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
A week ago today the internets were abuzz with all sorts of rumors about what would go down at the Jammy Awards. Would a reunited Phish play an epic Y.E.M.?
Mason Jennings has always done things his own way. Jennings forged a loyal cult following as one of the most talked-about new independent singer-songwriters, while selling his homemade CDs out of the back of his van without the help of a major label publicity department.
Omaha, Neb.,-based dance punk quintet the Faint has split with longtime label Saddle Creek and is launching its own imprint, blank.wav. The first release will be the band’s fifth album,
Foxboro Hot Tubs have announced a short tour that kicks off next week. Tickets for these shows will not be available until the day of the show at the venue
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
As we enter into the warmer weather months we figured it was once again time to get the HT gang together to crack open some Porkslap Pale Ales, and fire up the ‘Ol BBQ before the summer concert season kicks into high gear and we all head off in different directions.
For our inaugural edition we gabbed about our first favorite song. This time we thought we’d once again take a walk down memory lane with this question: What was your very first concert?
Shane Handler: Having been dragged to the likes of Neil Sedaka, Smokey Robinson and Glen Campbell with my parents as a child, it would be anti-climatic to call one of those my “first concert.” Therefore, my first real concert without my elders took place at the now defunct Sting Nightclub in New Britain, CT.
It was March 1993 and it was Pantera who where just breaking big while in the midst of their Vulgar Display of Power tour. There I was a scrawny high schooler caught in a mosh pit during such Pantera staples as Fucking Hostile, By Demons Be Driven, and Live In A Hole. The venue was an old roller rink, an ideal venue for loud music and a sweaty mosh pit – where shoving your fellow metal brother around served some kind of rebellious purpose. Phil Anselmo was loud and brash while the late Dimebag Darrell supplied the monster heavy riffs. Of course I bought a Pantera t-shirt at that show and still wear it today.
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Thanks to DFG for today’s GraphJam parody: [Click Image for Full-Size Graph] Phish: Reba (Live 10/31/1994 – Jam Segment) GraphJam: Intentions of the Women on My Mind Previously on HT:
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