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Published: 2005/02/04
Favorite Shows of 2004: Staff Picks
A number of our editors and regular contributors wrote on their regular favorite shows of the past year. Here they are (jn random order)...
Benjy Eisen
Favorite show of 2004? David Byrne. His set at Bonnaroo was alright, I suppose, but earlier that same week, on June 7, he played an upscale theater show in Harrisburg, PA and I sat in the sixth row, absolutely transfixed. The show was everything a good concert should be transcendent at all the right moments and completely present for the rest. Every note was intentional. Every sound distinct. Every beat in step. Nothing was wasted.
At the time, Phish's break-up was impending and, therefore, fresh on my mind. After this show, I sat in my chair as the audience shuffled out and I thought to myself, "Of course! There will still be plenty of IT shows! Phish or no Phish! How could I have forgotten?" When you write about music for a living, that's an important realization.
My other favorite show of 2004 occurred at the last possible moment on New Year's Eve. Like Phish, the Disco Biscuits have had their ups and downs as a band, and 2004 was a very questionable year for them. I didn't see the Disco Biscuits much in 2004, and friends who did often reported back that the band had lost some of their spark. I knew better. Still, some of the shows I witnessed made me wonder. Drummer Sam Altman announced in October that he was leaving the band soon. New Year's Eve was, originally, going to be one of his last few shows. The run leading up to New Year's was very strong, but New Year's Eve itself just creamed everything the Biscuits had done in the previous 12 months…longer, even. It was as if a long lost friend returned from an unexpected journey. Here they were again. A band that I once thought capable of anything. And they were capable of anything, once again.
(Runner up: Neil Young, Giant Center, 3/16/04
Link to jambands review: http://www.jambands.com/ShowReviews/content_2004_03_16.00.phtml)
Mike Greenhaus
The Mikeys:
A year older, still just as indecisive. Once again, I'm proud to present my own little, typo-plagued award ceremony, The Mikey's:
Best Aborted Breakup: The Disco Biscuits (12/31, New York, NY) A band known for its dyslectic songs and inverted runs, The Disco Biscuits never did anything the normal, or easy, way. So it's fitting that drummer Sam Altman's final show inspired yet another string of full-band performances. Stretching "Magellan" to its breaking point and dressing "Save The Robots" up like Baby New Year, The Disco Biscuits reminded everyone, including themselves, what Bisco sounds like.
Best Shameless Plug: The Jammys, (3/16, New York, NY): Sure we put it on, but that doesn't mean it still didn't rock, —-er jam—-harder than anything else last spring. A six-hour award ceremony without a red carpet, this smorgasbord previewed one full-scale reunion (The Black Crowes), another seemingly permanent breakup (Dickey Betts watching the Allmans from the sidelines), and one festival that never came to fruition (Lollapalooza). Plus, Kate Hudson smiled at me in that dorky, Almost Famous kind of way.
Best Michael Moore Moment: Head Count Benefit (06/07, New York, NY). Well, the election didn't work out the way we wanted it to, but Andy Bernstein and Marc Brownstein still succeeded in bringing a Pharmer's Almanac sense of excitement into the world of politics. And, if this evening proved anything, it's that Mike Gordon, The Duo, moe., Michael Kang, The Disco Biscuits, Reid Genauer and a H.O.R.D.E tour of others can agree on something besides the fact that they don't like being called jambands.
Best Eighth-Avenue Segue: Antibalas/MMW->JM2 (10/31, New York, NY) At times, New York feels like an urban Bonnaroo, overflowing with conflicting shows and overlapping asterisks. So, this Halloween, a club's worth of fans trick-or-treated up Eighth Avenue, knocking on both MMW and JM2's doors. And, yes, the equation Antibalas/MMW->JM2 does = 8hrs of music and 0hrs of sleep. Math. Now that's spooky.
Best Use of the Jamband Blueprint: Umphrey's McGee (6/14, Manchester, TN >12/10, New York, NY) Umphrey's McGee are the perfect jamband. So it makes sense that this group's show-length victories link together into a single, manic statement. Beginning with a full-band segue at Bonnaroo, and capping off with a guest-laden anointment at Irving Plaza, Chicago's finest jamband summed up 2004 in two-letters: UM.
Best Use of A Rain Delay: David Byrne (9/4, Snowmass, CO): Sure his new solo album is elegantly excellent' and, yes, his art possesses a surreal sense of irony,' but, critic-jargon aside, David Byrne will always be that dude from the Talking Heads who doesn't blink. So, after torrential showers stunted this festival set, Byrne left his strings on the side, offering forty minutes of tight, Talking Heads. As he says, "If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawn mower").
Best Hippie-Hipster Mixer: Wilco (10/05, New York, NY) Somewhere along Brooklyn's grey-colored L train, hippie's and hipsters began to mingle and Wilco's new sound is the result: a carefully orchestrated mix of art-jams ("Spiders), tender songs ("Theologians") and jambandy novelties (comedian Fred Armisen's encore appearance).
Best Parental Bonding Moment: Arlo Guthrie (04/04, Peekskill, NY) Like his father, Arlo Guthrie has aged gracefully into a nomadic wanderer, playing picnic-size festivals and historic theaters awaiting gentrification. And, like his father, Guthrie's wisdom now parallels his age, seamlessly blurring the line between song and speech. A unique mix of traditional American-fare, ("This Land is My Land") and musical comedy (an abridged "Alice's Restaurant"), Arlo Guthrie's rebellious anthems have aged into national treasures.
And a new award:
The First Person: (for self-indulgence with a, hopefully, broad appeal)
Phish (6/19-20, Saratoga Springs, NY) For me, perhaps it should have ended here. Before the muddled-music, muddy fairgrounds and miles of traffic, Phish were America's best amphitheater act, paying one final visit to my collegiate-hometown. My personal and professional memories are jumbled and slightly burnt like the perfect veggie burrito, watching old college friends come into their own, while hearing old-favorites, like "Piper," take one final flight ("the words I sailed upon").
David Steinberg
Sometimes you have to end things to fully understand why you shouldn't
even be thinking about ending them. That seemed to be the lesson of
two great days in the middle of June. Phish's return to Saratoga was
nothing short of SPACtacular.
It's hard to decide which of the two shows was better. June 19th was
all about the peak experience of the Piper. The 20th had the
wonderful flow of that amazing second set. Fortunately, we don't
have to choose at all. For one last weekend, Phish delivered like
they weren't a band in the process of breaking up. After the hell
that was Coventry, it can be hard to remember how good those shows were, but a listen will remind you.
Brad Farberman
Phish, Coventry, 8/15
At Coventry, I met up with a group of friends I hadn't seen in years and, remarkably, it was as if no time had passed at all; the warm hellos and big hugs I had missed were everywhere I looked. And as I watched my favorite band break up, I was reminded that, just like my friendships with these people, my relationship with Phish's music didn't have to end just because I couldn't see them anymore.
Antibalas, Central Park, NYC, 8/21
Carl, Ian and I showed up early to this free show and managed to score front-row seats (what a treat!). At the bottom of the bleachers, our neighbors stood up and began to dance; the three of us followed suit. When security told us to sit down for the umpteenth time, as they feared the folks behind us would be unable to see, those folks took one for the team: the entire section got up, and got down.
Xavier Rudd, Shelburne Falls, MA, 10/3
White boy got soul. Go see this guy.
Medeski, Martin & Wood, Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, 10/31
Fourteen years in the game and these guys are still the best. There's no where else I want to be on Halloween, ever.
