As a newbie, I really appreciate these peeks into the GPN past.  It has inspired me to start at the beginning of your archives and go forward to learn more GPN history.  It looks like it will take a couple of months if I follow all the links to interviews, not to mention checking out the videos. 

Two things struck me right off. There is the Starpolish interview with lengthy discussion about why GPN isn't really a jam band,  then your post from January 2008 about GPN being named among the best new bands by Itunes.  You said:  "Weird for a band whose been slugging it out for years but there you go. "

It's two years later and Rolling Stone calls GPN a both new band, and a jam band. Some media perceptions are hard to shake I guess.