1815: English mathematician George Boole, who would help establish what is now known as Boolean logic, is born.
Boole’s breakthrough was the insight that logic, which had previously been considered a branch of philosophy, was actually closer to mathematics. All you needed to do was express logical problems in a symbolic format, and they could be [...]
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Nov. 2, 1815: Boole Born, Boolean Logic Logically Follows
November 2nd, 2010 |
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Keller Williams: Kids Fall Tour Dates
August 26th, 2010 |
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PLAYING ON THE “YO GABBA GABBA!” TOUR ON SELECT DATES THIS FALL
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On the heels of much-praised summer festival plays and the release of his first-ever all covers collection,
Thief, Keller
Williams‘ today announces some exciting fall plans.
With the October 26, 2010 release of his first-ever album for kids and families – appropriately titled
Kids – Keller will introduce his new Kids tunes as a “Super Music
Friend” along select Yo Gabba Gabba tour dates this fall.
KELLER WILLIAMS FALL TOUR DATES
Thursday, August 26 Outer Banks Brewing Station Kill Devil Hills, NC
Friday, August 27 Music on the Mountain Top At The Old Fairgrounds Boone, NC
Thursday, September 2 Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach, DE
Saturday, September 4 Stir Fry Music Revival Festival Morrisville, PA
Saturday, September 11 The Catskill Chill Music Festival – Camp Minglewood Hancock, NY
Sunday, September 12 Infinity Hall Norfolk CT
Friday, September 24 Bourbon Theatre Lincoln NE
Saturday, September 25 Ames Community Auditorium Ames IA
Friday, October 1 Pisgah Brewing Company Black Mountain NC
Saturday, October 2 Starry Night Bowling Green, KY
Sunday, October 3 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Speedway Meadows San Francisco, CA
Friday, October 8 The Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA
Thursday, October 14 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN
Saturday, October 16 Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival Ozark, AR
Thursday, October 21 Sellersville Theater Sellerville, PA
Saturday, October 23 Magnolia Music Festival Live Oak, Fl
Saturday, November 6 Rock For Hunger Orlando, FL
Friday, November 12 INB Performing Arts Center Spokane, WA (Yo Gabba Gabba! Live)
Saturday, November 13 Tacoma Dome Tacoma, WA (Yo Gabba Gabba! Live)
Sunday, November 14 Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR Yo Gabba Gabba! Live
Monday, November 15 Hult Center for the Performing Arts Eugene, OR (Yo Gabba Gabba! Live)
Tuesday, November 16 Rock For Hunger Orlando, FL (Yo Gabba Gabba! Live)
Thursday, November 18 Memorial Sacramento, CA (Yo Gabba Gabba! Live)
Saturday, November 20 Great American Music Hall San, Francisco CA
Sunday, November 21 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco, CA (Yo Gabba Gabba! Live)
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Disco Biscuits: Late Summer Tour
July 6th, 2010 |
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TOUR STARTS AUGUST 25 IN DEWEY BEACH, DELAWARE
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From DiscoBiscuits.com:
We just finished plotting our late August/September run that will take us to some familiar places as well as some
new ones. Presales for most of our newly-announced headline dates are live NOW at BiscoTix! We start in the
Northeast with a beach party in Dewey Beach. We hope to recreate the magic that we created in South Carolina
earlier this month. Then we head down to North Carolina with a show at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh. Both these
shows will be with our friend MiM0SA who will be joining us at many other stops along the way. If you’re not
familiar, he is incredible young dubstep producer and DJ that you’ll have to come and see. After making our debut
appearance at the Blackwater Music Festival in Florida on August 27, we hit Atlanta for what promises to be an
amazing weekend of music with our close friends STS9. On Saturday night August 28, we co-headline at the
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with STS9 and on Sunday August 29, we have our own headlining show at the
Tabernacle. From Atlanta, we head up north making stops in Lexington, KY and Cleveland with our new up and
coming friends in Papadosio. Come early and check them out.
