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TRACK LISTING FOR THE BONNAROO 2008 DVD ANNOUNCED!bonnaroo08_dvd1

We are pleased to announce the confirmed track listing for ‘Live
from Bonnaroo 2008’.  Hand picked from some of last year’s finest moments,
this DVD collection features incredible performances and exclusive
Bonnaroo footage. The audio has been remixed from the Bonnaroo master tapes
in stereo and 5.1 surround.  Live From Bonnaroo 2008 captures the Bonnaroo
experience and the incredible performances that made this an unforgettable
event. 

The DVD will arrive to preorder customers in January.  We apologize for the
delay in sending out the 2008 Commemorative DVD.  We think that you will
love the final product and we appreciate your patience.

Live Bonnaroo 2008 Live from Bonnaroo 2008
Track Listing

1. The Raconteurs – Old Enough
2. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Let Them Knock
3. Broken Social Scene – Love Is New
4. Gogol Bordello – Think Locally Fuck Globally
5. Chali 2na with Galactic – Lock Shit / Right Now
6. Metallica – Fade to Black
7. Lee Boys – Come On, Help Me Lift Him Up
8. Tegan and Sara – Back In Your Head
9. Against Me! – We Laugh at Danger (And Break All The Rules)
10. The Avett Brothers – Die Die Die
11. Jack Johnson – If I Had Eyes
12. Les Claypool – One Better
13. Mastodon – Colony of Birchmen
14. Two Gallants – Despite What You’ve Been Told
15. My Morning Jacket – I’m Amazed
16. Pearl Jam – Better Man

Didn’t purchase your DVD when you bought your ticket? You have a
second chance now, with a limited number available for pre-order for $16.95
plus shipping and handling.

CLICK HERE to purchase Live from Bonnaroo 2008! 

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Just a little holiday Cheer for everyone!  I hope you are all surviving the holiday shopping this weekend!

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It’s that time of the year again when all the music magazines post their favorite albums of 2008 and which artists24765824-24765826-large they are itching to hear their new records in 2009.  Here’s a few magazines that I enjoy lists.  Do you agree with them?  At times, I have to be honest, I did not.  And I felt there were a few albums left off Alternative Press’ 2009 Anticipated Album list. I added a few after their list. 

Under the Radar – Top 50 Alubms 2008

1.   Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

2.   Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

3.   The dodos – Visitor

4.   Portishead – Third

5.   The Duke Spirit – Neptune

6.   She & Him – Volume One

7.   M83 – Satruday=Youth

8.   Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid

9.   Flight of the Conchords – Flight of the Conchords

10.  The Dears – Missiles

11.  TV on the Radio – Dear Science23088720-23088723-slarge

12.  Deerhunter – Microcastle

13.  Plants and Animals – Parc Avenue

14.  Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue

15.  Neon Neon – Stainless Style

16.  Okkervil River – The Stand Ins

17.  No Age – Nouns

18.  R.E.M – Accelerate

19.  Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

20.  Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs

21.  Love Is All – A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night

22.  British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?

23.  Lykke Li – Youth novels

24.  Black Mountain – In the Future

25.  Tindersticks – The Hungry Saw

26.  Jamie Lidell – Jim

27.  Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

28. Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair24766015-24766017-large

29.  Pop Levi – Never Never Love

30.  Frances – All the While

31.  Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree

32.  Fujiya & Miyagi – lightbulbs

33.  Spiritualized – Songs in A&E

34.  My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

35.  Girl Talk – Feed the Animals

36.  The Walkmen – You & Me

37.  Noah and the Whale – Peaceful, the Wolrd Lays Me Down

38.  Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping24766061-24766063-large

39.  Beck – Modern Guilt

40.  Ladytron – Velocifero

41.  Fuck Buttons – Street Horrsing

42.  Dungen – 4

43.  Jim Noir – Jim Noir

44.  Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

45.  The Old Believers – Eight Golden Greats19863820-24765660-large

46.  The Verve – Forth

47.  The Week That Was – same

48.  School of Language – Sea from Shore24765813-24765816-slarge

49.  Hot chip – Made in the Dark

50.  Friday Hyvonen – Silence Is Wild

 

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1.     TV on the Radio – Dear Science

2.     Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III

3.     Portishead – Third

4.     Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life

5.     Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

6.     Santogold – Santogold24765778-24765781-slarge

7.     Deerhunter – Microcastle

8.     Hot Chip – Made in the Dark

9.     Coldplay – Viva La Vida

10.    MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

 

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Rolling Stone 2008 Albums of the Year

1 | TV on the Radio: Dear Science

2 | Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg
      Series Vol. 8

3 | Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III

4 | My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges

5 | John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Love
      and Freedom

6 | Santogold: Santogold

7 | Coldplay: Viva la Vida or
       Death and All His Friends

8 | Beck: Modern Guilt

9 | Metallica: Death Magnetic

10 | Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend

11 | Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes

12 | Guns n’ Roses: Chinese Democracy

13 | Blitzen Trapper: Furr

14 | Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology

15 | The Black Keys: Attack & Release

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Alternative Press – Anticipated Albums of 2009

Tegan and Sara – September – just announced!

