELES – Farrah Fawcett, the 'Charlie's Angels' star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1970s, died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62."

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And, well, damn... Ain't nobodies business.....

RIP Michael

The man wasn't as 'off the wall' as he appeared. He patterned his celebrity after P.T. Barnum (no, really) and a lot of the 'weirdness' was premeditated.

But, yes, a troubled soul, too.

"You've got to look into his eyes, not his noses".

Thriller changed the music world and world of celebrity. But Off the Wall was his musical zenith.

However, PYT from Thriller is my fav.

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Patterson Hood/DBT

Hat tip to breakingthesky7028 on the NB board.

2008 Paste article by Patterson Hood

Smell the Glove :: Features Music :: Articles :: Paste:

"Two things we can all agree on:
1. We all love Michael Jackson
2. We’re all glad he’s not our uncle.

I was 18 and working at a record store in Florence, Ala., in the fall of 1982 when Thriller was released. At the time, it was considered the inferior follow-up to his 1979 solo breakthrough Off The Wall. It had that weak McCartney collaboration as a first single. Then again, it also had “Billie Jean” and “Beat It,” although neither of those had become ubiquitous by then. The elements were all there, but he hadn’t quite moonwalked into our collective consciousness yet. The Vincent Price thing seemed like a campy diversion, and Human Nature sounded like fucking Toto. Oh wait, it was fucking Toto."

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Peter Grumbine from Current TV says MO is the best of 2009 so far on CNN.com

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Via Jonicont:

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Check out the band opening for Patterson and the Screwtopians in San Francisco. Good stuff:

The Stone Foxes on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

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Yes! Best festival in the U.S.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass:

"Mavis Staples, The Chieftains, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Richie Havens, John Prine, Aimee Mann, Okkervil River, Gillian Welch, Hazel Dickens, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dr. Dog, Billy Bragg, Allen Toussaint, The Wronglers, World Party, Old 97's, The Del McCoury Band, Earl Scruggs, Little Feat, Neko Case, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Booker T. & the DBTs, Doc Watson"

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The Washington Post - Quick Spins - Murdering Oscar

Extended Play: Patterson Hood | The Music Mix | EW.com

Honest Tune Online - Patterson Hood : Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs):

"The liner notes of Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) pin the origins of “Foolish Young Bastard” on a former manager who “was always using salt when sugar would work better.” Patterson Hood clearly knows the the difference between salt and sugar, and for their patience, the fans get to lick the spoon."

Patterson Hood: Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) on JamBase

Patterson Hood backs up the truck | Washington Examiner

Greencastle Banner-Graphic

Vue Weekly : Edmonton's 100% Independent Weekly : New Sounds: Patterson Hood (Follow the Tracks)

Patterson Hood: Common Man as Hell - outsideleft

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Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell of Drive-By Trucker's on his hometown, and hit factory, Muscle Shoals | Music | The Guardian:

"Here, then, are 10 of my favourite records to have come out of Muscle Shoals - from soul to rock'n'roll."

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Music I Like

Come On Go With Us on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

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Music

‘Insane’ file-sharing verdict could challenge law’s constitutionality

Richard Marx “Ashamed” He’s Linked To $1.92 Million RIAA Fine Against Minnesota Mom : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily:

"Last week a judge ruled Minnesota mom Jammie Thomas-Rasset owes the RIAA a $1.92 million fine for illegally downloading 24 songs. Richard Marx — one of the artists whose music Thomas-Rasset downloaded via P2P network Kazaa — is now speaking out against the court’s verdict, saying he’s “ashamed” to be associated with the massive fine.

“As a longtime professional songwriter, I have always objected to the practice of illegal downloading of music. I have also always, however, been sympathetic to the average music fan, who has been consistently financially abused by the greedy actions of major labels,” Marx said in a statement. “These labels, until recently, were responsible for the distribution of the majority of recorded music, and instead of nurturing the industry and doing their best to provide the highest quality of music to the fans, they predominantly chose to ream the consumer and fill their pockets.”"

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Coroner: Pain killer killed ex-Wilco member - Yahoo! News

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Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)

Happy 'Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)' album release day!