Labor Day weekend sees our return to Chicago to take part in the North Coast Music Festival, where we’ll be joined
by some great artists and friends including Pretty Lights, Damian Marley and NAS, the Chemical Brothers and
Umphrey’s McGee. On Friday night, September 3, we will play our own very special late-night show at the Congress
Theatre immediately after the Festival closes at 10 PM. This is our first return to the Congress since January 2009
when we tore the roof off the sucka with RJD2 and Prefuse 73. Ticketing details for this show will be announced
shortly. On Saturday of Labor Day weekend we will make a quick jolt down to Austin for the Nocturnal Festival:
Texas where we will perform with Pretty Lights, Girl Talk, and Armin Van Buuren. We will then fly back up to Chicago
to perform our headlining festival slot at the North Coast Festival on September 5. From Chicago we will head east
for a night in State College, PA on Tuesday, September 7 and a two-night throwdown at the Town Ballroom in
Buffalo on September 8-9. This will all be followed by an amazing weekend in Holyoke, MA at Mountain Park and
Boston at the Bank of America Pavillion, September 10-11. We will be joined at these shows by some very special
guests to be announced shortly!”
Dates:
08/25/10 Wed Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach, DE
08/26/10 Thu Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
08/27/10 Fri Blackwater Music Festival @ Spirit of Suwannee Live Oak, FL
08/28/10 Sat Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park Alpharetta, GA
08/29/10 Sun The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
09/01/10 Wed Buster’s Billiards & Backroom Lexington, KY
09/02/10 Thu House Of Blues Cleveland, OH
09/03/10 Fri Congress Theater Chicago, IL
09/04/10 Sat Apache Pass Rockdale, TX
09/05/10 Sun Union Park Chicago, IL
09/08/10 Wed The Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
09/09/10 Thu The Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
09/10/10 Fri Mountain Park Holyoke, MA
09/11/10 Sat Bank Of America Pavilion Boston, MA
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Chris Brown Banned From UK
June 8th, 2010 |
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The Brits have booted Brown…. Chris Brown’s infamous attack on ex-girlfriend Rihanna is coming back to haunt him: The “Kiss Kiss” star has been banned from the United Kingdom.Brown was sentenced to five years probation and community service after pleading guilty to felony assault in connection with the notorious Feb. 2009 attack that left the Bajan [...]
Jackson Browne & David Lindley Album & International Tour
March 5th, 2010 |
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JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY COME TOGETHER FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR
THE DUO RELEASE LOVE IS STRANGE, A 2-CD LIVE SET ON MAY 11
 Jackson Browne |
Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will take to the road this summer with his band and longtime friend and musical co-conspirator David Lindley. Comprising dates in the U.S. and Europe, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour follows the May 11 release of Love Is Strange (Inside Recordings), a 2-CD live set capturing a tour of Spain that Browne and Lindley did in 2006.
The Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour begins with a month-long European leg kicking off in Bristol, UK on June 3. Other highlights include shows at the Stadpark in Hamburg, Germany (6/15), Casino de Paris in Paris, France (6/18), and Hampton Court Palace and Royal Albert Hall in London (6/8 and 6/29, respectively). More European dates will be announced shortly.
Stateside, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour gets underway July 20 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. U.S. summer dates run through the end of September; the first U.S. leg concludes at Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta on August 15. Highlights along the way include the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (7/23), the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA (7/24), Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO (8/5), and the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX (8/13).
Accompanying Jackson Browne and David Lindley on tour will be Browne’s band of almost 20 years: Kevin McCormick (bass), Mark Goldenberg (guitars), Mauricio Lewak (drums) and Jeff Young (keyboards, backing vocals). They’re joined by members (since 2008) Chavonne Stewart and Alethea Mills, vocalists Browne (as a mentor) met in 2001 when they were attending Washington Preparatory High School in South Los Angeles, singing in the school choir.
On record and in performance, Jackson Browne and David Lindley have a musical association reaching back almost 40 years. Regarded as a legendary stringed-instrument virtuoso, Lindley has played on many of Browne’s albums, beginning with 1973′s For Everyman, and on classics including Late For The Sky and The Pretender (the latter two both on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time). Browne also produced Lindley’s best-known LP, 1983′s acclaimed El Rayo-X.
