This is the perils of living in a town that's more musical than technical in nature (even though most of the musical folks are also Mac addicts...)
Specifically, last time I did a Twitter post about Drobo (the data storage device), a couple people thought I was talking about a Dobro (the resonator guitar model)...
Oh, Nashville...I do love you so...
So, hey, @scottbourne, let me help you spread the gospel o' Drobo...you seem to have more than a few to spread around...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Ustream Studio Austin: Day One
Note the title. The vast, vast majority of the time I'm spending in Austin over the next week will be spent working with Ustream.tv and their Ustream Studio.(Though, if anybody wants to toss me a badge for the music section of "the festival that shall not be named without prior permission," I probably wouldn't turn it down. More on that story later.)
Through this, we'll deliver between six and eight hours of conversation and music PER DAY over the next 10 days.
I'll be moderating the daily versions of "Are You Really Experienced?", a discussion of music, tech and creativity, together with a rotating panel of folks, including tech writer Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins from SiliconAngle.com.
(The rest of the time, looks like I'll be stage managing the shows, shuffling people on and off the set, and generally trying to keep to a schedule...which is generating laughter from some of you at this very moment. But realize...this also means I'm getting to occasionally yell at people, which I find fun. So there.)
There's way too many ideas flying around this small room at The Belmont on Sixth Street (which, if you're gonna be stuck in a small room for a bunch of days, you want to be stuck there), but I'll try to capture them as best I can. If nothing else, I'll get some shots with Jeff "The Dude" Dowd, the real-life inspiration behind one fictional Jeff Lebowski, a character I've been more and more accused of looking like lately.
See you at 4pm Saturday at the Ustream Studio for "Are You Really Experienced?"
Friday, March 13, 2009
It's a marathon, not a sprint...
Even after all these years of being an observer/commentator about the music world, it's fun to know that I can still experience some firsts. I'm in Austin for the first time during South By Southwest.
I'll be with the Ustream.tv Studio folks most of the time, at the way-too-cool venue The Belmont. (There aren't much nicer places to spend SXSW, I'd imagine.) I'll be "on air" daily as part of the "Are You Really Experienced?" music/tech discussions, and then generally trying to see what kind of havoc I can get myself into.
It will be pure sensory overload, I feel certain. I'll try to process it as best I can, and redirect it back out here for you.
Meanwhile, if you want to give me any directions, caveats, pitfalls to avoid, barbecue to consume...follow me on Twitter @tuneinlucas or send an old-fashioned email to largelandmammal@gmail.com.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
PasteMagazine.com: Jack White unveils new band, The Dead Weather
(Posted March 12, 2009)
By Lucas Hendrickson
You first have to wonder just how many side projects one musician needs.
Then, when you see the attention to detail for both his new band, The Dead Weather, and the new physical space for his Third Man Records endeavor, you know the answer for Jack White: as many as he wants.
As hackneyed as the phrase “supergroup” has become, White, last night in Nashville, unveiled another unit in which he can ply his seemingly infinite musical curiosity. The Dead Weather is a tightly wound four-piece consisting of The Kills vocalist Alison Mosshart on vocals, Queens of the Stone Age’s Dean Fertita on guitar, White’s fellow Raconteurs racket-maker Jack Lawrence on bass and White on drums.
White certainly doesn’t keep his contributions confined to the kit, though the rhythm section does seem to drive a preponderance of the tracks on the group’s forthcoming debut, Horehound. White also played guitar, but left the bulk of the leads to Fertita (who also contributed organ and piano work) during the three-week tracking sessions that generated Dead Weather’s first effort.
The band previewed the recorded project in front of a select audience at the new Third Man Records space in Nashville, followed by a live show in the complex’s performance space. The first single, the muscularly fuzzy “Hang You From The Heavens,” is available now on iTunes, with the full album to follow in June.
The Horehound sessions found the band playing live together in a single room on many of the tracks, choosing to focus on purpose rather than perfection, and was recorded to two-inch eight track tape rather than digitally. A cover of Bob Dylan’s “New Pony” that made it onto the record was even drawn from a rough mix.
