Check the Way Out of Here Live vid, great stuff in good quality.
Porcupine Tree vids
Posted in Interesting links with tags Gavin Harrison, music, porcupine tree, steven wilson on November 6, 2009 by mvlFlaming Lips set to do the Dark Side
Posted in Pink Floyd with tags dark side of the moon, flaming lips, music, Pink Floyd on November 4, 2009 by mvlInteresting. No one could replace Nick Mason however, IMO. His playing is perfect for that record. No one could replace Alan Parsons either…but it will be interesting, that’s for sure.
A few different takes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/19/flaming-lips-dark-side-moon
http://everythingispop.blogspot.com/2009/10/flaming-lips-dark-side.html
http://www.flaminglips.com/forum/general-lips/flaming-lips-cover-dark-side-moon
http://pitchfork.com/news/36828-flaming-lips-to-cover-pink-floyds-idark-side-of-the-mooni/
http://www.earmilk.com/2009/10/21/flaming-lips-dark-side-of-the-mooneclipse-cover-interviewperformance/
Roger to tour the Wall
Posted in Pink Floyd with tags Pink Floyd, music, the wall, roger waters, rock concert on November 4, 2009 by mvlhttp://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/index.php/news/552-roger-waters-to-tour-the-wall-in-2010-and-2011
Just a quick note to share with you that Roger Water’s manager has confirmed to NPF that “Roger is considering touring The Wall in 2010 and 2011. It’s obviously early days but we will keep you posted when we have more concrete news for you.” So there you have it!
It’s his album, after all.
Echoes of Pink Floyd members
Posted in Echoes of Pink Floyd with tags Echoes of Pink Floyd, Drums, Pink Floyd, music, live music, guitar, photo, photography, keyboards, bass on October 31, 2009 by mvlThe band:
Alex Gonzalez
Keith Billik
Mark King
Mike Lang
Tom Beller
Music DVD news
Posted in Interesting links with tags dvd, genesis, jethro tull, music, music video, new releases, phil collins on October 31, 2009 by mvlOne of my favorite music concerts, a filming of a date on the Genesis MAMA tour of 84, is going to be bundled into something called The Movie Box, a boxset with a bundle of Genesis video. It’s mostly video from the 80s/90s.
I prefer the video from the earlier years, these moviemakers didn’t get infected with commercial and music video design and focused more on the performance, not their own little joys of using shocking new techniques of quick cutting. There have been some great concerts, great sounding concerts, absolutely destroyed by a film maker injecting himself into the conversation. Get out of the way! You serve the music! The musicians are there to create the content, not have the music turned into a film makers content. Viewers like to watch musicians, really.
Rant over…for the time being.
Some info on the release…November for us in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_The_Movie_Box
It is unfortunately missing a ton of music. From wikipedia.
The only tracks that were not included on the video that were performed at the shows were the show’s opening track “Dodo/Lurker”, the “Eleventh Earl of Mar”/”The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”/”Firth Of Fifth/”The Musical Box” medley, “Follow You Follow Me”, “Los Endos” and “Misunderstanding”.
Second bit of news. A 1978 concert, with Barriemore Barlow, of a Jethro Tull show at MSG. It is a classic show with the classic Tull lineup. Barlow is one of the stars of the show (can’t have the drummer stealing the limelight however). It’s out now. I’m going to pick it up this afternoon, then pick up a few bottles of English Ale. I love this lineup of the band, very tight and powerful.
A sample.
The new EOPF promo (Mk1)
Posted in Echoes of Pink Floyd with tags Echoes of Pink Floyd, lasershow, live music, music, Pink Floyd on October 31, 2009 by mvl
The drummer is the previous drummer, not the new one, Michael Lang.
Sincerely,
Michael Lang
Paul Northfield interview
Posted in Interesting links with tags music, rush, progressive music, porcupine tree, dream theatre, recording, record production, tape op, paul northfield, producing on October 29, 2009 by mvlGood read (great read actually) at Recording Hacks.
http://recordinghacks.com/2009/10/28/paul-northfield/
Progressive rock fans need not look far to find Paul Northfield’s name among their music collections. Over the past 35 years, he has recorded Gentle Giant, RUSH, Asia, Queensrÿche, Porcupine Tree, and Dream Theater, along with dozens of other artists you know — like Steve Vai, Bryan Adams, Pat Travers, Hole, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Suicidal Tendencies, Marilyn Manson, and on and on and on.
Bob Weir and Billy Cobham
Posted in Interesting links with tags billy cobham, bob weir, bobby and the midnites, Drums, grateful dead, music on October 28, 2009 by mvl
Strange hearing Billy’s huge tom rolls in this context, but it’s kinda refreshing to hear some real playing.
Rocket launch!
Posted in Interesting links with tags ares I-X, launch vehicle, moon, nasa, rocket launch, space, space exploration on October 27, 2009 by mvlhttp://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
Coming up soon, check it out. The new Ares I-X launch vehicle.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html
New Launch Target: 9:44 a.m. EDT
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:26:39 AM EDTThe launch team has again extend the T-4 minute built-in hold further, now bringing the targeted liftoff time to 9:44 a.m. EDT.
Weather, coupled with a stuck probe cover, pushed the launch a little further into the window, which closes at noon.
A couple mp3s from our Planet show
Posted in Echoes of Pink Floyd with tags Pink Floyd, Shine on, music, mp3, echoes, mp3blog on October 23, 2009 by mvl
Recorded at the desk with a ZoomH2, no post production, straight from the source, converted to mp3.
