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Jim James - Newport Folk Festival

I had the pleasure of seeing part of a Jim James solo show at Vegoose 06, unfortunately I missed some of the set as my comrades were not exactly in the mindset to listen to some solo acoustic strumming. I have always wanted to catch another chance at seeing James solo but for now we will have to settle for the audio from his performance at the Newport Folk Festival last weekend. The entire set is streaming in the audio player on the right, or you can catch all the individual song download links after the jump

My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

If you wanted to know in 30 seconds what my opinion is of this record, I’d say first that it may take you 3-4 listens all the way through before you become relatively consistent as to your feelings regard this record. It did for me. I was inclined to dismiss it a bit at first but also later surprised at how much I appreciated it afterward. MMJ appears to be good at rockin’ the hooks as well as throwing out the jams. This album is a good reminder.

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New Kids On The Block - Better than Ever?

I know, I know, I couldn't believe it either. Not only are the New Kids back, but they are also even better than the real thing. I only say that because I know that Bono is clearly a huge NKOTB fan. I mean honestly, who isn't? I wonder how Marky Mark is going to one up his boys this time, my guess is by acting somewhat tough, even though your 5'8. Let's just hope it leads to more images like the one above.

Head Count All Stars Honor Phish

The "Head Count All Stars" played some Phish tunes at the Jammy's before the Phish boys came out for their lifetime achievement award. Jake from Umphrey's was on guitar and I proceeded to bang my head against the wall for three hours straight when I found out he was playing the songs. Not to mention that ninja warrior Joe Russo was manning the drums. Here's some of their version of Run Like An Antelope. Unfortunately Jake is offscreen for most of the video.

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