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LIVE/COLLECTIVE SOUL TIX ON SALE FRIDAY

2007-06-05T20:44:00Z

LIVE and COLLECTIVE SOUL With Special Guest Rocco Deluca and The Burden LIVE - Live's signature mix of anthemic rockers, dynamic arrangements and spiritually aware lyrics continues to grow. Songs From Black Mountain was recorded with producer Jim Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank) at a studio in Santa Barbara in May 2005 for what became a whirlwind session. The multi-platinum band recorded all 12 of the album's songs in a frenetic burst of creativity that surprised everyone. "We haven't recorded that quickly since Throwing Copper," Kowalczyk says. "When we got in the studio, we all slipped into the zone. We were working hard, but we were completely at ease, open to each other and in the flow. Everyone was awestruck by not only how fast we were recording, but also by how good it sounded." COLLECTIVE SOUL - After four years out of the public eye, Collective Soul singer Ed Roland has a message for the world. “Let the word out/I gotta get it out. Whoa, I’m feeling better now,” he declares in “Better Now,” the energetic rocker that launches Youth, the Georgia rockers’ first studio album since 2000’s Blender. After a seven-year run that that was highlighted by such rock radio smashes as the catchy as hell “Gel,” one of seven songs during that interval to go to #1 on the Billboard Rock Tracks charts, the omnipresent upbeat number “Shine,” the soaring ballad “The World I Know,” “Blame,” “December,” “Precious Declaration,” another rock radio chart-topper, and the list goes on and on, Collective Soul has learned a few things about writing memorable hooks. All of that experience went into the striking 11 songs on Youth, an album Ed describes as “a mixture of Dosage and the first CD, really poppy tunes and fun production.” Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Snow King Amphitheater Jackson Hole, WY Tickets go on sale Friday, June 8 @ 10am. Tickets can be purchased at Tobacco Row, Mountunes, Global Treasures, Big Hole Music, CD World, Budget Tapes and Records in Pocatello, by calling 800-965-4827 or online at HYPERLINK "http://www.ticketweb.com" www.ticketweb.com. Reserved Seats: $49.75 GA Promotional Prices are as follows – $25 June 8-22 / $30 June 23-30 / $39.75 July 1-17 / $49.75 Day of Show All ages, Beer and Wine w/ ID For more information please visit our web site at http://www.bravobsp.com

It's about freaking time!

2007-06-01T16:20:00Z

Yesterday, our friend in the White House finally stepped it up a notch, imposing sanctions on the Sudanese government, which has been doing little to stop the genocide in Darfur, if not actually perpetuating it. President Bush announced economic sanctions on an additional 30 companies – bringing the total to 130.

He also imposed sanctions on three specific Sudanese individuals, two senior government officials and a rebel leader. Bush also asked Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to draft and present a resolution to the United Nations that would impose a broad, international arms embargo.

Good job, Mr. President. It’s about damn time. For the past three years, Sudanese people living in the Darfur region have faced brutal attacks – over 200,000 killed thus far and countless women and girls raped – while many international governments have stood idly by, unwilling to classify the atrocities as genocide and unwilling to do anything about it.

Though I don’t know enough about the effect the U.S. sanctions will have, I can at least feel hopeful that our country’s stand in Darfur will inspire other nations and the U.N. to act similarly.

— Melanie Stein

Mountain Men Go back to the mountains

2007-06-01T16:15:00Z

Last year, after laying into the Mountain Man Rendezvous, one of the feature events of Jackson Hole’s Old West Days, I wondered if maybe I hadn’t been a little harsh. This year, after going again with my boy, I’m wondering if I didn’t go too easy on it. Once again I was disappointed with the “pre-1840s” reenactment. Only one man in buckskins even said hello to us – everyone else either sat dourly in his tent or yucked it up with their fellow rendezvousers – and one woman’s only words to us were “Don’t touch those beads.” I’m the kind of guy who lives to learn something new, a trait I hope to pass along to my 21-month-old, but not a single Mountain Man or woman offered even a shred of information about the curiosities that lay around their tent. I guess one needs to pull out one’s wallet to receive that kind of treatment.

— Richard Anderson

Anyone see the Wreckers at JHMR on Saturday?

2007-04-01T22:24:00Z

What's the verdict? How was the venue for an outdoor concert in March? How was the music? The scene?

Jackson Hole Film Festival gears up for June 07

2007-02-13T03:41:00Z

Lost Boys Documentary

2007-01-24T03:51:00Z

Today's screening of the Lost Boys documentary was deeply moving. But in such a different way than most documentaries you see. Often times, whether we admit it or not, we watch a documentary on a group of people or individual that has undergone devastation and we cry and feel for them; but as soon as we turn the t.v. off or step outside the theatre, we suddenly forget, dialing our friends on our cell phones and indulging ourselves with a gourmet meal.

This documentary hit home. It tells the story of several Lost Boys relocated to our home turf, the United States. Following three Lost Boys, now men, who were some of the select few chosen to leave their refugee camp in Kenya and come to the U.S. to work and get an education, the documentary walks us through the hardships of being thrown into a different country, culture, and world. It made the viewer put him/herself in the Lost Boys shoes-as impossible as it is for any of us to empathize with such hardship-and think about how fortunate we are and rethink how many view immigrants. What have these people been through? It begs us to welcome those that come here for a better life.

Hearing the true accounts of two Lost Boys relocated to Salt Lake City after the screening, brought the film into closer perspective. Their story has followed me home, through dinner, and throughout the night. Did any of you go see the documentary. I know you did, it was sold out to a full house of 300!

New Years at playhouse

2007-01-01T03:20:00Z

I'm going to see this band