2010

Gov’t Mule fans were a bit confused when a fresh batch of Stockholm Syndrome  tour dates was announced that included a few shows which conflicted with Mule’s trip out west

Words & Images: Andrew Bender

All Good Music Festival – Masontown, West Virginia; July 8-11

Prelude – Wed. 7/7/2010:

On Wednesday, I find myself sitting at work, watching the clock, and counting the minutes until I’m on the road from my home base in Detroit to the mountains of West Virginia. My traveling companion – who also happens to be my wife – and I are driving tonight half way, meeting up with some friends from Michigan who have to work late, and cruising up on Thursday morning for what I hear is the inevitable wait in the car to get in.

I’ve never been to All Good before, and most of what I have to go on I’ve gleaned from prior years’ reviews, and talking to friends and family that have been in years past. As a photographer, I have to look after my gear, but when a close friend of mine who’s been at All Good for the past few year said that it was the only festival he’d been to where you should be concerned about people stealing from unoccupied tents and campsites, I got a little extra sketched out.

I’m definitely of the ‘do unto others . . . ‘ or ‘do what you want as long as it doesn’t mess with others’ school of thought, and it was hard to imagine a scene like that. Festivals are one of my all-time favorite means to cut loose, get loose, dance, drink, party, make new friends, and let it all hang out. Maybe as I get older I get a little more uptight. I’ve always been more responsible than many of my friends – going to a few shows rather than the whole tour, or only going to one or two summer music and camping festivals a year.

READ ON for more from Andrew on All Good 2010…

[Photo by @MSPark] The members of My Morning Jacket just held a press conference where they announced their long-awaited return to Louisville for a show scheduled to take place at

Yesterday, we hipped you to moe.’s joke at PT’s expense as the jammers posted a setlist on the official moe. Facebook page in which the first letters spelled out “PT

Just like in music, athletes and their elaborate personae are a big part of the fun of being a fan. Sure, it’s important to appreciate the skills first and foremost, either on the field or on the stage, but it’s also fun growing up watching these guys as they let their egos run wild and become larger than life. Love ’em or hate ’em, they are entertaining to watch and more fun to pick on, so we’re glad to have them. So, since it’s a bit of a lull this week in the music world, we thought it’d be fun to compile a list of some of the professional athletes that could make for great front men in a music group.

Julius Winfield Erving II

Does Dr. J really need an introduction? Dude was so cool, you could hand him a bass and he’d lay you down a bassline. Shit, you can hand him a business and he’ll make you money. The Doc invented style in the NBA, playing above the rim, getting the first shoe endorsements, and even starring in his own video game on the Apple IIE. Dr. J’s afro alone deserves its own room in the Basketball Hall of Fame. There’s no question he’d make a mean front man to a ’70s soul troupe.

In the Vein Of: Earth Wind and Fire

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We’re four days removed from the first two shows of the God Street Wine reunion and I’m still sporting a smile as wide as Montana. Not only did I get