Check out the full Flickr set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/burningoak/sets/72157608669672955/

Other personal favorites after the jump:

Chicago Tribune

Real Clear Politics

BarackObama.com

Wall Street Journal

I just got an exciting package in the mail: a copy the new Ryan Adams & The Cardinals album Cardinology, set for release next Tuesday, along with an autographed copy of the watermarked CD, and an autographed tour poster.

If you haven’t heard the new album yet, you can preview the whole thing at Facebook’s iLike application.

More photos after the jump…

Inside of CD case. (The CD is playing)

CD Insert Front Side

CD Insert Back Side

Autographed Tour Poster from Ames, IA show

Watermarked copy of Cardinology

Autographed copy of watermarked CD case

Check out the Flickr set for bigger copies:
http://flickr.com/photos/burningoak/sets/72157608345560945/

For those of you looking for a way to combine your political passions with the current Halloween season and some free live music, you may be interested in Trick or Vote.?? Trick or Vote is a nationwide nonpartisan costume canvass taking place on Halloween in a city near you.?? After a few hours of get-the-vote-out canvassing I’m told that most of the cities will have an after party, complete with (free) local live music.

The Eugene, OR event kicks off the festivities this Sunday the 26th, and I hear it even has belly dancers.?? How can you go wrong? ?? The rest of the parties happen on Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st of next week across the country.?? You can find more information on your city at TrickOrVote.org.

Panjea, the african rhythm band led by Chris Berry who has toured for a couple years now with Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident, is giving away a free album featuring live tracks from their summer tour.?? I had a chance to see these guys at Summer Camp 2006 and interview them for Burning Oak, unfortunately none of the footage from the interview turned out to be usable, which was fairly devastating at the time, I assure you.?? Anyways, head over to www.panjeamusic.com/signup.htm and fill in your information for their mailing list, and you’ll be treated to tracks from Rothbury, Wakarusa, and 10KLF.?? Track listing after the jump:

Panjea - 2008 Festival Compilation

This CD was complied from three festivals Panjea performed at this summer. The running time is 74 minutes and was recorded at the following festivals.

Wakarusa Festival - June 6, 2008
Rothbury Music Festival - July 7, 2008
10KLF Festival - July 7, 2008

Track Listing
1. Are You Ready (Wakarusa) - 5:37
2. Dreamer (Wakarusa) ??? 6:08
3. Break Free (Wakarusa) ??? 6:21
4. 911 (Rothbury) ??? 7:39
5. Snake In the Grass (Rothbury) ??? 7:17
6. Desert Dawn (Rothbury) ??? 7:46
7. Everyday (Rothbury) ??? 12:02
8. Love On A Mountain (Rothbury) ??? 7:15
9. Atio (10KLF) ??? 6:28
10. Trickster (10KLF) 7:37

Just caught wind of this a couple days ago, but I’m headed over to Seattle Weekly’s Reverb Fest this afternoon.?? $10 for an all day ticket buys you access to 65 bands at ?? 9 venues in the Ballard area, which is hard to pass up.?? Some possible sets I may catch:

Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden at Tractor at 5:30pm

pufferfish at Mr. Spot’s Chai House at 6:30pm

Lonesome Rhodes & The Good Company at The Tractor at 7:30pm

Truckasauras at Market Street Athlete at 9:00pm

From then on who knows, I’ve heard good things about the Moondoggies and Shim was great at Bumbershoot, but by that point in the night I’ll likely be playing it by ear.?? Review should be up on LiveMusicBlog.com soon,

-Kane

Artist: Rodriguez
Album: Cold Fact
Label: Light In The Attic

I got wind of this vinyl reissue today from the folks at Light In The Attic, a record label in my newly adopted home of Seattle, and I thought checking out the album would be a good way to get acquainted with the happenings in my new scene.

The album, originally released in 1970, slides back and forth between a Motown vibe during tracks like “Sugar Man” and “I Wonder” and psychedelic rock ?? la The Doors in “Only Good For Conversation.”?? Rodriguez even managed to pioneer long-phrased song titles such as “This Is Not A Song, It’s An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues” before Panic at the Disco were even conceived.?? “I Wonder” is a particularly catchy track R&B-flavored ballad, and like the rest of the album it leaves you wondering where Quentin Tarantino dropped the ball in not featuring a Rodriguez track in any of his movies.

More information on Rodriguez and the album release can be found on Light In The Attic’s Rodriguez page, which has more information on the 180-gram LP and CD reissues of the album.?? Until then, here’s the opening track to the album:

MP3: Rodriguez - “Sugar Man“

From Phish.com, 10/01/2008:

PHISH TO PLAY THREE CONCERTS 10.01.08

Phish returns to the stage for three concerts at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia on March 6, 7 and 8, 2009.

A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets’ online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com/ . The ticketing request period is currently underway and will end on Wednesday, October 8th at 11:59AM EST.

Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, October 18th at 10 AM EST and may be purchased online at http://ticketmaster.com or by phone at 757.671.8100, 757.872.8100 or 804.262.8100. Tickets will not be available at the venue box office and there is a two-ticket limit per show.

The band intends to announce additional touring in 2009 early next year.

Be sure to check out phish.com/videosplash/ for the video of the announcement.

Here are all of the links to my coverage of Bumbershoot 2008 on LiveMusicBlog.com:

08/28 - Bumbershoot Preview

09/10 - Bumbershoot Saturday Review

09/13 - Bumbershoot Sunday Review

09/14 - Bumbershoot Monday Review

This just in, get your own real-life, non-downloaded copy of Aaron Schroeder’s most recent CD, Black & Gold,? for just $5.99 shipped straight to your door.? I’ve only written briefly about his last album, Southern Heart In Western Skin, but it was quite amazing and is still a staple in my road trip selections, between Boston self-titled and Van Morrison’s Greatest Hits.? Anyways, I assure you it’s well worth your $6, so go get it:

Link: aaronschroeder.com

If you’re still not convinced, check out this song from the album:

MP3: Aaron Schroeder - “What We Don’t Know”

For those of you here in Champaign-Urbana, Santa will be making their triumphant return from abroad to release their new CD, My Bones , on March 7th at 10pm at Canopy Club.?? Tickets are cheap ($5 in advance) and well worth your money.

And for those of you that can’t make it to the show, I’m delighted to be able to present one of the tracks I’ve got stuck in my head off of My Bones, enjoy.

MP3: Santa - Hashish

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Link: myspace.com/santamusic??