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Green Day

A Day to Remember – February

Against Me! – Fall

All Time Low – Summer

Boys like Girls – Spring

Cartel – Summer

Chiodos – Fall

Circa Survive – Spring

Cobra Starship – February

The Devil Wears Prada – Spring

Envy on the Coast – August

Every Time I die – winter

Gallows – March

Killswitch Engage – Spring

Manchester orchestra – Spring

Mayday Parade – Summer

New Found Glory – March 10

NOFX – April

Panic At the Disco – Spring

Paramore – Summer

Past Lives – Fall

Rival Schools – Early Summer

The Rocket Summer – Summer

Saosin – April

Say Anthing – Summer

Silverstein – April

The Used – February

Taking Back Sunday – Spring

 

Also w/o Dates:

AFI

Ok Go

Deftones

Social Distortion

 

U2

Franz Ferdinand

Bruce Springsteen

Regina Spektor

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Rachael Cantu

Arcade Fire

Imogen Heap

 -Koop

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2717463797_9a21c069d7_oThat’s right folks!  Just in case you haven’t had enough of Mr. Potter and his magical world of wizardry Warner Brothers Studio announced today that they will have an internationally traveling Harry Potter exhibition.  Costumes, props, and items from the new Potter flick, and more will be featured in the exhibition which begins April 30th at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and will fun until September 7th, 2009.    Tickets are on sale now!  $26 Adults, $19 for Children and $25 for senior citizens with discounted prices for everyone during the evening hours after the museum closes.  

Tickets and official press release can be found here

 

-Koop

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On December 20th in cities around the nation people who believe in equal rights will be holding  candle light vigils. Check out www.jointheimpact.com to find your city. Please remember we are all created equal. Happy Holidays!

-Koop

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Today WordPress announced Against the Grain Blog as one of their blogs to watch.  Currently we areemmys-statue #5 on the list; found here.  Thank you to everyone who’s taken the time to read our blog.  We sincerely appreciated your support and as always are open to any comments and suggestions.  Please keep on reading!  

Thank you!

-Koop, Jessi, and Adrian

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I love this season. All of the best movies with the best talent come out!

Here is the official list of nominees for the 66th annual GOLDEN GLOBES.

Source: E! Online

The awards will be handed out in Los Angeles Jan. 11.

Here’s the complete list of nominees:

FILM

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • The Reader
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY

  • Burn After Reading
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
  • In Bruges
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

ACTOR, DRAMA

ACTRESS, DRAMA

ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

  • Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
  • Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
  • Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey

SUPPORTING ACTOR

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Amy Adams, Doubt
  • Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Viola Davis, Doubt
  • Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
  • Kate Winslet, The Reader

DIRECTOR

  • Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Stephen Daldry, The Reader
  • David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
  • Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

SCREENPLAY

  • Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
  • David Hare, The Reader
  • Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
  • Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
  • Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
  • Gomorrah (Italy)
  • I’ve Loved You So Long (France)
  • Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

  • Bolt
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • WALL-E

ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Clint Eastwood, Changeling
  • James Newton Howard, Defiance
  • A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon

ORIGINAL SONG

  • “Down to Earth,” WALL-E; music by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; lyrics by Peter Gabriel
  • “Gran Torino,” Gran Torino; music by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens; lyrics by Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
  • “I Thought I Lost You,” Bolt; music & lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele
  • “Once in a Lifetime,” Cadillac Records; music & lyrics by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street
  • “The Wrestler,” The Wrestler; music & lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

TELEVISION

TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

  • Dexter
  • House
  • In Treatment
  • Mad Men
  • True Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

  • 30 Rock
  • Californication
  • Entourage
  • The Office
  • Weeds

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • Bernard and Doris
  • Cranford
  • John Adams
  • Recount

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

  • Judi Dench, Cranford
  • Catherine Keener, An American Crime
  • Laura Linney, John Adams
  • Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
  • Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