Prior to 2010′s Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour, the last time the two musicians played live dates together was a 2006 run of concerts in Spain-in grand concert halls, rock venues, and intimate clubs alike. That tour resulted in the forthcoming 2-CD album Love Is Strange, “En Vivo Con Tino” – featuring Browne and Lindley live with celebrated Spanish percussionist Tino di Geraldo. Set for worldwide release May 11 on Browne’s independent label Inside Recordings, Love Is Strange was produced by Jackson Browne and Paul Dieter.
In liner notes Browne wrote for Love Is Strange, he considers Lindley’s reputation for elusiveness, nearly as mythic as his string-playing prowess. “Why had I not thought of this before? Take him where he doesn’t speak the language and he will HAVE TO leave the gig and come with you to the restaurant, or to the club,” says Browne. “This was an unexpected strategy breakthrough in a pursuit that for a legion of friends, disciples and admirers has become known as ‘stalking the wild Lindley.’”
Jackson Browne & David Lindley Tour Dates
06/03/10 Thu Colston Hall Bristol, GB
06/04/10 Fri Sheffield City Hall Sheffield, GB
06/06/10 Sun The Sage Gateshead, GB
06/09/10 Wed Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, NL
06/11/10 Fri Cirkus Stockholm, SE
06/14/10 Mon Tradgardsforeningen Gothenburg, SE
06/15/10 Tue Stadtpark Hamburg, GER
06/17/10 Thu Palais Des Beaux-Arts Brussels, BEL
06/18/10 Fri Casino de Paris Paris, FRA
06/20/10 Sun Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, GB
06/21/10 Mon Usher Hall Edinburgh, GB
06/23/10 Wed The Marquee Cork, IR
06/29/10 Tue Royal Albert Hall London, GB
07/01/10 Thu Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, GB
07/02/10 Fri Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool, GB
07/20/10 Tue The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, NV
07/21/10 Wed Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay San Diego, CA
07/23/10 Fri Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA
07/24/10 Sat Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA
07/27/10 Tue Cuthbert Amphitheatre Eugene, OR
07/30/10 Fri Chateau Ste. Michelle Concerts on the Green Woodinville, WA
07/31/10 Sat Maryhill Winery Goldendale, WA
08/02/10 Mon Idaho Botanical Garden Boise, ID
08/03/10 Tue Theatre at The Brick Bozeman, MT
08/05/10 Thu Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO
08/07/10 Sat Orpheum Theatre Sioux City, IA
08/08/10 Sun Starlight Theatre Kansas City, MO
08/10/10 Tue Fabulous Fox Theatre St. Louis, MO
08/11/10 Wed Brady Theater Tulsa, OK
08/13/10 Fri Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie, TX
08/15/10 Sun Chastain Park Amphitheater Atlanta, GA
Jackson Browne is currently on tour with Sheryl Crow in Japan.
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Living Colour: New Album & Tour
August 11th, 2009 |
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New Album The Chair In The Doorway Set For Release September 15
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Living Colour has announced North American tour dates in support of the new album The Chair In The Doorway. The 28-date run will be bookended by performances at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, as they appear August 11 opening for The Roots, at their weekly Tuesday night jam session, and then again on October 30 for their own headline performance.
The Chair In The Doorway, set for release September 15, was recorded at Sono Studios just outside of Prague in the Czech Republic. Renowned producer Count (Galactic, Lyrics Born, No Doubt) was onboard to helm the sessions, while Ron St. Germain (U2, Mos Def, Muse) mixed the album. The 11-track collection is Living Colour’s most personal collection of songs yet with razor sharp lyrical observations and kinetic jams that seamlessly weave elements of metal, funk and soul. Vernon Reid described the album as, “an unintentional concept record about life and how we are all in this thing together.”
