The new Red Hot Chili Peppers album I’m With You was released in the U.S. today!
With MTV dying and digital downloads dominating the CD market I thought it would be nice to send out the news of this phenomenal album to all of my friends and family!
I bought my copy at Turn It Up in Brattleboro this morning. You can buy yours at a local independent chain or online through the Red Hot Chili Peppers Web site and iTunes.
With the departure of long time guitarist John Frusciante a new fello named Josh Klinghoffer joined Flea, Anthony and Chad to record this new album.
During my first listen through the album there are funk riffs, boppin’ bass lines, heart felt lyrics, trumpets, ripping solos, funk stomp drum parts and some of the best vocals ever spouted by the band.
Highlight songs for me so far: "Monarchy of Roses", "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" and "Goodbye Hooray"!
A full review will be coming once I digest a bit more!
The lead single “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie” is a funk tune with a snazzy cowbell.
You can check out the video here. Pretty cool how they filmed in on top of a roof in L.A. and local folk got to jam out to it!
Tonight the Red Hot Chili Peppers are playing the album in entirety LIVE and airing it across the globe in Cinemas in HD. 8/30 and 9/1 only! This is freakin’ cool…. Go to the Web Site and put in your zip code to find the nearest Cinema to you.
Seriously, go support a local record store and buy the album or just spend the $11 and download it from iTunes. Good rock records are hard to come by these days, don’t miss the boat!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Kornguth's Annual Soapbox Derby
Attention residence of Southern VT, NH and Western MA!
I met a man named Daniel at Coffee Country in Brattleboro today.
He is repsonsible for putting together The Kornguth's Annual Soapbox Derby.
This is going to be the fourth annual and it is upcoming on Sunday September 11th!
Rules are here
Some photos from previous years.
This looks like a rad time and I highly recommend checking it out if you have the open Sunday.
I met a man named Daniel at Coffee Country in Brattleboro today.
He is repsonsible for putting together The Kornguth's Annual Soapbox Derby.
This is going to be the fourth annual and it is upcoming on Sunday September 11th!
Rules are here
Some photos from previous years.
This looks like a rad time and I highly recommend checking it out if you have the open Sunday.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Primus - Green Naugahyde
New Primus album out September 13th - Green Naugahyde
First single is "Tragedy's a Comin'"
Tour will consist of two sets of Primus each evening starting in September.
Claypool spoke with Spin Magazine recently and said this about the single....
"Lyrically, this is me focusing on eventual demise or at least the notion that big rain is coming and at some point I'm going to get pretty fucking wet," Claypool tells SPIN. "Who says lemmings can't dance as they go over the cliff?"
You can follow Primus on:
Twitter - @primus
Facebook - primusville
Tons of new songs on YouTube from shows over the spring and summer of 2011.
Prepare for Pain!
First single is "Tragedy's a Comin'"
Tour will consist of two sets of Primus each evening starting in September.
Claypool spoke with Spin Magazine recently and said this about the single....
"Lyrically, this is me focusing on eventual demise or at least the notion that big rain is coming and at some point I'm going to get pretty fucking wet," Claypool tells SPIN. "Who says lemmings can't dance as they go over the cliff?"
You can follow Primus on:
Twitter - @primus
Facebook - primusville
Tons of new songs on YouTube from shows over the spring and summer of 2011.
Prepare for Pain!
Friday, August 5, 2011
Factory Farming
Approximately three years ago I watched the movie Food Inc.
It opened my eyes to factory farming in the United States and the horrible acts of cruelty brought upon animals to feed the American addiction for fast food, meat, eggs and seafood.
In order to feed our addiction we have taken an age old tradition of farming and turned it into an assembly line like at the Chevy plant.
These animal assembly lines are riddled with sickness just to make sure we can eat $.59 burgers and get ground beef for $1.79 a pound!
In no way do I feel that we should torture animals for our holiday feasts. Nor do I feel that as Americans we should be consuming an animal that has been subjected to such a torturous life.
