Music Thing posted a bunch of links to video clips of artists using their synths, including Pete Townsend (The Who) and Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) and others. LINK

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Tarantula A.D. crashed their van due to the weather in Montana and didn’t make their show at the 400 Bar last night! Damn! According to Tom, they’d canceled their Iowa City date and probably their Chicago gig tonight due to a broken axle.
Opening band Iota did manage to make it to Mpls for their […]

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Fleetwood Mac
Men of the World: The Blues Years
[LIVE] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Label: Sanctuary Records
Way way way before Fleetwood Mac was an LA-based rock group for movers and shakers, they were Fleetwood Mac, the UK’s trend-setting blues band. With goldenboy Peter Green (singer/guitarist) leading Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass) through live and studio recordings taken […]

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Eurythmics
The Ultimate Collection
Label: Arista
That creepy cow video and Marilyn Manson are the only reasons I know Eurythmics by name. Heck, even their Web site music is “Sweet Dreams.” But with that being said, greatest hits and anthology collections are all the rage right now, and perhaps it’s time for the music lovers of my generation […]

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Todd Rundgren
The Best of Todd Rundgren Live
Available: November 15, 2005
Label: Sanctuary Records
If you’re a fairweather Rundgren fan and already have The Very Best of Todd Rundgren, then I highly recommend this disc. It’s got all the radio hits, including “Hello It’s Me” and “I Saw the Light” and others, while omitting the 80s pop favorite, […]

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Featured show of the week:Tarantula, A.D. at 400 Bar:
As we said in our album review, this group’s new album is a bold aural collage of piano improv, salsa, punk, classical and vocal experimentation. It’s an unexpected surprise on a busy day. We’re hoping the concert is even better.
Check them out Tuesday at the 400 Bar […]

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Oh boy, there’s a new advertising vehicle “culture and lifestyles magazine” coming to the Twin Cities, which is currently sitting at MSPGRID.org without even a placeholder.
Here’s the Craigslist call for freelancers, if you’re interested:

We are a new culture and lifestyles magazine (print and web) for 20 to 30-something-year-olds in the Twin Cities, looking for experienced […]

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The new album from The Darkness, One Way Ticket to Hell…and Back, hits stores Nov. 29th, but you can hear the whole now on Myspace HERE.
And if that isn’t enough…

for you leopard-print leotard wearing, falsetto singing 80s hipsters, you can also check out the video for the first single “One Way Ticket” and a […]

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I’m trying not to post much about this Sony debacle that has annihilated my computer and prompted a few inquiries from lawyers looking for a plaintiff for a MN suit, but this piece from DownhillBattle.org today today is too good not to pass along:

The copy protection software included on many new Sony albums doesn’t only […]

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James Blunt on SNL
British singer/songwriter James Blunt is making several special television appearances before the end of the year. After already rocking “The Today Show,” he’s set for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on November 25th, “Saturday Night Live” on December 3rd and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” on December 6th. He is also […]

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