Living Colour Tour Dates:
08/11/09 Mon Highline Ballroom New York, NY
08/14/09 Fri Patronaat Haarlem, NL
09/01/09 Tue Birchmere Alexandria, VA
09/02/09 Wed Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach, DE
09/03/09 Thu World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
09/04/09 Fri The Crazy Donkey Farmingdale, NY
09/06/09 Sun Infinity Music Hall & Bistso Norfolk, CT
09/08/09 Tue Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry, NH
09/09/09 Wed Fairfield Theatre Stage One Fairfield, CT
09/10/09 Thu Johnny D’s Somerville, MA
09/11/09 Fri Mexicali Live Teaneck, NJ
09/12/09 Sat Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD
09/14/09 Mon The Loft Atlanta, GA
09/15/09 Tue House of Blues Orlando, FL
09/16/09 Wed Jannus Landing St. Petersburg, FL
09/18/09 Fri Emo’s Alternative Lounge Austin, TX
09/19/09 Sat Granada Theater Dallas, TX
09/20/09 Sun Warehouse Live Houston, TX
09/23/09 Wed Canes Bar and Grill San Diego, CA
09/24/09 Thu Key Club West Hollywood, CA
09/25/09 Fri The Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
09/26/09 Sat Berbati’s Pan Portland, OR
09/27/09 Sun Studio Seven Seattle, WA
09/30/09 Wed Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
10/02/09 Fri Magic Bag Ferndale, MI
10/03/09 Sat Lee’s Palace Toronto, ON
10/04/09 Sun Double Door Chicago, IL
10/05/09 Mon Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
10/16/09 Fri Circo Voador Rio De Janeiro, BR
10/30/09 Fri Highline Ballroom New York, NY
Get a Free Doobie From Keller!
July 30th, 2009 |
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AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD NOW AT WWW.KELLERWILLIAMS.NET
KELLER RELEASES ODD IN IT’S ENTIRETY ON AUGUST 12, 2009
AND TRACK-BY-TRACK VIA ‘THE ONCE A WEEK FREEK’ FAN DOWNLOAD FEATURE
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Keller Williams, is preparing to officially release his new studio album, ODD, on August 12, 2009. He’s spent the last 10 weeks releasing the songs track by track through his brand new, fan-oriented download feature, ‘The Once A Week Freek.’ This week’s download: track 10 from ODD, fan favorite “Doobie In My Pocket.” The 3:32 minute song, which unravels as a thoroughly entertaining story that comes full circle in the end, inspires a sing-along at Keller’s live shows. “Doobie In My Pocket” has yet to be recorded for official release, until now.
Check it out for yourself. You won’t regret it.
PLAY “DOOBIE IN MY POCKET” NOW
keller: guitar, bass, voice
jeff covert: drum programming
Visit ‘The Once A Week Freek’ at www.kellerwilliams.net to download a new song from ODD each week, available in the sequence that the songs will appear on the album – before its official release on August 12, 2009. Beginning August 12, full digital copies and physical copies of ODD will available for purchase at www.kellerwilliams.net and at Keller’s live shows. In addition to weekly song features from ODD, those who choose to purchase and download the album one track at a time, may also receive unexpected and spontaneous bonus content hand-picked by Keller himself.
