I have to say, the show was certainly better and a lot longer than October’s pitiful performance…

Here was their last set list:

• Set One:
  1. Intro/Theme from Shaft
  2. Magick
  3. Let it Ride
  4. Two
  5. Everybody Knows
  6. Beautiful Sorta
  7. Mockingbird
  8. Dear Chicago
  9. Blue Hotel
  10. Cold Roses
  11. Natural Ghost
  12. Easy Plateau
  13. Bartering Lines
  14. Band Intros
  15. Fix It
  16. Magnolia Mountain
  17. Please Do Not Let Me Go
  18. Peaceful Valley
  19. Freeway to the Canyon

• Set 2:
  1. Intro/tuning
  2. When the Stars Go Blue
  3. Sink Ships
  4. Oh My Sweet Carolina
  5. Grand Island
  6. Evening Joke with Jon Graboff
  7. I See Monsters
  8. Come Pick Me Up
  9. Rescue Blues
  10. Wonderwall
  11. Goodnight Rose

For those of you interested in what the Cardinals last show sounded like, download the entire concert recorded from onstage microphones here in FLAC or MP3 formats. I am listening to the FLAC recordings as I type, and it is certianly worth the download.

This certianly won’t be the last we will here from Ryan Adams or the Cardinals, I assure you. In fact, Ryan Adams is getting ready to release his second book, Hello Sunshine. If the music doesn’t return though, that’s alright. Enjoy some much deserved time with your new wife Ryan.

I am always listening to music while I surf, and I am willing to bet you do too.

Maybe your skeptical about marrying these two application together? You may think that iTunes is good for you, and it does just what you want, Firefox too. This maybe so. In fact, that’s what I thought as well. But, don’t knock it until you try it! Just take a look.

When you see the life that Songbird brings to your music, you will quickly abandon iTunes.

What Songbird can do for YOU, straight out of the box:

• Browse the web with Firefox
• Fetch artist info
  • Bios
  • Official and fan website links
  • News articles
  • Photos
• Scrobble your songs to Last.fm
• Concert Alerts
• Listen to SHOUTcast Radio

So far so good? On the edge of one butt cheek now? You know, we haven’t even got to the juicy goodness center yet, Firefox! Yea, it is really Firefox in there! And, since its Firefox, you can use your favorite Firefox add-ons. The feature list only grows further when you find Songbird add-ons and enhance your experience even more!

Here are a few Songbird add-ons that I love:

• LyricMaster – Automatically fetch and save song lyrics ( Preview )
• MediaFlow – Cover Flow look-a-like ( Preview )
• iPod Device Support – Sync Songbird and you iPod (You don’t need iTunes!)
• MorningPeeps – Wake to you music library ( Preview )

Check out my other post about Firefox add-ons for an in-depth look at my favorite recommendations.

So, are you convinced that Songbird might be worth a try? I use it full time now to web browsing and to listen to music. Head over to their site, getSongbird.com, and grab you free copy for your Windows, Mac, or Linux OS. If you are still skeptical or you didn’t see a feature you can’t do without, check out their features page for a detailed list of current features, along with a list of features in the works.

Try Songbird and tell me and the Songbird team what you think.

Happy listening / browsing everyone!

The first use of the distinctive NBC notes were thought to come from WSB in Atlanta, who used them for their on purpose. They were heard by someone at NBC while watching a networked broadcast of a Georgia Tech football game and asked permission to use them as their own. Three months later in 1931, the chimes began as they are today, G, E, C (G3, E4, C4 for you musicians out there).

Last week stars gathered in Los Angeles to shed some fresh light on the 75 year old stable. Those stars include:

• Jenna Fischer of the Office
• Masi Oka of Heroes
• T.I.
• B.B. King
• Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi
• The B-52’s
• Clint Black
• The Flaming Lips
• + many more

EW.com had an exclusive peak at the recording process of these artists with one particularly intresting one from the Flaming Lips. Wayne Coyne managed to build an intresting double neck guitar featuring the iconic Guitar Hero neck. Hop over to EW.com and check out the exclusive video for yourself.

1. Into The Light
2. Cobwebs
3. Peaceful Valley
4. Goodnight Rose
5. Bartering Lines
6. Everybody Knows
7. Wonderwall (Oasis) – w/ crazy guitar solo
8. Fix It
9. Off Broadway
10. Sun Also Sets
11. Come Pick Me Up
12. Grand Island (Neal Casal)
13. Shakedown on 9th Street

It may seem like a short set list. That’s because it was. Ryan apologized all show about his voice leaving him. Finally, after Shakedown on 9th Street, he apologized one last time and the band left the stage. I and everyone else there was caught off guard. Did they really just walk off stage? For good? I have only had one beer. Are we suppose to cheer and convince them to come back out? Well, we tried but the house lights went bright and the roadies started taking the stuff off stage. It was over. It was 10pm.

I am one in two for Cardinals‘ shows, this being a loss. I hope they come back to Atlanta healthy and with lots of energy to make it up to the city. If you missed out, here are some of my photos from the show. Enjoy.

P.S. I really dug the neon roses on stage.

The Cardinals

The Cardinals

I suggest you jump over to the Streets’ MySpace page to hear most of the new album streaming, or go ahead and buy the swanky USB version of the album. You can also stick around and view a music video for the song “The Escapist” off of the new album. Everything is Borrowed is available as of 9/15/2008.

Basemwnt Jaxx, an electronic, house, garage duo from the UK have come out with a couple of EPs, Planet 1 and Planet 2.

Jump over to Basement Jaxx’s psychedelic MySpace page for streaming music off their new EPs, both available as 9/17/2008.

Justice, an electronic, house duo from France, has recorded some new tunes for the Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show and have recently released them on their MySpace page split into four epic tracks, titled “Planisphere part 1 – 4.”

Take the jump if you wish to experience the visual and the auditory components together. Release Unknown.

Oasis choose to debut their new album, Dig Out Your Soul, in a relatively folksy way this past weekend. Take a glance and a close listen at the article over at StereoGum where a few of Oasis’ new songs are premiered to the public by the way of NYC street performers!

Dig Out Your Soul due early October 2008.

Bonus: Stephen Colbert’s Very Special Christmas Special – Airing November 23 and available on DVD two days later!

• “Another Christmas Song” – Stephen Colbert
• “Have I Got A Present For You” – Toby Keith
• “Little Dealer Boy” – Stephen Colbert and Willie Nelson
• “Hannukah” – Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart
• “Nutmeg” – Stephen Colbert and John Legend
• “Please Be Patient” – Feist
• “There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In” – Stephen Colbert and Elvis Costello
• “(What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace, Love And Understanding” – Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend and Willie Nelson

All songs are penned by Fountains Of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger.

Merry early Christmas everyone!

Lyrics Plugin is a piece of software tailored for music fans. To put it simply – it is an add-on to view lyrics in WinAmp or Windows Media Player. No more searching for lyrics. Just start listening to your favourite songs and lyrics will be displayed automatically.