John Patric Gatta
My favorite has to be the Bonnaroo Music Festival. The only major problem that weekend , more so than ankle deep mud that gave my hiking shoes a Manchester Tennessee stink for several months, was that I was not cloned. It was an amazing time that offered too many solid choices again and again and again. I mean, trying to decide between late night sets by Primus, Ween, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Umphrey's McGee just isn't fair. One of my best moments was positioning myself just right in the middle of craft vendors area. Leaning one way or another and I could catch the sounds from three different stages! JPG
John Zinkand
I didn't get to see many large shows in 2004, but I still enjoyed lots of great little shows. One of my favorites was Victor Wooten at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR on 2/1/04. Not only was Vic's bass playing amazing as usual, but his brothers in the band were even better than the last time I saw them. He added a charismatic female vocalist/bassist to the mix this time around, as well. Add the fact that Victor actually levitated a few feet off the stool he was sitting on while jamming, and this show was downright mind-blowing.
Another of my favorite shows took place at the same venue on 5/1/04. The Everyone Orchestra with Jon Fishma, Tony Furtado, and Kai Eckhardt was a great show for a great cause. The section of the show where Fishman and Eckhardt were jamming together was truly inspired. And the varied backgrounds of the musicians involved in this version of the Everyone Orchestra were particularly interesting. Some mellow acoustic tunes from Libby Kirkpatrick flowed seamlessly into some songs by Tony Furtado, which in turn flowed into sick guitar jams from Scott Law and the excellent rhythm section of Matt Butler, Kai Echkardt, Jon Fishman, and Damian Erskine.
Instead of droning on about my favorite bands in the scene Garaj Mahal and Umphrey's McGee as I usually would, I'll also mention a run of shows from one of my favorite new (to me) little bands, Moses Guest. These guys did a Northwest run in July 2004 and it was excellent. Graham Guest writes a great song, has unique and intriguing vocals, and is one hell of a guitar player. The band is not too shabby, either, and is fully capable of getting into the thick of some serious jams. Their sound is that of a southern-influenced jamband. I hope these guys keep at it and visit the Northwest often in 2005.
Dean Budnick
2004 was a roller coaster for reasons I've shared over the past twelve months and I won't expound upon here. I can tell you that live music really colored those experiences, generally lifting me during both the nadirs and apogees. With that I mind, I offer up two categories…
Most intense: Phish, 8/15, set 2. Saw what you will about the prior day (at least one of my friends was literally foaming at the sloppiness) this set was why I was there and where I received my catharsis and closure.
Runners up: Sonny Rollins 4/10/04, Col. Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains 10/3/04, The Slip 10/30/04
All-out, flat-out fun: moe.down. Each year I worry that this'll be the year that somehow this event loses it's vibe. It hasn't happened yet (then again I probably just jinxed it for 2005)
Runners up: Bonnaroo Music Festival, Agatsuma, Joe's Pub 4/8/04, Allman Brothers Band 3/18/04
Holly Isbister
Favorite Live Moments of 2004
6. March 8, 2004: Primus at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA
Seeing Primus is an intense sensory experience, not just a rock show. The Tabernacle's massive pipe organ was the backdrop for two giant white balls dangling over the stage showing projections of bizarre video clips. Les Claypool's signature freakiness was in full effect. The Sailing the Seas of Cheese set was particularly inspired – "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Trippy, heavy and down right, almost-get-trampled-in-the-mosh-pit fun.
5. December 31st, 2004: Umphrey's McGee at The Riviera in Chicago, IL
Carnies and confetti and three stocked sets of danceable, thoughtful, and at times hilarious, rock and roll. I think the spirit of a New Year's Eve celebration heightens any concert experience but the particular setting (in their hometown of Chicago in a sold out venue of 2500+ people) took this performance to the next level. The horn section added such a festive element to a cornucopia of covers throughout the night. A "Jimmy Stewart" now known as "San Fran" showed this band's growing improvisational expertise early in the first set.
4. September 17, 2004: The Fiery Furnaces at The Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL
Bands should be judged on many factors, but the top two criteria that have always weighed most heavily in my book are talent and originality. The Fiery Furnaces have both. The setlist on this night was a dizzying barrage of 20+ songs (many from their recently released, Blueberry Boat) arranged to flow without interruption. Eleanor Friedburger's short dark hair and bright red dress highlighted her charismatic stage presence as she nailed intricate lyrics throughout the set. The music of The Fiery Furnaces can make even the most cynical and jaded of hipsters work to resist the urge to dance.
3. Every Monday since May, 2004: Monday Night Open Mic at The Store in Chicago, IL
This one's a totally self-indulgent choice and aside from my own personal feelings and experience probably doesn't mean much to you, the reader. But bear with me. I'd like to take a minute to encourage every music fan to go out and find your local open mic, if for no other reason than to appreciate the humble beginnings from which many of your favorite rockers have sprung. It's a great place to talk music, knock back a few beers, and in the words of The Store's open mic host and a mighty fine guitar player Rick LaCour, "for those 15 minutes that you're up on stage, there's no difference between you and your heroes. Of course, 2 dollar pints can make anyone feel like a hero, but that's beside the point."
2. June 11, 2004: MC5/DKT (with Evan Dando, Mark Arm and Marshall Crenshaw), at The Metro in Chicago, IL
I have very natural reservations about reunion tours, particularly for bands that derived much of their character and sound from the time period in which they were writing songs. Poison, for example, is a band that I will always associate with the 1980's and fluorescent spandex pant wearing rockdom. The same might be said for MC5, who, during the primal grunt of their brief career, seemed to capture the essence of early 70's Detroit the grungy, dirty, nasty stuff of worn out, tore up Motor City rock and roll. There is also the inherent suspicion that the energy exuded by such a band, was a product of the youthful exuberance and exasperation of the times and thus cannot be recreated when band and audience members are now in their 50's and 60's. Add to that the absence of Rob Tyner and Fred "Sonic" Smith who were as fundamental to the band as milk is to cookies and you might understand how doubtful I was that this show would be nothing more than a nostalgia act a chance to hear the songs you love by a band you love, for the sole reason that you'll never hear them live elsewhere. Boy was I wrong.
"Call Me Animal" joined the crowd and band in a collective foaming at the mouth early in the set. "Shakin' Street" shook. It quickly became clear to me that though Rob Tyner could never be replaced, the music was equally vibrant and fresh with Mark Arm's passion and versatility as a singer. Though they weren't able to resurrect the old sound with perfection, they created a new multi-headed Dando/Crenshaw/Arm monster that had a life all its own. The Motor City might not be burning anymore, but MC5 smoked that night.
1. May 19, 2004: Wilco, Otto's Dekalb, IL
It's really hard to write about this show because it will forever top my list of favorite shows of all time, and to put in print that this was the best musical experience of my life is to negate all of the fantastic shows I have yet to see. And that's sort of depressing. Nevertheless, there's a myriad of reasons why this show is perfection personified. For starters, it was Jeff Tweedy's first public performance since emerging from rehab. His eyebrows arched in unison with the curling of one side of his lip. His eyes danced unpredictably in their sockets, and gave off the impression of inebriation as he glanced out into the smoky, packed Otto's. His shirt said, "Got Pills? Millions of American Don't," perhaps an ironic nod to his recent stay in rehab. From "Ashes of American Flags" to "One by One" to "The Lonely One," Wilco performed with a veracity only developed during hard times. Tweedy, who played with the smile of someone who has been to hell and knows its colors and sounds, was focused and contented as he told the crowd, "It feels good to be back in the land of the living."
Otto's holds a paltry 650 people at capacity. To be one of those 650 was a privilege. The intimate venue provided the sacred space necessary for a practically flawless performance. In the Chicago Reader, even Tweedy commented that the performance at Otto's was probably the best Wilco had ever sounded. From tear jerking guitar solos to meticulously layered ambient sounds, Wilco nailed this performance and put a permanent peg in my right ventricle where all beautiful music resides.
