We would be remiss if we went through the month of JAMuary without featuring at least one jam by modern-day jam-band exponents Phish, so…
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Just wanted to give a huge RTH shout out, mad props, and a big, hairy no-prize to Walter Becker and his beard for producing some seriously whack and totally wonderful promotional videos for his most recent solo album, Circus Money. Released to the YouTube universe in 2008, these lo-budget, grade Z, somewhat humiliating and frankly bizarre videos may be the best thing I’ve seen from a major rock star since I don’t know when. Kudos to you, Walter Becker — and to your beard as well!
HVB
Jan 122009
Even hardcore guys need to jam, sometimes.
Gone, “Fifth Force Suite: Hypercharge-The Wait”
I saw Gone open for Rollins Band on a double-bill. It was pretty cool and confirmed some suspicions I’d long had about the hardcore scene. In fact, seeing the two sides of the splintered Black Flag helped me eventually go back and better appreciate Black Flag, in reverse order of their releases.
Jan 122009
Jam on it!
Rock Town Hall, here’s your chance to share your most memorable jam session, as a participant or a witness. It doesn’t matter if it took place at a huge festival or a musty high school mate’s basement. It doesn’t matter if the jam, in retrospect, was actually great or not. The only things that matter are you had to be there and it had to be the most memorable jam session in your life (to date, of course).
If you have a recording of this legendary (at least in your mind) jam session and feel brave enough to share it with your fellow Townspeople, by all means let me know. We’ll get it up here for the world to jam along with. It is JAMuary, after all.
Jan 122009
Today’s Mystery Date presents you with a unique take on a classic jam. Unlike the better-known versions of this song, this one clocks in at a reasonable 6+ minutes, so you won’t, like, jam your entire afternoon away when there are so many jams in the sea. Take a listen to the track. If you know who it is, please refrain from posting. If you don’t know who it is, tell us what feel about this particular jam and how it stacks up against the classic versions you grew up, like, jammin’ along to.
Mystery Date, JAMuary’s Dream?
Jan 122009
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You share this special day with Rob Zombie.