White’s longtime manager Ian Montone welcomed the evening's listeners to the Third Man headquarters, and talked about plans for the downtown Nashville location, including rehearsal space, a photo studio and eventually a record store. The latter plan spins right into the companies’ relationship with United Record Pressing, one of the few remaining vinyl pressing plants left in America.
White called the new location his “new bear cave away from home,” calling the effort a way to combat “the age of invisible music, which is causing us to be fearful for 50 different reasons.” He also said the company has a number of projects already in the works, but looks forward to the opportunity for fostering bands he sees potential in, and bringing them to the complex for quick-turnaround recording, imaging and product manufacturing that can generate 45s for the bands to sell at shows.
“This is about the physicality of music,” White said. “It’s music you can smell, touch…taste if you want to.”
Set list:
60 Feet Tall
Hang You From The Heavens
Weapon
Treat Me Like Your Mother
New Pony (Bob Dylan cover)
By Lucas Hendrickson
You first have to wonder just how many side projects one musician needs.
Then, when you see the attention to detail for both his new band, The Dead Weather, and the new physical space for his Third Man Records endeavor, you know the answer for Jack White: as many as he wants.
As hackneyed as the phrase “supergroup” has become, White, last night in Nashville, unveiled another unit in which he can ply his seemingly infinite musical curiosity. The Dead Weather is a tightly wound four-piece consisting of The Kills vocalist Alison Mosshart on vocals, Queens of the Stone Age’s Dean Fertita on guitar, White’s fellow Raconteurs racket-maker Jack Lawrence on bass and White on drums.
White certainly doesn’t keep his contributions confined to the kit, though the rhythm section does seem to drive a preponderance of the tracks on the group’s forthcoming debut, Horehound. White also played guitar, but left the bulk of the leads to Fertita (who also contributed organ and piano work) during the three-week tracking sessions that generated Dead Weather’s first effort.The band previewed the recorded project in front of a select audience at the new Third Man Records space in Nashville, followed by a live show in the complex’s performance space. The first single, the muscularly fuzzy “Hang You From The Heavens,” is available now on iTunes, with the full album to follow in June.
The Horehound sessions found the band playing live together in a single room on many of the tracks, choosing to focus on purpose rather than perfection, and was recorded to two-inch eight track tape rather than digitally. A cover of Bob Dylan’s “New Pony” that made it onto the record was even drawn from a rough mix.
White’s longtime manager Ian Montone welcomed the evening's listeners to the Third Man headquarters, and talked about plans for the downtown Nashville location, including rehearsal space, a photo studio and eventually a record store. The latter plan spins right into the companies’ relationship with United Record Pressing, one of the few remaining vinyl pressing plants left in America.
White called the new location his “new bear cave away from home,” calling the effort a way to combat “the age of invisible music, which is causing us to be fearful for 50 different reasons.” He also said the company has a number of projects already in the works, but looks forward to the opportunity for fostering bands he sees potential in, and bringing them to the complex for quick-turnaround recording, imaging and product manufacturing that can generate 45s for the bands to sell at shows.
“This is about the physicality of music,” White said. “It’s music you can smell, touch…taste if you want to.”
Set list:
60 Feet Tall
Hang You From The Heavens
Weapon
Treat Me Like Your Mother
New Pony (Bob Dylan cover)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
This week on "AYRE?"...No Lines, No Videos, No Time Left Before SXSW
This week on "Are You Really Experienced?" we lifted our embargo on U2's No Line On The Horizon, talked about the YouTube/UK music industry rift, and generally geared up for a week's worth of shows live from South By Southwest.
The usual cast of characters (Michael Sean Wright, Dr. Tony Shore, the recently tanned, rested and ready Joe Kirk, the "way smarter than we are" Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins and yours truly) hashed it out, just like we do each and every Monday at 10E/9C/8M/7P. Join us, won't you?
The usual cast of characters (Michael Sean Wright, Dr. Tony Shore, the recently tanned, rested and ready Joe Kirk, the "way smarter than we are" Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins and yours truly) hashed it out, just like we do each and every Monday at 10E/9C/8M/7P. Join us, won't you?
Monday, March 02, 2009
Now THAT'S original...
Not normally a big "Family Guy" guy, but this definitely strikes a chord. Especially if you think there's not a lot of originality in music these days...
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