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Live Trax 21 Back to 1995    
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 1/20/12 5:48pm
The Live Trax have started back up again, and management has returned to a popular time for fans. Live Trax 21 is 8.4.95 from San Diego, California at the smallish SOMA club. According to a review here at Antsmarching.org, there may have been as little as 30 people in attendance, making it the least attended concert in the 'big venue' era in the US (after 1994, that means).

Clearly, the gem of the release is Don't Burn The Pig, as anyone could clearly see. It's the clear standout, and you couldn't miss it (looking at you, message board). There was a previous DBTP released, but that was in the DMBLive series, so that means this is a multi-track recording. Which is nice. Additionally, Dave and Stefan perform on I'll Back You Up, and there's a nice Proudest Monkey when it was still in jam form.

Use the above link to get there and get your pre-order on! Additionally, there is a bundle release with a t-shirt. So you can get that too, which is nice.

American Idol Auditioneer Kinda Looks Like Dave Matthews    
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 1/19/12 10:06am
If you missed American Idol last night, there was a guy with a unique name who reminded a lot of people of a certain performer in the Dave Matthews Band.

Here is Phillip Phillips (yep, that's his name) audition: Judge for yourself here. The footwork - which shows that clearly Jennifer Lopez has never heard of Dave Matthews - certainly had some "Dave-like" moments. And his guitar playing did look like Dave. Not surprisingly, Phillips lists Dave Matthews as an influence according to an Idol gossip site

It is pretty clear that he sounded a lot better with a guitar than he did sans 6-string. We'll see if he can survive the Hollywood week of the show.

And a special note to Phillip, since I know you're out there (IP lookups FTW!), shoot me an email and I'll send you an Ants shirt you can wear during the Hollywood Week :)

How Does The Potential Lillywhite Return Impact Fans?    
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 1/11/12 4:16pm

Even thought it's not "official" yet, for all intents and purposes, Steve Lillywhite is in the studio right now with The Dave Matthews Band. How should you, the fan, react? Well, there's two possible ways, Sanguine or dour

To save you the dictionary search, that means basically you should be happy as a bear at an IQ convention (bears are smart!) or as cautious as bar-hopping in Beirut. Where do you fall? We here at antsmarching.org are here to facilitate your emotions.

For the cheery reasoning, our moderator Funky Tea Party (AKA Bob) has written the opinion . As for the more dark version, I play the foil. Doesn't matter which order you read em, I guess it just depends if you're a half-full or half-empty person.

And special thanks to ants user montana49kcX for creating the fresco to the right that accurately depicts how fans feel the Lillywhite/Dave relation is (see, I'm the downer).

Happy New Year Live In Atlantic City Giveaway!    
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 1/1/12 3:32pm
Happy New Year to everyone out there! We trust you have already picked up the awesome new release, Live In Atlantic City from the Dave Matthews Band. But if you haven't, we get it, you're lazy. Thankfully, we at antsmarching.org are here to help you out.

Just follow this link for your chance to win a Live In Atlantic City CD! We'll pick the winner during the first week of the new year, so get your entry in quickly for your chance to win a Live In Atlantic City disc!

UPDATE: Congrats to Ants user jamminjamalik on his contest win. The Disc is in the mail!

Looks Like Everyone Is In Seattle    
Posted by Jake Vigliotti 1/5/12 7:39am
If you've been following (or stalking) Steve Lillywhite on Twitter, you know that he flew from New York to Seattle on January 4. That happens to be the same day that Stefan tweeted a picture of an airplane wing.... what does it mean????

It means what you already knew, there is a studio session "fixin" to start up in Seattle. It's a poorly kept secret that keeps getting confirmed in odd places (like a Facebook page for Trumpets), but that also means that the coveted "official announcement" must be on its way. Right? We created a new section in the forums to keep up with the hype. And take a minute to vote in the poll we created down over there (to the right... see it?). The Hype Machine is officially rolling for the most anticipated studio album in 12 years. No pressure, really.

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