From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Evergreen, Crystal Lake, And Badger

July 31, 2009

Hey America! Big doins at the Hemlock tomorrow!
ROTfest: a celebration and reunion of classic San Matean bands and related ventures. Some legendary local bands of the 90s and 00s will be there, including Mensclub, Wig Torture, Clap Band, The Pirate Band, David Nudelman, Three Stoned Men, and Smile God Loves You.
Saturday 8/1, 6PM, $7. Visit [...]

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Hold On Just A Second — I Know This One, I Love This Song [video]

July 30, 2009

Sometimes I think about how rock music has progressed too far as a form to really explode in an entirely new, important direction. Then I think about how it doesn’t sting as much as I would have thought, because we’re living in a time where some incredibly talented and creative musicians are working in the [...]

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Just A Rebel, Lookin’ For A Place To Be

July 30, 2009

I’m tellin you, chilluns, after a long day of beating my head against the Internet and a long night of dreaming about General Motors vehicles in the Iraqi desert, this is exactly what I needed.
When you live in the Bay Area, it can be easy to assume that anything that’s a big deal here and [...]

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The Slow March Of Progress

July 29, 2009

Well, the new carpet’s in, but I won’t have the matching curtains up for a little while.
I’m still working out the kinks on this redesign, and have a few more tricks to implement (like the nifty drop-down navigation menu that worked just ducky on the test site but fully fudges the boat on this one).
So [...]

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A Ninety-Delic Definition Means No More Self-Doubt

July 29, 2009

I’ve mentioned before how I like to keep track of what music my favorite musicians are listening to. And even musicians I’m not super into have guided me along the path of righteousness.
It’s pretty easy these days to dig up that sort of information these days, through interviews, year-end lists, and mixes/compilations such as the [...]

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If I See You Tomorrow, I Don’t Know What I Will Do

July 28, 2009

I was going to say something intelligent about how even if you’re not necessarily into the Fiery Furnaces, Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger have such an obvious level of talent that it’s a good idea to check in with them every time they release something.
Then I realized they’d put out three studio albums and a live [...]

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How Could Anybody *Not* Answer That?

July 27, 2009

All I have to say about this is that if Susan Raye ever said “C’mere, loverboy” to me like that, there’d be a new Mrs. Vegetables.
Buck Owens & Susan Raye: “Love Is Strange”

[if you don't have time to watch the whole thing, click here to jump to the good part]

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Alors Je T’ai Accompagnée, On a Chanté, On a Dansé

July 27, 2009

Big shoutout to Alberto Contador for being superhuman.
I’d also like to note how righteous and civilized it is when racers spend the final day of a three-week bicycle race riding slowly along, smiling, chatting, and sipping Champagne with their rivals.
Watching the final stage of the Tour de France yesterday, I could not get this song [...]

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A Convenience-Store Connoisseur On A Broken-Shoestring-Budget Tour

July 24, 2009

Let’s add David Dondero to the list of great artists that have called San Francisco home under my very nose while I missed it. Don’t worry about me, though. I’ll catch up.
What is there that is not to love about a fella with an album called Live At The Hemlock?
Dondero follows in the great singer-songwriter/folkie/rocker [...]

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The Sea Has Twenty, Yeah, Twenty Thousand Leagues And There’s Only One Of You

July 23, 2009

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: if there’s one kind of music I like, it’s music about a boy who gets abducted by a time traveler while swimming across the ocean.
I get all hopeful for the future (and stuff) when I come across a young band not afraid to attack [...]

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