Going Mobile Pt 2

I just got the new T-Mobile G1 "powered by google". It has the best browser for a mobile device I have yet seen, it handles every aspect of the site. All the JavaScript's like a true PC. I have used Skyfire, Mini Mo, Opera Mobile, Safari, along with a slew of other browsers, but none have performed as well as the G1 does at rendering the page.

If you have any isses with the site on a mobile device, please let me know.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

I have been working on SEO for the site, this blog is part of that effort. I have begun tweaking the meta tags, having them customized to each individual page. This should help to bring these links closer to the top when searching. It will also help with sitemap creation, along with applications that crawl the site.

Let me know if you notice any change in where the links are in your favorite search engine.

Anyone using.....

Is anyone using the iGoogle widget? Or the RSS feed? What's your favorite theme? Have you ever thought you could make a better design for the site? Create a theme and send it to me.

What features do you want on the site?

Post your comments on what features you would like to see. Feel free to place links to other sites with examples. I am trying to make this the best concert listing site there is.

Errors with Gdansk?

So my copy came with the center page in the booklet upside down, I have seen reports of missing items on the web. How did your copy come? Did you get everything? Did you buy an extra to keep un-opened? What version did you get, and if not the deluxe or vinyl, why?

Going Mobile?

If a mobile version was developed, would you use it? In the past I have tested a version of the site for cellphones, only to find I was the only person using it. If you think this would be a good idea, leave your comments, if you think I shouldn't waste my time, as you don't have a data plan or would never think of visiting the site while on the go, also please let me know.

Thanks

RIP Richard

From David's site - www.davidgilmour.com

No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.

In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.

He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound.
I have never played with anyone quite like him. The blend of his and my voices and our musical telepathy reached their first major flowering in 1971 on 'Echoes'. In my view all the greatest PF moments are the ones where he is in full flow. After all, without 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig In The Sky', both of which he wrote, what would 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' have been? Without his quiet touch the Album 'Wish You Were Here' would not quite have worked.

In our middle years, for many reasons he lost his way for a while, but in the early Nineties, with 'The Division Bell', his vitality, spark and humour returned to him and then the audience reaction to his appearances on my tour in 2006 was hugely uplifting and it's a mark of his modesty that those standing ovations came as a huge surprise to him, (though not to the rest of us).

Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously.

David Gilmour
Monday 15th September 2008

From the NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-EU-Britain-Pink-Floyd.html?hp

LONDON (AP) -- Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

The rock group's spokesman, Doug Wright, who's unrelated, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He said the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.

Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965.

The group's jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia ''happenings'' made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 album, ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,'' was a hit.

In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, was seen as the group's dominant musical force. The London-born musician and son of a biochemist wrote songs and played the keyboard.

''Rick's keyboards were an integral part of the Pink Floyd sound,'' said Joe Boyd, a prominent record producer who worked with Pink Floyd early in its career.

The band released a series of commercially and critically successful albums including 1973's ''The Dark Side of the Moon,'' which has sold more than 40 million copies. Wright wrote ''The Great Gig in the Sky'' and ''Us and Them'' for that album, and worked on the group's epic compositions such as ''Atom Heart Mother,'' ''Echoes'' and ''Shine on You Crazy Diamond.''

But tensions grew among Waters, Wright and fellow band member David Gilmour. The tensions came to a head during the making of ''The Wall'' when Waters insisted Wright be fired. As a result, Wright was relegated to the status of session musician on the tour of ''The Wall,'' and did not perform on Pink Floyd's 1983 album, ''The Final Cut.''

Wright formed a new band Zee with Dave Harris from the band Fashion, and released one album, ''Identity,'' with Atlantic Records.

Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and Wright began recording with Mason and Gilmour again, releasing the albums ''The Division Bell'' and ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' as Pink Floyd. Wright also released the solo albums ''Wet Dream'' (1978) and ''Broken China'' (1996).

In July 2005, Wright, Waters, Mason and Gilmour reunited to perform at the ''Live 8'' charity concert in London -- the first time in 25 years they had been onstage together.

Wright also worked on Gilmour's solo projects, most recently playing on the 2006 album ''On an Island'' and the accompanying world tour.

Gilmour paid tribute to Wright on Monday, saying his input was often forgotten.

''He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognized Pink Floyd sound,'' he said. ''I have never played with anyone quite like him.''