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Two recent and very different live music performances in France…

Both videos courtesy of La Blogotheque.

I used to be a regular subscriber and viewer of Wine Library TV, but a few months ago I fell behind watching each episode and stopped watching it. The presenter, Gary Vaynerchuk, was also getting increasing loud and obnoxious (a side effect of Web 2.0 stardom?) and so that turned me off.

Anyway, one of the guests I always hoped he would bring onto his show was Maynard James Keenan of Tool, A Perfect Circle and most recently, Puscifer fame. Maynard is one of a few (but increasing number of?) rock stars now producing their own wines. Yet to try it myself, but here he is on Wine Library TV in a two episode special:

Tasting wine with Maynard James Keenan of Tool in Arizona – Part 1

Tasting wine with Maynard James Keenan of Tool in Arizona – Part 2

P.S. Gary, please stop neglecting Cord’k! It’s one of the few social networking web sites out there with a genuinely useful purpose!

Some fine musical suggestions in this article by Mark Titchner featured in the Guardian: