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Here’s a cool clip of the Killer Bs — Bobby, Billy and Brent — ransacking a piano in some hotel lobby. I always thought Brent slept out back in the alley, but I guess this proves he stayed in the hotel with the rest of the non-homeless Dead members. [youtube]ziiUTqMOVNI[/youtube] I keed, I keed, Brent Mydland is a fucking […]

Welcome back to The B List — we’re glad you made it to Thursday. Last week we posted a Top 10 list. But this week, like a Frito-Lay product in a bigger bag, we are giving you “30% MORE” for free, just because we like the cut of your jib. Don’t take it for granted, for who knows what next week […]

Pardon my thinly veiled East Coast bias here, but there’s no better arena in the country that matches up to Madison Square Garden. The stench of history, the sheer electricity, the kinetic energy, the $23 personal pizza…the life. Good news: the friendly programming executives at the MSG Nework have brilliantly green-lighted a 10-episode series that […]

Since the dawn of rock and/or roll, bands have circled Halloween on their calendars as one of those special occasions. From the Grateful Dead routinely breaking out Werewolves of London to Zappa playing New York City to the popular rock band Phish covering a historical album for its second of three sets, Halloween traditions and enthusiasm can be found all over the scene.

That tradition continued last night and this past weekend, as many artists and groups played those special kinds of shows all across these United States. We’ll begin here with Widespread Panic, and read on after the jump for 11 more reports from around the country. And now, little man, we present this round-up to you…

Widespread Panic – MGM Grand, Las Vegas NV

One of the longest and strongest Halloween resumes belongs to Widespread Panic. The band gave some love to their fallen brother (Airplane), JerryBear (Morning Dew), and fellow Athens band REM (Can’t Get Here From There). I’m sure many Spreadnecks passed out at their computers when this setlist came rolling in.

Here’s your one reminder, then you’re on your own forever: Every Wednesday I scour the world wide web to bring you some of the best circulating torrents — both audio and video — that you may not have noticed floating around the information superhighway. Away we go with Vol. II:

The Breakfast – October 27^th, 2006
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New Haven’s famed Toad’s Place on Friday hosted the 8^th Annual Fonghoulish Freakout. Recently The Breakfast parted ways with their keyboard player and became a trio, and at this show the band celebrated the great rock trios that came before them. Throughout the night they played Working Man (Rush), Angel (Hendrix), Welcome To This World (Primus), I Feel Free (Cream), We’re An American Band (Grand Funk Railroad), Synchronicity II (The Police), and Lithium (Nirvana). Stand-out originals include Gladys Pimp and Kangaroo With Me, as well as Taboo or Not Taboot.

My night unofficially ended at 2:40 am, when I stood outside my Bleecker Street apartment wondering if the spins would ever stop. At that moment, an Eastern European man in his late 20s approached me and said, “Excuse me, sir. You have toilet?” He held out two dollars, his face looked pained and he was definitely not in costume or character. “No. Dude, just no,” I managed to blurt out, and I headed upstairs to crash harder than Billy Joel. Ho, snap, girlfriend, a Billy Joel joke! I’m so fresh. What’s next, something about Paris Hilton?

My night officially began before 8 pm, when I stood bare-chested inside my Bleecker Street apartment wondering how drunk I could possibly get on a weeknight and still wake up in time for work. Kenny Alias was the first to arrive, “fresh from Deer Creek.” He had just wandered the West Village streets whispering “doses” and looking for a sixer of “phatty Sammy Smiths,” making his way up to my place early to tell me what a disaster the current crop of Tweezers have been. “Things were way better before the hiatus,” he lamented, never breaking his jaded vet character once.

The party had yet to start in earnest, but guests began to trickle in. “Hey, you wanna hit a bowl before more people get here?” I offered Kenny.

Without missing a beat, Kenny responded, “Nah, I’ve gotta work on an insane Motion for Reconsideration tomorrow.” You can take the wook out of the federal judge clerkship, but you can’t take the federal judge clerkship out of the wook.

We don’t have any poisoned Three Musketeers or Syphilis-infested Twix bars, but we are doling out a heaping handful of old Halloween shows today. Enjoy the free streams, and remember to stay out of Old Man Bernstein’s house… Black Crowes – 10/31/05, Riviera Theater Bob Marley – 10/31/73, The Record Plant Bruce Hornsby – 10/31/98, Yoshi’s […]

It’s Tuesday, time for another exciting edition of Pullin’ ‘Tubes. Now if you would please, let’s all turn to the music section of your hymnals, and let’s begin on three with the Chairman of the Board: I know Sinatra’s supposed to be this great untouchable force, but I can’t watch him sing without bursting into […]

Our man on the inside of Sunday night’s much-discussed, oft-Googled Rolling Stones concert bartered Injun-style with a member of Scorsese’s thugs for this copy of an annotated setlist. Interestingly enough, Brown Sugar is listed on this dually notarized document, but the band omitted it from the actual performance. Racism? I sure as shit wouldn’t rule it out.

