Palladia will air D.A. Pennebaker’s The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust on Monday at 5PM EDT. The flick takes a look at David Bowie and crew in character, including
If you are a fan of CSN&Y, you’ll want to tune into Biography on Thursday morning for looks at the C – David Crosby (8am) and the Y – Neil
Biography will air profiles of two musicians that couldn’t have less in common on Thursday with looks at both Cat Stevens and Weird Al Yankovic. Stevens, now known as Yusuf
Jay Leno returns to the airwaves this week with The Jay Leno Show (NBC, 10PM) and in addition to the star power of Jerry Seinfeld, Tom Cruise, Robin Williams and
Jay-Z, who will play a benefit concert for the New York Police & Fire Widows & Children Benefit Fund at Madison Square Garden on September 11, will stop by The
It’s a good week musically for Conan O’Brien and the Tonight Show with Kings of Leon on Monday, Motown legend Smokey Robinson on Tuesday, Franz Ferdinand on Wednesday and Matisyahu
I walked out of Phish’s Hartford show thinking, “I’m glad I don’t have to write a review of THAT one.” But summing up the following night at Merriweather Post Pavilion isn’t much easier of a task.
[All Photos by Adam Kaufman]
Part of me wants to write a fairly negative review because for the most part, the song selection and placement were pretty bad. But the songs they did choose to play were played very well and there were some highlights.
I was in the pavilion and where I stood, the sound was good. But I’ve heard from numerous friends who were in good positions on the lawn that said they couldn’t hear much. I’ve been on the Merriweather lawn enough times to know I didn’t want to be there for Phish so I’m not surprised the sound on the grass was subpar.
READ ON for more of Luke’s thoughts and Adam’s photos…
If you aren’t all Woodstocked out by now, check out VH1’s Then and Now for a look at the historical festival on Wed. at Midnight. This special covers not only
There is no denying that Phish has been absolutely killing it this summer. Let me put that out there right at the beginning to alleviate any thoughts that this list is meant to serve as a bashing mechanism. The first leg (June) of the summer tour was highlighted, musically, by Camden, a scorching final day Bonnaroo first set with Bruce Springsteen and two awesome shows in Wisconsin at Alpine Valley. July and August have proven to be just as solid with incredible stands at Red Rocks and The Gorge so far.
But equally undeniable is the fact that some of the songs Phish used to absolutely demolish are still not feeling quite right. Not that the 2009 versions of these songs have been awful but they just haven’t lived up to their potential. So while it’s early in the life of this incarnation of the band, let’s take a look at a few songs that could use a vintage version…
The Moma Dance
Black Eyed Katie + lyrics about sailing = Fantastic. With 25 appearances in 1998 (only Birds of a Feather appeared more that year) Phish played the hell out of this song and shaped it into one of their most consistently funky offerings. For a while this was a song that just kept getting better and better and riled the crowd into dance party mode.
READ ON for four more songs Phish needs to work on…
VH1 Classic airs the Janis Joplin documentary JANIS on Tuesday at 9PM. The film looks at Joplin on and off stage and features footage from throughout her career, including the 1967
