If you got shut out of PTBM (is it quaint or sad that I still call it "mail order"?) or just bypassed it to avoid getting stuck with the dreaded lawns, a kind soul has put together this handy chart as a guide to on sales via Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Nicely presented and very...

2012 is the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones. I love how this timeline infographic (unclear of the source... I found on I Love Charts tumblr) overlays the studio & live albums, and tours across the band member history. Disappointed that the great Chuck Leavell doesn't get a mention, though -- did the author think there...

In these dark, Phish-less months of winter, rumors fly, desperation settles in and people get just a little crazy. While it is clear that some kind of Phish summer tour is in the works, in the mean time festival lineups are released, summer plans are being made and vacation days are left unrequested -- Phish...

Courtesy of Paste Magazine, we now have a rigorously researched, tastefully laid out chart of the common words from the David Lee Roth era (part one). Though I would like to see a breakdown of the Yeahhhhhs vs. Yeahhhghhhhhs, this will suffice for now. Perhaps that can be tackled if and when A Different Kind...

We're right in the heart of festival lineup announcement season; we're even starting to see the rumor-fueled Bonnaroo Photoshopped lineups start to emerge in advance of their 2012 announcement next week.So, I thought there was no better time to trot out the best parody festival lineups I've seen (and put an open call out for...

In mid-January, the online world was up in arms about the threat posed by the impending Congressional vote on SOPA and PIPA. Public outcry, massive social networkingcampaigns, and high profile blackouts of sites like wikipedia and reddit, certainly broughtlegislators' attention to the flawed nature of the bills on the table -- and like the Krusty...

Wilco's so-called Incredible Shrinking Tour was stuff of legend before even one note was played. After 55 shows across North America and Europe this year, the Chicago faithful was salivating for the band's holiday homecoming. The clever selection and revelation of the venues fueled the eagerness. And the announcement of support acts and the media hype...

Wish I could take credit for this one, but was created by Elliot Newhouse and posted to the Jews For Jerry facebook page (yes, that's a real thing).Happy Hanukah from The Barn!

A decades worth of radio airplay, summarized in chart form from XKCD. What will this list look like in 2030-2039? Perhaps some tunes from The Barn's Holiday Mix?Happy holidays to all!

Leave it to our pals over at Cracked to not only put Pink Floyd in their satirical cross-hairs, but also embellish their skewering with a couple of charts that gently poke fun at the band's appeal, and its own idiosyncrasies.First up, is a Venn diagram that puts Floyd at the pharmacological center of several...