MUSICAL JUSTICE NEWSLETTER - February 2003
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IN THIS ISSUE…
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1. Portable Justice - Update
2. SXSW
3. Thanks
4. Musical Justice Trivia
5. Stuff You Probably Won't Hear Anywhere Else…
6. Coming Soon/Upcoming Releases
7. Current Playlist
9. Listener Feedback


Getting this month's newsletter just under the wire…
To listen to the Musical Justice webcast, go to:
http://www.live365.com/stations/39801



PORTABLE JUSTICE - UPDATE
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I was overwhelmed by the response for the 2002 Musical Justice
Sampler. Demand far exceeded the original run of 100 disks and
rather than turn anyone down, I made another run of unnumbered
disks. So for those of you who might still be waiting on your 2002
Sampler, I got another batch of disks in the mail today. That means
that except for a handful of international requests yet to go to the
post office, everything should be on the way to you.

I tried to spot check the disks, but if anyone gets a bad one or gets
one that's been damaged in the mail, please e-mail me and
I'll send
you a replacement disk right away.



SXSW
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Austin's South by Southwest, one of the highlights of my year, is
coming up in a couple weeks. One thousand bands will descend on the
city from March 12th to 16th. At last year's festival, we were
blown
away by several artists including Drive By Truckers, the Gourds, the
Yayhoos, Bare Jr. and Patty Griffin but probably the biggest moment
was finding out that Bobby Bare Jr. listened to Musical Justice!

If you've never been there, it's definitely worth making the
trip.
Check out the list of Musical Justice artists scheduled to perform
during the festival: Dan Bern, Bobby Bare Jr., Cory Brannon, Peter
Bruntnell, Calexico, Vic Chesnutt, Diana Darby, John Doe, Drive By
Truckers, Tim Easton, Kathleen Edwards, Alejandro Escovedo, Jay
Farrar, Fastball, David Garza, Gingersol, the Gourds, Ed Harcourt,
John Wesley Harding, Rex Hobart, Ray Wylie Hubbard, the Jayhawks,
Richard Julian, Matt Keating, Will Kimbrough, Chris Knight, Jimmy
LaFave, Edwin McCain, Tift Merritt, Buddy & Julie Miller, Abra Moore,
Willie Nelson, Marc Olsen, Michael Penn, Grant Lee Phillips, Bruce
Robison, Bob Schneider, Ron Sexsmith, Billy Joe Shaver, Slobberbone,
Spoon, Vienna Teng, Webb Brothers and Lucinda Williams.

For more information about the event, go to www.sxsw.com/music. If
you are planning to attend, send me an email and let me know so I can
keep an eye out for you. I'll let you know any new discoveries
next
month.



THANKS!
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Over the last month, there's been a 50% increase in the number of
listeners who have ranked Musical Justice as their favorite Live365
station. That's a huge jump. I'd like to thank every one of
our
loyal listeners for their continued support! It's an easy way for
you to help us offset the cost of keeping the station up and
running. If you'd like to pick us but aren't sure how, just
go to
your Presets and select Musical Justice from the drop-down box at the
top of the page.



MUSICAL JUSTICE TRIVIA
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1. Who are Jeffrey Hyman, Thomas Erdelyi, Douglas Colvin, Mark Bell,
and John Cummings better known as?
2. What is Ryan Adams' real first name?
3. This British performer has recorded with Ryan Adams, Ben Harper,
Emmylou Harris and the Chemical Brothers. Name her.
4. This singer began her career as a vocalist for the Dead Ringer
Band. Name her.
5. Before joining the band Wilco, which band member played in a band
called Titanic Love Affair?

Answers to these trivia questions can be found on the main station
web page located at http://www.live365.com/stations/39801



STUFF YOU PROBABLY WON'T HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE
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Again this month, two of the CDs you are mostly likely to hear only
on Musical Justice come from Matthew Ryan and Richard Thompson.
Matthew's released another limited-release Internet only CD,
Hopeless
to Hopeful. Last we checked, it was still available from his
website, www.matthewryanonline.com but move quickly because it was
rumored to be taken out of circulation.

We've also added an import version of Richard Thompson's The
Old Kit
Bag, which has not been released in the U.S. yet. It's another
great
effort from RT which you can order from www.amazon.com.uk, if you are
so inspired.

