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My name IS NOT James, and I DO NOT Live in America. in fact, there's no such thing! The Reality? Do You think you have a "Firm Grasp?" Reality... pfft! People with a firm grasp better get to letting go. Insanity... what is that? Society... Who says? and why? Ask Why... Why? You already know... Don't you? ... Didn't You? Who is that Voice inside your head? You know, right? NOPE. He/she may sound like you, but who are you actually?... Do You Know? Honestly? That voice may sound a lot like you, but is it actually me? Or him, or Them? I bet you feel you know! Maybe you do... You Don't. If You Think so, you must know you're you, you're NOT... you're me... I'm You... I AM. You don't believe?.. YOU wouldn't.

 

Trey: “We actually have exercises that we do, where we work on improving our improvising as a group. It gets rid of the ego. It’s an exercise to get rid of the ego. And the more that we do it the more we find that our improvisations are less concerned with showing off flashy solos or whatever, and more concerned with making a group sound. There’s a feeling that we always talk about. When we went out with Santana, he had brought up this thing about the Hose. … where the music is like water rushing through you and as a musician your function is really like that of a hose. And, and well his thing is that the audience is like a sea of flowers, you know, and you’re watering the audience. But the concept of music going through you, that you’re not actually creating it, that what you’re doing is — the best thing that you can do is get out of the way. So, when you are in a room full of people, there’s this kind of group vibe that seems to get rolling sometimes.”

Mike: “It gets — It really starts to seem like It’s not the audience or the band. This Thing that gets rolling is It’s OWN Thing. When things are going really well, and a jam has taken off, there’s this feeling of motion that is created by the rhythm. And at that point my bass that I’m playing feels like this sortof vehicle, or like a hitch for me to hold on to, like someone would hold on to a um … Like if you were on a — I was thinking if you were on a ski lift, maybe. A chair lift. Or just something that would hook you on to the motion that’s going, and pull you along with IT.

The Grateful Dead - “Lineup Time-line”
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The Grateful Dead - “Lineup Time-line”

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Live Trax Vol. 12 is a live album by Dave Matthews Band, and is the 12th volume in the band’s Live Trax series. The album was recorded on May 5, 1995 at the L.B. Day Amphitheater in Salem, Oregon. This show is notable because it is part of one of the first tours of the West Coast by the band.

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Black Rain, Black Rain 

by: A.A. Bondy

from: ”American Hearts” LP

It’s beautiful to practice.

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A.A. Bondy ~ Black Rain, Black Rain American Hearts LP

Bondy

A.A. Bondy is actually the birth name (the initials stand for Auguste Arthur) of Scott Bondy, the former lead singer of Birmingham, AL’s Southern grunge darlings Verbena. After Verbena broke up in 2003, Bondy retreated to his Catskills home in Palenville in upstate New York and in time began writing songs again, emerging with a stripped-down indie folk sound. He recorded and mixed his debut solo album, American Hearts, at a barn near his home, releasing the project in 2007 on the Superphonic imprint. The album was picked up by Fat Possum and re-released early in 2008.


Bondy’s latest album ‘When The Devil’s Loose’ is available in the US and (most) European countries from september 1st, 2009. 

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Rock's Unexplored Stage Pose: Haughty, Defiant Gum-Chewing!

John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Grohl; What do they have in common? (besides being amazing talents)… Performance Gum-Chewing! Being a student of all three I recently asked myself the question “Are they chewing gum for some benefit to their performance?” So like all intellectual inquisitors of the 21st century do when they’re posed with a life or death query… I Go’ed Google =) and this is what she said…

“Ice instruments” - Colorado based alt-country jamband “The Laughing Bones” have been playing on instruments made entirely of ice (by artists Tim and Brigita Linhart) every weekend at Beaver Creek Resort. This photo was taken in mid-January

“Ice instruments” - Colorado based alt-country jamband “The Laughing Bones” have been playing on instruments made entirely of ice (by artists Tim and Brigita Linhart) every weekend at Beaver Creek Resort. This photo was taken in mid-January

Live Phish Stream from “Hoodstream“… This player streams Phish shows live in real-time! They also replay recent shows during “off time”. It’s really very cool! technology is getting ridiculous!