Consuming hate and sickness only breeds hate and sickness!
The following video clip is gross, compelling, sickening, twisted, eye opening, wild, weird, strange, grotesque and utterly offensive.
It is an illustration how much of our meat, eggs, dairy, seafood, poultry and pork is killed to reach your super market in the United States and around the world.
If you do not want to see where your McDonald's, Long John Silver's, Shaw's, Hannaford's, Big Y, Sam's Club, Albertson's, Kroger's, KFC and Costco food comes from then close your browser now.
If you would like to be humbled click the link here: http://www.meatvideo.com/
On a positive note...
In no way do I think eating meat is a bad thing. I think that it is an important part of my diet and I do enjoy it. I believe we as humans should pay a premium to enjoy animals as a part of our dinner. Not to mention we should honor them and ensure that they were raised and slaughtered responsibly. We should be buying form local farms, those that raise happy animals and treat them fairly.
I like many are guilty of the occasional Taco Bell run or fried chicken at a Celtics game and we can change this one day at a time.
In no way am I advocating for you to be Vegan. What I would like to advocate for is changing our eating habits one day at a time.
Here are some ideas on how to change your eating habits and end factory farming....
Grow a garden to eat fresh veggies more often as your main course.
Go to McDonald's or Wendy's once less a week.
Next time you need to buy steaks go to a COOP or a local farm and pay an extra three or four bucks to know your meat was raised happy. I guarantee you'll taste the difference, you did at my Wedding!
Raise chickens yourself.
If you cannot raise chickens do a quick Google search and find a local farm that sells eggs.
Buy Tofu or Tempeh, its good, seriously and its filling.
Watch meatvideo.com or Food Inc.
It opened my eyes to factory farming in the United States and the horrible acts of cruelty brought upon animals to feed the American addiction for fast food, meat, eggs and seafood.
In order to feed our addiction we have taken an age old tradition of farming and turned it into an assembly line like at the Chevy plant.
These animal assembly lines are riddled with sickness just to make sure we can eat $.59 burgers and get ground beef for $1.79 a pound!
In no way do I feel that we should torture animals for our holiday feasts. Nor do I feel that as Americans we should be consuming an animal that has been subjected to such a torturous life.
Consuming hate and sickness only breeds hate and sickness!
The following video clip is gross, compelling, sickening, twisted, eye opening, wild, weird, strange, grotesque and utterly offensive.
It is an illustration how much of our meat, eggs, dairy, seafood, poultry and pork is killed to reach your super market in the United States and around the world.
If you do not want to see where your McDonald's, Long John Silver's, Shaw's, Hannaford's, Big Y, Sam's Club, Albertson's, Kroger's, KFC and Costco food comes from then close your browser now.
If you would like to be humbled click the link here: http://www.meatvideo.com/
On a positive note...
In no way do I think eating meat is a bad thing. I think that it is an important part of my diet and I do enjoy it. I believe we as humans should pay a premium to enjoy animals as a part of our dinner. Not to mention we should honor them and ensure that they were raised and slaughtered responsibly. We should be buying form local farms, those that raise happy animals and treat them fairly.
I like many are guilty of the occasional Taco Bell run or fried chicken at a Celtics game and we can change this one day at a time.
In no way am I advocating for you to be Vegan. What I would like to advocate for is changing our eating habits one day at a time.
Here are some ideas on how to change your eating habits and end factory farming....
Grow a garden to eat fresh veggies more often as your main course.
Go to McDonald's or Wendy's once less a week.
Next time you need to buy steaks go to a COOP or a local farm and pay an extra three or four bucks to know your meat was raised happy. I guarantee you'll taste the difference, you did at my Wedding!
Raise chickens yourself.
If you cannot raise chickens do a quick Google search and find a local farm that sells eggs.
Buy Tofu or Tempeh, its good, seriously and its filling.
Watch meatvideo.com or Food Inc.
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