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I just get a kick out of this whole thing. The song cracks me up and makes it sss-hake-allll-ova. Add a wacky video surrounded within a hoops game and I am hooked. The Cat Empire is one of the world’s busiest band. In case you wanted to remember to check more about them here.

Not the best video but the audio is where it’s at for this treat…stick with the entire rehearsal.

For over a decade and a half we have waited (some of us) for the next big explosion….from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion…narrowed down these days to simply Blues Explosion….but it will arrive on November 13th. Jukebox Explosion collects 18 of the best bits (and a few outtakes) from the “Jukebox” single series the howling wolves of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion inaugurated back in 1992. And to get you in the mood……a video.

Rock on with the Blues Explosion featuring Burn it Off from the Damage album..

No particular order but here are some artists I have been listening to for one reason or another….

Galactic-From the Corner to the Block-Anti
Underworld-Oblivion w/Bells-Side One
Tango Around the World-Putumayo
Keller Williams-12-Sci Fidelity
Geoff Achison & the Soul Diggers-Live @ St. Andrews Hotel-Sound Vault
DJ Spooky/Freight Elevator Quartet-file under FUTURISM-Caipirinha
Lotus-Escaping Sargasso Sea-Lotus Vibes
The 180 Gs-180D’Gs to the Future:-Seeland
Neil Young-Chrome Dreams II-Reprise
Brazz Tree-Spiral On-BT Music
Invert-the Strange Parade-Inverted Music
Global Drum Project-Sound Factory
Sharon Jones& the Dapkings-100 Days 100 Nights-Daptone
Marsmobil-Minx-Compost Records
Baby Elephant-Turn my Teeth up!-Godforsaken
Guvna Dub Session
Skeebo Knight-Jekyll Island Night-Big Hair
Club d’Elf-Perhapsody Live 10/12/06
Anoushka Shankar/Karsh Kale-Breathing Under Water-Manhatten
Pete Wernick & Flexigrass-What The-Niwot Records
Mama’s Cookin’-MC RECORDS
Stan Harrison-the Optimist-Parisnight Music
Corey Harris-Zion Crossroads-Telarc
A.K.A.C.O.D.

There is SOOOO much more but these are the chosen for this trip…..Stay tuned for some “G”-views and set-lists.

I knew him as “Pops“. Calvin A. Harris (with proper respect), 83 was called home to his resting place on the evening of Thursday, (November 1, 2007). Calvin was born October 5, 1924 in Willimantic, CT to the late Albert and Florence Harris of Willimantic. His family will receive friends at Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson St. (Rte 195) Willimantic, on Monday November 5, between 5-8 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, 412 Valley Street Willimantic on Tuesday November 6, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in New Willimantic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to Clara Mae Harris or Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 100 Warren Circle, Storrs, CT 06268. Special thanks for the love and care provided is given to the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation from the Harris family. My love and positive thoughts to the wonderful Harris family.

Well, friend of greenarrowradio Mister Rourke has put together a new podcast on Ropeadope. This is some bugged out scratch music that is cosmic as well as soul-grabbing. Follow this link HERE and click on the word to have your musical itch lubed up with some lotion to only make the SCRATCHING better….It will take a few moments to download so be patient, stay calm…maybe feed the need…..