Don’t miss Keller Williams on tour this fall. His complete list of tour dates is as follows:
August 6 Bottle and Cork Dewey Beach DE
August 7 Outer Banks Brewing Station Kill Devil Hills NC
August 8 House of Blues Myrtle Beach SC with Almira Fawn
August 12 Spud Drive In Driggs, ID w/ Dark Star Orchestra
August 14 Festival @ Sandpoint at Memorial Field Sandpoint ID w/ Donovan Frankenreiter
August 15 Frontier Ranch (Shamy Bash) Frontier Ranch Music Center Pataskala, OH
August 21 Mishawaka Bellevue CO
August 22 Mishawaka Bellevue CO with Moseley, Droll & Sipe
August 29 Music on the Mountaintop ~ The Old Fairgrounds Boone NC
September 3 Bear Tooth Theatre Pub Anchorage AK
September 4 Denali Park Salmon Bake Denali Park AK
September 5 The Blue Loon Fairbanks AK
September 7 Bumbershoot Festival Mural Amphitheatre Seattle WA
September 17 The Depot Salt Lake City UT with Umphrey’s McGee
September 18 Egyptian Theatre Boise ID
September 19 Wilma Theatre Missoula MT
September 20 Emerson Theater Bozeman MT
October 8 Sherman Theater Stroudsburg PA w/ Retro Rocket
October 9 The State Theatre State College PA
October 13 The Intersection Grand Rapids MI
October 15 City Opera House Traverse City MI
October 16 Barrymore Theatre Madison WI
October 17 Park West Chicago IL
October 19 People’s Des Moines IA
October 20 The Beaumont Kansas City MO
October 21 Fargo Theatre Fargo ND
October 22 Varsity Theatre Iowa City IA
October 23 Englert Theatre Iowa City IA
October 24 Murat Center ~ Egyptian Room Indianapolis IN
October 25 Mr. Smalls Theatre Millvale PA
November 11 Ventura Theatre Ventura CA
November 12 House of Blues Anaheim CA
November 13 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles CA
November 14 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach CA
November 15 Downtown Brewing Co. San Luis Obispo CA
November 17-18 Moe’s Alley Santa Cruz CA
November 19 McNear’s Mystic Theatre Petaluma CA
November 20 Eureka Theatre Eureka CA
November 21 Great American Music Hall San Francisco CA
November 22 Crystal Bay Casino Crystal Bay CA
November 23 The Big Room @ The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Chico CA
Long considered one of the most unique and prolific performers in all of rock, the Fredericksburg, Virginia native is known for flying by the seat of his pants on stage, utilizing an unorthodox approach that centers around an Echoplex Digital Pro looping unit, which allows Keller to alternate between several instruments on stage.
The Avett Brothers Box Set
July 18th, 2009 |
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The Avett Brothers Will Release Upcoming Album I and Love and You
Available As Special Deluxe Box Set
The Avett Brothers know it’s been a while since their last record came out… but, all the waiting hasn’t been in vain. The band wanted to give fans something special – something more than just a CD. So, after lots of time spent creating the Brothers have finally something to share.
A Deluxe Box set of I and Love and You will be made available of the new album, pre-orders are being taken now.
The Deluxe Box includes a pre-sale exclusive and includes the Vinyl LP, full mp3 download of the album, and 2 CDs – the full album plus a six-song disc of demos, exclusive to the deluxe box. The package also includes 31 high quality art prints by Scott and Seth, song lyrics and a tear-drop bandanna, all packaged neatly in a 12″ x 12″ linen-covered box. As a gift to loyal fans, the first 1,000 people who order the deluxe box will receive a signed print of the album cover painting.
Orders of the box set and various other formats of I and Love and You are being sold here. The box set is going for $89, Vinyl LP and digital download – $25, CD and digital download – $12 and digital download – $10.
Purchases of the deluxe box this weekend will be at a 10% discount. To receive a discount – when checking out, enter the promotion code: nation.
The Avett Brothers Tour Dates:
07/17/09 Fri House of Blues Orlando, FL
07/18/09 Sat Cuban Club Tampa, FL
07/19/09 Sun Parker Playhouse Fort Lauderdale, FL
07/24/09 Fri House of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
07/25/09 Sat House of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
07/30/09 Thu Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY
07/31/09 Fri The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY
08/01/09 Sat Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI
08/02/09 Sun Calvin Theater Northampton, MA
08/04/09 Tue Bottle & Cork Dewey Beach, DE
08/08/09 Sat Bojangles’ Coliseum (Formerly Cricket Arena) Charlotte, NC
08/14/09 Fri Mulberry Mountain Harvest Festival Ozark, AR
08/15/09 Sat The Crossroads Kansas City, MO
08/16/09 Sun Sokol Auditorium / Underground Omaha, NE
08/19/09 Wed Telluride Sunset Series Telluride, CO
08/20/09 Thu Steamboat Ski Resort Steamboat Springs, CO
08/21/09 Fri Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
08/22/09 Sat Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