Be sure to go out and purchase a copy today!

Here's my review: It kicks much ass. Much. (Best album review I've ever done).

You too can have the following lyric running through your head bringing my joy to your life:

Uncle Phil said to me
The woman will be the death of me
Don't think there's anything I can do

Congrats to Patterson!

Patterson and his Super-Group The Screwtopians will be touring the next few weeks. Go out and catch a most excellent show!

Tour Dates

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Express Night Out | Arts & Events | Tough Love Songs: Patterson Hood, 'Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)':

"'Murdering Oscar' ends with 'Back of a Bible,' one of two odes to Hood's wife. It's a love song about writing love songs, specifically how they cannot begin to capture or convey his feelings satisfactorily. Hood is, of course, being overly modest, as this album further proves he understands how a simple song can express complex and often contradictory emotions. In this regard, 'Murdering Oscar' kills."

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Critics' Choice - New CDs by Mars Volta, Ginuwine, Holly Williams and Patterson Hood - Review - NYTimes.com:

"Neil Young stirred up echoes of the Civil War with his condemnatory “Southern Man” in 1970, soon to be answered by Lynyrd Skynyrd’s proud “Sweet Home Alabama.” Decades later Patterson Hood and the band he started in 1995, Drive-By Truckers, straddled a musical Mason-Dixon line by realizing what Mr. Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd shared: overdriven guitars and blunt, concise lyrics. Mr. Hood and the band have merged Mr. Young’s frazzled high vocals and Crazy Horse’s grungy trudge with a guitar twang, drawl and Southern perspective"

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Patterson Hood: Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) < Reviews | PopMatters:

"Patterson Hood is one of those songwriters for whom the pen moves faster than the mind. He writes, records, writes, records… like a Jack Kerouac or a Neil Young or a Stephen King, he pours himself out on the page and doesn’t linger much over the result. It’s like a reflex, an unconscious response: just write, sing it out, move on to the next idea. If the rhymes are thin, or the story a bit under-baked, just move along, friend, because when one of these things hits, it’s pure, raw, untouchable perfection."

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Pitchfork: Patterson Hood: Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs):

"Nothing here totally upends what we already know of Hood's talents via the Truckers, but it does serve as a supplementary capsule capturing how he ticks, right down to his cover of the Runt-era Todd Rundgren proto alt-country gem 'The Range War', a response to anyone that, in Hood's words, thinks all he does is 'sit around and listen to Molly Hatchet.' What it and the originals on Murdering Oscar do is emphasize Hood's respect for and attraction to lyrical and emotional honestly above all else, the universals that have linked a lot of good music from the past to present. With every note, with every song, Hood sounds like he increasingly, if modestly, recognizes he's part of that great songwriting continuum, working hard to live up to his end of the obligation, as long as it takes."

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Jambands.com | CD Reviews | Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) – Patterson Hood | 2009-06-22:

"I used to think that Paul Westerberg was the absolute master at writing clever, killer rock songs that said “eff you” but were somehow wistful at the same time.

I don’t know but Patterson Hood (best known as the leader of the Drive-By Truckers) has written the best one of all."

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Catching Up With... Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers :: Features Music :: Articles :: Paste

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Hood reaches back for songs | ajc.com:

"“I’m all about fun,” Hood said. “I’m at a point in my life that if it’s not fun or benefiting my family —- and preferably both —- then I just don’t want to do it.

“All that talk about great art coming from drama —- forget that. I’ve been there, I’ve had enough of that to draw on for the rest of my life. I don’t need it in my day-to-day life, and I sure as hell don’t need it in my band.”"

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Old cassette tape leads to new solo abum for Patterson Hood | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY

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Murdering Patterson and other old songs | Louisville's Alt-Weekly | LEO Weekly:

"And what about the paradoxical name of the album?
“It just kind of struck me as funny … It’s a true statement. ’Cause I think you can make an argument for each one of those songs, in one way or another, being somewhat of a love song. I’m not necessarily known for writing love songs, and my take on the love song probably isn’t going to put Lionel Richie out of business … let’s just put it that way.”"

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allmusic ((( Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) > Overview )))

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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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