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tsk tsk dude, you didn't read my original post, lol I saw them back in the 70's when they played pittsburgh, I remember starting to laugh when they jammed to whippin post, the escalation that leads to the end was like fireworks, lol I saw them in some sort of jam with "the band" and eric clapton as the headliner, he walked off stage ( got hit in the head with a beer bottle), and recently I saw them again in pittsburgh last summer, they still sounded great and I liked the new addition of warran haynes and dereck trucks, trucks was just amazing, he plays slide guitar and has a sound all his own, I've become a fan of his, gregg allman cleaned up and his voice was back to what it used to be, so distinctive, unfortunately dickey betts isn't with them anymore, and you can tell by the repetoire, not as much southern rock, but they still played liz reed, more blues rock than anything, the bass player said sometimes he feels like he's being chased by a freight train and if you listen to their new cds you'll hear it :)

mxrob, try the new 2cd "one way out" great sound, combing the old with the new" and for the best of the blues the allmans did, "martin scorsese presents the allman brothers band" some tracks from filmore east and ludlow garage a great live blues performance in cincinnati with bbking and others

hehehe, that's too funny, hey, npr can't help it if independent reporting tends to lean to the left :D

they were originally known as "the human beings" koop, I remember I had the 45, but thanks, wondered why they weren't coming up on amg :angry:

the human beings - nobody but me ( anyone remember it?) ***************************************************** Wasn't it spelled Human Beinz, or something like that? koop

thanks method, I'd love to see steve vai play "for the love of god", another good one for dvd would be the G3 in concert. satriani, vai & johnson

geez, this courtney love sounds like a mess, what a way to live, it's sad what stardom does to some people.

where'd he go? he disappeared! ooooops

great article bombardier! the author puts it in excellent perspective for a simple layman like myself, I'm definitely interested though, will look for follow-up on the launch, thanks

that's a tough one for me umma, but I would say "eat a peach" you'd catch some of the southern rock along with the blues, I hear mdenise has it online, lol

Well, after reading suggestions and comments about posting more personal reviews, I thought it might be appropriate to start with one of my favorite bands, The Allman Brothers Band. They have endured and marked the times, from their inception in the late sixties they were considered an uplifting jamband, of course that observation is from attending some live performances back in the 70's. Their claim to fame is the start of the southern rock genre, but the infusing of blues and jazz always brought surprises in concert. Duane Allman lays claim to being one of the finest guitarists of his time, and rock history, amazing what he accomplished before his death at the age of 25. It always amazed me that dispite all the stories of drug abuse, and alcohol abuse, they always gave an outstanding performance and continued to be creative, however, for me some of the best songs they did were covers of some of the early blues artists, and to be honest, I don't think they gave those artists the credit they deserved. stormy monday(t-bone walker) one way out (elmore james) trouble no more ( muddy waters) etc. , at the time I was listening to them I had no clue who the original artists were, but I do now, and the Allman Brothers have led me on a journey exploring all kinds of music. Well just a personal note to explain my slight obsession, lol For a great chronology and history of the band I've included the link to their inductee page on the rock n roll hall of fame site, great reading. Hope I've enticed those that haven't listened to try them out, something from the past or current releases. http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=57

uptown girl? I'm thinking billy joel wrote that, but I could be wrong. :P

harvest seemed to have alot of hits, but I liked "after the goldrush" the best. I thought "southern man" was neil youngs' signature song.

oh my, last thing I knew of ann coulter she was writing historical romance novels or fbi thrillers, I didn't know she was so political, thanks for the info, will see what she's up to and what her credentials are, I never knew she was into political science. Maybe there's 2 ann coulter's?

I'm starting to get a complex here, lol what about the Allman Brothers? gregg and duanne.

I saw Pink sing a janis joplin song at the willie nelson gala on tv not long ago, she was excellent, I'm looking forward to her performance, one popular performer that I think is true to her performance, I've listened to most of her music and she may not be a modern day janis joplin but an artist that I feel will mature into a good artist, worth watching, one of those artists that linked my daughter's listening tastes to mine.

well I dumped the vcr for the dvd player, I definitely need the combo but what can I say, not on my list, guess I'll just have to suffer. I have to admit I never did use that feature though, I hated playing with the settings on the vcr, they're so tiny, and hard to see, laying on the floor, trying to figure out how to set it, cuz who knows where the instructions are now, lol but thanks for reminding me, another reason to get the vcr, dvd, combo

I gotta tell you this story........... I set the alarm and got up one night in march to watch conan o'brian so I could catch the allman brothers performance, can you imagine? lol (that's how obsessed I am), anyways, they didn't play til the end of the show of course, I kept falling asleep, well the performance was great and afterwards conan o'brian shook hands with everyone in the band, lmao, he appeared very leary, and almost scared when he approached gregg allman,(who was wearing a short sleeve shirt that showed all his tatoos),I don't think he was ever that close to a real hipster before, it just hit me as so funny, I didn't realize til that moment how young this guy is, well just a comical observation, what we grew up with and find comfortable can be intimidating to the next generation.

ok, let me ask you this.............don't you think there should be retribution for those barbaric acts of violence against american civilians, whatever happened to the US policy of protecting it's citizens, especially those engaged in activity on behalf of the US? immoral? I hate to say it, but these people behave like animals! Right now I don't think the world views us as the strongest govt in the world, even though I was against invading Iraq I don't think we should tolerate violence against us, we're still at war there.

