I just saw a Ford ad today, and they were using music from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" as the music bed. Is there anything that will remain untouched?? That's a classic and again they bastardize it for a freaking car commercial!!!!!!

I went to see Rusted Root at the Webster Theater this weekend. What an awesome show. Everytime that I see them perform, they put on a mind-blowing performance. I think this is the 4th time that I have seen them. My first time seeing them was on one of the Further Festivals (I think in 1998), and I have been a huge fan ever since.

Without having a studio CD released on a major label since 2002, the band still tours. Their live shows have become a celebration, and the manage to pack the house. This is the second time that they have been at the Wesbter this year (the last time was in March.)

They were in great form, the musicianship was top notch. Musically, they covered a good range of material from their career, culling quite a bit off their major-label debut, 1994's "When I Woke." They even pulled out a couple of great covers, Neil Young's "Powderfinger" and working Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" into "Cat Turned Blue"

The vocals of Michael Glabicki were in top form, backed by the tasteful harmonies of Jenn Wertz and Liz Berlin. Glabicki's acoustic guitar playing is unparalleled, and accompanied by the rock solid rhythm section, the band ROCKED. Rusted Root is a band that has never disappointed me when I've seen them.

Allright, I'm starting something new here (besides actually POSTING here!!)...a series...

Double Albums That Should Have Been Single Albums!

I know I'll get a bit of flack over this (and I have), but...


The Beatles- The Beatles (a.ka. The White Album)

Ok, my friend Mike and I have been debating which songs should be cut off this one to make it a single album. (NOTE: Mike dosent agree with me that ANY of the songs should be cut off- he wanted me to let you know that. )If you're talking 1968 standard album length, then there's going to be alot of cutting. If you're talking standard 2005 CD length, it makes it a bit easier...

We both agree- the first one to be cut would be "Back in the USSR"- what an annoying song that is anyway. "Birthday"- buh-bye! Another really annoying song that I skip whenever the White Album is in the CD player (you know, CD's actually are great because of the "skip" button!). "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" gets the axe too (seems like a McCartney filler junk tune to me!).

The first three were the easiest, the other songs, all have great parts, and I could go back and forth on which songs to keep or which ones to cut on several:

Why Don't We do it in the Road? (cool sounding, but really a meaningless song)
I Will
Wild Honey Pie (gets points for weirdness)
Honey Pie (loss of the weirdness point here)
Long, Long, Long (the title says it all!)
Cry Baby Cry
Rocky Raccoon (allright, a killer song, but maybe should have been on one of Paul's solo albums)
Martha My Dear (nice, but a little hokey)
Piggies (great instrumentation, but a little hokey- gets points though for the lyric "What they need is a damn good whacking")

I think that "Revolution #9" should have been cut, or perhaps placed on the "B-Side" list. Please, do we really need this? Definately gets points for the backwards stuff though!

All in all, "The Beatles" is a great album, though I think it's all over the map musically, and you can see the band going in their different directions. In my opinion, the best work in the later Beatles' catalog is "Abbey Road", and they avoided the filler crap they fell into when assembling this album.

...stay tuned for the next part in my series!!!