ear-scratching good times

Trent Reznor doesn’t pretend to know the answers to what ails the music industry. But that hasn’t stopped the iconoclastic front man for the band Nine Inch Nails from marching to the front lines–in lock step with British band Radiohead–in an assault on the traditional music business. Reznor, who made news earlier this month when he left his record label, spoke Tuesday with CNETNews.com about the decision. He also bashed the music industry, detailed how he persuaded performer Saul Williams to give away his latest album for free, praised Radiohead for distributing music directly to fans via the Web, and indicated that instead of fighting the so-called free culture–people who share music online–he plans to embrace it. “Personally, I would like people to support artists,” Reznor said. “After all, we as artists dedicate our lives to producing the best music we can. It’s been a painful process for me personally (to see the changes in the music industry). But should I be angry at the audience that wants to hear music so much, an audience that is so passionate about hearing it they go online to get it two weeks before the music debuts? No, I want them to be that way.” Reznor has become a revolutionary figure to the file-sharing community. A video appeared recently at YouTube that showed him during a concert performance lamenting the high prices of CDs. Fans whooped it up when Reznor told them to go ahead and steal his music. Since then, Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead have become symbols of a growing movement among performers who are trying to use the Web to cut out the traditional middlemen of distribution: record labels. Radiohead shook the industry earlier this month by releasing a digital version of their latest album and asking fans pay whatever price they believed the album was worth. It was unprecedented move largely because it appeared to address an issue that music industry has largely tried to ignore. Music fans, many of whom obtain songs for free through illegal file sharing, perceive the dollar value of songs as almost nothing. Unless something dramatic occurs, many believe there is a chance a large number of fans will never again be swayed to plunk down money for music. Reznor, 42, said that the music industry is spinning its wheels trying to fight that perception. He said that in the future songs can be a way to entice fans to buy concert tickets and merchandise and he recognized that this may be how musicians make their living. He has recently produced an album for Williams, a rapper/filmmaker/spoken-word artist, called The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust, which goes on sale Thursday on Williams’ site. Not coincidentally, the digital version of the album, which is free of copy-protection software, is priced for free or fans can make a $5 donation. It was Reznor’s idea to give away Williams’ music in a similar way as Radiohead. “Radiohead is one of my favorite bands,” Reznor said. “When they announced they were releasing that album for free, I got dozens of text messages. It gave me goose bumps? It’s such an exciting way to sell a record.” Now, here’s the rub. Reznor isn’t the naive artist who doesn’t understand dollars and cents. He said that he knows giving away music may not make business sense. In addition, such a model could work for marquee bands like Radiohead but not for up-and-coming acts. “Radiohead has a built-in audience and they have the luxury of being able to experiment with a new distribution model,” Reznor said. “I think there were some serious flaws with how they executed but it was a good idea.” Reznor addressed some of the questions about whether artists are prepared to become merchants. Who is going to oversee sales, promotion, marketing, site supervision, and the countless other chores that record labels historically handled? But Reznor isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. He said that he was part of the negotiations with Musicane,the company handling the online distribution of Williams’ upcoming album. Musicane is overseeing fulfillment, payment processing, and customer service. The beauty of Musicane, according to Reznor, is that it provides the backbone for distribution without requiring musicians to invest “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” “Look, we’re looking for what works and this seemed like it made sense,” Reznor said. “Ask me in a week about how it went and hopefully I’ll be saying the same thing.” It’s doubtful that even if problems crop up Reznor can be dissuaded from his belief that the Internet is good for artists. He thinks that the Web creates direct links between musicians and their fans. This is beneficial even if sometimes it’s hard for performers to stand out among the countless acts trying to promote themselves online. “The greatest thing about the Internet is that everybody is their own distributor,” Reznor said. “Being your own distributor is power and the thing that labels once held over artists. The power of getting your message out to an audience is very empowering as an artist. These are exciting times and things are happening that I couldn’t imagine just a few years ago.” As for the future, well, Reznor fully acknowledges that he–like everybody else in music–is unsure of how things will turn out. But he says he’s sure of one thing: the old way of doing business is dead. “I don’t know what the future holds,” he said. “I don’t know what model is going to work. I do know relationships between music labels and artist like myself aren’t going well. These days when digital elements come into play labels have dealt with them generally poorly. It has gotten to a place where it couldn’t be worse. Their treatment of artists has less sympathy and it’s more like ‘What can we get out of you?’ My only concern has always been that my audience is treated fairly.”

as reported on news.com 10/30/07

Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek leaps in the arms of pitcher Jonathan Papelbon (58) after the final out in Game 4 of the baseball World Series against the Colorado Rockies Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at Coors Field in Denver. The Red Sox won 4-3 to sweep the series.
(AP Photo/Eric Gay)
October 28, 2007

2007 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox

Final Game Box Score here.