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September 17, 2009 11:36 AM EDT --
Legendary guitarist Steve Morse is bringing his trio, the Steve Morse Band, to the Diesel Club Lounge in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct 17. Steve has been the guitarist for Deep Purple since 1994, but he . . .
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August 12, 2009 12:02 PM EDT --
Wow. This strikes me as a pretty big deal. I know the big MS isn't nearly as relevant as it used to be, but I'm sure Word is still a big money maker.
A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft . . .
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July 23, 2009 10:07 AM EDT --
I was a bit surprised that I completely missed this concert in town 2 days ago. No matter, I wouldn't have been able to make it anyhow. I've seen Yes about 10 times over the years. The last time they . . .
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July 21, 2009 12:39 PM EDT --
I would like to know how it is that Rob Neyer has determined that Freddie Sanchez is performing at a level worth $18M this year and that Jack Wilson is performing at a level worth over $12M. They are . . .
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July 04, 2009 12:59 PM EDT --
This is the best version of the National Anthem that I have ever heard.
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July 01, 2009 01:30 PM EDT --
These are not from the Pittsburgh show last night. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me. But they are from the show in Arlington, Mass on June 23. The Rex Theater in Pittsburgh isn't anywhere . . .
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July 01, 2009 12:49 PM EDT --
Here's the set list from the show last night, with the album that the song is from in parenthesis:
Interference Patterns (Trisector) Lemmings (Pawn Hearts) Lifetime (Trisector) All That Before (Trisector) . . .
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June 30, 2009 10:52 AM EDT --
Here is the New York Times review of the VdGG concert in NYC last week. Its nice to see them getting this much recognition. My only complaint with the review is that the writer completely missed the point . . .
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June 13, 2009 10:29 AM EDT --
Here is the NYTimes obituary for Hugh Hopper.
Mr. Hopper was the bassist for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine and a central figure in the forward-looking music scene that bloomed . . .
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May 21, 2009 08:45 AM EDT --
I’ve been taking a lot of heat in the office lately for once throwing out the name Queen amongst a list of 70s metal bands. I know that Queen were not exclusively a metal band, they were much too . . .
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April 02, 2009 01:46 PM EDT --
I recently found out that UK psych jam band the Ozric Tentacles will be performing in Pittsburgh at the Club Cafe on Friday, June 19. They have a new album due out later this month, which they are obviously . . .
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March 27, 2009 10:05 AM EDT --
ESPN's Jayson Stark pulls out a pretty big name when finding someone to compare to Pedro Alvarez. The first half of the article is mostly on Alvarez's contract situation last summer, but then . . .
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March 25, 2009 02:24 PM EDT --
OK. There is all sorts of weirdness going on here, but am I the only one who finds it strange that 20 year old Jose Tabata's wife is 43? At first I thought it was just a misprint, but I've seen . . .
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March 23, 2009 04:55 PM EDT --
In the past few weeks, I've had some communications with Tapio Korjus from Pekka's label Rockadillo Records.
This is what Tapio has to say regarding Pekka's death: "The cause of Pekka's . . .
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February 13, 2009 11:58 AM EST --
Fans of The Mars Volta's excellent 2005 album Frances the Mute should try to find a copy of the cd single for "The Widow".
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December 23, 2008 05:34 PM EST --
Geez. Its been 17 years. I can't believe that ESPN is still bringing this up .
This was the worst sports moment of my life. The only time that I even came close to crying, which is saying quite . . .
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November 29, 2008 03:43 PM EST --
For the second installment of this series I had intended on featuring a different group. However, Pekka Pohjola's recent passing has caused a change in plans.
I'm sure most of you reading . . .
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November 12, 2008 09:13 AM EST --
Woo hoo!!! George R.R. Martin is reporting that HBO has decided to green light a pilot episode.
This is being covered on tons of Hollywood news sites .
Now if only A Dance With Dragons would . . .
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September 18, 2008 10:19 AM EDT --
Well its still a long way from being a reality, but HBO has exercised its option and purchased the TV rights to A Game of Thrones . I have no idea how long these things take, but I suspect it will be . . .
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September 16, 2008 09:27 AM EDT --
Apparently the Hubble telescope noticed an object that just plain wasn't there a minute ago.
Here's an artists rendering of what the object might look like close up .
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