Chad Berndtson
Out of the 100 or so full shows I attended this year, these ten, in chronological order, stood out:
ERYKAH BADU @ Orpheum Theater, Boston March 6
Her enchantress mystique feels inaccessible at times and occasionally overpowers the music, but the spirituality and mysticism that the nonpareil Ms. Badu infuses into her neo-soul creates such a unique, soul-lifting live experience it's impossible not to be totally enraptured. Hip-hop, R&B, electro-funk and crooning balladry are all fair game for her and her sumptuous, multifarious backing ensemble, and even though she came on nearly an hour late, all was quickly forgiven.
THE JAMMY AWARDS @ Theater at Madison Square garden, NYC March 16
A start to finish pleasure fest with plenty of eye-popping moments and aural delights, be them Oteil Burbridge and Victor Wooten shredding together as only they know how, Perry Farrell raising the roof with the Soulive horns and String Cheese, the mini-Black Crowes reunion at the end of Gov't Mule's set and a balls-out "Sometimes Salvation," or everyman Warren Haynes for once playing the junior musician and assisting the legendary Steve Winwood and ace band with "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys." The one that'll stick with me, though, was Solomon Burke with the Derek Trucks Band I listen to the recordings of this set and every time ol' Solomon announces that we're in "church," with Susan Tedeschi about to kick into "Lovelight," the spine does that tingling, frisson thing.
THE DARKNESS @ Avalon, Boston April 3
More pure fun than any other show I saw in 2004. Pure rawk-star spectacle from start to finish, and such a refreshing "fuck you" to all pretentious indie rockers on both sides of the Atlantic who take themselves and their uninspired garage-punk-post-grunge-whatever way too seriously. As the fluorescent light show blazed, his band ripped it up and his brother Dan shredded ear-bleedingly loud Van Halen-like guitar codas, frontman Justin Hawkins bounded around the stage in absurd unitards, including a pointed, feathered one that made him look like a cosmic stegosaurus (or a member of P-Funk), pushing so-delectable-it's-criminal songs like "Love On the Rocks With No Ice" into the stratosphere with his glass-shattering vocals.
VELVET REVOLVER @ Avalon, Boston May 29
Despite an uneven debut album, the Guns/Pilots hybrid project had more badass vintage G n' R flavor in its first song of a too-short set than with the entirety of a show by some cover band Axl Rose brought to the Fleet Center in December 2002. The flamboyant Scott Weiland, dressed in aviator sunglasses and a cop uniform that made him look straight from the Village People, proved again that he's almost as killer a showman as the aforementioned Mr. Hawkins, with Slash and his mighty axe cutting a predictable swath. The Revolver originals were fun and driving, but things got crazy in the five-song encore, which offered two from Pilots ("Crackerman," "Sex Type Thing"), two from Guns ("Used to Love Her," "Mr. Brownstone") and an earthshaking finale of Nirvana's "Negative Creep."
WARREN HAYNES @ Town Hall, NYC June 9
There he was, our beloved Uncle Warren, alone and emotive, on stage at one of the country's most beautiful venues just him, with the focus on his voice and music first, and guitar second, without any guests or any of the four bands he ballasts. Although he stirred our souls aplenty with well-chosen blues, Mule and Allmans originals, and solo nuggets over two and a half hours and two sets — not to mention knee-weakening versions of songs by Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, the Eagles, Ray Sisk and others — it was the second set closing "Soulshine" and then the haunting encore of "Stella Blue" that made the room so quiet and fraught with emotional tension you could hear every Warren breath and string caress. As Warren descended the final song's second verse into "Stel-la Blueee," every old Deadhead in the room lost his shit.
CHRIS ROBINSON AND NEW EARTH MUD @ Pearl Street, Northampton, MA July 21
To be perfectly honest, I wasn't exactly sold on New Earth Mud's two studio albums many of the songs sound like The Band on way too much pot. Expecting some able renderings of these songs along with a smattering of well-chosen Grateful Dead, Dylan, Parsons or honky tonk covers on a nondescript July night in Western Mass., I was instead blown away by a neo-folk, country blues assault courtesy of the ever-exuberant Robinson and the new New Earth Mud, bolstered by no-slouch virtuosos Rob Barraco and Audley Freed, with highlights that included Dylan's "Forever Young" and a raunchy, roadhouse rip through Slim Harpo's "Got Love If You Want It."
PHISH @ Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA and COVENTRY August 10, 11, 14-15
So much has been said already, so I'll keep it short, and recall that the vintage cow-funk feel of the Tweeter shows took me back to a fledgling time when I was first discovering improvisational rock music. And then the last (?) hurrah at Coventry: at times a mud-soaked nightmare and musically, not quite worthy of the all-time Phish pantheon, but every bit a piece of history I'll keep with me always.
GOV'T MULE @ Roseland Ballroom, NYC September 13
Although other Mule shows from '04 looked much more enticing on paper, this knockout was the assurance that Mule is no longer a collaborative, but a band again. A stunning, affirmative three hours.
WILCO @ Wang Theatre, Boston October 1
It must be tough to be Wilco. Like Radiohead, the inevitable backlash that comes when your band is tagged Saviors of Rock often obscures just how good you really are in the public eye. With now two masterpieces (2002's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and 2004's "A Ghost Is Born") under its belt, Wilco's dichotomy the alt-country for which Jeff Tweedy and Co. made a name for themselves and the latter-day experiments with industrial and electronic shades has fused into one remarkably cohesive sound. Although there's been some musical chairs in the lineup, the current art-roots meets electro-rock six-piece, the most fiery Tweedy has yet assembled, creates a live experience like no other you can hope to find, because you didn't know it existed.
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS / DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND @ Paradise Rock Club, Boston October 14
Gospel blues was the common ground, and the two celebrated southern bands, along with the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, chugged along for nearly four sweaty hours. There were so many cross-pollinations so frequently between the groups, it felt more like a revue than a tiered-bill, and when almost all members from all three bands combined for "Freedom Highway" near the end, there was soul shaking to spare. A religious and healing night of blues and roots.
Bret Gladstone
In no particular order…
Launching into a murderous 26 song set veering from Dylan ("Outlaw Blues") to Son House ("Death Letter") to a Dolly Parton sing along ("Jolene") The White Stripes deliver a thesis in the potency of live performance by doing, quite simply, what they do, pressing their minimalist approach to astounding extremes and showcasing the raw power of their visceral, utterly personal tradition of the blues, dissecting it's inherent dichotomy of primal rage and sly-eyed romance by means of Jack's screaming, tourette's syndrome virtuosity and his sister/wife's elephantine drums. Collaborating with a manic, frenzied crowd, the band pushes the energy of this history-infused Liverpool ballroom to a boiling point. Whatever the White Stripes are, they are killer musicians and remain at the forefront of bringing the sound into the present millennium, a colossal two-piece straight out of Lester Bangs' backyard that would have made him proud. All those for a late night set at Bonnaroo 2005 say aye. Aye.
Outside of the dusky music halls of Nashville, where the object of my current musical fixation has recently been entrenched in a multi-week run, it's difficult to conceive of too many venues more appropriate to Gillian Welch's musical ethos- intimate, and sincere-than the Bowery Ballroom, which cast her vocals over the awed silence of it's inhabitants like an enveloping shadow. Welch's voice is a perfect representation of her songwriting, rooting itself in an austere, earthy normalcy and subliming into something more ethereal. Both are extremely effective in giftwrapping her yellowing photographs of Americana, filled with all the appropriate sanctity and damnation, convolution of identity and paralyzed possibility, all pivoting around the gnomon of an elusive God. These were the portraits which formed the heartbeat of a night decorated with guest appearances from Norah Jones, Ryan Adams, and opener Old Crow Medicine show, all of whom would unite in a culminating treatment of Neil Young's Helpless. Welch is as compelling a storyteller as she is a performer, and the two run seamlessly together in forming her overwhelming on-stage presence.
