New podcast episode of music from the Flying Other Brothers!

TBone Outtakes Remakes and Rare Breaks, hosted by Tony Bove and Rockument, includes a studio recording produced by T Bone Burnett and live gems from past shows featuring G.E. Smith, Country Joe, and Bob Weir. In some ways it is a career rectrospective, highlighting band configurations going back to 2002, and featuring some of our favorite special guests.

Song list:

1. Take a Drive – studio outtake (T. Bove, B. Keely) produced by T Bone Burnett

2. Let’s Get Together (Powers) with G.E. Smith

3. Ohio (Young) with G.E. Smith

4. Sugaree (Garcia, Hunter) with G.E. Smith

5. King Harvest (J.R. Robertson) with G.E. Smith

6. Rockin’ Around the World (McDonald) with Country Joe

7. Playing in the Band-Other Miles Jam (Weir, Hunter, FOBs) with Bob Weir

8. The Main Ten-Uncle John’s Reprise-Playing in the Band Reprise (Hart, Weir, Hunter, Garcia) with Bob Weir

Read about and download this free podcast now!

Free song download from the Flying Other Brothers!

“Take a Drive” by the Flying Other Brothers, written by Tony Bove and Bert Keely, was recorded at Village Recorders in Santa Monica on Aug. 5-7, 2006, with T Bone Burnett at the controls, in preparation for a studio album that has not yet been released. Published by Fobros Music Publishing (ASCAP). Produced by T Bone Burnett, Roger McNamee, and the Flying Other Brothers. 

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What’s the New Mary Jane?

She catch Patagonian pancakes
With that one and gin party makes
She having all the ways good contacts
She making with Apple and contract.
What a shame Mary Jane had a pain at the party!
– Beatles, “What’s the New Mary Jane” (Lennon/McCartney), one of the missing Beatles songs released in the Anthology series.

I started writing something like a Web diary way back in 1996, before the blogosphere existed, titled What’s the New Mary Jane. The last “blog entry” in Sept. 2003 told about how my band, the Flying Other Brothers, had started a mini-tour. Like Bob Dylan’s infamous Never Ending Tour (which lasted at least five years, give or take a year), our tour seems like it will never stop; unlike Bob’s tour, ours did not sell out venues and generate cash rewards. Like touring, blogging can also seem like an endless chore with no return. I suffered Blog Depression way back in 1997, and posted less and less over time until I gave it up entirely.

Until now. Welcome back, Maryjane. What’s new?

The Rockument podcast, produced by yours truly, are free shows devoted to rock music history. Each show includes information about each song and its musicians, with links to artist, fan, and historical sites, and links to music for purchase on Amazon.com or iTunes.

The Flying Other Brothers podcast, hosted by yours truly, are free shows from our tours. Also visit the Flying Other Brothers home page for info about our tours.

To support my book, Microsoft: Just Say No (No Starch Press) I started Get Off Microsoft, which offers a topic-specific blog about getting off Microsoft, and links to information, alternative software, and resources.

To get my other books — including iPod and iTunes for Dummies — see my personal site at tonybove.com.

This is my personal blog, a continuation of What’s the New Mary Jane. I promise to not waste your time. I’ll write only about things that interest me, or piss me off.