Monday’s Hors D’Oeuvres: The Return of the TLA

Apparently, Live Nation’s Fillmoreization of America isn’t working out as well as planned. Late last week the company announced that the Fillmore at the TLA in Philadelphia is returning to its original name: The Theater of the Living Arts.

Hey look, if Live Nation wants to build new venues from scratch and brand them Fillmore, people will accept the name. But, if you take a theater that has been around for decades and just try to have people call it something completely different, it just won’t hold. For example, does anyone actually call the amphitheatre in Mansfield anything other than Great Woods?

Let’s see what else was cookin’ this weekend:

• Stewart Copeland thinks that Trey’s future includes a Phish Tour
• Moog unveils a gorgeous new guitar with many crazy features
• It looks like Girl Talk’s new album will be sold ala RH’s In Rainbows
• Two of the Coventry dudes went to Wakarusa and live blogged about it
• Ex-Phish Manager John Paluska discusses the legacy of the Clifford Ball
• If you missed Thursday’s Lee Boys show you can download the set here
• Jezebel asks: Who is the Liz Phair of the new generation?

As expected, the Grateful Dead officially confirmed the release of Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3 featuring gems from the Summer of 1971. You can stream six of the songs from the album thanks to a virtual listening party. Holy Bertha!!!