Dudes,
Grab one (or more) of these…
And join me at noon (ET) here…
…and let’s listen to stuff like this…
Cheersy cheers!
Thanks to the good folks at Backbeat Books, I have a couple copies of this badass prog-rock illustrated history to giveaway to cats like you!
Here’s some words about the book:
From its artful beginnings (Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, the Mothers of Invention, and those progressive forebearers, the Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles), through the towering guitar solos, monumental synthesizer banks, and mind-boggling special effects of the Golden Age of Prog (Rush, Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, UK), through the radio-friendly “pop era” (Asia, the Phil Collins-led Genesis, and a reformed Yes), and right up to the present state of the art (Marillion, Spock’s Beard, and Mars Volta), this is a wickedly incisive tour of rock music at its most spectacular. This is indeed the book prog rock fans have been waiting for, the only one of its kind, as fantastic as the subjects it covers.
My two cents…I love this book and have been reading the shit out of it on the subway the last couple weeks! Lots of great pics and lots of great info on lots of prog greats.
To enter to win Mountains Come Out of the Sky by Will Romano:
Winners will be chosen from folks who Tweet this post or post this contest on Facebook (you can Tweet or FB this post below via ‘Share and Enjoy’), emailers (to beyondbeyondisbeyond at gmail dot com), and commenters below.
Contest will end December 17, 2010 and winners will be notified by December 19. U.S. entries only please. Can’t ship outta the States!
Hey Beyonderz,
Tune in live to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon on New Year’s Eve, exactly 12 hours before 2010 starts! I’ll be playing some of my ‘Best 0f’s’ from 2009 and a bunch of exclusive live performances of BBiB guests right from the EVR booth. Live stuff from Alberta Cross, Imelda May, The Amazing, The Blakes, Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears, Mother Hips, Life on Earth, y mas!
And 9 hours later, come out to my stoned New Year’s extravaganza at Heathers Bar in the East Village (13th between A & B). $6 suggested donation (NY Times Neediest Cases Fund) gets you a right good time, free Brooklyn Beer from 9 to 10 pm, a chance to win fabulous prizes…and DJ Rudeboy and I provide your song and dance. Here are all the details.
Happy New Year to you all! Cheers, brilliant, right, cheers!
Mike
If you’re in NYC for NYE, come to our throwdown in the East Village… cheap and rockin’ fun to be had by all… $6 suggested donation to NY Times Neediest Cases Fund and FREE Brooklyn Brewery beer from 9 to 10 pm, so get there early!
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*art by Macho Mel
Btw, does Jon’s shirt say something about Beyond Beyond is Beyond?
Tune in to East Village Radio at noon Thursday, Christmas Eve, to get your Xmas Eve started with some nice holiday jams…I’ll be slaving away for you over a hot microphone, like a good Jew!
Hey there, ya turkeys…
I’ll have a nice fresh Thanksgiving show for you on Thursday on Beyond Beyond is Beyond. I’ll be broadcasting on location from a turkey farm in the Deep South where I’ll be DJ-ing at a mass turkey funeral…and vacationing. Tune in for lots of Thanksgiving-related jams and marshmalloweated yams. Even something from this album…
Have a great Thanksgiving…and if you’re going to eat a lot, make sure to balance it with drinking a lot! So tune in live to East Village Radio at noon on Thanksgiving and pop the top on your first drink with me!
See ya then.
Cheers!
Hey All,
If you’re in NYC, be sure to come by my DJ-event and super-badass New Year’s Eve party at Heather’s Bar in the East Village. It is being billed as ‘Journey Into 2009: Werewolve Bar Mitzvah’. It will be a night full of great music, awesome people, and plenty of drinking and debauchery! And the small $6 cover will go to the NY Times Neediest Cases Fund to help the hungry and homeless in NYC during the brutal winter months. Hope to see ya…
*poster art by Macho Mel Shimkovitz (whose amazing work is currently on display at Capricious Space in Williamsburg till mid-February)
So what is everyone else up to tonight, wherever ye may be?
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Clown him all you will for his lifestyle, but Keith Richards has longevity. Happy Birthday, Keef! Keep doin’ whatever you’re doin’!
Check out “Wicked As It Seems” from Main Offender. I love that album!
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Well, the Holidays are once again upon us, however heavily, and today I’ve got for you several things that I would love to find in my Christmas stocking on any of the days of Hanukkah or harvest nights of Kwanzaa. But wait, silly…don’t reach for your credit card to start buying them for me. For I’ve already received them from merry media mavens and poinsettia-pwning publicists, so that I could show you how wonderful they are so that you can buy them for your loved one or stalking victim. Be glad you didn’t have to wade through all the crap to get to this cream, because I did. You’re welcome.
