Waiting for a Miracle - Jerry Garcia Band

Very Efficient Beer Dispenser

Who wants one of these?

Phish Shreds It

Amazing Cover - Also sprach Zarathustra

I would be so proud to have been in this band playing lead trumpet.  What a performance!

Arcade Fire Live on YouTube Tonight

Win Butler - Arcade Fire
photo by Mike Bouchard

Tonight on YouTube, Arcade Fire will be performing Live from Madison Square Gardens as part of their debut tour of their latest album The Suburbs. U2 managed to pull in 10 million viewers last year using the same service so it will be interesting to see how much more or less growth a one year older online music audience will have.  Since more people have come online and more people have high bandwidth internet connections, it is quite possible that Arcade Fire could smash U2's 10 million viewer record.

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Furthur Gets Underway....

A nice intro shot of the stage, the crowd and the band entering- and a surprisingly steady shot and good sound for the whole opener: Alabama Getaway. Check this user backpackdave for tonnes of other great Bluesfest footage!

If you look closely you can see jay, Ocelot and Northern Wish in the bottom right hand- and for good stretches bouche is shooting photos from the pit in a nice normal Hawaiian shirt. 

Check it out and get Casey'd!                                                                                                                                          

Remembering Brent Mydland

Today is the 20th anniversary of Brent Mydland's last show with the Grateful Dead. He was found dead 3 days later. Do you think that he the Dead's greatest keyboardist ever on their payroll?

Ottawa Bluesfest Video Wrap-up

Wayne Coyne talks of Epicness at Ottawa Bluesfest

The Flaming Lips put on a great show at the Ottawa Bluesfest.  It's funny how this video was published with the label "Faming Lips" (4 seconds in).

Arcade Fire Video Compilation [HD]

Here's a nice little compilation of Arcade Fire's performance at the Ottawa Bluesfest 7-13-2010. It was one of the major highlights if this years festival.