Watching Anastasio conduct the Nashville Chamber Orchestra in front of a mud soaked psychadelic commune of 100,000 was a watershed moment in the jamband scene, a profound condensation of the qualities of listening and acceptance that one has in mind when they use that categorization without guilt or shame. Though Phish wouldn't throw it's official farewell party for another two months, it's hard to think of a more fitting validation of the band's legacy, of the psychological imprint of Anastasio's welding of intricate compositional grace and rock sensibility, than directing an orchestral set in front of a sea of hippies who respond with the purified enthusiasm that began to be obscured in the haze of scene and analysis. It was a moment perhaps twenty years in the making, and Anastasio slipped into his role as conductor/composer with the same child-like ebulliance that infused the spaces of the bands sound. Yet he moved as seamlessly back into his alter-ego as virtuoso guitarist, anchoring a TAB set which included blistering renditions of "Mr. Completely" and "Sultans of Swing", as well as the festival's climactic release in a take on "First Tube" set against massive fireworks exploding in the night sky. To put it simply, it was a performance worthy of closing a festival featuring the likes of Dylan, The Dead, Winwood, and Byrne, as well as a truly moving portrait of a truly wonderful musician re-discovering his sense of joy.
Carrying my passed-out friend out of the Roselnad Ballroom on this particular night, I hear him mutter, just faintly and broken by dizziness and spittle: "You can't go twelve rounds with the champ". "You can't go twelve rounds with the champ!", he yells over his shoulder, his toes dragging against the floor as we hurl him into the street, "he'll put you to the mat!" One reason, presumably, that Warren Haynes is referred to as a road warrior is that wherever the guitarist goes, he leaves a virtual battlefield of satiated, blacked-out music fans in his wake, hippie carnage of 60's riot proportions. On September 13, 2004, Mule proceeds to play the entire contents of their new album, Deja Voodoo, front to back in the first set, juxtaposing it against a second half which predisposes itself with band staples ranging from a "Soulshine" opener to a closing take on James "Look on Yonder Wall", bookends which speak deeply to Haynes' lyrical grace as well as to his encyclopedic command of the American songbook. Of Course Mule is not a one-man show, and this was one of the most important moments in a year which announced it's new found purpose and swagger as perhaps our best straight-ahead rockers, guardians of a Rock pathos we thought was in it's final death spasm.
Jeremy Sanchez
To cull the best from a year's of concerts requires decapitation of top-notch shows for argument. I saw Phish at Hampton Coliseum (first time seeing them call it a check on my list), rejoiced as Burning Spear opened Sunday at Bonnaroo and I took in a triad of bluegrass/country/jam legends all in a row (Del McCoury, Sam Bush and Doc Watson), caught Sonic Youth for the first time, etc… Final cuts exhume that show you wanted to see more of, not just encore more, but so much more that you could take a few more sets and be happy standing; you couldn't dance because your gapped jaw was tripping you up, so you just swayed.
For me, that was the Praxis set at Bonnaroo. Bill Laswell, an extreme producer of world musics and dub forms, is a bassist who gathers unique groups of musicians to create with; Praxis is one of his side bands. Praxis is keyboardist Bernie Worrell (P-Funk), drummer Brain (Primus) and guitarist Buckethead (Guns N Roses hahaha…solo albums with Claypool, Bootsy Collins and others). If that squad sounds familiar, it's because Les Claypool revitalized the idea by taking Laswell's spot, creating a new band at Bonnaroo uno called Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, a decade after Laswell originally created the guitar, keyboard and drum team.
In other words, what an honor! Praxis is one of those, "You saw them?!?" bands, because after a decade-plus, they simply don't tour. I've referred to Laswell as a shepherd rather than a wolf (Claypool would be a wolf), because he paints thoughtfully airy backdrops, without ever encroaching. As Laswell turns corners of funk, reggae, hip-hop, etc… grooves, Brains diligent, exploratory drumming cradled Worrell's classically trained, mothership honed, style, which wove with the "blip-bleep-bloops" and shreds from Bucketheads electric, creating unique and totally interesting musical forms I haven't heard anywhere else. So many bands sound like someone else, and that is another thing making this one my favorite. I didn't know what to expect, even though I have Praxis' album from a decade ago.
I can predict too much at shows sometimes. Upbeat songs are in the process of being built upon or ready to be countered by some slow songs. "This song" will lead to an acknowledged string of songs containing "another song" or "that one"...you get the idea. And I just couldn't do that with Praxis. There is too much virtuosity in the team to allow predictability. Out of the blue, a beautiful brunette electric violin master, dressed in a sexy boy-scout uniform (it was only sexy because she was in it I promise), took the stage, my ears and eyes; after a display of her skill that blew away any physical aspects she's been bestowed, she flashed the crowd in a parade of feminist power.
With the select crowd (oh, but Ween is playing!...whatever) and the amazing glut of noise harmonies and disjunction I took in (and the beautiful guest), it'd be hard to top.
Matthew Shapiro
One of the most exhilarating experiences being a live music devotee is the feeling of wonder upon discovering a band so fresh and novel that you feel as if you are witnessing ground being broken right in front of your eyes. This is a rare opportunity; even rarer is when the band generating the experience is a thirty year old outfit that has performed only sporadically over the past two decades. However, watching Television, I was in awe of how a band who had not released an album in over ten years still managed to sound ahead of their time, the present time that is. I was awestruck. I kept thinking this is a band the jamband world must know about, no, this is a band that everyone needs to know about.
Television, has been described as the punk band that jammed, while not quite punk, they definitely got the jam part right. Watching the soaring guitars of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd take flight was astonishing. The dual leads and the contrast in styles between Verlaine's clean lyrical lines and Lloyd's driving crunching notes gave their spiraling duels a genuine dramatic spark that is rarely seen even in the best improvisational music. Watching the duo stretch that spark over long compositions such as Marquee Moon and Little Johnny Jewel was as magical a moment as any I had seen on stage. The real friction that exists between the guitarists was evident to all in the packed house.
As Verlaine sings in the song Friction, "You give me friction, but I dig friction, I'm crazy about friction." It is clearly that friction which gives Television their magic. Watching the guitarists manipulate that tension and push it as far as seemingly possible, gave the music a distinct feeling of danger and the possibility hung in the air that anything could happen.
They were able to complement these mammoth tunes, with electric rockers such as Ain't That Something and See No Evil. Verlaine's superb song writing was displayed with the hauntingly lovely Venus. Television's songs have a quality that is all their own, and while their albums are brilliant, seeing the band live is a dramatic experience unparalleled by most. They kept the audience standing on edge mesmerized for over two and a half hours, and did so without incorporating fancy lights or projections, their music was pyrotechnic enough.
It had been a long time since a band had run me over in concert, leaving me with a feeling of genuine amazement. Television managed to do it with their first song, and their assault on my senses only grew stronger as the show progressed. It is because of this that I can easily say that this was not only the best show I saw in 2004, but one of the best shows I have seen period.
David Eduardo
The Pixies at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia on 10-14-04 like a monsoon rain ending a Sahara Desert drought. I had waited a long time for this, and I could not imagine a more majestic or picturesque setting than The Fox.
The Drive-By Truckers and The North Mississippi All-Stars at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on 11-26-04. We had barely digested our Thanksgiving meal before being spoiled by this Southern rock smorgasbord. When Jason Isbell sat in with the hill country openers it was a righteous and electric sight- and it didn't sound too bad either.
Willie Nelson, 2-15-04 at The Classic Centre in Athens, Georgia. The drinking rules were lifted for the occasion (meaning you could drink where you stood or sat, which ain't the norm) and Willie brought his own bourbon…he played the same song twice- twice "Whiskey River" and "Beer For My Horses" made the set-list, and then made it again.
