Posted on March 30, 2009 by benobriensmith
3.30.09
James Asher- “Tantango” :: Shaman Drums
Dave Weckl Band- “Cascade” :: Multiplicity
Gutbucket- “Side Effects May Include” :: A Modest Proposal
Keller Williams- “Love Handles” :: Home
Bill Frisell- “Ballroom” :: The Best of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1 Folk Songs
Hiromi’s Sonicbloom- “Real Clock Vs. Body Clock = Jetlag” :: Time Control
Derek Sherinian- “Starcycle” :: Black Utopia
Brad Mehldau Trio- “Boomer” [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2009 by benobriensmith
Last night, multi-instrumentalist/looper extraordinaire, Keller Williams performed a solo (if you can really call it solo) show at Higher Ground in South Burlington, VT. I picked up my ticket earlier this week, worried that it would be close to selling out. I was surprised to find that ticket sales were going much slower than anticipated. [...]
Filed under: Burlington, Concert Review, Live Music | Tagged: Guitar Shop Tour, Higher Ground, Keller Williams, Korg Kaossilator, Loop Music, South Burlington | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 23, 2009 by benobriensmith
Have some cake. Today is the one-year anniversary of the day I launched this blog. If I’d known all the fun I was getting myself into, I would have started earlier! I’ve learned many things along the way and have (hopefully) improved my writing and blog-specific skills.
I’ve been keeping track of my blog view statistics [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2009 by benobriensmith
The time has come! I decided that it was time to claim my own domain and move the blog over to Benobriensmith.com. It was a fairly simple move to make and I certainly encourage other bloggers out there to secure their own domain as well.
I happened to use Godaddy.com to register the domain. I found a [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2009 by benobriensmith
I happened to see this on photographer Chase Jarvis’ blog and I thought it was quite cool. This technology allows users to see a hologram created by image recognition software running in tandem with a web cam. It’s being called “Augmented Reality.” Now, if that seemed like totally unrecognizable geek-talk to you, then here’s the the [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by benobriensmith
Remember when Radiohead blew everyone away with their performance of 15 Step with the USC Drumline at the Grammys [see blog post]? Well, they’ve released a “Behind the Scenes” video on YouTube. Check it out, it’s quite cool to see the work that went into it all.
Note: View it soon, who [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2009 by benobriensmith
Phish has announced that 256kbs mp3’s of the March 6-8th shows will be available on LivePhish.com within 24 hours of the shows. The performances will be recorded with a mobile recording studio and mixed overnight for release the following day. These are the first live performances by Phish since they broke up nearly four years [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2009 by benobriensmith
It’s not a joke, it’s a beautiful thing. The members of the 1984 joke band, Spinal Tap (from the movie This is Spinal tap), have reunited for a 30-city tour this spring. If you haven’t seen the film, gather some friends and take some time this weekend to educate yourself with their classic rock mockumentary [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2009 by benobriensmith
A bunch of friends of mine and I decided that there was no way we weren’t going to check out the midnight premiere of the graphic-novel turned film, Watchmen. We made our way (on foot- we’re environmentally conscious! [read: don't have cars]) to the Roxy Cinema in downtown Potsdam where we waited close to the [...]
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