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.

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/

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.

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