Jay Gerland’s The Black Dog

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Filed under: Life on July 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »

??????It’s great to see that what used to be called the Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua, NY is back up and running after a $13 million renovation. Included in the make over is a very memorable renaming of the facility: Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (or just CMAC for short). Catchy!

They are already building a solid lineup of summer shows including Steely Dan, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Sheryl Crow, Allman Brothers with Ratdog and (for Jack) Laurie Berkner.

Jen and I saw James Taylor there many years ago and we really enjoyed the venue. It’s not too far of a drive and the setting is much nicer than Darien Lake’s amphitheater. I’m looking forward to seeing some shows there again and really hoping they can nab Mr. Taylor again since he’s touring this summer but only coming as close as Toronto.

Filed under: Music on April 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

The Replacements Talent Show Live

A very cool live performance of “Talent Show” by the Replacements at the “International Rock Awards.”

Filed under: Music, Video on April 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

Even the logo is inspiring…

From the Marin Independent Journal, How Grateful Dead came together again for Obama fundraiser.

Filed under: Music, Politics on February 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve known hundreds of musicians over the years… finally one of them put out something decent.

Filed under: Music on January 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve been listening to Midlake’s “The Trials of Van Occupanther” at least once a day since I got back in April of 2007 and my interest in the band only increases. For me, it’s the perfect music. Mixing Radiohead with Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, I can’t think of a better set of influences.

So I’m looking for Midlake bootlegs if there are any but I did happen to find this extraordinary live video from the Paradiso in Amsterdam. The performance is top notch and the audio and video are excellent. Enjoy.

Filed under: Music on January 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

If you haven’t heard of it, Hulu is an online video site from several major TV and movie studios where they put entire television shows and movies. I signed up for the private beta a month or so ago and finally got my invite today and I love what I see.

There aren’t too many movies, Breakfast Club, Conan The Barbarian, Sideways to name a few, but they have a lot of TV shows, mostly from NBC. But they do have WKRP In Cincinnati.

I just want to test their embedded video option, like what you’ve seen from me with YouTube, with one of my favorite SNL skits from the last few years: Business Meeting With Rainn Wilson - I LOVE absurdity. Enjoy!

Filed under: Funny, Technology on November 29th, 2007 | No Comments »

Two legends, Paul Simon and George Harrison, on Saturday Night Live in 1976.

Filed under: Jack, Music on November 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »