Director and Editor, Chris Piazza and his killer vid team at Panopticon 360 came out to this year’s BBiB Summer Jam on the Hudson and shot some amazing 360 footage of Endless Boogie. The result of which lies before you. And be sure to crank it up!

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So I wanted to post something about a band that I accidentally left off my official ‘Best Albums of 2009′ list.  This is San Diego-based (oddly enough) new progressive rock band Astra, and their 2009 album The Weirding is one that I listened to a lot last year.  I found this really cool random user-made video for one of Astra’s songs and thought you should check it out.  So dig in below.  There’s a whole lot of radicity going on…

THEN, if you dig that, listen to the whole album on YouTube.  It’s all HERE.  Pretty amazing.  Then, after you’re blown away by how good it is and surprised at how modern it is, BUY that shit bro.  I’m def looking for Astra to head to the East Coast!

Cheers!

Here’s the new video for “Rock and Roll Train”…back to the winning formula.  I’ll buy the album…oh wait, I have to go to a Wal-Mart for that?!  Never mind.  I’ll just dig the free promo from work!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMfjVi4JNE&hl=en&fs=1]

How cute is this little girl?!  Thanks to Nights With Alice Cooper forum member, RubberPants, for this one.  So this was done 11 years ago… meaning this girl is now 15?!

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This is pretty damn cool.  Animal Collective debuted a new song “Lion In a Coma” at the Pitchfork festival.  Always interesting…

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Phish was honored at the Jammys a week or so back, and I saw this amazingly crisp video of Trey playing Beatles with The Fab Faux, and had to post it.  I love to hear Trey play and completely wail on this song, and it’s great to see him clean and sober and back to doing what he does best… jam!

(Oh yeah, and I’m pretty sure that’s Will Lee from Letterman’s band, and Jimmy Vivino from Conan’s band.  I didn’t realize they were part of the Fab Faux.)  Dig…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC9IqW2HQwk&hl=en]

Thanks to Hidden Track for the vid find
 

This is pretty great….Oh yeah, and Meg White, hot or not?

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