David Horsey - 04.25.2007

Mike Luckovich - 05.03.2007

Wayne Stayskal - 04.26.2007

John Darkow - 05.01.2007 

Hit Denvers Fillmore for Elvis Costello and The Imposters this evening. I must say, I started the night off as a sour puss. You litterly could not give away extra tickets at the show, let alone try to sell them. The show was not sold out and the 'scalpers' were only offering $10 for extra tickets an hour before the show. I made the mistake of going and having a beer and waiting for closer to show time to try to sell my extra tickets. By the time I headed for the door, even they had given up and headed home.

So, I waited outside the door for awhile to see if any one was looking for tickets, and then looking for anyone to give them to, no luck.

I go inside looking to wash away my disappointment with a cold beverage and find The Fillmore only opened a couple of the bars. This I just don't understand.

I wait 7 - 10 minutes in line for a malt beverage, Elvis is on the stage and I am trying to get into the show. It just ain't happening. I make it up to the head of the line, purchase my beers and head off to find my roommate.

Elvis and his three piece band are just ripping through numbers. Three - four minutes a song and boom into the next one. We are initially standing 15 feet or so behind the sound board. A spot opens up along the back railing of the sound board and I motion my roommate up with me.

The sound is excellent. There are no big heads in the way of our view. Elvis and The Imposters are rocking.

They play for an hour and take an encore break. We are like, WTF? He comes back out, does an acoustic Alyson and they continue playing for another 40 minutes or so.

Total concert time: 1:45. Ticket cost: $56 (not including tickets not sold). My attitude at the end of the night: I am smiling ear to ear.

It may have been a short show, but I am replete.

If you get the chance, go see Elvis Costello and The Imposters

Want further confirmation read these two reviews ( #1 - #2 )from the Warfield three nights ago.

Via consumeraffairs.com

The news that Dell will begin making the fast-growing Ubuntu flavor of Linux available on some of its machines should be welcomed by consumers everywhere.

It not only makes a tiny dent in Microsoft's armor but also is one of the few times consumers can actually get something for nothing. Best of all, the something for nothing is, in this reviewer's humble opinion, a lot better than the high-priced spreads.

Though its name may sound odd initially, there's nothing odd about the way Ubuntu works. It is fast, lean and responsive, like a sleek jungle cat prowling through the South Africa outback.

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Stuart Carlson - May 7th, 2007

Ah, the convoluted American way. Don't conserve, just complain. We are one confused nation.

Dell Backpedals on Preloading Linux - newsfactor

The Linux camp's ears perked up earlier this week when Dell said it planned to unveil a new line of certified, Linux-loaded desktop and laptop PCs. But business users who want to buy a Dell machine with the open-source operating system preinstalled won't have that Linux luxury in the near-term.

Although Dell is dancing around the idea of reintroducing Linux desktops and notebooks, the computer maker said it won't make a move until one of the competing flavors of Linux emerges as a business favorite. Dell now maintains that it doesn't want to pick one Linux distribution and alienate users with a preference for another.

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The empire strikes back - ITWire

With one stroke, Microsoft has reasserted its number one position as deal maker and decision maker in the computer industry, reminding all wannabes that they are just that - wannabes.

Yesterday's announcement that Dell would be joining the Microsoft-Novell pact is proof positive that Microsoft is playing the same game it always has - extend, embrace and then extinguish.

Notice that Dell wasn't exactly prominent in the announcement of the deal - most of the talking was done by Microsoft, in itself a reminder that whether you are a big player or not in the tech industry, you had better do as the boys in Redmond say. No getting too much out of line.

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