Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Playin’ Reprise – Pt. V
Well, we’ve reached the end of our second quasi-annual installment of Grateful Dead-related Pullin’ ‘Tubes around these parts. We hope everyone has enjoyed watching and listening to the gems we’ve dug up, and I’m sure we’ll be back with round three sometime in 2009. While the band had a large cannon of original compositions to […]
Mike Gordon: Cactus Comes Clean
The members of Phish have been very quiet about their upcoming reunion until today. Brent Hallenbeck of the Burlington Free Press scored an interview with bassist Mike Gordon and asked all the questions we’ve been dying to ask. Gordon gave candid answers on everything from this weekend’s Mike Gordon Band run to the rumored Steve […]
Briefly: The Return of Gene Ween
Gene Ween posted a brief note with some great news about his health… Hi Everyone….I want to thank everyone for the well wishes, I’m recovering well from this pneumonia that I believe I’d been “walking around” with before it manifested itself fully a day after the last GWB show in Asbury Park. I spent four […]
Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend
Sundance shows our pick for the Best Music DVD of 2007, Runnin’ Down A Dream, tonight at 10PM. The four-hour long Runnin’ Down A Dream tells the fascinating story of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their humble beginnings in Gainesville, Florida until their triumphant homecoming concert in 2006 including tales of sex, drugs, death […]
Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Happy Holidays From HT
My threshold for holiday music is pretty low, but there are a handful of Christmas songs that this Jew actually enjoys hearing around this time. While I was all set to share Darlene Love’s annual stunning performance of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) from The Late Show with David Letterman along with Jay Thomas’ hilarious […]
Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Playin’ Reprise Pt. IV
Our second quasi-annual Grateful Dead week rolls on with a look at the most exciting moment of Spring Tour 1990. On March 29 in Uniondale, the Dead were joined by sax star Branford Marsalis for one of the most memorable guest appearances in the band’s history. Marsalis brought out the best in the Dead each […]
Bloggy Goodness: Xmas Day Link Dump
While everyone is either off unwrapping presents, drinking eggnog and enjoying some time with their family or figuring out which movie they’ll see followed by chomping down on some Chinese food I figured we’d cut right to the chase and unload a batch of links to get you through the day…. List Time: Stereogum’s 20 […]
Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Playin’ Reprise – Pt. III
We are all familiar with the Grateful Dead’s prowess as an electric rock band, but when the boys unplugged they were also quite the formidable roots-Americana act – deftly moving from folk to country to blues. Their acoustic, electric shows from 1970 (with Jerry also logging in a set playing pedal steel with the New […]
New Wilco DVD: Ashes of American Flags
It’s Christmas Eve and I’m stuck at work with no early exit in sight for your old pal. I needed some cheering up this morning and I got it in the form of a forwarded email from Wilco which HT contributor Luke Sacks kindly sent my way. Tweedy and the boys announced that they are […]
Bela’s 12 Time Signatures of Christmas
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have scored a genuine hit with Jingle All the Way, a brilliant holiday album that finds the uber-talented quartet interpreting classic Christmas tunes such as Jingle Bells, Silent Night and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas with typical Flecktone flair. The Flecktones’ impressive version of the 12 Days of Christmas […]