Here’s Part One of my first annual Stalking Stuffer Shortlist (at least I have another full year to come up with a better title)…
The first item that you or your loved one should own is the DVD Sunshine Superman-The Journey of Donovan. It is the ultimate super-documentary of rock’s underrated mystic man. Donovan was never quite purely classic rock, singer/songwriter, world music, folk singer, or spiritual guru, but quite an amazing amalgam of all of those things, and a profound influence on many important recording artists…such as Jimmy Page, John Mellencamp, Graham Nash, Devendra Banhart, and lots more. The first disc is a 3-hour chronicle of rock’s underrated mystic man, which is narrated by the mystical man himself. The second disc is chock full of concert footage, TV appearances, music videos, and more about the private life of Donovan. Sunshine Superman-The Journey of Donovan is a must if you call yourself a Donovan fan and possibly the Lost Ark for the uninitiated.
The next item for your lover’s stocking is Ween-At the Cat’s Cradle 1992. Long-time Ween fans will rejoice and new Ween fans will befuddle at the sheer brown-ness of this 1 CD-1 DVD package. Up until 1994’s Chocolate and Cheese, Ween wasn’t a band at all…but a DAT machine for backing drum tracks, a guitar, an adventurous sound man, and two drunk silly potheads who fooled their way into making fantastic music a career for over 20 years now. Ween-At the Cat’s Cradle 1992 is a perfect window into the Ween live experience right before the duo decided (or could afford) to hire a band. The sound is great, the songs are genius, the video is deliciously lo-fi, and the package as a whole is decidedly brown. Ween’s legacy will far surpass Radiohead’s (at least in my mind)!
*Get the special edition that includes a 18″ x 15.5″, handmade, SIGNED silkscreened poster of the cover for the special Boognish in your life!
And third but not last (since there will be another Stalking Stuffer Shortlist installment), is by a fantastic band from my ol’ hometown, land of Skyline Chili, awful NFL football, and surprisingly good college football (go ‘Cats). Cincinnati’s Shake It Records was just a kick-ass record store when I left Cincinnati 8 years ago, and now it seems they are also a kick-ass record label. Wussy is one of Shake It Records’ most promising bands, and I’ve really been digging their recent Rigor Mortis EP. Wussy is an indie-rock band that hasn’t forgotten the second part of that genre title, as many indie groups have. In short, Wussy is an indie-rock band not afraid to bare its rock balls. Wussy writes smart and catchy songs, and plays them loud and tight with plenty of fuzzy drone guitar. And isn’t it just fun to say Wussy over and over. So put a little Rigor Mortis in your loved ones stocking this Christmas.
I’ll have the next Stalking Stuffer Shortlist here for you soon!
I got an email from livephish.com telling me that I could get 25% off of all Phish show downloads, and I said ‘boy’. Then I went over to Hidden Track and noticed that they had a very nice 25th Anniversary post for the Vermont fellas who are reuniting to tour next year, and I said ‘man’. Then I saw the absolutely enthralling YouTube montage that Hidden Track featured, care of Jared Slomoff, and exclaimed ‘SHIT’!
So if you wanna exclaim ‘shit’ too, take the time to check out this amazing 25th Anniversary montage of the Phish boys. There’s a LOT of fun shit in here. Dig…
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Happy Anniversary, Phish!
Name one artist/band that has covered the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins classic “I Put A Spell On You”.
Shana Tova! Dig those Phish boys rockin’ “Avenu Malkenu” at 4:03 in…
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And it looks like it’s going to be an extra sweet one as it has been confirmed (and grandiosely covered at Hidden Track) that ‘The Phish’ from Vermont will be reuniting and have a first show booked in March 2009 at Hampton Coliseum…unless you’re one of those grouches that hates Phish or the kind that can’t separate the music from the scene. Happy New Year to all of us Jews and the Jew in all of us!
I’ll be rocking out to your music today! Wish you were here. Thanks for all the great rock & roll!
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Check out my blog post for Nights With Alice Cooper…
Here’s a fun one, that seemed much more innocent in the 80′s, as did everything else…probably because I was still in grade school. Anyway, grab yourself a burrito and fix up a chelada and enjoy yourself…that’s what the Mexican’s would do! I wonder what Lou Dobbs thinks of this video…
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I’ve returned, had a great time, and am now catching up with ‘real life’. Happy St. Paddy’s Day, ya’ll! Have a few green beers…I’m sure you deserve it.
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Hope you’re all starting off 2008 as rockin’ as the Jimi version of Auld Lang Syne! Many cheers to all and to all a long night!
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Can’t believe that it’s already been 8 years since I saw these guys at Big Cypress for NYE 2000! Where were you during the what-was-supposed-to-be-apocalyptical New Year’s 2000?
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Makes me miss ‘em!
…for being yourself! Have a great T-day everyone, and rest of the weekend. I will return on Tuesday. Until then, let the James Gang thank you too… (and plan your strategy for how you’re going to catch up with Crystal on Rock Trivia!)
mp3 audio: James Gang- Thanks
Here’s a bit that I put on the Nights With Alice Cooper radio show tonight that features Zappa’s “The Torture Never Stops”. Perfect Halloween fodder from the main Mother…
mp3 audio: Nights With Alice Cooper – “The Torture Never Stops” on Alice’s Vinyl Siding segment (10/31/07)
ENJOY…you creeps.
