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Music Monday: DMB Nominated for Two Grammy Awards!

Written on December 7, 2009 by Becky in DMB, Dave Matthews, Events, Music, Music Monday

The Grammy Awards nominees have been announced and Dave Matthews Band made the cut…twice! According to the DMB official website:

We are thrilled to announce that Dave Matthews Band’s Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King received Grammy nominations this evening for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year! The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards are scheduled to air live from Los Angeles on CBS on January 31, 2010.

Here are the lists of fellow nominees in both awards:

Album Of The Year
I Am…Sasha Fierce – Beyonce
The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas
The Fame – Lady Gaga
Fearless – Taylor Swift
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King – Dave Matthews Band

Best Rock Album
Black Ice – AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden – Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King – Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon – U2

As much as I love Lady Gaga, if she wins the Album of the Year over DMB, I might just not like her anymore. It just wouldn’t be right. Personally, I think after last year’s snub of LeRoi in the tribute film, that the Grammy’s owe it to DMB to award them for the album they made FOR Roi. Just sayin.

You can follow The Grammys on Twitter here, where they have daily contests for prizes.

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Music Monday: Benefit Honoring Neil Young features Dave Matthews

Written on November 30, 2009 by Becky in DMB, Dave Matthews, Events, Music, Music Monday

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MusiCares named Neil Young as their 2010 Person of the Year and will be holding a tribute in January to the singer. According to the DMB official website:

On January 29, 2010, Dave Matthews will join a host of talented artists including Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, K.D. Lang, John Mellencamp, Ozomatli, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wilco and others who will come together for a MusiCares benefit to honor Neil Young as MusiCares® 2010 Person of the Year. Neil Young will be honored at a special event in Los Angeles which will celebrate his exceptional artistic achievements and philanthropic work. Proceeds from the annual MusiCares Person of the Year tribute — now in its 20th year — provide essential support for MusiCares, which ensures that members of the music community have a place to turn in times of financial, medical and personal need. For more information on the work of MusiCares and the 20th Anniversary Tribute Benefit, visit MusiCares.com.

It is events like these that make me wish I lived in L.A. *sigh* Hopefully it will be televised.

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#LITweetup Helps! A Success for Island Harvest

Written on November 17, 2009 by Becky in Events, Life, Twitter

For the past few weeks, I have been involved in planning the #LITweetup Helps! Food Drive. After just a few short weeks, myself and a great group of 4 other people planned a series of 3 events to benefit Island Harvest. It feels so good to help others, especially during this time of year.

During the 9 hours of LITweetup Helps! :

Approximately 155 pounds of food was collected
$117 was raised (according to Island Harvest $1 provides 2 meals)

You can see LITweetup.com for more detailed blog posts about each event by myself, Jeff Namnum (@Namnum) and Steve Haweeli (@SteveHaweeli). Many thanks to all who attended and donated. It was great seeing everyone in person and meeting some new tweeps! Also, thanks to the great managers at Panera Bread who were kind enough to offer to hold our donations until Island Harvest comes to pick up their Thanksgiving donation.

On a side note, I just want to say thank you to the rest of the LITweetup Helps! Organizing Committee (Jeff Namnum, Mitch Hagler, Jean Prytyskacz and Steve Haweeli). You are truly a fantastic group of people and together we did a really good thing! It has been a great few weeks and I look forward to the next set of charity events that we hold.

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Local Tweetup + Charity = LITweetup Helps!

Written on October 30, 2009 by Becky in Events, Life

I am honored to have been asked to be on the Organizing Committee for LITweetup Helps!, a 3-day food drive event for Island Harvest – Long Island’s leading hunger relief organization! I am all for tweetups. And I am all for charity. So why not put the two together? @theshoedawg came up with the idea and I paired him with @namnum, one of the founders of LITweetup. Two weeks later, we, along with the help of @stevehaweeli and @jeanprytyskacz, were able to accomplish this:

If you aren’t busy that weekend and live in the Long Island area, I hope you stop down to one of the events with a donation. It will be great company, great food (Panera…YUM) and for a great cause. How can you go wrong? Check out the official facebook page and the LITweetup website for further information!