Nellie McKay wowed me at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee on 6-11-04. After taking a jab at Chris Robinson's anti-file sharing position during a panel press conference she caught my attention. I followed her over to This, That, or The Other Tent to catch the teenage pianist playing one of the most passionate sets of 2004.
Shain Shapiro
Be it purely for nostalgic and self-serving purposes, my favourite show of 2004 was Phish's swansong-esque Saratoga Springs, NY shows on their final tour. It was a magical evening; a night where all the signs align to prove that karma, in all its majesty, truly exists. After a wonderful first night featuring an extended, almost perfect Piper,' my friend and I returned to the lot eagerly on Sunday morning, without tickets to the show. Having to be at work at 9AM Monday morning seven hours away in Canada, we decided it was worth the shot and opportunity to get hold of lot tickets and experience our final taste of Phish before driving through the night to alleviate any chance of being sacked.
After nearly six hours of aimless searching, fingers in the air and hopes perched in the positive, we were still out of tickets, ailing from a depletion of luck and energy. Luckily, while watching our struggles to find tickets that by my recollection did not exist, our saint of a lot neighbour felt our pain. He then proceeded to give us $100 in cash and told us to find a scalper, use the cash and pay him back after the show. Without the money to afford scalped tickets during the day, the true kindness of our scene shone its head up above the cannabis clouds and veggie burritos and gave us hope, the new fiscal alternative and most of all, a jolt of energy boosting karma (be it clichr not).
Long story short, despite never finding tickets, we made it into the show, returned the money to our incredibly kind friend and witnessed each of our first Reba's' as the opener. The rest of the show was fantastic as well; a spirited Gumbo,' jaw-dropping YEM' and other gems lit up SPAC's gorgeous exterior, proving to be the perfect bittersweet goodbye I could have ever hoped for. Walking away from the venue just as the encore began was undoubtedly painstakingly emotional, but I was calm, content and thankful for whole night. Phish has helped shaped the person I am, and their message will continue to guide me towards the person I strive to become. Phish was and continues to be more than a band, and my experiences at SPAC reminded me of that. And yes, we did make it to work the next day.
Paul Kerr
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival, Silk Hope, NC- 4/17
The best concert I saw all year was an all-night throwdown by Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band at the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival in Silk Hope, NC on the beautiful, warm Saturday evening of April 17th. Nothing else even comes close to touching this show. Zydeco is Louisiana dance music, a joyful celebration that puts the whole crowd on their feet and moving. If George Clinton was born in the bayou, he might have sounded like this. Accordionist Keith Frank, son of zydeco legend Preston Frank, combined Creole and Cajun sounds with massive elements of funk and soul, putting his own singular spin on a genuine American roots music and transforming it into a modern-day dance party.
Donna the Buffalo started the GrassRoots Festival 15 years ago in Trumansburg, NY to help raise money for various charities. In 2003 the festival expanded southward to Silk Hope, NC, and brought along the GrassRoots tradition of all-night zydeco dance parties. Various members of Donna the Buffalo were dancing around in the audience alongside the twisters and revelers, taking breaks to jump on stage and sit in for a song or three, including an ecstatic swamp boogie romp through Outkast's "Hey Ya." They shuffled and frolicked through a bevy of hip-shaking originals, as well as songs by Bob Marley, James Brown, the Meters, and even Katrina & the Waves.
The genre is known as "nouveau zydeco," and no one does it better. Keith's sister Jennifer Frank held down the endlessly funky bass lines, his brother Brad Frank kept the engines rolling on drums, while George "Goog" Lee cranked out a rhythm guitar groove that would make anyone get up and boogie. James "Chocolate" Ned rounded out the band with the percussive onslaught of the time-honored scrubboard. The band isn't nearly as well known as they deserve, despite releasing 10 albums in the last 10 years and gaining critical acclaim on the international festival circuit.
The show was held in the Dance Tent, packed with just the right amount of people to create a furious energy without ever feeling crowded. The open sides let the air flow through as the entire crowd danced with all their might. The band unleashed an uninterrupted flow of positive, uplifting music, stretching the celebration till 6 am with huge grins and happy feet.
Aaron Hawley
My top two live shows of 2004 were both festivals, but that's all they have in common. To me they were a representation of why I love live music outside in the summertime. They epitomize each end of the festival experience, the big and small, the homespun and the gigantic. First, the small, the Jerry Garcia Birthday Bash August 6th-8th at Sunshine Daydream, in Terra Alta, WV. The scenic West Virginia mountains were the backdrop for a tight-knit and family oriented weekend of on musical treat after another. String Cheese Incident headlined, and filled the weekend with memorable musical moments like a Derek Truck fueled "Outside Inside" on Friday night, and an incendiary Saturday night Birdland with the aide of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Fleck, Trucks, and a solid supporting cast featuring Yonder Mountain String Band, Garaj Mahal, New Monsoon and numerous others delivered spirited sets that complemented the bright sunshine and sweet mountain air. More than the music though, it was the beauty of the scenery and the pleasantry of the hometown festival where it seems like everyone knows each other that provided the most memorable moments for me. It was the type of festival that felt like relaxing in the back yard with friends.
On the other end of the spectrum was the most intensely emotional show I've ever been too: Coventry. The drive, the traffic, the mud, and the music all at once teetered on the edge of a real good time, and too overwhelming to comprehend. The band turned in their final six sets and bowed out and no one within earshot was left unmoved. In the end what I remember is the raw emotion onstage that one rarely sees in any kind of art these days, usually hidden away under veneer and marketing gloss. Page's struggles in "Wading in the Velvet Sea" seemed to echo the same feelings of many in the audience who struggled through merciless traffic and endless obstacles to come close the door on a chapter in their own lives. Today, Coventry remains in my memory as a series of vignettes each encapsulating the emotion of the moment. Finding friends assumed stranded miles away on the interstate, Trey handing out the trampolines, the final "Harry Hood" and blowing off some steam one last time. I won't spend much time getting out the cds of the shows as they aren't the easiest listen, but that's fine.
It's one of those moments that was so intense, that when it's pressed into immortality it seems somehow stilted and awkward, the way picture never truly captures your memory, just gives you something to hang on too. In the years I spent chasing the next great Phish show I slowly came to realize that for all the obsessing and archiving and cataloguing that Phish fans like me are prone to do, it's all in the moment, and the moment ends.


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Saturday, February 22, 2014
How to plan the next Scooby-Doo series
What the problem seems to be is that it was lacking a specific element to the formula. Humor.
In the warped mind of CN's Stuart Snyder, it was too much of an action show for his liking, and it was too dark and scary for his self-admitted target audience of boys between the ages of 8-14. Scooby's own creators, Joe Ruby & Ken Spears, have been on record stating that they felt head writer-producer Mitch Watson's vision was closer to their own original vision when they first developed Scooby 45 years ago. In my own opinion, Watson had made some mistakes, the biggest of which was perpetuating the notion, established in the 2002 live-action movie, that Fred was a bit of an airhead, which he certainly wasn't in past incarnations of the franchise.
Even though he was the title star, Scooby has always been a comedy character. He and his owner-partner, Shaggy, were used for slapstick comedy in the midst of each episode, but that went the way of the Edsel in Mystery Incorporated. What Watson wanted to do was make Scooby, in particular, more assertive, and less comical. From what I saw in season 1 (never saw season 2), it appeared that he'd succeeded. Unfortunately, serious Scooby doesn't bring the ratings, at least that's how Snyder and his idiot cohorts see it. They essentially buried season 2, and haven't even scheduled a DVD release insofar as I know.
