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Exodus to be re-released via USB

In England they plan on releasing Bob Marley’s “Exodus” album to mark the 30 anniversary of its release.  Although most people own “Legend”, “Exodus” was also great representation of this work. The re-release is set to be on USB and Micro SD memory cards.  Only 4,000 of the USB sticks and 2,000 SD’s will be [...]

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Mon, June 4 2007 » Music, tech » Comments Off

TOM WAITS JOINS BENEFIT CD

Tom Waits has announced he’ll team up with the Kronos Quartet for “Healing The Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation”.  The live CD will be out in stores on July 10th.  The music was captured at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in September of 2003.  All proceeds will be donated to Healing The [...]

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Wed, May 30 2007 » Music » Comments Off

TMBG on the Tonight Show

Here’s an old clip of They Might Be Giants with the backing of Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Orchestra

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Sat, May 19 2007 » Music, Video » Comments Off

Record shops will soon be Pawn shops

So you want to buy a used CD, do yah?  In some states that CD may be treated as if it were gun or some other controlled substance. New laws are springing up across America that are turning your local record shop in to a pawn shop. When you buy a CD in some states [...]

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Tue, May 8 2007 » Music » Comments Off

Oingo Boingo on the Gong Show

Check out Danny Elfman on the trumpet.

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Mon, April 30 2007 » Music, Video » Comments Off