2008

We’d like to welcome longtime reader and commenter Frank Sturges into the fold to give us a local boy’s thoughts on the Xmas Jam lineup…

The Warren Haynes Xmas Jam is a chance for North Carolina to remind the rest of the country that every winter it dominates the winter festival scene.

Warren always brings a stellar group of musicians to the stage to jam all night long, take on some covers and participate in interesting collaborations. This year the Jam turns 20 (no more teenage angst) and expands to two nights. So, who did Mr. Haynes bring to the table for this epic event?

Well, the answer is that it’s a solid lineup, but nothing really blows me away. The more you look at it, the more it appeals as an Xmas Jam lineup. As you’re looking, keep in mind that these acts don’t exist in isolation but as a set of musicians to work together throughout the event. And when you start to think of what can happen with this group, there is some definite excitement.

READ ON for Frank’s Xmas Jam predictions and wishes…

It all started way back in 1985, when the Grateful Dead treated the crowd at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, SC to the first version of Warren Zevon’s Werewolves of

Jim James and his merry band of My Morning Jacket brothers returned to the Austin City Limits stage in August for a performance that focused heavily on material from Evil

The suits at MTV weren’t happy to see YouTube come into the picture a few years back to become THE place to watch old music videos. MTV made videos what they are before relegating them to MTV2 in lieu of such brilliant programing as The Real World – Weehawken and True Life: My Son Fucks Goats. This week, MTV finally got in the game by launching MTV Music.

The MTV Music portal features over 16,000 videos, Unplugged performances and exclusive MTV concert footage with the promise of much more to come. I spent a few hours combing through the site last night and found some really cool clips. Here’s ten great videos from the ’80s I hadn’t seen in years…

10. Every Little Kiss – Bruce Hornsby

Remember when Bruce Hornsby used to be a pop star? There are plenty of old Bruuuuce videos on MTV Music besides Every Little Kiss including Valley Road, The Way It Is and Across The River.

9. Foolish Heart – Grateful Dead

Most people focus on Touch of Grey when discussing the Grateful Dead’s music videos, but they actually made a number of promotional videos including Just A Little Light, Hell In A Bucket, We Can Run and this clip for Built To Last’s Foolish Heart.

READ ON for eight more videos from deep within MTV’s vault…

Harmonix and MTV, the makers of popular video game Rock Band, announced that they will join forces with The Beatles to create a standalone version of the game based on

This past weekend, Neil Young assembled a number of notable artists for the 22nd installment of his Bridge School Benefit concert series – that included Wilco, DC4C, ZZ Top, Cat

NYCTaper just finished an extremely busy week that found him covering a number of up-and-coming artists at the CMJ Festival. Head over to his site for high-quality recordings of Cake

On November 24, legendary auction house Christie’s will be hosting an event that will feature memorabilia from a number of the influential punk, new wave and glam rock acts including