So that brings us to the topic at hand. How do you put the inevitable next incarnation of the franchise together? It has to be a mix of comedy and adventure, much like it has been for most of the last 45 years. Silly slapstick will attract the little boys Snyder covets as his core audience. However, for older fans, the next series has to have the following:
*--Done-in-one mysteries. Part of the reason Mystery Incorporated ultimately failed in Snyder's eyes is that Watson went with the serial format, which was fine and new for the franchise, but Snyder felt it was too much for the kids to bear. As What's New Scooby-Doo demonstrated, a procedural whodunit works well for the Mystery Inc. team, just as it did for Clue Club years earlier. In fact, since the two teams never met, the next series could fix that little problem, since the CC weren't part of that fever dream Scooby had in season 1 of Mystery Incorporated.
*--Reintroduce "lost" supporting characters, specifically, Scooby's relatives, like his cousins, Scooby-Dee & Scooby-Dum, last seen several years ago, brother Yabba, who has been missing in action for more than 30 years, and, of course, Scrappy, who was really screwed over by the internet.
You all know the story with Scrappy. Fans turned away in droves because of his obnoxious but assertive persona, introduced in his first season (1979), which, in turn marked Scooby's 10th anniversary. Scrappy matured as time went on, but the writers of the 2002 movie seemingly ret-conned everything post 1979 out, as the movie was written with those haters on the internet in mind. Watson apparently also followed this logic, as Scrappy was mentioned in passing in season 1 of Mystery Incorporated, and not in a good way.
As for Dee & Dum, they've been missing for way too long. Dum was the Mortimer Snerd-influenced dimbulb who aspired to be a real detective like Scooby, hence the deerstalker cap he often wore. Dee was an actress, which would come in handy if /when she does get used.
*---Guest stars. Watson managed a minor miracle, one that I didn't get to see, by reviving Dynomutt, and ret-conning Blue Falcon into a former security guard instead of a millionaire. He didn't see the value in keeping Falcon a Batman-clone, and I can't blame him there. However, given the way season 2 was scheduled, should it surprise anyone at all that CN isn't interested in spinning the new-look Dynomutt off into his own series, what with his 40th anniversary 2 years away?
I mentioned the Clue Club earlier. Let's take it a step further and reboot the fever dream into something a little more substantial, and have Scooby meet Goober & the Ghost Chasers as well. And, then, there is the matter of returning the favor to Johnny Bravo after the gang paid him a visit in 1997.
*---Continuity. Some ill-informed souls on the message boards don't want to see the romantic subplots from the last series. Here's a newsflash, folks. There are older fans that do want to see Fred & Daphne's relationship develop in a more mature, dramatic fashion. What hurt that angle before was how Fred was written, as a trap-happy imbecile. If you revert Fred to what he was in the first place, as an assertive, mature sleuth, to fall into line with how Daphne's character has evolved from being a damsel in distress to being more assertive. They would be a toon couple on the order of, say, Popeye & Olive Oyl or Mickey & Minnie Mouse. I'd find love interests for Velma & Shaggy, but not with each other.
*---Format. Instead of the usual half-hour, or the 15 minute format CN has favored for their original series these days, I'd go with a 1 hour show in the style of live-action procedurals. That would ensure the "Done-in-one" format is employed.
*---Shopping to networks other than CN. An absolute must, given how CN screwed its audience and the franchise in one fell swoop. I'd shop the show to Nickelodeon and the Hub, or even to CW's Vortexx block. CN? Fuhgeddaboutit, as long as Snyder's in charge.
It will be interesting to see how CN celebrates Scooby's 45th birthday later this year.
4 comments:
- magicdog said...
I really don't understand why TPTB at CN are sabotaging their own channel! Must be some tax write off scheme because all they do is have potentially good programming and then bite the hands of those providing it. It wasn't bad enough to mess with SDMI, but doing the same to DC properties like their own "DC Nation" block. This channel is almost unwatchable now.
SDMI, IMO was the best incarnation of the SD characters since the very first series (especially since you can't have one without the other) and offered up so much more that any incarnation in between them. I know part of the reason for American toons being stifled was due to the TV violence restrictions, but they also suffered due to the short sightedness of creators and network suits. They thought toons were for kids and should be dumbed down. I didn't get to see what American shows could do until BTAS came along to show character depth and development - not to mention bad guys getting pummeled again and intelligent writing. It's further insulting to think a serialized format can't be followed by viewers.
SDMI was a great way to get back to basics (and Ruby/Spears were on target with their observations) poke fun at the show, HB in general and still take some serious steps to characterization in the process. I loved the whole concept - though I agree on Freddy having been portrayed in the first season (don't worry - he got better in season 2!). The ratings might have been higher if the network had bothered promoting it more and played repeats. At best we got a few marathons to lead us into a premiere, but fans often ended up missing it - sometimes seeking out the show in other venues (PM me on TZ, I can show you where you can see the show in its entirety - legally!).
For the next installment, I'd rather not see the 70s characters like Scrappy, Yabba, Dumm, etc. They were designed for another time and series. I'd rather the new show take some cues from SDMI and make it so the "you know what" gets real! I want to see danger, risk, character development and a sense of fun in the mysteries the gang will solve each episode. I'm one of those viewers who would also like to see Fred and Daphne having a relationship. That never bothered me as long as the "will they or won't they" aspect is left out. I also liked Velma in SDMI - she was snarkey and dare I say the prettiest animated incarnation to date. Mitch Watson described her as a "cute, Comic Con girl" and I can buy that - although in SDMI I didn't get to see her "Comic Con" side so much. If we had, she'd have been to a convention with Shag & Scoob or spent time playing video games, etc. As for her dating Shaggy, I'm open to it, even if that means they risk becoming "the spare couple" that HAS to be together because Fred & Daphne are. I had hoped Velma and Shaggy would have resolved their issues in the 2nd season of SDMI, but it didn't happen. If the show had been allowed to go a third season, perhaps it would have happened then.
Whether or not to add crossovers with other mystery solvers from the HB stable is also up in the air - depending on the incarnation they have in mind. Perhaps the cameos can be subtle like in superhero shows (YJ and DCAU toons did this a lot, so why not?) or more brazen. Personally, I hope to get a "CSI lite" sort of series, in which the gang is older, working and using their individual talents to get to solve a case.
- Sunday, 23 February, 2014
- hobbyfan said...
That's another possibility, one I raised with my twist ending to a fan-fic I wrote at TZ a couple of years back.
I figured Watson had missed the boat, and badly, at that, and I decided that there was a way to create a salient ending that made sense, so I mixed in the Wonder Twins (themselves being a bit older) and Batman, and made Shaggy more assertive. Plus it wasn't taking 26 weeks to get to the conclusion.
The story ended with what was purported to be the "original" team (Pericles, Brad, Judy, et al) actually being the NEW MI team, trained by Fred, who would now be a college professor. My vision was that Fred would mentor the new team, and have his mates join in periodically. I may return to that concept down the road.
- Sunday, 23 February, 2014
- Scoobyfan1 said...
@Hobbyfan: I did see that actually, and it was a great idea.
I actually don't mind romance, and guest stars, in addition I loved the ongoing storyline, as it made you want to keep tuning in each day or each week to see what would happen next(the hallmarks of a good television show, as it keeps you guessing and all that).
Incidentally, Cartoon Network is rerunning the show again, but at 8:30 AM pacific time(which I guess would be the same time in the Eastern Time Zone); although, who knows how long CN will keep the show's reruns on the schedule this time.
In addition, ideally I would like to see Fred, Daphne and Velma as they were in the classic series(1969-1978 especially), but maybe show they can be funny on occasion as well; same with Shaggy and Scooby, maybe have them be themselves, but be a little more assertive and brave.
Also(and this is key, at least for me), any future Scooby series if it does feature real monsters, maybe include a few friendly ones and have Fred, Daphne and Velma make friends with the friendly ghost or creature, or whatever.
