The Ultra-Now Super-Lately! Vox 2008-07-08T02:34:32Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4141df265685e/ this and that from here and there Grateful Dead Shows Abound tag:vox.com,2008-07-08:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00fa968565400002 2008-07-08T02:26:02Z 2008-07-08T02:34:32Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Essential Reading

Back in the 90's when I started collecting Grateful Dead shows I was lucky to get a 5th or 6th generation cassette tape and my choices were somewhat limited. Nowadays pristine early generation soundboard and audience recordings are instantly ava...

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]]> Global Warming: A Rising Tide of Ignorance tag:vox.com,2008-07-02:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00fad696efeb0004 2008-07-02T22:04:52Z 2008-07-04T23:26:45Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Gore sandwich board

Regardless of what Uncle Al says, Global Warming is less a scientific theory than it is a poppular notion. The Wall Street Journal has an article delcaring it to be "mass hysteria," which I'd say is a good a description of this nonsence as any I...

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]]> Music directly to the people, sort of. . . tag:vox.com,2008-07-01:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00fad6957b2b0005 2008-07-01T02:18:07Z 2008-07-01T02:19:21Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Indietorrent

I've been waiting for someone to figure out how to sell music directiy to the people over the internet without the burden of a parasitic record company. Trent Reznor has been pretty much blazing the way for established acts to use free to sell t...

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]]> Oprah Flirts With Veganism tag:vox.com,2008-06-05:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00fa967c1cff0003 2008-06-05T02:42:49Z 2008-06-05T02:44:03Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Oprah

In some recent encouraging vegetarian related news, Oprah Winfrey has committed herself to a vegan diet during a three week "cleanse." Sure, three weeks isn't much, but when this lady speaks people listen.If she so much as turns 1% of her audien...

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]]> Phil Lesh Revisiting Classic Dead Albums on Tour tag:vox.com,2008-05-19:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00fad68847900005 2008-05-19T01:15:39Z 2008-05-23T02:02:06Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Phil lesh

Phil and Friends ran through eight Grateful Dead albums in their entirety during their five night stand at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco. It started on May 13th with the Dead's self-titled release for the first set and Anthem of the Sun ...

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]]> Overpoppulation Myth Unravelling! tag:vox.com,2008-05-01:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00e398f577870004 2008-05-01T21:54:45Z 2008-06-05T02:47:09Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Earth

I think most people have heard for so long that there is a human overpopulation problem that they take it for granted. While this theory, that there are too many people on the planet, or there will be unless measures are taken, seems to be utter...

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]]> The Verve Are Back! tag:vox.com,2008-05-01:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00f48cf3ac4f0003 2008-05-01T02:48:50Z 2008-05-03T02:46:41Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Verve wamu

I just got back from New York City where The Verve played a tight show, really tearing shit up. Psychedelic guitar genius Nick Mccabe had been reluctant to tour for many years, but now he's back to help this band attain the status they've alwa...

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]]> Livestock Creating World Food Shortage! tag:vox.com,2008-04-23:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00e398f2ba570005 2008-04-23T02:23:11Z 2008-06-05T02:45:44Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Public Enemy #1

In light of alarming articles now appearing proclaiming a global food crisis, all I can say is DUH! If anyone would bother to listen to some science-types and most vegetarians have been saying for years, this wouldn't even be a problem. Oh and ...

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]]> Star Wreck tag:vox.com,2008-04-21:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00f48d0f23af0001 2008-04-21T00:19:03Z 2008-04-21T00:19:40Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Droids

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]]> Saturn and Jupiter Again? C'mon, Let's Go to Uranus tag:vox.com,2008-04-15:asset-6a00d4141df265685e00f48ceebc1e0002 2008-04-15T15:55:55Z 2008-04-16T00:36:27Z tonyschmidt http://tonyschmidt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Uranus is Sweet

Space.com has an article about how NASA and the ESA are meeting to decide whether shell out the dough for a "flagship" mission either to Saturn or Jupiter. For one thing there is already a hugely successful mission currently at Saturn. It calle...

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