Posted Fri, December 12, 2008 at 8:14 am by Todd Levy
Quick guide to Jamtopia…
Hope that keeps you busy for a while and you find something you like! Thanks again for visiting.
P.S. Special thanks to Ryan Kadro for reaching out to me and helping arrange this. Greatly appreciated.
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Jamtopia News
Posted Mon, December 08, 2008 at 5:00 am by Todd Levy
Songbird is a free, open source, and highly customizable music player created by Pioneers of the Inevitable, a group of designers and developers who say they believe in the promise of an open customizable media player.
Well after using the newly released Songbird 1.0 for a few days, I can safely say that promise is well on its way to being realized with a product that's almost a suitable iTunes replacement.
Songbird 1.0 offers most of the standard iTunes / Winamp type functionality you'd expect right out of the box: wide ranging media playback support (including flac), importing, smart playlists, library management, and so on. Based on the same Mozilla engine that powers Firefox, Songbird also sports a seamlessly integrated web browser.
But what really makes Songbird sing are the add-ons, of which there are already more than 300 in such categories as appearance, playback & management, and content & discovery.
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Posted Sun, December 07, 2008 at 1:40 am by Todd Levy
My only gripe is that it's a little cumbersome to have to select each song individually, and the video was incredibly choppy on my connection, but it's hard to complain when the price is so right. If nothing else you're getting a free soundboard stream from each band.
The site says the videos will be up for a limited time only so get your fix while the gettin's good.
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Posted Sat, November 29, 2008 at 11:01 pm by Todd Levy
To commemorate Cyber Monday, one of my favorite contrived media events, I'm pleased to announce Jamtopia's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide for Music Lovers. It's filled with gift ideas for the music fans in your life (or for yourself).
Each category in Jamtopia's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide showcases three great gift ideas priced to match your relationships — good friends, best friends, and soulmates — with a little something for every budget.
Plus each gift idea has solid features, gets positive reviews, and offers plenty of bang for the buck. We're betting none of these end up in the returns pile.
Happy shopping!
P.S. If your research points you to any other gift ideas you think should be featured, post a comment below.
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Posted Sat, November 22, 2008 at 7:33 pm by Todd Levy
Trey Anastasio & Warren Haynes
Song
Blues Jam feat. Funky Bitch
Date
Sat, December 17, 2005
Venue
Christmas Jam at Asheville Civic Center
Location
Asheville, NC
When you go to Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, you're guaranteed some great jam sessions on stage. So it's probably no surprise that there's some jamming going on backstage too.
In this video, Trey Anastasio is backstage with Warren himself. The clip begins with a short interview, followed by a nice Funky Bitch inspired blues jam that finds the two virtuosos trading loose licks for about 5 minutes.
The tone and sound on warren's guitar is fuckin mind blowing.
— bleed66
Personally I dig this little backstage jam session though there's plenty of disagreement over its merits on the YouTube comment thread.
But my favorite part isn't actually the music at all — it's the way Trey and Warren share a laugh at the end, as if even they're surprised by what just transpired.
“That was cool” Trey says. Yes Trey, cool indeed.
P.S. I'm assuming this is from 2005 Xmas Jam. If you know otherwise, please drop a comment.
Want to see Trey live? Search for Phish tickets now.
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Posted Wed, November 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm by Todd Levy
As a long time fan of snarky eCard site someecards, I was pretty psyched about the beta launch of their “create your own” feature and the nonsense submissions I knew would ensue.
So here are a few of my own contributions to the nonsense pile — a series of cards about trying to score Phish tickets — followed by some more Phish related eCards created by other folks.
Sorry. You need to Flash to see this card.
I was gonna sell you Phish tickets for face but I flipped them on eBay instead.
Sorry. You need to Flash to see this card.
Sorry I sold your engagement ring so I could afford Phish tickets.
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