One other rare Richard Thompson track you'll be hearing soon on
Musical Justice is sure to cause a stir. It's a cover of
Brittany
Spears' Oops I Did It Again that he's been performing in
concert
lately. Man, you are gonna love this one!

If you saw the Grammies, one of the highlights was a tribute to the
Clash, London Calling performed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello,
Steve Van Zandt, and Dave Grohl. Well, we've got a copy of the
audio
and it'll be on the air soon, so keep an ear open for it.

If you have any other suggestions of cool rare performances you'd
like us to share with the other Musical Justice listeners, please
send them our way!



COMING SOON/UPCOMING RELEASES
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The new releases pick up a little in March. Here are some of the
one's that you'll likely be hearing soon on Musical Justice
if they
are any good.

March 4
Warren Zanes – Memory Girl
March 11
Folk Implosion – The New Folk Implosion
Ben Harper – Diamonds on the Inside
March 18
Jeff Black – B-Sides and Confessions Volume one
Bill Chambers – Sleeping with the Blues
March 25
Rosanne Cash – Rules of Travel
Vic Chesnutt – Silver Lake

Now while this is a good bunch, I gotta admit that I'm really
looking
forward to April which promises new ones from Lucinda, the Jayhawks,
Pete Yorn and the White Stripes…



CURRENT PLAYLIST (* = new additions)
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Demolition – Ryan Adams
Have You Fed The Fish – Badly Drawn Boy
Here Comes the New Folk Underground – David Baerwald
Sea Change – Beck
*The Hell You Say – Cory Brannon
Ends of the Earth – Peter Bruntnell
Impasse – Richard Buckner
Blacklisted – Neko Case
The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash
Barricades and Brickwalls – Kasey Chambers
Let It Rain – Tracy Chapman
A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay
Hard Candy – Counting Crows
C'mon C'mon – Sheryl Crow
Jerusalem – Steve Earle
*Break Your Mother's Heart – Tim Easton
*Failer – Kathleen Edwards
*Feel - Feel
One All – Neil Finn
Cow Fish Fowl or Pig – The Gourds
A New Day at Midnight – David Gray
Dual Mono – The Greenhornes
1000 Kisses – Patty Griffin
All Right Here – Sara Groves
Brainwashed – George Harrison
Live from the Women's Club – The Jayhawks
Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
The Future That Was – Josh Joplin Group
*Good Life – Richard Julian
*Home Away – Will Kimbrough
Sha Sha – Ben Kweller
Good Morning Aztlan – Los Lobos
*The Fine Art of Self-Destruction – Jesse Malin
Lost In Space – Aimee Mann
Cure for the Common Show - Marshallcity
*The Austin Sessions – Edwin McCain
Midnight & Lonesome – Buddy Miller
The Instigator – Rhett Miller
The Silver Line – Chris Mills
Miss Fortune – Allison Moorer
Stars & Guitars – Willie Nelson & Friends
How Sweet It Is – Joan Osborne
Riot Act – Pearl Jam
No Other Love – Chuck Prophet
Rise – Kim Richey
Movin' In – Mike Rosenthal
*Hopeless to Hopeful – Matthew Ryan
*Do You Know Me? – Eve Selis
Cobblestone Runway – Ron Sexsmith
Maia Sharp – Maia Sharp
*Freedom's Child – Billy Joe Shaver
*There By Now – Soulscript
The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
*Waking Hour – Vienna Teng
*When We Were Small – Rosie Thomas
*The Old Kit Bag (UK Import) – Richard Thompson
Almost You: The Songs of Elvis Costello – Various Artists
Highly Evolved – The Vines
Red Letter Days – The Wallflowers
*Illumination – Paul Weller
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco
*The Beauty of the Rain – Dar Williams
Easy – Kelly Willis
Sleepless – Peter Wolf
*Memory Girls – Warren Zanes



LISTENER FEEDBACK
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If you've got suggestions, trivia questions, comments, likes,
dislikes about Musical Justice, we'd love to hear them. Please e-
mail them to us at musicaljustice4u@....


That's two down… ten to go!!

Until next month…
Jeff