Sunday Roundup: This Week in moe.rons.com articles

Welcome to the weekly moe.rons.com feature: The Sunday Roundup! This is where I highlight all of the articles published in the last week on moe.rons.com in case you missed them ... but we are sure you didn't since we know you love us so much you are constantly refreshing the main page ... right *cough*

Al & The Transamericans tour -- now with venue/time information! - Technically, from the following week, but we missed last Sunday's feature, so shhhh!

moe.'s Farm Aid 2008 set list - Short, but sweet.

Achieving a distinctive sound? - Was that a slight against Chuck? Is that a bunny with a pancake on its head? You be the judge!

[POLL] Do you want to see user-submitted reviews here? - You go to see live music, right? Why not tell us about it!

Move over Farmer Ben ... Meet Farmer Dave! - moe. joins farmer Dave Purpura for a discussion during Farm Aid.

That's all for now; check back all this week for more news in the moe.osphere. If you have any information on news not yet featured here, send that information to tips@moerons.com . We appreciate all the kind words people have been sending! Finally, don't forget to check out our forums at http://www.moerons.com/forums

Cheers!

~ Sean

Move over Farmer Ben ... Meet Farmer Dave!

The South Coast Gazette posted an article this morning highlighting a Farm Aid panel with produce farmer Dave Purpura, owner of Plato's Harvest in Middleborough, MA. What does this have to moe.? Well, during the panel, Purpura was joined by our very own Al, Rob, and Vinnie.

The panel was part of the Homegrown Village stage of Farm Aid, where Purpura discussed his sucess and qualms with the produce industry.

The message: buy local, support family farmers rang out from both the artists and concert goers.

It's not just about fresh food and sustainable agriculture. Food that's shipped from South America uses up a tremendous amount of natural resources making its way across the continent. moe. guitarist Al Schnier, said, "If we all were part of the equation, supporting local farmers just a bit more, the environmental impact would be remarkable."

Despite ribbing from the band moe. who dubbed him Farmer Dave, Mr. Purpura said it wasn't a mid-life crisis that made him turn from an engineering career to organic farming. "It was kind of planned, it was always my intention."

I highly recommend readers to check out the full article by CLICKING HERE.

For more information on Farm Aid, CLICK HERE.

[POLL] Do you want to see user-submitted reviews here?

That's right; we here at moe.rons.com would like to know your opinion on something! ... What!?! Why are you so shocked?

Anyway, we would like to ask you the following question:

How interested would you be in user-submitted reviews?

We are always trying to expand our content here at moe.rons.com and this has been an idea I have tossed around for awhile. Some of you may have remember I asked this very same question months ago on the previous news page. Well, I am here to find out again.

So, turn your eyes a little to the right and down and you should see the poll. Let us know your opinion! Also, feel free to comment on this news post or in the forums your own thoughts on this question. Help us help you.

Achieving a distinctive sound?

Jambands.com just today put up an article/interview with New York City based jam band Licorice that may or may not include a remark at our beloved Satan's expense. Near the middle of the interview, a question is postulated about the bands "distinct sound" and how it differentiates them from other jam bands. Granted, this is question lobbied at many bands, especially new or "up-and-coming" groups. In this instance, David Lott, the band's guitarist and vocalist, brings up moe. and Satan himself, Chucky.

The discussion turns to whether developing a distinctive sound, as a band or as a musician, is a boon or bane with moe. and their exceptional musicianship becoming a recurring example. “I think Licorice has a sound,” says Lott while we’re bantering the question around. “I don’t think I’ve reached the point where I have an individual sound. It’s the moe. thing,” he continues. “I can hear moe. a mile away and know that it’s moe. but if Chuck Garvey was in a band with 50 other musicians and all I was doing was listening, I don’t think I would be able to tell that that’s ‘Chuck Garvey from moe.,’ he explains. “I don’t mean that to sound disrespectful,” he clarifies. “He’s an incredible guitar player.”

Interesting quote, and one I have re-read a couple times. It seems to me that Lott is saying that Chuck doesn't have his own "distinct sound" and therefore blends into whatever he is doing to the point you can't differeniate him from the average guitar player.

What say you? Leave us a comment or send your own opinion to tips@moerons.com

For the original Jamband.com article, CLICK HERE.

moe.'s Farm Aid 2008 set list

Short, but sweet, moe. performed this past Saturday at Farm Aid 2008. They performed a 15-minute set at around 2:40 EST.

Set: All Roads Lead to Home, Darkness > Tailspin

Currently, some of the live webcast is being shown on the Farm Aid page. I am unsure whether moe.'s performance is part of it.

