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AfterNews: USTORM/Neil Diamond/PsychArt

If you’re in Chicago tonight, you should head down to Martyr’s for what’s sure to be a good time at the USTORM Benefit/Party at Martyr’s. Mike Rakie and Friends kick

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Fun With Graphs: We’ve Got It Simple

Last one. We promise.* [Thanks to Rambo for the submission] HT Exclusive: 12/06/1996 Simple Video Previously on HT: Reba, Gotta Jibboo and Inspiration!, And here’s one of my favorite GraphJamz:

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Pullin’ Tubes: Five Great Wilco Videos

There are so many Wilco videos of various quality at YouTube that it’s hard to sort through the schwag to find the glorious gems. We’ve asked our resident Wilco expert Luke Sacks to share his favorite Wilco vids with the rest of the class.


5. Remember the Mountain Bed with Andrew Bird – 2/18/08

Andrew Bird joins the band on stage at the Riv and infuses a class Mermaid Avenue song with some elegant violin.

4. California Stars

From the now defunct Sessions on W. 54th and featuring the old old old Wilco lineup with Jay Bennett and Ken Coomer. Bennett, as much as he looks like Drexel from True Romance, deserves at least one mention on this list. Bennett may have been an asshole but he was a key part of Wilco for a long time. He twangs it up a bit on this version.


READ ON for three more killer Wilco videos available at YouTube…

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Intermezzo: Phil Plays 2 GD Albums

Phil Lesh and Friends started their sure-to-be-epic five show run at the Warfield with a bang last night when they played all of the Grateful Dead’s self-titled debut album in

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Did The Grateful Dead Shakedown NPR?

Just as I was chugging my morning cup of tea, Ace sent over a shocking piece from the LA Times’ blog about Carrie Brownstein and the Grateful Dead. Brownstein claims

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AfterNews: Ween/Up North/MMJ

Dean Ween broke his left heel in two places and sprained his right ankle after jumping over a fence at the ATP Festival in Britain over the weekend. The artist

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