I've always loved masterpiece theatre but since our area was sold to comcast, for some reason the sound for that program is skewed, no amount of reporting will make comcast pay attention, you would think enough viewers would complain, for what they charge in fees, comcast has no integrity!

For Canadian P2P users, justice is served. Not so for American P2P users On March 31, Kondrad Von Finkenstein ruled in favor of the 29 Canadian file sharers named in the CRIA’s lawsuit. The case against the 29 Canadian file sharers was virtually identical to the cases against American file sharers. Despite the similarities, the outcome was extraordinarily different. The CRIA lost the case because they failed to provide sufficient evidence against these 29 file sharers that they claim violated copyrights. Here are a few highlights of the judge’s decision. In regards to Media Sentry’s President, Gary Millin’s affidavit, the judge stated, “The major portions of these affidavits are based upon information which Mr. Millin gained from his employees. Accordingly, they consist largely of hearsay. Pursuant to Rule 81(1), hearsay and other forms of information gained on belief may be admissible provided that the grounds for the belief are stated. Beyond stating in cross-examination that, as President of MediaSentry ‘a company of 20-25 employees’, he had ‘general oversight for the business and particular strategy”, Mr. Millin gives no reason for his beliefs. This is insufficient.” The judge went on to say that MediaSentry employees would have been in a better position to swear the affidavits in question and to answer questions in court. The Judge also pointed out that Mr. Millin testified that his company also provided a service called “MediaDecoy” which distributes bogus or inoperative files over the internet. Mr. Millin stated that he didn’t listen to any of the files copied from the alleged 29 infringers and stated that his company was not hired to listen to these files. In his decision, the judge stated the following; “This kind of remove evidence in no way qualifies under Rule 81. There is, thus, no evidence before the Court as to whether or not the files offered for uploading are infringed files of the plaintiffs.” In addition, the CRIA failed to inform the court how these 29 IP address were identified. The judge was not impressed by the lack of evidence and stated, “There is no evidence explaining how the pseudonym Geekboy@KaZaA was linked to IP address 24.84.179.98 in the first place. Without any evidence at all as to how IP address 24.84.179.98 has been traced to Geekboy@KaZaA, and without being satisfied that such evidence is reliable, it would be irresponsible for the Court to order the disclosure of the name of the account holder of IP address 24.84.179.98 and expose this individual to a law suit by the plaintiffs." The Judge found several other deficiencies in the CRIA’s case but the issues mentioned about are basic issues that should have been enough to clearly illustrate that the recording industry does not have sufficient or accurate evidence to prove anything. What must American file sharers be thinking? What must the American file sharers who have already been sued be thinking? News of how the RIAA sent a subpoena to an individual who doesn’t own a computer and sending a subpoena to a University that had one of Usher’s mp3’s (it turned out that there was no such mp3) is a prime example of why MediaSentry must disclose the methods used to obtain these IP addresses. The fact that this company openly admits to being hired to spread decoy or inoperative files made to look like genuine mp3’s and does not listen to the mp3’s traded by the accused copyright infringer should send a clear message that they have absolutely no idea if these “copyright infringers” were trading copyrighted material or the decoy files that MediaSentry originally spread. The thought of a huge corporation having the ability to sue someone without having proof that the defendant actually did anything wrong is scary. Unfortunately, for American file sharers, it’s not just a thought. To them this has become a reality. The RIAA is suing about 532 file sharers each month and in total they have sued over 1600 file sharers. Much like the case against the 29 Canadian file sharers, they have not provided a shred of evidence that can prove that these file sharers actually distributed copyrighted material. Unfortunately, many of these people have been forced to settle out of court and pay the RIAA $2500-$7000 to avoid going to court and paying an attorney thousands of dollars to defend them. They have been extorted and their legal system has failed them. If an individual or corporation believes that someone is illegally distributing his or her work, they should have to provide the court proof that this activity is going on instead of only having to provide an IP address. The fact that the American courts have overlooked the lack of evidence the RIAA provided is appalling. They have allowed innocent people’s rights to be trampled on and have opened the floodgates to thousands of more lawsuits. The CRIA was hoping that the judge would rule in their favor. They stressed that they were only going to sue egregious file sharers who distributed thousands of mp3’s. They started off with a small list of 29. The RIAA also started off with a small list but they’ve quickly increased the amount of lawsuits they issue each month and in all likelihood, the CRIA was gleefully expecting to be able to follow suit. Hopefully, the American people will take a greater interest in politics and realize that many of their rights are being taken away from them. They are at the mercy of rich corporations and they should consider which direction their country has been heading in the past 3-4 years. Perhaps they can make a difference when they vote in November. http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=441

I can't believe police can act without a search warrant, just think what that would mean for filesharers, paleeeeeeeze, tell me you haven't known a cop that didn't abuse his power, this is crap. I agree with koop, bush is at the root of the whole movement of restricting rights and freedoms, he's trying to push his religion and excuse me but (redneck) ideals on the rest of the country, he has an image of what america is that's slightly distorted, anyways, thanks, glad I got to read that article, and will take a closer look at the "Patriot Act" too.

http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm It's hard to believe they were thinking of calling it quits for hubble, the pictures are unbelievable, take a look at this slide show, you'll enjoy it :)

I'd like to know where her parents got that name. lol

omg, that's too funny kooper, I thought it was humorous when I read the article that she was considering it, this article just emphasizes her lack of common sense