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  1. Re:Ticket prices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful · on Elton John Says Internet is Destroying Music

    One of my favorite bands, the flecktones, have toured more or less every year since the early 90s, and have never charged more than (gasp!) $30 a ticket.

    And yet, every one of those guys is doing quite well in the financial department as well as the musical-innovation department. They have around 10 albums by now, and hundreds, if not thousands of live shows under their belt. Plus they all have their own solo projects.

    And get this: they allow (and even encourage) taping at their shows and the free exchange of those tapes between fans (as long as money isn't involved).

    How do they do it? Must be a miracle!

  2. Future man!! by Assassin+bug · · Score: 1 · on Guitar Hero Is Big Hit With Bands

    I wonder if Future Man has tried his hand at this game. I bet he TOTALLY rocks!! Seriously, although very simplified, the "controller" is conceptually similar to his Drumitar.

  3. Synthaxe Drumitar by McGregorMortis · · Score: 1 · on Guitar Hero Hacks

    This kinda reminds me of the Synthaxe Drumitar, played by Future Man of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

  4. Maybe not as geeky... by c_forq · · Score: 1 · on Air Guitar That Actually Plays!

    But I like the Drumitar better.
    Futureman and the Drumitar

  5. Re:Coming soon... by omahajim · · Score: 1 · on PowerBook As A New Kind Of Human Interface Device

    Any discussion of the Theremin is incomplete without a reference to Pamelia Kurstin, most recently using it on tour with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

  6. Tom Petty Owes me a Keyboard by robochan · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on What Was Your Worst Computer Accident?
    or How Tom Petty Almost Made Me Quit Smoking

    ^@%$#%^@##@%$^%@#$ Tom Petty
    How dare he make an album like Wildflowers, that can make you zone out and get lost for an hour. I just got done with a zone session that ended up with a cigarette burning through the left CTRL key on my nifty Keytronic LT Wireless Keyboard, the keyboard I've been faithfully typing away at for almost 5 years now.
    :-(
    :-(
    :-(
    That keyboard, along with my trusty Logitech Cordless Mouseman, has been the direct interface between myself and the virtual world for some time now. The freedom was incredible. I could ease into my La-Z-Boy recliner, kick back, and surf for hours and hours and hours....[droooooooooool]

    Tom Petty, along with other artists like King Crimson and Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, have been responsible for many hours of zoned out internet surfing to some of my favorite sites. You've been there - putting on some tunes, firing up your browser, zoning out and surfing away...
    Two minutes later, an hour has passed, the album has ended, and you've been around the world and back and hopefully learned something new.

    That's just how I started off the other night. I popped Tom Petty's Wildflowers cd into the drive, cranked up the volume, and fired up the browser. I was immediately sucked in by the sweet acoutic guitar sounds of the title track. Click... Click... Click... You Don't Know How It Feels comes up, I hear the sentimental lyrics, and I drift back to my younger days... Click... Click... Click... Another 30 seconds rolls by and half the album's over... Cabin Down Below just nails me with the big fat Telecasters running through tube amps turned up to 11 sound... Click... Click... Click... I finally make it to Wake Up Time ... "Time to open your eyes... And rise and shine..." and...

    I'm accosted by the stench of burning pl

  7. What about the "Drumitar"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Gibson's Digital Guitar Finally Released

    Futureman from the jazz/hippie band Bela Fleck and The Flecktones plays drums through a combination of the SynthAxe, Alesis, and a Roland and a drum machine. Claims it came from the future. From the looks of it, I can believe him....

  8. Re:buwhahahah by SanLouBlues · · Score: 1 · on Is Windows Ready For Joe Longneck?

    Weenie. This is my mouse.

  9. Re:Even the Once-Cool Now Sucks by illsorted · · Score: 2, Informative · on Napster Not To Blame
    The point is, it's not just new artists targetted at the 18-25 market...all of music is sucking ass lately.

    Well, perhaps not all music. For my money, there are still some acts out there with real musical talent.
  10. Re:Geeks don't like stuffed animals by The+Iconoclast · · Score: 1 · on Tux Dolls?
    But I love fuzzies! I got me:
    • A Bubbles Powerpuff Girl Bean Bag
    • A Tinky Winky (The gay one) Tellytubby (it was a gift)
    • A Bela Fleck & the Flectones Cosmic Hippo
    • A 12" tall Eric Cartman (he's so cuddly)
    • And although he's not stuffed, I got a H.M. Murdock action figure!! (from the A-Team!!!)

    I want to get a stuffed Tux as well as a BSDemon.

    And yes, I am a guy. BTW, you should see a couple of my friend's rooms, they are filled with stuffed animals. It's really just a matter of being a big softie. Being a big softie is not mutually exclusive with being a geek. :-)


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