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North Carolina legend James Taylor will play a free concert in Raleigh in support of Barack Obama’s campaign. According to what the N&O’s David Menconi has heard, JT will play Moore Square at noon Tuesday, October 21st.
My office’s WiFi signal just might reach that far. Or I’ll have a long lunch that day. Or something.
Musician David Byrne and company were in Asheville recently and took a pass on visiting Biltmore House, judging the $47 ticket price too steep.
I think its a steep ticket price, too, but so is the $44 Byrne wants for his upcoming show at Meymandi Hall December 8th.
As I watch the markets sink even further today I’m not feeling so inclined to part with that much money. Maybe I’ll meet Byrne on one of his expected bike rides around town.
This song makes me want to learn Swedish.
Sundance Kid (YouTube)
Kent
Det var en gång för så länge sen
Du och jag slogs mot dumheten
Vi följdes åt till våra drömmars stad
Vind i håret och vår sikt låg klar
Vi visste allt pojkars övermod
Ett farligt vapen var vår blinda tro
Det var en gång i ett annat liv
Ett annat dom mot ett annat vi och jag
Hör du mig
Hör du mig
Kan du höra mig
Hör du mig
Hör du mig
Allt det här är för dig
Hör du mig
Hör du mig
Kan du höra mig
Allt vi sagt allt vi gjort
Blev en sång för dig
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I’ve had in one week and already its the best album I’ve heard all year. What amazing songwriting.
Phantom Limb (YouTube)
The Shins
Foals in winter coats
White girls of the north,
File past one, five and one,
They are the fabled lambs of Sunday ham, the EHS norm
And they could float above the grass in circles if they tried
A latent power I know they hide
To keep some hope alive that a girl like I could ever try,
Could ever try
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David Byrne of Talking Heads fame will be playing Raleigh’s Meymandi Hall December 8th, says N&O music critic David Menconi. The show’s not even up on the Progress Energy Center’s website yet.
David and Brian Eno recently released a new album called Everything That Will Happen Will Happen Today. You can listen to the entire album from its website, which while not as cool as Byrne’s Radiohead pals selling their album on the honor system is still pretty cool.
The Senate voted Tuesday to pass HR. 7084, the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008! GovTrack.Us says the bill passed the Senate by “Unanimous Consent.”
Should the President sign it into law, the act law will allow internet radio stations such as Pandora to negotiate rates with music rights holders.
I’ve heard (and purchased) more new music since I found Pandora than I have in years. Thanks to everyone who called on behalf of the bill!
Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of Pandora, needs your help. Please call Senators Burr and Dole today and urge them to support the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 so that great online music sources such as Pandora can continue to thrive. It might not hurt to remind them that their pal Jesse Helms supported Internet radio.
I just called and I hope you will, too. Below is Tim’s email:
Hi, it’s Tim from Pandora;
Today, thanks to the extraordinary support of many Pandora listeners, we took a giant step forward when the House of Representatives supported Pandora and Internet radio and passed the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008. Now we need your help so that the Senate will pass it also – and quickly… The finish line is in sight!
After a yearlong negotiation, Pandora, SoundExchange and the RIAA are finally optimistic about reaching an agreement on royalties that would save Pandora and Internet radio. The legislation would give us the extra time we need to finalize the deal.
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Barack Obama does Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” though some amazing editing. Where do people find the time?
I’m surprised this only has 417,411 views.
(ht COD)
Savannah Fare You Well
By Hugh Prestwood
There is something in the wind tonight
Some kind of change of weather
Somewhere some devil’s mixing fire and ice
together
I got a feeling that the dark side of the moon
is one the rise
Black as a crow’s feather
Now I could stay another day or two
But what’s the use of stalling
Deep in the winter even holdout leaves
start fallin’
Lately every night above the declarations
of our love
I hear the road callin’
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R.E.M. guitARRRist Peter Buck got his missing Rickenbacker back on Friday, which had been swiped after their recent show in Helsinki. I’d been hoping there would be a happy ending to this and now there is.
