MetaFilter posts tagged with tour

Music Journalism FTW

LSK — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:26:16 -0800

The New York Times discusses some of the nation's most atrocious bands in the context of the Vans Warped Tour. We've seen some of these bands on the blue before, but never before has there been this much atrocity in one place. Some songs to satiate your curiosity: BrokeNCYDE - Freaxxx Millionaires - Alcohol Attack Attack! - Stick Sickly

Penal TDF

Confess, Fletch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:08:57 -0800

The first ever Penal Tour De France

Ladies and gentlemen, The Rolling Stones

Joe Beese — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:44:15 -0800

Rock critic Dave Marsh called it "part of rock and roll legend." Truman Capote said "I've never seen anything equal to it." And the film can not legally be shown unless the director is physically present. The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972 Brown Sugar Bitch Rocks Off Gimme Shelter Happy Tumbling Dice Love In Vain Sweet Virginia Loving Cup [rehearsal] You Can't Always Get What You Want All Down The Line Midnight Rambler Bye Bye Johnny Rip This Joint Jumping Jack Flash Street Fighting Man NOTE: YouTube videos I link to tend not to live very long. I say to whoever's narc-ing on them: Karma is a bitch, too.

An American band

Joe Beese — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:18:07 -0800

They sold out Shea Stadium faster than The Beatles. They played benefit concerts for Bosnia. And they're about to embark upon their 40th anniversary tour. To prepare, here's everything you always wanted to know about Grand Funk Railroad. Absent from the tour will be guitarist/singer Mark Farner - who found Christ and continues a solo career as the Rock Patriot - and manager/producer Terry Knight - who was stabbed to death by his daughter's boyfriend in 2004. (previously)

Van Halen's "No brown M&Ms" concert rider found.

amyms — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:38:44 -0800

The stuff of legend, Van Halen's "No brown M&Ms" concert rider (most recently mentioned on MetaFilter here) has made the rounds by word of mouth, and word of internet, for years. Now, the Van Halen 1982 World Tour backstage rider has been found. It consists of 53 typewritten pages and contains the M&Ms prohibition - which actually says M & M's (WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES) - as well as other interesting demands, excerpted at The Smoking Gun. Via.

Rowan Oak

Fizz — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:50:29 -0800

Rowan Oak: In 1930, William Faulkner purchased what was then known as "The Bailey Place," a large primitive Greek Revival house that pre-dated the Civil War standing on four acres of cedars and hardwoods. Take a virtual tour of the home that housed this great American writer.

The Grand Tour...in York

djgh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:05:22 -0800

The Grand Tour is back, and this time it's in York. [Previously]

The Cover America Tour

cashman — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:50:56 -0800

4 months, 48 states, 3 full-time staff living and working out of a 31-foot Winnebago. "The Cover America Tour aims to put a face on the problems Americans are experiencing and to make sure their voices are heard as the debate over health care reform heats up." Meet Blake, Pauline & Meg (Consumer Reports) and talk about your health care issue or just follow past and upcoming stops along the route on the blog. Suggest a stop in your city or view pictures.

May 1968

djgh — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:37:22 -0800

An interactive audiovisual tour [flash, audio] of the student protests in Paris in May 1968. Part of a larger look at 1968. [Previously]

Speed Levitch's The Cruise

Ambrosia Voyeur — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:43:43 -0800

The Cruise, director Bennett Miller's timeless portrait of New York City, free thinking and the 1990s as lived by Timothy "Speed" Levitch. In eleven beats on youtube: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Art to Go

djgh — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:15:13 -0800

The Grand Tour. Until August 31st, the National Gallery in England is putting reproductions of famous paintings on the streets of London, with MP3 audio guides and maps available for download. The reaction has been good.

Luke Bream, Tour Champion

Chuckles — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:02:45 -0800

~~Vinokourov~~. ~~Rasmussen~~. Luke Bream?
Looks like he'll make it! [via]

It's a small town after all.

miss lynnster — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:04:28 -0800

Charles Phoenix's Disneyland Tour of Downtown Los Angeles... featuring Adventure land, Frontier land, Fantasy land, and Tomo rrow land. Feel like taking your own walking tour of Downtown? Here you go. But hey, why not stop and gorge yourself on a giant pancake breakfast at The Pantry first, just because? Open 24 hours a day, it hasn't closed since 1924 so the doors don't even have locks. Just like Disneyland!