You can check out the webcast HERE

Al & The Transamericans tour -- now with venue/time information!

A few days ago, we posted about the Al & The Transamericans tour listed on their Myspace page. Today, we get the information on start times and the venue locations for nearly all of the dates. This all comes from The Org:

Oct 31 2008 9:00PM Electric Company Utica, New York

Nov 1 2008 9:00PM Valentine’s Albany, New York

Nov 5 2008 8:00PM TBA Portland, Maine

Nov 6 2008 8:00PM TBA Newmarket, New Hampshire

Nov 7 2008 11:30PM BB King’s New York, New York
Phil Lesh / Nokia Theatre After-Show Party
Al and the Transamericans with Special Guests American Babies

Nov 8 2008 8:00PM Mexicali Blues Teaneck, New Jersey

Nov 10 2008 8:00PM TBA Ithaca, New York

Nov 11 2008 8:00PM Club Cafe Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nov 12 2008 8:00PM Ramshead Live Annapolis, Maryland

Nov 13 2008 8:00PM 8x10 club Baltimore, Maryland

Nov 14 2008 8:00PM The Sherman Theatre Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Nov 15 2008 8:00PM Lost Horizon Syracuse, New York

Stay tuned to the news page and the forums for setlists and other information.

Source: moe.org/al/

First moe. set from moe.down IX Up on IClips

The Org is showing the following message:

Check out the Friday night moe.down set on iClips - includes Bela Fleck sitting in on "Shoot First".

That evening's setlist was as follows, according to our moe.rons.com setlist forums:

8-29-2008
moe.down IX
Turin, NY
One Set

Spaz Medicine, Blue Jeans & Pizza, Funky Reuben*, Letter Home > Okayalright, Darkness** > Shoot First*** > Bathtub Gin jam > The Road > Rebubula

Encore: Sensory Deprivation Bank

* played one other time on 02/15/92
** w/ "Bathtub Gin" tease
*** w/ Bela Fleck

Again, for the message at moe.org, CLICK HERE

Sunday Roundup: This Week in moe.rons.com articles

Welcome to the first weekly moe.rons.com feature: The Sunday Roundup! This is where I highlight all of the articles published in the last week on moe.rons.com in case you missed them ... but we are sure you didn't since we know you love us so much you are constantly refreshing the main page ... right *cough*

moe.down IX compiled moe. setlists - see all three days of moe.'s sets from "The IX".

moe.down IX article/review up on Jambase.com - "Nine years running and as fervent as ever, moe.down lured over 10,000 fans from around the country to beautiful Upstate New York over Labor Day weekend."

5k moe.rons were at the Artpark show - Nice turn out!

Les Claypool's "National Lampoon" jam band movie at movie festival - "Electric Apricot pokes loving fun at the heirs of classic jam bands and their loyal fans."

moe.down takes over NY mountainside - "on a small, ski mountain in Turin, NY, Moe-rons (a self-given nickname for fans of the band "Moe") were raging hard, flaring and grooving wildly"

moe.down IX audio on Live Downloads - Audio bliss ...

Vinnie to perform several shows w/ Sonic Garden - Play those skins.

moe. featured as part of Relix's new V Cast video channel - "offer[ing] customers both live music video clips and original recordings, including concert footage, backstage videos and in-depth interviews."

Al to Tour with the Transamericans - Some love for the Trannies.

That's all for now; check back all this week for more news in the moe.osphere. If you have any information on news not yet featured here, send that information to tips@moerons.com . Finally, don't forget to check out our forums at http://www.moerons.com/forums

Cheers!

~ Sean

Al to Tour with the Transamericans

Sorry, I was a bit busy yesterday afternoon and didn't get to the tipline mail, so this story is a day late.

The Al & The Transamericans Myspace page was updated yesterday with all of the information about the shows coming in November. It was also reported on by Jambands.com, which is the link most people sent me. Here is what they wrote up:

With moe. scheduled to spend the rest of the year off the road Al Schnier has confirmed an extended tour with his longtime sideband Al & the Transamericans. The country-rock outfit features a number of familiar faces, including moe.’s Vinnie Amico (drums), Kirk Juhas (keyboardist), Eric Glockler (bass) and Gordon Stone (banjo and pedal steel). The group’s upcoming tour is scheduled to kick off at Utica, NY’s Electric Company on Halloween, before making stops in Albany (11/1), Portland, ME (11/5), Newmarket, NN (11/6), New York (11/7), Teaneck, NJ (11/8), Ithaca, NY (11/10), Pittsburgh (11/11), Annapolis, MD (11/12), Baltimore (11/13), Stroudsburg, PA (11/14) and Syracuse, NY (11/15).

