If you are living in the US it’s pretty hard not to get sucked into all things political right now and if you were hoping for an escape from it in this podcast you will be sorely disappointed. As Bono has shown us music and politics go hand in hand and although the LMP doesn’t officially support a candidate we do think voting is important enough to be featured on a LMP PSA.

The voter registration deadlines are fastly approaching in many states, including my home state of Missouri where the last day to register is October 8th. Even if you haven’t made up your mind on who to vote for or even whether or not you will vote, the LMP strongly encourages you to register anyways in case you make up your mind when it’s too late. It only takes about 3 minutes and can even be completed online by going to either voteforchange.com or johnmccain.com.

One contest that does not require expensive ad campaigns and complicated polling is for the title of Greatest Band in the World. This episode features music from the one band that experts and fans can all agree on. I’m speaking, of course, about Tenacious D. The dynamic duo of Kyle Gass and Jack Black take rocking to a whole new level and have even been known to rock a face clean off. If you are offended by crude language or humor of any kind please look elsewhere. For all others please enjoy Tenacious D from their January 22, 2002 stop at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

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Tenacious D - New York, NY - 01/22/02

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1) Flash
2) Wonderboy
3) Warning
4) Jesus Ranch
5) Kielbasa
6) History
7) Special Things
8) Lee
9) KG Power Solo
10) Dio
11) Cosmic Shame
12) Summer of '69
13) Kyle Took a Bullet
14) Rocket Sauce
15) Sasquatch
16) Rock Your Socks
17) Spiderman
18) Tribute
19) Carry That Weight

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...and prepare thyself for the release of the Complete MasterWorks Volume II!

Ladies and gentlemen it’s time once again time for a Live Music Podcast public service announcement or LMP PSA for short. After many years of listening to audience tapings I have found an easy way to increase the listening pleasure for recordings with less than perfect audio quality.  Simply switch out your speakers for headphones. I can’t give you an explanation of the physics to why they sound better through headphones, but next time you are ready to throw out a sub par recording try out this tip before you do so.

Here at the Live Music Podcast I do my best to bring you only the best sounding recordings but even a good recording is usually improved through headphones. For this episode especially, low quality shouldn’t be an issue since the recording I have comes straight from the soundboard.

Matt Costa is pretty much what you’d expect from the same record label as Jack Johnson and G Love and Special Sauce. Of course I mean that it the best way possible, as his songs are in the same vein of laid back chill music with soul. The music I have here ranges from the very catchy upbeat single “Sunshine”, to the slower melodic “Astair”, to the electric guitar and harp driven “Emergency Call”.

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Matt Costa - Boulder, CO - 05/29/08

1) Long Wait
2) Ballad Of Miss Kate
3) Vienna
4) Mr. Pitiful
5) Shimmering Field Seed
6) Sunshine
7) Astair
8) Miss Magnolia
9) Sweet Rose
10) Emergency Call

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...and for more Matt Costa check out his appearance with Jack Johnson on their cover of the Beatle's song Two of Us.