Anyway, Hal Hansen’s a Friend of the Program here, and he so graciously offered to submit us a full review of the evening’s festivities. What follows is probably the most comprehensive review of anything ever, but it’ll also serve as the best eyewitness recap from the perspective of That Random Guy Just Like You that you’ll find anywhere on the information superhighway. So read on after the jump, or else Hal will surely cut you…job well done, sir.

Umphrey’s McGee played the first night of a two-show quasi-homestand at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on December 30th, 2005, and that evening Brett Saul captured a great picture from the stage that has made it all around the world wide web.

Judging from the front rail alone, you can probably guess that this particular UM concert was an all ages show. We know, that’s not new, you’ve seen this photo before. But there’s plenty more to the story…

Our friend and unofficial photographer/videographer Hal Hansen went down to the Beacon Theater last night for the first of two Scorsese-filmed Rolling Stones shows, and he’ll weigh in with an update soon. As a preview, here’s what he’s got: “That Loving Cup was far and away the musical highlight. Other highlights included high-fiving Keith Olberman, […]

Welcome to the working week, where we feel your pain. But that’s why we exist, to help you slowly dip yourself back into the groove with these fine links: Omega Moos: Best band name ever? Remember this one? The Beastie Boys promoting Check Your Head on Hangin’ with MTV I won’t believe the circulating rumors about a possible Van […]

Word has it the Allman Brothers may be forced to take up residency somewhere else when their time comes to plant their lazy asses in New York for a month. There’s still no official confirmation from any of the parties — and I’m entirely not sure there will be any time soon — but one […]

Ugh. Sorry. I just cringed writing that headline, so I can just imagine how much vomit reversed course on your own Peristalsis Trail while reading it. For those of you like us that are giant pussies and couldn’t make it to the second annual Vegoose, the good folks at AT&T — “Your World Delivered” — […]

…now, if you would please, just leave us the fuck alone.”

That was basically the message from the official Genesis website this week as the band announced a reunion tour. Well, kinda…

The latest from Genesis: “An official announcement about the band’s plans for 2007 will be made on Tuesday, 7th November. Full details will be made available FIRST on this site at a time to be confirmed. No further information will be supplied until that date and we respectfully ask that people desist from sending emails, letters and making phone calls for advance information – this will NOT be provided until the official date. Thank you for your patience until then.”

Personally we like that level of feistiness from a band that hasn’t played in 10 years. Yet Genesis fans have suffered enough through “Groovy Kinda Love” and The Tarzan soundtrack for long enough, so patience isn’t exactly a virtue at this point…

Who doesn’t like to procrastinate on Friday? You…you’re lying, I see it in your eyes. To do our part, we’ll help out the “Do It Tomorrow” cause by jotting down some miscellaneous links from the week that was: Phish.com has released the promotional site for the Colorado ’88 release that debuts on Tuesday D&C Asshole […]

I mean, what else would explain this guy’s string of horrible luck in the health department? For someone who’s done so much good for so many people, I can’t believe what kind of medical obstacles he’s been forced to overcome. As he’s so accustomed to doing with his instrument, Phil dropped another bomb on us […]

We’re featuring two special sneak previews for youse to devour today. The first requires no introduction whatsoever — take a gander at what the movie’s poster calls “The Greatest Motion Picture Of All Time”: Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny. The second preview comes from the long-awaited album collaboration of unheralded country ‘n blues legend […]

We’re all big fans of lists. Who isn’t? We Americans love Top Tens, and we love to categorize everything that can be filed away. So every week, in an effort to build community discussion ’round these here parts, I’ll post a random list reflecting my opinions and ask you to provide your own thoughts… For the […]

I’m not sure if your frat brothers or tour-rat friends sent you this clip yet, but if you haven’t seen this, enjoy the first four minutes of what many critics are already calling “the funniest movie ever made.” As you may determine in the preview, it at least has the greatest ping-pong scene in cinema history. [youtube]w-qO8Oywpas[/youtube] Truthfully I prefer Martin Lawrence […]