Al & the Transamericans will share the stage with a few different bands along the way, most notably Tea Leaf Green and American Babies. moe.'s only upcoming appearance is at Farm Aid on September 20.

For Al & The Transamericans Myspace page, CLICK HERE (And CLICK HERE for our own page!)

For the Jambands.com snippet, CLICK HERE.

Again, thanks for all of the email tips. Remember, if you have news on moe. or the moe. community that we have missed, send an email to tips@moerons.com

moe. featured as part of Relix's new V Cast video channel

Relix announced today that they are partnering with Verizon Wireless to "offer customers both live music video clips and original recordings, including concert footage, backstage videos and in-depth interviews."

Right now, moe.'s performance of TGORM from the Jam Band Chronicles: Summer Camp DVD is being featured.

For the press release, CLICK HERE.

For Relix's V Cast page, CLICK HERE.

Vinnie to perform several shows w/ Sonic Garden

Sonic Garden's MySpace page lists a few of their upcoming shows as having Vinnie as a "special guest drum[mer]"

October, 10 2008 at The Electric Company with Vinnie Amico of moe on special guest drums 700 Varick St., Utica, New York 13502

October, 11 2008 at Valentines - with Vinnie Amico of moe on special guest drums
17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, New York 12207
Cost : $10

October, 17 2008 at Club Infinity with Vinnie Amico of moe plus original/old Sonic Alumni & Acoustic Forum
8166 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221

The also add a rumor-ish "Maybe Al will show up too?" to the October 10th show as well. October 17th's show, as you can see above, will include "original drummer Vinnie Amico of moe and original/old Sonic Garden alumni: Rolph Witt, John Yakovu, Joe Bellanti, Dave Ruch, & more".

For Sonic Garden's MySpace page, CLICK HERE.

moe.down IX audio on Live Downloads.

Live Downloads now has all three nights of moe.down IX up for your purchasing SBD needs. CLICK HERE to view the moe. page on Live Downloads.

For a recap of the setlists from moe.down IX, check out our post HERE.

moe.down takes over NY mountainside

The Daily Collegian, published daily for the University of Massachusetts, had a write up about moe.down IX this morning.

On the last weekend of the summer of 2008, most University of Massachusetts students were relaxing and rearing for their trip back to the Zoo.

Yet, on a small, ski mountain in Turin, NY, Moe-rons (a self-given nickname for fans of the band "Moe") were raging hard, flaring and grooving wildly to top-notch groups such as The Presidents of the United States of America, The Yonder Mountain String Band, U-Melt, The Benevento-Russo Duo, The Sparrow Quartet featuring Abigail Washburn & Bela Fleck, Levon Helm, Fishbone, The Brew, The Macpodz and of course the explosively titillating rock-blues-experimental-cowboy-free-flow-space-jam band: Moe (or jam-band for short).

If you can get past the misspelling of the band name, there is some "interesting" writing in the piece:

One Moe-ron, Jeff, called out in the spirit of Moe-rons everywhere for an evolution in consciousness. He claimed that the world has had too many revolutions already and it is time for our species to evolve. Revolutions bring nothing but more of the same. From his perspective, every action has a reaction. There are so many actions taking place so why not try to make them good ones? For our actions really do matter. In fact, every action has the potential to change the world. If this is true than we can also control our own destiny to some extent?

I am bit curious how he knew about the .down (and if he was at it or just reporting). No matter; to check out the rest of the article CLICK HERE.

Les Claypool's "National Lampoon" jam band movie at movie festival

Well, I consider myself pretty well versed in media, especially movies and television, but I had no idea that Les Claypool was writing, directing, AND staring in a movie that "spoofs" the jam band genre ... and includes some famous musicians in the scene. And it is a "National Lampoon" branded movie? Color me surprised.

Often described as "Spinal Tap meets the Grateful Dead" because it uses the same mock-umentary style of Spinal Tap and focuses on the jamband scene, "National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: The Quest for Festeroo" features rock legends such as the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Phish's Mike Gordon as well as Warren Haynes and Matt Abts from Gov't Mule.

"This is a huge honor for this film to be chosen, the buzz around 'National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo' has been growing and we are delighted to be able to feature the picture at the festival," stated Daniel Laikin, National Lampoon Chief Executive Officer in announcing the selection.

It also features classic cameo appearances from Seth Green (Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Italian Job) and "South Park"'s Matt Stone. The movie was produced by Jason McHugh (producer of debut features for Trey Parker from "South Park").