08/25/09 Tue Red Butte Garden Amphitheater Salt Lake City, UT
08/26/09 Wed Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
08/28/09 Fri Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA
08/29/09 Sat Britt Pavilion Jacksonville, OR
08/30/09 Sun Outside Lands Festival San Francisco, CA
09/01/09 Tue Van Duzer Theatre Arcata, CA
09/03/09 Thu Grand Sierra Theatre (Reno Hilton) Reno, NV
09/04/09 Fri The Strawberry Music Festival Yosemite National Park, CA
09/05/09 Sat Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, CA
09/17/09 Thu North Charleston Performing Arts Center Charleston, SC
09/18/09 Fri Westobou Festival Augusta, GA
09/19/09 Sat The Moon Tallahassee, FL
09/20/09 Sun Bama Theater Tuscaloosa, AL
09/22/09 Tue Lyric Theatre Oxford, MS
09/24/09 Thu Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN
09/25/09 Fri Robinson Auditorium Little Rock, AR
09/26/09 Sat Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK
09/27/09 Sun Granada Theater Dallas, TX
09/29/09 Tue River Center Baton Rouge, LA
10/01/09 Thu House of Blues New Orleans, LA
10/02/09 Fri Zilker Park Austin, TX
10/03/09 Sat Rose State College Midwest City, OK
10/05/09 Mon Lovett Auditorium Murray, KY
10/15/09 Thu Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
10/17/09 Sat Terminal 5 New York, NY
10/18/09 Sun House of Blues Boston, MA
10/20/09 Tue Englert Civic Theatre Iowa City, IA
10/21/09 Wed Barrymore Theatre Madison, WI
10/22/09 Thu Canopy Club Urbana, IL
10/29/09 Thu Keith Albee Theatre Huntington, WV
10/30/09 Fri The Louisville Palace Louisville, KY
10/31/09 Sat Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
The Avett Brothers: Album Due 9/29 & Huge Tour
July 13th, 2009 |
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THE AVETT BROTHERS I AND LOVE AND YOU IN STORES SEPTEMBER 29
NPR MUSIC EXCLUSIVE FIRST LISTEN BEGINS SEPTEMBER 22
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North Carolina-based rock band, The Avett Brothers, are gearing up for the release of their highly anticipated American Recordings/Columbia Records debut, I and Love and You, which hits stores on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. I and Love and You was recorded in Malibu, California and produced by multi-Grammy Award winning producer, Rick Rubin. The thirteen songs that make up this new record defy pigeonholing and can best be described as an amalgam of rock, folk, pop and country. The band has spent years touring, recording, performing and perfecting this blend of music styles with their signature lyrics and vocals. I and Love and You will also be available at participating Starbucks company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada and wherever music is sold.
In addition beginning Tuesday, September 22, 2009, NPR Music will host an Exclusive First Listen of I and Love and You on their website, www.npr.org/firstlisten, where fans will be able to get a sneak peak of the new album a week prior to release. NPR Music’s distinctive Exclusive First Listen series recently showcased new music from such innovators as Wilco, Moby, Bjork and Neko Case.
The story of The Avett Brothers has been told by word of mouth until now. Come witness what thousands have been loyally following and speaking about for years…
THE AVETT BROTHERS ON TOUR:
7/09 Norfolk, VA Harrison Opera House
7/10 Richmond, VA The National
7/11 Roanoke, VA Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre
7/12 Louisville, KY The Riverfront Belvedere
7/16 Saint Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
7/17 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
7/18 Tampa, FL The Cuban Club
7/19 Fort Lauderdale, FL Parker Playhouse
7/24 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
7/25 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
7/30 Buffalo, NY Lafayette Square
7/31 Syracuse, NY The Westcott
8/01 Newport, RI Fort Adams State Park (Newport Folk Festival)
8/02 Northampton, MA Calvin Theater
8/04 Dewey Beach, DE Bottle & Cork
8/08 Charlotte, NC Bojangles Coliseum
8/14 Ozark, AR Mulberry Mountain (Festival)
8/15 Kansas City, MO The Crossroads
8/16 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium/Underground
8/19 Telluride, CO Sunset Plaza @ Mountain Village
8/20 Steamboat Springs, CO Summer Concert Series (Howelson Hills Amp)
8/21 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
8/22 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
8/25 Salt Lake City, UT Red Butte Garden
8/26 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House
8/28 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
8/29 Jacksonville, OR Britt Festival
8/30 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands Music Festival
9/01 Arcata, CA HSU Van Duzer Theater
9/03 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Theater
9/04 Camp Mather, CA Strawberry Music Festival
9/05 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre
9/17 North Charleston, SC North Charleston P.A.C.
