2010

Longtime HT faves The McLovins will perform a free, all-ages show at Brooklyn Bowl this Sunday, November 21 at 2PM. Phish lyricist Tom Marshall and former Spin Doctors guitarist Anthony

By a vote of 4-0 the town council of Snowmass, CO adopted Widespread Panic’s Big Woolly Mammoth as the village’s official song. The motion was proposed by councilman, and Panic

If Howard Stern doesn’t re-sign with SiriusXM after his contract expires next month, at least he went out with a bang. This week, the shock jock completed fantastic interviews with

Several weeks ago, in Postcards From Page Side, HT Featured Columnist Brian Bavosa looked at the influence technology has had over the past decade, which sparked a debate – is today’s music technology creating too much noise or making music better? Here’s what 2/3rds of Three Grown Men had to say…

Jonathan Kosakow:

Along with the increase of technology – Email, cell phones, iPods and the Apple Genius bar – comes a flood of useless information, the likes of which would’ve drowned Noah and sunk his beloved Ark. Included in this deluge are camera-phone concert videos, angry user comments, made-at-home techno and YouTube phenoms.  At times – and by that I mean ALL the time – it’s just too much for one person with a craving to know more to handle.

People want to be heard, and granted there are some talented, un-famous hobbyists out there who deserve to be heard, but I’d just as soon ignore them all and give more listening time to the dedicated artist and the impassioned geniuses.  People like Jeff Tweedy or Thom Yorke who break new ground and make our generation musically relevant.  Just because anyone can fart into a Mac Book and run it through auto-tune doesn’t mean they necessarily should.  We all laughed at the “What What In the Butt” song, but can any of us remember the name of the guy who made it?

Conor Kelley:

True, we have almost unlimited access to information now. But, try to remember, the recent onslaught of attainable data applies to both good and bad information. I’m a firm believer that the law of conservation of mass applies to bullshit. Meaning that steaming piles of BS can be neither destroyed or created. There will just always be a fixed amount of it out there in the world. Sure, YouTube has allowed us to feast our eyes on the talentless and delusional, but human beings have always been talentless and delusional (This probably doesn’t apply to you reader. Keep working on that didgeridoo concept album. It’s sounding really good!).

READ ON for more of Three Grown Men’s debate…

It feels like summer has just departed and we haven’t even reached the final month of 2010, but we’re already looking forward to next year’s summer festival season as we’ve

In the weeks leading up to the launch of the new Scorcese-directed hit show, Boardwalk Empire, HBO invited the Leroy Justice boys to write and record a song for consideration as the

This week Brian Bavosa asks us to go interactive with PFPS’ first poll as we examine The Beatles as they finally join Apple and iTunes, and if it is a good or bad thing within the context of their musical legacy…

After hotly debating what to focus on for this week’s installment, I finally decided on Tuesday’s announcement by Apple, Inc. that it had finally acquired the complete collections of the biggest selling band of all-time, The Beatles for iTunes purchase.

While certainly big news on the surface, this poses a much larger question not only about technology and its progression (something I talked about last month), but also the fact that The Beatles remain relevant — and prevalent — nearly 60 years after their debut notes graced the world’s stage.

This week’s column also allows me to encourage all of you readers to participate and comment — in true Hidden Track fashion — in the poll below or comment section, another aspect of Postcards that I intend to incorporate every once in a while.

So, the clear argument seems to be divided into several factions regarding today’s announcement by Apple. In one corner, you have the baby boomers, who actually grew up with The Beatles, still cherish their vinyl copies of the classic albums and are seemingly scared by change, even if it is one that expands their beloved band to a whole other generation.

READ ON for more of this week’s Postcards From Page Side…