The Coolest Train Wreck You'll See This Summer

peewinkle — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:37:28 -0800

"Once Were Kings" Some call them 1980's pop icons, others the Kings of Heavy Metal. Regardless, Van Halen has announced a 2007 tour with David Lee Roth. But without Michael Anthony, will it be worth paying to see? While Dave's current fan base is huge, others feel he has not aged gracefully. Well, it could be worse.....(youtube, ytmnd, and bad 80's haircuts warning)

The Alhambra

tellurian — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:23:39 -0800

A virtual tour of Alcazaba, Nasrid Palaces and Generalife. [flash]

Around the world on a Dream Machine

cenoxo — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:21:54 -0800

Around the world on a Dream Machine — 77 years ago, the giant German airship LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin left Lakehurst, NJ on an aerial world tour sponsored by American media mogul William Randolph Hearst. The airship's gondola carried 20 passengers in high-tech style, including: U.S. Navy observer Charles Rosendahl; English pilot, Zeppelin frequent flyer, and Hearst reporter Lady Grace Drummond-Hay; and Japanese naval aviator Ryunosuke Kusaka. The 41 crewmen were captained by Dr. Hugo Eckener, Zeppelin champion and the world's best airship pilot. The hydrogen-filled LZ-127 flew over the Atlantic to Germany, Siberia, Japan, over the Pacific to California, across the United States, and back to Lakehurst. The 20,500 mile, 21-day flight—with 12 flying days at ~80 mph top speed—defined airship travel's golden age. [More inside]

Tour de France Magnum Photo Essay

OmieWise — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:55:46 -0800

Magnum photos of previous Tours de France. A Flash (Friday) evocative photo essay of Tours gone by. With soothing accordian music and light narration to help you forget your doping woes.

Rest is difficult.

OmieWise — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:39:53 -0800

The 10th day? A day of rest. Thank goodness for Caroline Yang's TdF photos. Ever wondered why McEwan rides so hard to stay in Green? What Ukrainian joy looks like? When you can wear socks with sandals? She's also got some decent shots of speed skating (oh, and real blood sports, like weddings).

Big in the Midwest

timory — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:38:40 -0800

"We need to go to Tennessee to pick up some fireworks, and someone owes me money in Kentucky." Tom Waits goes on tour for the first time in years.

It's Everybody's Fault

kirkaracha — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:57:20 -0800

"The Hayward Fault is locked and loaded. It is ready to fire at any time." The U.S. Geological Survey has a Google Earth-based "virtual helicopter tour" and other annotated views of The Hayward Fault. There's a 70% probability of a major earthquake hitting the San Francisco Bay Area before 2030, and Hayward is the most likely fault [PDF] for an earthquake (or is it?). Bad things will happen. Fortunately we're completely unprepared. [more inside]

The Atlantic Ideas Tour

kirkaracha — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:26:29 -0800

The Atlantic Ideas Tour It's been almost 150 years since a group of writers that included a group of writers that included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and James Russell Lowell founded The Atlantic Monthly. The magazine is klcking off a year–long celebration of its upcoming 150th anniversary by having each issue this year based around articles from their archives. [more inside]

GeoVlogging

crunchland — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:51:49 -0800

The Mirror World ...a virtual tour through Seattle, WA, augmented with clips from Google Earth/Maps. [note: Quicktime]

Google factory tour

indices — Sat, 21 May 2005 06:33:47 -0800

The Google Factory Tour (if you have a few hours to kill); video for RealPlayer or Windows Media.

North Korea Tour

hama7 — Sat, 13 Mar 2004 18:35:42 -0800

North Korea Tour.

Better Late Than Never

jasonspaceman — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 07:29:35 -0800

Dead Milkman drummer Dean 'Clean' Sabatino has set up a blog to post 18 year old tour diary entries, which begin with the band's first full tour in the summer of 1985. via irregular orbit