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I’ve been listening to Pandora a lot lately and had a question about the stations I created. When I’m listening to a station, and rate it, do those rating affect the station if other people listen to it?

And this post successfully concludes what I was testing, no more junk posts for a little while

And I can now edit from my secret project!

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I found out a couple weeks ago, but have been too forgetful to mention here that the Arctic Monkeys are coming to Eugene on September 28th. They’re playing at the McDonald Theatre and the show is going to rock. Anyone want to come with me?

For a little preview of the Arctic Monkeys, check out their music video on my Facebook profile.

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I got an email today from Wilco saying that I could download the studio version of “The Thanks I Get” by simply putting the new album, Sky Blue Sky, in my computer. I popped the disc and and sure enough I was able to download the song. So simple.

And on another music related note, Cam wrote me today saying that he had found Ryan Adams’ new album online. The mp3s are on the Lost Highway website. As it turns out, it was only a few songs from Easy Tiger, but the gem below was included. I’m not exactly sure what a “halloween head” is, but Ryan makes a pretty good song out of it:

[mp3]http://www.losthighwayrecords.com/e/ryanadams/songs/3.mp3[/mp3]

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It might not come as a surprise, but Ryan Adams’ Easy Tiger is the next album release that I am looking forward to. Below is the latest list of songs that made the album and links to any of the songs I could find that have already been performed live.

01 Goodnight Rose
02 Two
03 Everybody Knows
04 Halloweenhead
05 Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.
06 Tears of Gold
07 The Sun Also Sets
08 Off Broadway (download shn)
09 Pearls on a String
10 Rip Off
11 Two Hearts
12 Three Girls
13 I Taught Myself How to Grow Old

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[mp3]http://www.eightfivethree.com/wp-content/BluesRunTheGame.mp3[/mp3]

Eric posted Nick Drake’s cover of Jackson Frank’s Blues Run The Game the other day and it reminded me of one of my favorite Adam Duritz (of Counting Crows) covers. This version was recorded in 2002 at the Shim Sham Club.

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After work I stopped by Best Buy (sorry, I needed something else that the local record shop didn’t carry) and picked up Wilco’s new album, Sky Blue Sky. Rachel let me splurge and get the Special Deluxe Edition on one condition, that she didn’t have to see or hear the DVD. The previous Wilco DVDs have been great - I’ve probably watched I Am Trying To Break Your Heart at least ten times - and based on the first 15 minutes of this one, it’s going to be good too.

This record will probably be in constant rotation until Ryan Adams’ new disc comes out. I just read that the May 2007 Rolling Stone said:

We Love “Easy Tiger” Ryan’s stunning new record. Nothing has rivaled his classic debut, 2000’s uniformly gorgeous Heartbreaker…until now.

It’s a toss-up between Gold and Heartbreaker, but I love the early Ryan Adams stuff. I can’t wait until June 26th!

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….of a revolution will be in Eugene on June 18th. Rachel and I went to see them (and Counting Crows) in Chicago a few years ago at the University of Chicago. I wasn’t too familiar with their music at the time, but in the years since they have become one of my favorites. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it to this show and I don’t quite think McDonald Theatere suits them, but I’m sure they’ll put on a good performance.

If you miss them on Monday or just want to hear them again, they’ll be in Portland on Saturday. I will coincidentally be in Portland dropping Rachel off at the airport. I might just have to hang around for the show

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I’ve been wanting to try out Yahoo! Pipes for a while, but never quite knew what to do. In honor of Wilco’s new album being released on Tuesday I decided to create a pipe of their upcoming shows. I don’t quite know how to put the map on my site, so until I figure that out, you’ll have to check it out on the pipes page.

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Wilco recently put up their new album for all to enjoy. Give it a listen!

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If you are a frequent visitor to my myspace page you will recognize this song by the Wood Brothers. And if, like me, you haven’t visited my page in a few months, this will be a nice treat.

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