Palm Investor Roger McNamee to Open for Metallica
That's right metal heads, you read that title correctly. Roger McNamee, who goes by the alias "Chubby Wombat Moonalice" on stage, and his band Moonalice, will be opening for Metallica [PDF link] in San Rafael, CA on September 11th. The "once in a lifetime" concert is being hosted by the Marin History Museum to help raise funds for their upcoming "Marin Rocks" exhibition, and will be the first time Metallica has ever played in Marin county.
While Metallica needs no introduction, Moonalice is a relative newcomer on the music scene, having begun touring in May of 2007. Something of a hippie rock band, their main claim to fame is their use of seven, thats right, seven bassists, including Jack Casady, formerly of Jefferson Airplane. Our hero Chubby Wombat himself plays bass, guitar, and contributes on vocals. While venture capitalism is his career, it's clear through interviews that music is his "other" passion.
So how about it folks, are any of you planning on checking out Roger and his merry band, or are you more interested in skipping ahead to the Metallica portion of the show? After giving a few of their songs a listen, I have to say they're not half bad, though they're very much the ying to Metallica's yang. It should be an interesting show!
New Palm ads actually describe Pre features
*GASP*
We’ve been trying to find video of these for over a week now and they’ve finally ended up on the YouTubes. They are Palm commercials that instead of creeping us out actually talk about the Pre’s unique features. The video above is for Synergy’s linked contacts, though you have to really be paying attention to notice she’s showing that the contact linked to Facebook, Google, and Exchange.
One more commercial after the break