Carrying the mantle for the Grateful Dead and Phish are Electric Apricot, Claypool's alter ego's band, as they hit the road to "Festeroo," the fictional pinnacle event of the jam band scene - and possibly, E.A.'s career. Electric Apricot pokes loving fun at the heirs of classic jam bands and their loyal fans.

Anyway, this snippet is from a wire news story about how the film is being premiered at the UK Raindance Film Festival that is upcoming.

5k moe.rons were at the Artpark show

The Niagara Gazette published an article today highlighting the fact that Lewiston's Artpark concerts, specifically the "Wednesdays at the Gorge" shows, were a success this summer. moe. even got a nod for the crowd they were able to bring in ...

The eight-week Wednesdays on the Gorge series, in particular, grew by leaps and bounds, showing a 99 percent spike from 2007 with a total patronage of more than 26,000. Flagship events featuring the Buffalo-born jam band moe. (July 9) and Canadian import Sam Roberts (July 30) each attracted 5,000-plus concertgoers.

Not too shabby, and they got the name of the band right, so kuddos. To read the rest of the article, CLICK HERE.

A recap of the setlist for the Artpark show:

7-9-08
Art Park
Lewiston, NY

Set I: 32 Things, Tambourine, Not Coming Down, It, Faker > Brent Black

Set II: Kids, Time Ed > Skrunk, Bring You Down, Cathedral > Plane Crash

Encore: Stranger Than Fiction

moe.down IX article/review up on Jambase.com

Jambase.com has nice little write up about last weekends moe.down IX. Here is the opening paragraph:

It's an old adage really, but it works nonetheless: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Nine years running and as fervent as ever, moe.down lured over 10,000 fans from around the country to beautiful Upstate New York over Labor Day weekend. As if on a schedule of rain every other year at the event, Hurricane Faye worked its way up the coast on Friday, yet dissipated by the time it reached New York State. A gray fog hung over the mountain on Friday and dropped a sprinkle of rain that glazed the grounds. Otherwise, we were graced with glorious sunshine.

For the full article, CLICK HERE.

moe.down IX compiled moe. setlists

In case you missed out on moe.down or haven't checked out setlist forum yet, here are setlists for moe.down IX posted at moe.rons.com

8-29-2008
moe.down IX
Turin, NY
One Set

Spaz Medicine, Blue Jeans & Pizza, Funky Reuben*, Letter Home > Okayalright, Darkness** > Shoot First*** > Bathtub Gin jam > The Road > Rebubula

Encore: Sensory Deprivation Bank

* played one other time on 02/15/92
** w/ "Bathtub Gin" tease
*** w/ Bela Fleck
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8-30-08
moe.down IX
Turin, NY

Day Set: Bring it Back Home, Bearsong, All Roads Lead to Home*, Captain America** > Waiting for the Punchline, Brent Black***

Night Set I: Defrost**** > Crab Eyes, Sticks and Stones*, Deep This Time*, Tubing the River Styx > The Pit, Bullet***** > Bring You Down******

Night Set II: Buster > Runaway Overlude > She, Voodoo Chile* > Fishbone switch > Seat of My Pants

Encore: Spine of a Dog

* w/ Nadine LaFond
** w/ Kids Tent parade, vocals
*** w/ Marco Benevento & Joe Russo
**** last time played 01/22/97 (1,227 shows)
***** w/ Voodoo Chile tease
****** w/ Jeff Austin on mando
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8-31-08
moe.down IX
Turin, NY

Set I: Tailspin > Timmy Tucker > Understand, Queen of Everything, Down Boy, MacIntyre Range* > 32 Things*

Set II: George > Happy Hour Hero** > Recreational Chemistry, New York City > George (finished) > Roll*** > Armageddon Jig*** > Strychnine Waltz*** > Plane Crash****

Encore: Wind It Up

Encore 2: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

* w/ Cornmeal
** w/ Shannon & Terry Lynch; saxophone & trumpet
*** last played on 4/22/01 (710 shows)
**** w/ Homer Simpson on bass
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Welcome!

Welcome to the new moe.rons.com news/blog page!

We hope to make this an easier page to view, post, use, ect. With that said, I hope to have the rest of the moe.derators (Tonya, Dave, Jen, ect.) on board soon posting "breaking" news, interviews, and other stuff as well as a few other surprises.

Again, welcome to the new site and I hope you stick around for the fun. As always, find us at our forums located at http://www.moerons.com/forums/

Cheers!

~ Sean (aka Atreyu)