Journal

The venues are in San Francisco, Ca unless noted. Will add comments later. If you have comments, just message me or give me a shout.

Acetone 11.24.93 Slim's
Adamski 6.27.90 I-Beam
American Music Club 5.3.93 Slim's
Armoured Saint Central Park Bandshell La Palma,Ca
The Auteurs 4.22.93 Paradise Lounge
Beachwood Sparks Bottom Of The Hill
Beachwood Sparks Slim's
Beat Farmers 8.11.90 Slim's(First Set)
Beck 4.18.94 Slim's
Adrian Belew 9.16.89 Jones Beach Amphitheatre Wantagh,NY
Adrian Belew 9.17.89 Garden State Arts Center Holmdel,NJ
The Bel-Fires LA Street Scene LA,Ca
Belly 4.13.93 Slim's(First Show)
Bettie Serveert 10.17.93 Great American Music Hall
Bettie Serveert 4.6.93 Club Oasis San Jose,Ca
Bettie Serveert The Fillmore
Beulah Bimbo's
The Black Watch 2.17.94 Bottom Of The Hill
Blake Babies 2.11.91 Slim's
Blood on the Saddle LA Street Scene LA,Ca
Blow-up The Roxy Hollywood,Ca
The Blue Aeroplanes 7.1.90 The Warfield
Blue Nile 8.1.90 Great American Music Hall
The Bluetones 9.11.96 Bottom Of The Hill
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Was the last thing I expected to hear from my next runner up guitar virtuoso, homegrown Geva Alon, whose words were uttered to me just an hour before the doors opened to let us into Madison Square Garden where we pilgrimaged to see Pearl Jam on their 2008 two day stint. Thoroughly-rock-schooled Geva was genuinely excited to have my 'Ten-Club' ticket pair given to him and his lovely wife Karin for them to catch their first live glimpse of a band I have ardently followed through many shows before.

His equivalent enthusiasm drawn from the likes of Neil Young, David Bowie and Tom Verlaine, Geva Alon's music has been described as passionate, inventive, and mesmerizing, but truly defining the gripping quality of his sound transcends words. Similar sentiment resonates from Alon's latest and most personal solo venture aptly named Get Closer [/album], which was produced by thom monahan…

In my travels I have come across some strange connections between artists I wouldn't expect:

Chi-A.D. is Dave Young. He started out playing synths for black metal pioneers Venom under the pseudonym VMX. Later well known for being a part of UK Hardtrance act The Secret and Goa act Chi-A.D.

Jesse Sykes, relation to Jamie Sykes of Burning Witch?

Galloglass features guest solos by Curran Murphy (Nevermore, Annihilator) and Jeff Waters (Annihilator) on their second album, Heavenseeker.

Outstanding stoner doom outfit Witch consists of members from Dinosaur Jr. and Feathers, among others.

BS 2000 once toured with Le Tigre in Japan. This might not strike you as odd if you didn't know that BS 2000 is the side project of the Beastie Boys ' own Adam "Adrock" Horovitz. BS 2000 also contributed the track The Scrappy to the Jet Set Radio Future soundtrack.

Toni Halliday, lead singer of Curve, is the vocalist in the Freaky Chakra track Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven…

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1. Pete Molinari – A Virtual Landslide

Fastna inte vid inledande “Blonde On Blonde»-pastischen “It Came Out Of The Wilderness«. Den är förvisso oemotståndligt charmig, men Molinari är så mycket mer än så. Genom albumets tolv låtar bjuds vi på en hisnande, rörande resa genom amerikansk musikhistoria. Så italiensk-egyptisk-maltesisk-brittisk han är. Vi får rockabilly, folkrock, femtiotalsdoftande ballader, blues, gammelcountry, pop, Fred Neil och Everly Brothers på ett bräde. Han har ett löst och ledigt band som klär varje låt i paradoxalt lika tidlösa som tidsenliga kläder. Bitvis är det så vackert att man måste hämta andan.
Framförallt är det ju den där rösten. En skir ljus stämma, lika skör som tydlig, med ett fjärilslätt vibrato som nonchalant barfotadansar på tonerna. Jag trodde först det var en tjej. Det visade sig vara en brittisk tjejtjusare som gjort årets tveklöst bästa album. …

Strange last week. Some good things, some not-so-good things. More of each than usual, it seems.

Saturday: Got to see a friend that I never see enough before she leaves for too long of a time. Got to stop by Rhino Records. Relaxed dinner with parents. Feeling good. Too-rah-loo-rah-lay.

Sunday: Stomach is really bad today. Hit a guy on a bike with my car (He wasn't hurt at all...and it was his fault actually, not mine). When I hit him, I was listening to "Ich bin der Welt Abhanden gekommen" by Mahler. Strained evening discussing how to handle this. No dinner cause my stomach feels so bad. Only good thing: I'm feeling okay enough to eat something late, so I get to the frozen yogurt place 5 minutes after they closed...but they let me in anyway.

Monday: Stomach bad. Real stressed just from trying to deal with this accident thing. But it works out by the late evening. I help him pay for his bike, and we don't report it to insurance. …

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Architecture in Helsinki
Broken Social Scene
Dirty Pretty Things
Mogwai
of Montreal
Star
Flaming Lips
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Camera Obscura
Pigeon Detectives
Beachwood Sparks
Egoexpress
Gorky´s Zygotic Mynci
Ladybug Transistors
Maximo Park
Sparklehorse
Wolf Parade
Yo La Tengo

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Here it is, the list of bands I can remember seeing/have ticket stubs for. Live music rules. You should go see some. Right now. Or wait for tonight when there may be a band playing in your area.

Typhoon
Radiation City
Terrible Buttons
Aan
And And And
The Horse Theives
Finn Riggins x7
Hot Buttered Rum String Band / Hot Buttered Run x3
Cornmeal
Shades
Lipstick Homicide x3
Coolzey x2
Cop Bar
Stereotypes
Pert Near Sandstone
Left Coast Country
kindlewood
Cataldo
Cooper Trail
Vetiver
Jared Mees and The Grown Children x4
Starfucker
Yarn Owl x3
Modest Mouse x6
Talkdemonic
Reptet
mctuff x2
Midwest Dilemma x2
Night of Joy
Sara Century
Boy Eats Drum Machine
Ironwood Run
Deerhoof
Ben Butler And Mouse Pad
World's Greatest Ghosts
Dawes x2
Jonny Corndawg
Horse Feathers x2
Y La Bamba
Buffalo Death Beam x2
The Ragbirds x2
Corn Mash
Left Hand Smoke
Tartufi
Pavement
Califone
Earl Greyhound
The Walkmen
Railroad Earth x3
Yo La Tengo
Holly Golightly
Particle x2
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