Free Dar Williams, Stephen Kellogg, Brett Dennen and more

"HATS!!! FIVE DOLLARS!!! GET YOUR FIVE DOLLAR HATS, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!!! FIIIIIIVVVVVVVVEE DOLLASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!"

We were headed into Baltimore's Camden Yards to see the Red Sox versus the Orioles.

Screaming at the top of his lungs, was a guy with a table full of Major League Baseball caps.

"GET YOUR FIVE DOLLAR HATS!!!"

My buddy Tom said, "Hold up, I'll get something for the kid."

"Give me a hat. How much?"

"TWELVE DOLLARS!"

The real story: He had a couple hats for $5, most were $12.

So let me say to you "FREE MUSIC! FREE MUSIC! CLICK BELOW FOR FREE MUSIC!!!"

Is it "Free?" Well, they want your email address, so they can put you on their mailing list. But the mailing lists are for the bands listed. So if you like the bands, you probably wouldn't mind some info on them from time to time, right?

Disclaimer: This offer is from Vanguard Records, a great independent label, dedicated to REAL artists. This offer comes from them, not me or mvyradio. If you don't like what the songs are, or what else comes in your mailbox, I can't help you. End of my Holiday Disclaimer Of Joy.

Enjoy the free-ish-ness!

R.E.M. "These Days"

Every Day I Write The Blog has a companion site, called Every Day I Video The Blog, a name that makes no sense, I realize. But it's a place for me to post videos related to the songs I'm writing about on EDIWTB (yeah that's right, I used an acronym).

R.E.M. have a new live album coming out, called "Live At The Olympia," with a companion documentary called "This Is Not A Show." It's pretty dynamic stuff, and the trailer at least (and hopefully the movie) captures the live energy these guys are still capable of.

You can jump over to EDIVTB, or you can see the trailer here.

And Amazon and R.E.M. are making one track available FOR FREE! Check this out:


Sample the whole damn album here (hit the forward button to skip tracks):


Buy the album 2CD/1DVD set called "Live At The Olympia," here