Lastly, as far as a network, it's really too bad Cartoon Network is the one who runs Warner Brothers shows, as if this was the 80s or early 90s, a new Scooby series could be run in syndication very easily(along the lines of the syndicated runs of the Jetsons and Jonny Quest).
But of course, because of Warner Brothers owning the Hanna Barbera library, and Warner Brothers shows having to run on CN because of contracts and all that, we have to suffer through Cartoon Network's mistreatment of Warner Brothers properties.
I honestly wish The Hub or Nickelodeon could figure a way out to run new shows produced by Warner Brothers, but unfortunately I think that's in the category of the Chicago Cubs winning the world series anytime soon, needless to say not very likely.
Although it is fun to wish and dream and all that.
- Monday, 03 March, 2014
- hobbyfan said...
8:30 (PT) = 11:30 (ET). I'm at work either way, so I'm still screwed.
Actually, since there is so much disconnect between Time Warner divisions (which WB, CN, & DC are three of), it'd still be a safer bet to have WBA shop future projects to other networks and not have to be beholden to Stuart Snyder and his myopic vision. The Hub would be the best place to go.
- Monday, 03 March, 2014


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The Attributes, Consequences, and Values Associated With Event Sport Tourists' Behavior: A Means-End Chain Approach
Po-Ju Chen
Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32819-1450, USA
A phenomenological study was conducted to investigate event sport tourists' behavior and experiences. Members of a sport fan club were invited to participate in this study. The laddering technique was used in the interviews for discovering participants' cognitive structures. The findings were presented on Hierarchy Value Maps that depicted relationships between attributes, consequences, and values in a means-end hierarchy. This study found that the study participants were highly involved event sport tourists. Personal balance and socialization were the essential parts of experiences that participants were seeking. Thus, event sport tourists can obtain personally relevant goals (consequences and values) through various means (traveling and socializing) that allow them to watch competitions and participate in related social events. The study findings contribute to the understanding of event sport tourists' behavior and the development of marketing strategies.
Key words: Small-scale sport tourism; Event sport tourist; Means-end chain; Personal construct; Hierarchy Value Map
Address correspondence to Po-Ju Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, 9907 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32819-1450, USA. Tel: (407) 903 8029; Fax: (407) 903 8105; E-mail: email@example.com
Motivations of Young People for Visiting Wine Festivals
Tim Dodd, Jingxue (Jessica) Yuan, Charlie Adams, and Natalia Kolyesnikova
Department of Nutrition, Hospitality and Retailing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
This article investigates the motivations of young visitors (35 years old and under) at two wine festivals in Texas and Indiana. Fourteen motivational items were identified in which tasting wine, being entertained, and being with friends were perceived to be important motives for young visitors. In addition, differences were compared between the young and older visitors. Young people were found to attach more importance to enjoying entertainment, finding thrills and excitement, and being with friends. Interestingly, young visitors also viewed tasting wine more importantly than their older counterparts. The findings are discussed in comparison with those of the extant literature on event motivations and young visitors to wineries. Practical implications of the study's findings are presented.
Key words: Festival motivations; Young wine consumers; Wine festival
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The Politics of City Imaging: A Case Study of the MTV Europe Music Awards Edinburgh 03
Gavin Reid
Department of PE, Sport & Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
In November 2003 the city of Edinburgh hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards. This article discusses the event's contribution to Edinburgh's reimaging and local involvement. After outlining links between cultural events and contemporary urban policy, an in-depth case study charts the evolution of the MTV Europe Awards Edinburgh 03 and how it became embroiled in local political realities. The event became politicized because MTV was given £750K public subsidy to part-fund the show's temporary structure and the outside broadcast costs of a simultaneous live concert in Edinburgh's city center Princes Street Gardens. Officials argued that, beyond the local economic benefit - estimated initially at £4 million - this was justified as the event offered extensive local inclusion and unique promotional opportunities that would give the city's conservative image a contemporary edge. They believed Edinburgh's reimaging as an exciting short-break destination would occur because of the association with A-list celebrities and MTV's innovative marketing that connected with the global traveling, yet elusive, "MTV generation." MTV found Edinburgh an ideal city as its experienced events team eased production of their complex "live" television show, while its young people and iconic place features gave the show a distinctive narrative. The article's key finding is that MTV's desire for these place features to reimage their television show meant the event primarily benefited them and the local tourist industry. MTV happily fostered local involvement - creating memorable moments for participants - but their celebrity and place focus meant their voices were often marginalized. This was accentuated because the local newspaper, part of a group often critical of public sector organizers, emphasized: the event's cost and disruption, the inappropriate actions of public officials, and MTV's ticket allocation to corporate clients.
Key words: MTV; Image making; Edinburgh; Politics; Power; Media
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Measuring Motivation to Volunteer for Special Events
Manjit Monga
School of Management, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Special event organizations (SEOs) are formed and operate in a different environment. Due to the increasing scale and complexities of special events combined with financial constraints, these organizations are typically reliant on unpaid volunteer labor for a large number of activities during the event. The purpose of this article is to develop a measurement scale for motivation to volunteer for special events, which is a relatively unexplored area. It first explores several fundamental aspects of the complexities of the relationship between the volunteer and the employers of volunteer labor. It then presents a five-dimensional model to better understand the motivations of special event volunteers as measured by a 26-item scale developed on the basis of literature on special events and motivation to volunteer (MTV). The scale is tested in a survey and the findings are presented.
Key words: Special events; Pulsating organizations; Volunteer; Motivation
Address correspondence to Manjit Monga, School of Management, Division of Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia. Tel: +61 8 8302 0425; Fax: +61 8 8302 0512; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Implications of Climate Change for Outdoor Event Planning: A Case Study of Three Special Events in Canada's National Capital Region
Brenda Jones,1 Daniel Scott,1 and Halim Abi Khaled2
1Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
ON, Canada
2Corporate Audit, Research and Evaluation Branch, National Capital Commission
Weather and climate play an important role in the success of many outdoor special events, including the quality of visitor experiences. In spite of the growing importance of event tourism to many communities in Canada and the US, research examining the influence of current weather and climate on event planning, or event tourism more broadly, is very limited. Consequently, the potential implications of climate change for event planning and tourism has yet to be explored. This article presents the findings of the first known assessment of climate change on event tourism in North America. A case study of Canada's National Capital Region was used to better understand the current impact of weather and climate on three high-profile outdoor events planned by the National Capital Commission (NCC) (Winterlude, the Canadian Tulip Festival, and Canada Day celebrations), and to assess the potential impact of climate change on the NCC's long-term event planning. Climate change is projected to have a meaningful impact on the success of some special events by altering the ability of the NCC to maintain ice-based attractions (skating on the Rideau Canal Skateway), changing tulip phenology to cause a mismatch with current Festival dates, and increasing the need for heat emergency planning during Canada Day. Possible adaptation strategies to respond to the challenges of climate change are also discussed, as are some general implications for event management.
Key words: Adaptation; Canada; Climate change; Event planning; Festival
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Managing Personnel in Major Sport Event Organizations: What Strategies Are Required?
