Estoy Pacheco's Virtual Bonnaroo Concert

So you're bummed out that you didn't make it to this year's Bonnaroo and missed out on some peanut butter cups. Sit back, blaze one up and enjoy the virtual concert form the comfort of your own home with these live performance clips from some of the artists and bands playing on the final Sunday of Bonnaroo 2009.

Don't forget to save a little for when Phish hits the stage to close out the show.

Time for a little wake and bake with A.A. Bondy who kicks things off at noon from the Other Tent.



Ted Leo and the Pharmacists follow Bondy on the Other Stage at 1:30.



If Ted Leo is a little too much, too soon, dial it down a notch and head over to the Sonic Stage and catch Elvis Perkins in Dearland for a quick half-hour set.



Make it over to the Which Stage and you will probably get there in time to hear this tune by Citizen Cope.



Depending on your mindspace at this time you are grooving with Robert Earl Keen at This Tent...



...or you are in the mood for a little Erikah Badu. She's so sweet to me, but if Erykah ain't where you're at (and she's at the What Stage), youse got lots a choices to mosey on elsehwere, but why would you?



When Erikah is done wowing the crowd Merle Haggard begins his 5:00 p.m. set at This Tent. If Merle's not yer cup of moonshine, A.A Bondy has a second set over at the Sonic Stage - in case you were still asnooze at noon.



Maybe now you are ready for the mosh pit that will surely be happenning at That Tent when Shadows Fall takes the stage....



... If Shadows Fall is fallin' on deaf ears then the Other Tent has Okkervil River. These guys are the last act to perform at the Other Tent, so you may want to lay back, regroup, or recharge because now you have some major decisions to make.



...Unless of course you knew that you needed that one hour downtime between when Erikah finished her set at the What Stage and the Dee Oh Double Gee kicks off his set. You know that there is gonna be a fine aroma in the air during Snoop's set.



Elsewhere, Band of Horses is at Which...



...Neko Case is at This and...



Coheed and Cambria is at That.



All fine options (they're all on my iPod) but I haven't left the main stage since Erikah lit up my life. I'm gonna hang with my Dogg. It's taken me this long to get this close to the stage and I'm not leaving now.



Like I said, there were decisions to make but now there are none. You don't have to think anymore - whether you can at this stage or not is subject to interpretation - but Bonnaroo 2009 closes with a four hour plus set by...









Goodnight everybody. Phish has left the building!

If you really want a virtual concert experience Phishheads have been finding novel ways to stream concerts on this tour.






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Dandy Warhols Like Pot...A Lot

The Dandy Warhols are playing the Playboy Mansion in support of the Marijuana Policy Project. The gig at Hef's place also includes a guest DJ turn by David J. If that name rings a bell then you remember the 1980s as J is best known for his work with Bauhaus and later on with Love and Rockets.

The gig takes place on June 4...whoa, man...is that today? and includes such typical stoner fare as a magic show...ooooh and fire dancing...ahhhh. So what brings the Dandy Warhols to the mansion?

As Courtney Taylor-Taylor tells NME.com, "We have a lot of stoners in our band so to have marijuana still be illegal is ridiculous. As a recreational chemical it's a lot less dangerous than alcohol.

"There are a lot of countries where it's perfectly legal and they get along better than America. Plus it may be our only chance to go to the Playboy Mansion and hang out."

The Marijuana Policy Project "believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is prison, we focus on removing criminal penalties for marijuana use, with a particular emphasis on making marijuana medically available to seriously ill people who have the approval of their doctors."

Members of the advisory board include social commentator Bill Maher, and Navy SEAL, turned pro wrestler, turned Minnesota Governor, now Zen surfer Jesse Ventura.

Estoy Pacheco is quite certain that Mis Amigos will make the set list today.

Counter-Culture Celebrates 90 Years with Pete Seeger Birthday Bash

The counter-culture took a step in the spotlight last night as Pete Seeger celebrated his 90th birthday with a little get-together in his hometown of New York City. On hand at the sold-out "Garden Party" to honor the 20th century icon was a cast of musicians that have been influenced by the gentle folk giant.

Seeger entered the collective consciousness of the nation in the 1940s and in the 50s with the Weavers scored many radio and folk standards. The civil rights movement and the Vietnam War brought him back into the spotlight in the 1960s. During this phase of his career Seeger borrowed a cue from his peer Woody Guthrie who had "This machine kills fascists" written on his guitar. Seeger had "This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces It to Surrender" enscribed on his omnipresent banjo. The counter revolution took his words to heart and sought out the advice of his earlier recordings and many groups of the Haight-Ashbury era covered his material including The Byrds and Joan Baez.

Baez, along with Kris Kristofferson, was on hand at the Madison Square Garden show that was officially dubbed the "Clearwater Concert: Creating The Next Generation Of Environmental Leaders." They and other yippies, hippies, and singer/songwriters representing the flower power era blended seamlessly with today's counter culture vanguard led by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Ani DeFranco and Michael Franti.

Seeger himself was originally dragged kicking and screaming into this event as he wanted no part of any plans to mark his birthday or his many other achievements in and out of the music world. He finally agreed to the concert on the condition that it would benefit the environmental group - Hudson River Sloop Clearwater - that he co-founded in the mid 60s. "It's not always the big things that make a difference," he said with regards to the environment, "but all the small things done by people who don't get attention."

Events to mark Seeger's 90th were also held across the country under the banner "For Pete's Sake: Sing!" Internationally, events were held in Scotland and Australia that included a performance of the play on the musician's life, "One Word We!"