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Ticket Buying Chart: Wilco's Mass MoCA Benefit

We love our Wilco around here, and as if we needed another reason, they've presented instructions for their Pay-What-You-Wish Silent Auction Random Lottery Ticketing Thing in convenient chart form.Fun, for a good cause, and presented with eye-catching graphics (the random drawing better be drawn out of a Wilco baseball cap) -- that's the Wilco...

Diagram: Eddie Van Halen's Studio Rig - Harnessing The Brown Sound

This line drawing by David Szabados, originally published at legendarytones.com, shows how EVH achieved the signature brown sound in the studio. Now that you have the setup, all you need is the technique.1. MXR e.q. set up as midboost (* only occasionally used depending on the guitar)2. Marshall plexi Super Lead, unmodified, although simple...

Chart: Nine Things That Lady Gaga Looks Like

This one's for all of you who sent all those angry emails, tweets and texts about the lack of Lady Gaga coverage around here.A handy chart (via TotallyLooksLike.com) comparing nine of Lady's most iconic looks to such doppelgangers as an alien from Independence Day, Gary Oldman's Dracula, Wilson The Volleyball, Leela from Futurama...

Chart: A Box Of Phish Crayons

I came across this clever Phish-inspired photoshop of some classic crayolas on the YemBlog facebook page. It reminded me so much of a chart, I just had to post it here. Thanks go to designer / photographer Ariane B. Davis, who conceived and created it.She even promised to make T-Shirts so keep an eye out!...

Chart: Phish Summer Tour 2012 Leg One Onsale Dates & Times

If you got shut out of PTBM (is it quaint or sad that I still call it "mail order"?) or just bypassed it to avoid getting stuck with the dreaded lawns, a kind soul has put together this handy chart as a guide to on sales via Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Nicely presented and very...

Infographic: Rollling Stones Band Member, Recording and Touring Timeline

2012 is the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones. I love how this timeline infographic (unclear of the source... I found on I Love Charts tumblr) overlays the studio & live albums, and tours across the band member history. Disappointed that the great Chuck Leavell doesn't get a mention, though -- did the author think there...

Most Frequently Used Words In Van Halen Lyrics: 1972-1985

Courtesy of Paste Magazine, we now have a rigorously researched, tastefully laid out chart of the common words from the David Lee Roth era (part one). Though I would like to see a breakdown of the Yeahhhhhs vs. Yeahhhghhhhhs, this will suffice for now. Perhaps that can be tackled if and when A Different Kind...

The Best Mock/Parody Music Festival Lineups

We're right in the heart of festival lineup announcement season; we're even starting to see the rumor-fueled Bonnaroo Photoshopped lineups start to emerge in advance of their 2012 announcement next week.So, I thought there was no better time to trot out the best parody festival lineups I've seen (and put an open call out for...

What Is The Real Public Opinion Of Online Piracy?

In mid-January, the online world was up in arms about the threat posed by the impending Congressional vote on SOPA and PIPA. Public outcry, massive social networkingcampaigns, and high profile blackouts of sites like wikipedia and reddit, certainly broughtlegislators' attention to the flawed nature of the bills on the table -- and like the Krusty...

The Furthur Menorah - A Chart of Sorts

Wish I could take credit for this one, but was created by Elliot Newhouse and posted to the Jews For Jerry facebook page (yes, that's a real thing).Happy Hanukah from The Barn!