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I Love You, Beth Cooper is a novel by Larry Doyle a former comedy writer for TV shows like The Simpsons andbethcooper Beavis and Butt-Head. It’s graduation night at Buffalo Grove High School, yes it’s a real High School in a Western suburb of Chicago, and the nerdy Valediction Dennis Cooverman decides it’s his last chance to profess his love for Beth Cooper; the head cheerleader. Needless to say this public statement of High School love leads to the most interesting night in Dennis’ life. From being chased by psychotic military boyfriends to car chases to a little lesbian action this night is beyond memorable. And I have to say personally, I was a High School Valedictorian and while I’m sure anyone who gives a speech like Dennis will surely never forget it, unlike me who has absolutely no idea what I said for 3 1/2 minutes in front of hundreds of people.  Obviously not a life changing moment for me.

Overall the book is a quick read with each page leading to believable yet unbelievable hilarious events. You cannot help but think of the silly/stupid things you did in High School and then laugh a bit more. Also, at the beginning of each chapter there is a quote from  famous characters from the classic High School movies like Breakfast Club, Heathers, Fast Times at Ridgemont High etc.

Next year they are making the book into a film starring Hayden Panettiere. Not so sure about that casting but we shall see…. For now, grab the book and be prepared to laugh at not only Dennis but yourself.

Official Site Here

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FRAUD ALERT

I know this is a strange forum for this but I want to spread the word.

I just received a text message on my cell phone that says

From: serv@crom.net

Message:

You need to verify your U.S. Bank acct [unusual activity], call at 8664330632

IT’S A SCAM! I’m lucky that I don’t have a U.S. bank account (anymore) or I might have called the number. I promptly called a local US Bank branch and alerted them, they know. They’ve been getting calls like mine for at least 3 days now.

Whatever you do DO NOT give anyone your bank account number, social security number or any other information like passwords or home address.

Your bank would never ask you to do that, even if you have account statement alerts on your cell phone, they would never ask you to do that. If there IS unusual activity THEY WILL CALL YOU.

BE SAFE WITH YOUR MONEY MY FRIENDS!

-Jessi

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The earth is a complex planet, made more complex by her inhabitants. In a simpler time when we ate the food that we had in our immediate surroundings, and walked to where we needed to go which wasn’t farther than a mile the earth was happy. Today the earth is crying. I like to think of her as an elderly relative; she used to be able to do things by herself and she used to be able to keep her kids in check but now she’s weak and frail and the responsibility is on us, her kids. She’s crying for attention. We put her up in a nursing home and forgot about her.  Everything we do, I mean everything has an effect on someplace else in the world and sooner rather than later it’s going to catch up to us, the ones with money and power; money and power that we’re seeing slip through our fingers.

The chain of events of selfish people effects us in ways we don’t know about. Most of us don’t care as long as we get our latte and warm car to take us to work.  Well let’s break it down so the claim of ignorance isn’t viable any longer.

There is a new series on CNN that investigates how small things we do can effect a whole eco-system in the long run. It’s called Planet in Peril; Behind Enemy Lines.  Lisa Ling and Anderson Cooper are two of the main reporters who travel to parts of the earth that most Americans, Brits, Canadians, French etc etc don’t know about.

One instance is Sharks. Sharks are scary, mostly thanks to movies like Jaws and that one story a year about surfers who see a shark fin lurking in the water. Sharks are arguably the most defamed animal in the world, but let’s be serious, they only try to eat humans when humans are their home’s invaders. The statistics are that in a year there are about 5-15 shark related fatalities in the world, but there are about 100 million shark deaths a year due to humans. That number is not only staggering but widely unknown. Now, these shark deaths are not because the human felt in danger, they are for food. Shark fin soup is a Chinese delicacy and for the sale of that delicacy hunters kills sharks, de-fin them, and throw their mangled bodies back into the water.

This is a huge ecological devastation because sharks are the defenders of the seas. When sharks begin to go extinct and it’s not of natural causes the eco-system changes completely.  When the marine eco-system changes so do businesses that fish in those waters and consequently billion-dollar economies like ours implode.

So, as you read this please know that the example of the sharks is not the only one. Our actions have impacts on not only people in other parts of the world, but the animals that we choose to learn about and try to save (ex. “Save the whales!”), yet we don’t choose to think about the impact before we take the action. Please, think about what your actions may do to others, human and non-human alike, before you make that action. It’s a small delay in our day that could possibly help save lives or help to keep intact entire eco-systems! You DO make a difference.

Planet in Peril; Battle Lines- a CNN Special Report airs December 11, 2008. Check your local listings for times.

Save our Earth, it’s the only one we got.

Jessi

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