Say-What Sunday: Why you NEED to see Dave Matthews Band Live

Photo from davematthewsblog.com

Whether or not you are a fan of the group, you have to admit: they are damn talented. Less be said, the music created by the boys of the Dave Matthews Band is incredible live. The simple reason being that DMB is notorious for their wicked jam sessions. Most of the group have earned renown for their jazz instincts, a musical lifestyle that entirely comes from the heart not the sheet music- and that's the best part of DMB. The musicians here are musicians, through and through, and it shows. Oh man does it show.

Their live performances are incredible because you don't get radio edits- you get an intense musicial experience that stimulates the rock senses (Carter's increasing usage of the double-bass drum), the jazz senses ( Lessard and the two tour dudes Jeff Coffin and Rashawn Ross), the classical senses (Boyd Tinsley's incredible string talents), and the overall senses that are comprised to an epic 3 hour event of non-stop awesome.

Notable Moments from the show:

• Incredible Jam sessions mixed with the popular playlis
  
• Fantastic spread of all material Dave's material, both from solo projects and the band
• Nice fan-list of favorite songs (typically the ones jammed the hardest)
• Carter Beauford and his INCREDIBLE solos
• The touring members: Jeff Coffin and Rashawn Ross, sax and trumpet, res.
  
• TIM REYNOLDS
• Carter is always smiling (just watch the Coffin solo...)
• The fantastic energy of the band and the music
  
• Free high (seriously: second hand EVERYTHING)
  

Everyone honestly needs to see at least one Dave Matthews Band concert in their life. Even if you don't qualify yourself as a fan of Dave but are a fan of music, and I mean REAL music, then this show is for you. DMB doesn't rely on fireworks, fancy graphics, or catchy skits to hold up their tour- their music speaks for itself. Seriously, check it out- you won't be disappointed.

Here is their website. Click on it. Also, click on the names of people mentioned in the Notable Moments section for solos (from other concerts, events, etc). Party on, Wayne.

Dave Matthews Band <-- (here it is)

Say-What Sunday: Nip/Tuck Follow-Up

Speaking of Bonnie Tyler, check out this literal video of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

Completely worth your time.

Or your money back.

Guarantee.

ARTHUR FONZIRELLI'S GOT AN ARMY OF CLONES

Say-What Sunday: Really Nip/Tuck? Really?

To QUICKLY touch up on what you need to know about Nip/Tuck:

CAUTION: SPOILER ALERT

• Sean and Julia are kapoot (Sean effed their babysitter for the latest baby and Julia effed the dwarf care-taker for the child and they couldn't handle the lies, etc);
• McNamara/Troy was bought out by a crazy old man billionaire and his hot wife;
• Matt became a neo-nazi;
• They brought on a partner who turned out to be a psycho-path with a passion for carving up hot people to make them ugly;
• The hot wife turned out to be the right-hand chicka for the ringleader of the local organ theft coupe;
• Since Sean found out about Christian being the biological father to Matt, they decided to go their separate ways- Sean to L.A. and Christian in Miami;
• Christian uprooted and joined Sean in L.A.;
• Julia is now an experimenting lesbian with Portia De Rossi;
• Matt and Kimber are married, have a child, and are meth addicts;
• Sean is banging Julia's girlfriend's hot and evil daughter (ironically named Eden)
• and now at the end of Season 5, episode 7, Julia just went back to Christian for some hard-loving

BUT here is the reason why I write: not more than 30 seconds before the beginning episode 7 I thought to myself- "Hmm...I think the reason I still like this show is that it hasn't run quintessential episodes/themes that have historically turned me off to the show- aliens"- and then low-and-behold the FIRST patient claims to have been abducted by aliens because he heard their signal at NASA!!! Bloody hell!! It's either I'm somewhat psychic or I just have an addiction to television shows that always run an episode with something that tend to ruin the entire season for me...

Nip/Tuck did such an episode, but it was crazy because even though the main dude with the alien implant was the main dude of the episode, they focused attention elsewhere (to Sean banging 18year old Eden) instead of going off the alien thing, which I think would have made it work better. And I know, I know this goes my entire "I believe in aliens things"- which I DO- but this episode just didn't do may extraterrestrial buddies any justice, so this is why I am upset.

AND LASTLY: They finished out the episode to a montage of Matt making homemade meth and burning his ISH DOWN-to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler. Yeah- I know.

Come on, Nip/Tuck...C'mmmmon!

Say-What Sunday: Where Carlton got his grooves

Carlton Banks, circa 1990's NBC television

This will be a quick post, but I was watching some funny commercials via YouTube and one popped up that caught my eye. It was the 1983 Pepsi commercial featuring The Jackson 5, moreover the commercial featured Michael Jackson who rewrote "Billie Jean" to the sound of "You're the New Generation" (as part of Pepsi's 'Pepsi Generation' campaign). Even MOREover, the commercial featured a young Alfonso Ribeiro aka Carlton Banks, as a young Michael Jackson tribute artist complete with the red jacket and glove. I will say this: the kids got moves, as apparent in his famous "Carlton Dance" [click for video]. It just so happened that I noticed at the end of the commercial, the starstruck boy-o is waving goodbye to the Jackson 5 and he had the oh-so-familiar face and I say this proudly- I've seen enough Fresh Prince to know Carlton ANYWHERE.

So here it is- for all of us who were born after the glorious creation of this commercial, I present: Michael Jackson ft. Alfonso Ribeiro in "You're the New Generation".

Enjoy the rest of the weekend! All....48 minutes.