Clare Hanlon and Bob Stewart
Centre for Aging, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia
In Australia, the state of Victoria has been successful in securing many major sport events. Examples of such events annually conducted in Victoria are the Australian Open Tennis Championships, the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, The Melbourne Cup, and the Australian Football League Grand Final. Apart from these annual events, Victoria has also been successful in conducting the Bledisloe (rugby) Cup, the 2002 World Yachting Championship, the 2002 World Master Games, and the 2005 Deaflympics. Victoria was also successful in its bids to host the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Swimming Championship. These events have also attracted large audiences, which in part are the result of the efficient management of the organizations that coordinate these events. However, this begs the question: What underpinned the operation of such organizations, and were tailored or sport-specific practices incorporated for managing personnel? The purpose of this article is to explore the management processes of two major sport events, and examine the extent to which tailored or sport-specific management practices for personnel were incorporated by each of the major sport event managers. Semistructured interviews were conducted with managers from two event organizations - the Australian Tennis Open and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation - and supporting documentation was gathered to verify issues raised in the interviews. The findings revealed two distinctive types of practices. First, a number of systematic and tailored practices were used to manage personnel in each of these major sport event organizations. On the other hand, there were instances where guidance was lacking, and personnel were left to interpret detailed induction manuals with little supervision. As a result, many inconsistent practices were performed and personnel often felt alienated from the management team. On the basis of these results, it is recommended that more detailed documentation and guidance be utilized to manage the variety of personnel during the life cycle of major sport events.
Key words: Major sport event organizations; Managing personnel
Address correspondence to Clare Hanlon, Ph.D., Centre for Aging, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport, Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia. Tel: 61 3 9919 3268; Fax: 61 3 9919 3413; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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I recently talked with my niece, Nicole, about the benefits package offered by her new employer, Walgreens. Among other things, I asked if she was participating in the 401(k) plan, how much she was saving and what led her to participate right away.
She shared that not only was she participating in the 401(k) plan, but she was taking full advantage of the employer match. (Talk about a proud uncle moment!) So what convinced her?
1) Family members stressing the importance of savings as she was growing up, and
2) her new manager taking time to talk through the company's benefit options.
All too often, we leaders rely on office managers, recruiters and HR departments to educate employees about benefits. In many cases that includes a group meeting that the employee decides to skip, an email that is put off to read another day or a packet of brochures and forms that starts collecting dust.
I'm sure we can all agree it's not that we don't care about our employees' financial well-being. It just doesn't feel like it's our job. But perhaps it should be?
There's plenty of research indicating that we spend practically no time planning for our financial needs. In fact, according to one study, we spend more time planning our next vacation than we do planning for our retirement. I suppose that shouldn't be too surprising, considering the fact that we have shorter attention spans than goldfish. We are a society obsessed with the "now" and assume the "later" will get figured out eventually.
So how do we combat the goldfish attention span? How can we do a better job educating our employees on the importance of their benefit elections? Here are a few starting points:
1. Retirement. I've got three words for you: Save. More. Earlier. Encouraging your employees to do just that and participate in your company's retirement plan as soon as possible is critical. Many experts recommend saving 11-15% of our income. If that seems too daunting, encourage them to try for 10%. Chances are, your retirement plan provider offers simple tools and calculators to help. Encourage your employees to check out those tools.
2. Stress the importance of life and disability insurance. It's rare that the basic "free coverage" provided by an employer covers an employee's total need, especially if they have dependents. Many employers offer additional coverage for a cost. In many cases, that cost is very attractive due to the buying power of group insurance.
3. Healthcare benefits. Healthcare options are confusing for nearly everyone. But it's important to help your employees understand the different options available so they make the decision that's best for them. Encourage them to invest time in reviewing the materials and coming up with a list of questions to ask their provider.
4. Financial advice. The fact of the matter is, most Americans don't seek professional financial advice. And the younger you are, the less likely you are to seek it. Many young workers may feel they don't have enough money or that their financial picture isn't complicated enough to justify the time and cost. Contrary to that belief, the financial choices your employees make in the early stages of their career are critical. Encourage your employees to fight the inertia and seek out a financial advisor.
Need even more confirmation? A few colleagues and I were invited by Dr. Anthony Ross to speak to a room of bright-eyed, optimistic college students at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Our discussion focused on the importance of saving more money earlier, understanding employee benefit jargon and the important steps to take during the first few days on the job. After the presentation, we were swarmed by students with questions. The overall theme we gathered was that these students are not hearing this type of information from anyone, anywhere. So don't assume it's happening somewhere else.
I know we only spoke to students, but to many of your employees, they are in the same boat. Many of us need to be nudged several times before taking action on things like retirement savings, budgeting and investigating insurance needs.
You can do better. Help your new employees get on board. Encourage them to invest the time, read the paperwork, go to the meeting, attend the webinar. Who knows? A cup of coffee and a 15-minute conversation between a leader and an employee could change their life forever.


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Bah! I still think it's a three-person ass-on-fire extinguisher.
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...on second thought, a stand that holds welding tanks or some kind of tanks. Co2, helium, any type of tanks.
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Hello everyone, this is my first build here.
I've been trying to find what works best for Jax since I bought him several months ago, searching around for that one build that uses his full potential and I finally got it.
Jax is pretty viable after last patch, you might want to try this just for fun once and see it actually can work pretty well, making you that unexpected pseudo-offtank that can do a lot to your team. Note that you'll actually reach a lot more health than 3000-something from Mobafire's calculations.
For Masteries I like the +gold one from Utility because there are so many essential items for this that need to be build fast, but feel free to use what whatever else that includes Nimbleness.
Well, with this build, you start literally rushing for Madred's (recall as soon as you have the money) because you need that 15% chance to finish off a minion since your early game will be very slow.
Play passivelly, still; only Leap on enemies when you're sure you can escape if they manage to get you to low health (not very hard until level 6), which means: Flash not on cooldown or minions behind you waiting to be jumped at. Don't worry for early game kills, don't turret dive, build a Tabi, don't think you can do much for now. Focus only farming until you get your Tiamat (which I usually start by building Rejuvenation Bead -> Faerie Charm -> Pickaxe -> Longsword on this order).
Now with it you receive a 126 bonus for health due to Jax innate, which isn't much but starts to help you out a little.
Luckly you'll be around level 7 or 8. Things start to get a little dependant on your/your team's performance.
Got some kills? Go for Giant's Belt.
Having a hard time to stay in lane? Go for Regrowth Pendant.
Finish of your Warmog's (before you call me crazy, it's changed after the last patch, it now gives you around 900 health as soon as you build it. Considering the maxed effects, it will give you enough health to reach more than 4000 on level 18) Farm minions like crazy and you'll max it fast.
And then the fun begins! People don't expect so much health on carries; what can kill you fast with Madred's Bloodrazor will have to attack you physically, which means dodge -> stun -> YOU HAVE SLAIN AN ENEMY.
Get Atma's Impaler now. Start with Cloak of Agility if your armor from Madred's and Tabi is enough for now or if the enemy team has more casters, otherwise, Chain Vest.
Atma's is probably my favourite item on this build. It gives Jax a loop between health and damage, and the main reason to get a Warmog's.
(It's also very viable getting Atma's before Warmog's if your health is above 2000 by the time you finish Tiamat, as 2000 health = 40 damage = + 120 health from innate = + ~2 damage = + 6 health.)
Well, now it's up to you, really. Most teams do a /surrender after you ace them and still manage to keep around 1k health and is moving to their inner turrets, but getting a Recurve Bow now if the game hasn't ended is essential, as your attack speed is pretty low. You might even want to replace Tiamat for something to aid your attack speed but I enjoy the splash now that Jax's Empower doesn't do AoE anymore.
Score some double kills, finish the Bloodrazor, aim for triples now, Pickaxe, pentakills, Wand, Gunblade, Victory.


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Against Mercyhurst, U-M started strong, taking a 4-1 lead after the first period and increasing the margin to 8-1 going into halftime. The Wolverines out-scored the Lakers, 6-1 in the second half. Lauren Colton, Claire Ivry and Laura Milstead tallied two goals, with Colton scoring in the first period, Ivry in the second and Milstead in the fourth. Eight other players registered goals. Tara Brigham made eight saves on 10 shots.
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A man who started the 6-day treatment sharedhis results on social networks. Those who have tried thisremedy say that itis very effective.
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Necessary Ingredients:
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Mix all of these ingredients and place them in a glass bottle. Shake the bottle.
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