Sunday, February 13, 2005

... new podcast- grammy wrap up If I use the word fabulous in a podcast as many times as I did tonight, fucking kill me. Click on the speaker icon on the upper right of the post or option/right click to save the mp3 on your very own drive...or of course you can just stick this in your aggregator or not... 11:50:55 PM    comment []

...hillbilly skins       Yup, I can see this lying on the bar partially crumpled and forgotten...cross platform marketing at its most dangerous... From Boing Boing... Marlboro Lights iPod case. Xeni Jardin: The must-have trash accessory for those who suck down their MP3s in a doublewide: a pack of cigarettes transformed into an iPod holder, now for sale on eBay. Its creator says:"I'm a pretty heavy smoker so the idea was perfect. It is not precisely engineered, but it holds the player snug enough that it won't slip out, but not too tight that you can't remove it... Two or more cigarettes hold the player so you can listen and smoke when out and about." Link (Thanks, Charles Moore) 9:59:08 PM    comment []

...Bonzo's kids were there... It seems unbelievable that now finally there is a Grammy for Zep... The Guardian  reports that there is a Grammy at last for rock legends. Grammy voters hand members of Led Zeppelin a lifetime achievement award ahead of the ceremony in Los Angeles.  9:53:26 PM    comment []

The washington post reports about the change in format... 10 Million iPods, Previewing the CD's End. Your favorite album will soon be an invisible cyberswirl of 1's and 0's. No CD case. No liner notes to flip through. No . . . nothing. 9:48:50 PM    comment []

...more grammy goodies     It's an odd thing about Green Day; they have been accepted into the mainstream and yet haven't changed that much. Good record, good performances, a little bit better behaved... 6 or 7 nods for a Grammy? Wow. Punchy single and the loudest drums yet on the show and the only pyro...dig those dragons.... 9:44:34 PM    comment []

...post Grammy report Another one is done, even if you're on the west coast and the broadcast is just starting. It went much smoother than the run through, which was a bit choppy. Staples is not the easiest place to work and the ramp up and down with the gear was pretty trashed before the show started. I thought that it was a pretty interesting production for TV, the five act opening and the pairings were a little schmaltzy but better than usual. I'm watching the west coast feed right now and it sounds and looks good. The Grammys needed this as they had some bad technical moments last year. The set looks frickin' huge on TV, a lot bigger than how it was in real life...typical. The split stage with moving walls caused a lot of gripes from the stage crew but all the transitions went pretty smooth. Having an artist lounge downstage center in a hole was slick as you could get the talent in and out without putting them in danger. Melissa was awesome... she is poised for a big comeback this year. Pinetop Perkins got a lifetime achievement award tonight; I hope somebody got him a Sprite to go with his Old Overcoat...     U2 was neat, very white, the song is beautiful but kinda subtle for an awards show....the world's biggest pedalboard was in effect (for guitar snakes 11 patch changes in one song)...     The Southern Rock tribute was ok, mix so so, choice of guests somewhat disjointed...neat to see Skynyrd on TV though... 8:35:43 PM    comment []

...afternoon Grammy report     As it is with these live TV things, the run through this morning was filled with shouting, fast moving risers and things falling over. I am quite surprised to say that it looks like it's going to be a very interesting show performance-wise. The big guns are doing their thing (U2, Green Day, etc.) but the tribute spots and a few other things stick out from the run through. The Melissa Ethridge/Joss Stone tribute to Janis Joplin is great, Bonnie Raitt and Billy Preston's segment is sublime and John Mayer is performing with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan... very nice.     It is as always a roadie convention extrordinare, so many old friends that never get to see each other at the same time. If we weren't so wrapped up in our work and they hadn't banned our cameras, it would make an amazing picture.     It's time for a lunch break... more later as the guitars are polished and the nerves jangle like Cyndi Lauper's bracelets. 2:57:20 PM    comment []

... something in common I feel honored to have a piece of info that I posted at TSHNN berated...I feel like I've arrived.... but being a fan of Billy Connelly for so many years I had to pop in and let him know who it was...it's as if someone had mistaken Sam Kinison for Bill Hicks....I know they're both dead, but Hicks was the man... 2:14:14 PM    comment []