9/18 Augusta, GA Westobou Festival/Riverwalk
9/19 Tallahassee, FL The Moon
9/20 Tuscaloosa, AL Bama Theatre
9/22 Oxford, MS The Lyric Oxford
9/24 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall
9/25 Little Rock, AR Robinson Center Music Hall
9/26 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
9/27 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
9/29 Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge River Center Theatre
10/1 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
10/2 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/3 Midwest City, OK Rose State PAC
10/5 Murray, KY Lovett Auditorium Center
10/15 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
10/16 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
10/17 New York, NY Terminal 5
10/18 Boston, MA House of Blues
10/20 Iowa City, IA The Englert Theatre
10/21 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
10/22 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
10/29 Huntington, WV Keith Albee Theatre
10/30 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
10/31 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
BBC walks with dinosaurs on climate
July 13th, 2009 |
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The BBC’s output treats the findings of thousands of scientists on climate change as no more than ‘views’ or ‘opinion’
Years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, I worked for the BBC’s natural history unit as a radio producer. It was a great job, and my colleagues were stimulating and fun. I was allowed to make investigative environmental programmes, and we exposed some shocking scandals. We recorded the head of customs in Abidjan offering to sell us smuggled chimpanzees, for example, and we found that a bulk carrier which crashed off the coast of Cork, polluting rare habitats, appeared to have been deliberately scuppered.
After Mrs Thatcher launched her coup against the BBC, its executives quickly lost their appetite for investigative programmes, and my boss explained that we no longer had the support we needed to continue. Since then the natural history unit has continued to broadcast beautiful, thrilling programmes about the world’s wildlife. Occasionally it makes an environmental programme. But by and large it presents the biosphere as if it inhabits a planet yet to be discovered by human beings (except of course the cameramen you see struggling with the elements in the “how we made it” segments).
The most extreme example was the three-part series on the Congo made for the BBC by Scorer Associates. At the height of a devastating civil war which had caused the deaths of some 4 million people, the series reported that “the Congo may once have been known as the ‘heart of darkness’ – today it seems more like a bright, beautiful wilderness.” In two and a half hours of programmes the killings were not mentioned.
Lovely as the unit’s output remains, I believe that it creates a misleading impression of the world, which can have grave political consequences. It encourages people to believe that all is well with the world’s ecosystems; often it produces the only footage viewers see from far-flung parts of the world. I am not arguing that the political or environmental context should dominate the unit’s output, only that it should be acknowledged and explained, however briefly. Is this too much to ask?
Yes, apparently. For the past few years an environmental campaigner called Peter Hack has been writing to the BBC asking about one of these gaps. As far as he can discover, over the past 17 years (since the 1992 Rio earth summit in other words) of BBC films about the ecosystems of east Africa, there has not been a single mention of climate change. Yet these places have been hit harder than almost anywhere else by changes in weather patterns. Kenya, for example, has suffered a series of extreme droughts, whose frequency appears to be unprecedented. These have direct and immediate impacts on the region’s wildlife. But watching Big Cat Diary or any of the other films the unit has made in the Serengeti, Maasai Mara and other great parks and reserves, you wouldn’t have the faintest idea that anything had changed.
Peter Hack has just shown me the latest letter he’s received from Gerald McCusker at BBC Information. McCusker explains the gap thus:
“It’s not always possible or practical to reflect all the different opinions on a subject within individual programmes and we feel that over a reasonable period our coverage will reflect a diverse range of views and opinions with regard to this issue.”
So it turns out that the entire science of climate change, the work of thousands of researchers, the tens of thousands of papers published in scientific journals, the indisputable facts about changes in temperature, precipitation and wildlife populations in east Africa is no more than a “view” or “opinion”. Nice to know where you stand, isn’t it?
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