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Win Phish's New DVD Box Set‚ The Clifford Ball
Live Music Beth
April 1, 2009
The winner has been picked, and this contest is now closed.

State of Mind is giving away a copy of Phish's latest release‚ The Clifford Ball‚ a 7-DVD box set featuring Phish's first festival‚ which brought over 70‚000 people to Plattsburgh‚ N.Y. in August 1996.

It features nine hours of concert and event footage‚ with six complete sets of music and bonus features including Phish's extended soundcheck‚ its late night flatbed truck jam and a 30-minute featurette with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and more. This regionless DVD set includes options for both stereo and 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound Audio (remixed and mastered from the band's multi-track tapes).

To enter‚ fill out the form below by April 16. Good luck! The Ancient Desire
Adam King
March 31, 2009
Longing. Passion. The ascension of enlightenment from unmitigated darkness. We don't really want world peace, do we? I mean sure, a greater emphasis on the peace side of things would be nice, but all-encompassing world-wide peace? That would create a complete lack of balance in the force. We grow from the negative, and learn from the wrong and the evil. The wars can stop, but we can't stop our reliance on the benefits of the word "no". Nobody wants to live in that weird mormon-heaven in South Park. Here's an excellent example of the evolutions that arise from denial... The German translation has been included to account for all the mail we've been getting from our Eastern-European brethren who've had trouble reading some articles. Borscht!
Thoughts on One of the Three Free Dead Shows
Live Music Beth
March 31, 2009
I got this email from State of Mind contributor Matt Iselin this morning and thought I'd share. He hit the first - acoustic at Angel Orensanz Center - of the three free shows The Dead played in NYC yesterday‚ and his thoughts on it go something like this:


Very surprised that it wasn't as packed as i thought it might be. But then again‚ i would imagine people up and down the east coast entered the raffle and some people just couldn't get there for a 5pm show...although the dude next to me drove up from W Virginia that am.

That space is amazing... seriously beautiful. phil‚ bobby and warren get up on stage and everyone in the room was stoked. And then Bobby forgot when to start singing in Dire Wolf‚ and that pretty much was par for the course for the rest of the night. That's not to say it wasn't great to see this show...it truly was (bobby's forgetfulness notwithstanding) . It made me remember how impressive the grateful dead's catalog is in respect to songwriting. Even when the 2nd tune in‚ birdsong‚ started to meander into some lifeless acoustic jamming‚ POW... the 3 part harmony of the bridge just slays you. The show picked up some steam from there‚ when after Cumberland‚ someone screamed out "We Miss Jerry!"...to which phil responds‚ "what‚ you think we don't?" Big cheers and laughs led right into a seriously fun version of Pride of Cucamonga. Then Bobby's shining moment happened to come in a beautiful version of Lazy River Rd. He hit all the lyrics and they truly nailed this one. Warren's soloing was really inspired and nice to hear over the quiet acoustic vibe. Casey Jones and Ripple ended the set.

And then it was 6:15pm and i was home by 6:45 after a dead show (set). Truly surreal. Queen City Sound Trailer
Mike McKinley
March 27, 2009
What is the Queen City Sound? In other words, for those of you who don't live here in my community, what does Burlington, Vermont sound like? Our friend and filmmaker Kieran Delaney is investigating this question in a documentary he's working on, Queen City Sound, scheduled to be finished in June. He asked some musicians, journalists and enthusiasts in town to sit in front of the camera and tell him what they think.

The music in this town is a big part of why I live here. Not only does the local community produce a top notch wide array of music, but we can also bring all different types of touring acts here and it works. It's worth stopping here on tour. And a lot of times, we leave the impression that it's worth coming back. We have it good. I'm continuously amazed at how well live music does here, especially the diversity--everything from hip-hop to punk shows work, and we have a successful jazz festival every year. Right around the corner from where I live is the Radio Bean, and any given night I can walk in there and hear something incredible. One night you have great honky tonk music, the next could be blissed-out free jazz and the next night experimental noise/drone could have the entire room captivated. There are always people listening. It's a big part of the reason five years ago we thought, "I think we can launch a music magazine out of this town. There's an infrastructure here to support to it."

Below is the trailer for the documentary. From State of Mind, Matt Bushlow and I were interviewed. It was great to talk about the music scene here. I mentioned in the interview that I recently had a conversation with my college roommate about Burlington. Since we left school in Syracuse, N.Y. over ten years ago, he's lived in Tucson, Washington D.C., and St. Louis. He's experienced the music scenes in those cities and still feels that Burlington has something better. The thing he said that really resonated with me was that he thought that per capita Burlington has the best music scene in the country. I agree. Hey, we're not New York City, but shit, we're also not New York City.


Queen City Sound /// Official Trailer from Backspace Pictures on Vimeo. EOTO Playing the Northeast (Free Shows)
Garret K. Woodward
March 26, 2009
Hey All‚
Just wanted to put the word out that EOTO will be in our neck of the woods as of this evening. The non-stop touring duo of Michael Travis and Jason Hann (both of the String Cheese Incident) brings forth an all-improvised electronica project that has resulted in some of the sweatiest‚ dirtiest and most memorable performances (for me at least) over the last couple of years.

Reminder - The shows at Cornell University in Ithaca and the Java Barn in Canton‚ New York are FREE!

Northeast Tour Dates:

Mar 26 - The M Room - Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania

Mar 27 - River Street Jazz Café - Wilkes Barre‚ Pennsylvania

Mar 28 - Sullivan Hall - New York City‚ New York

Mar 29 - The Red Square - Albany‚ New York

Mar 30 - The Warehouse Hartford - Hartford‚ Connecticut

Mar 31 - Port City Music Hall - Portland‚ Maine

Apr 1 - Bill's Bar - Boston‚ Massachusetts

Apr 2 - Theta Delta Chi - Cornell University (Free Show) w/The Electric Duck Parade - Ithaca‚ New York

Apr 3 - Westcott Theater - Syracuse‚ New York

Apr 4 - Java Barn (Free Show) - Canton‚ New York

If you have any questions‚ check out www.myspace.com/eotomusic.

Here's a past State of Mind review of the group. You'll have to scroll down a little bit because it's part of another article:


See ya'll on the dance floor!

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