April 28th, 2007 04:00pm
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OK, it’s the last Friday of the month. Someone else is bringing the beers and cheese whiz. Someone else has the loudspeaker and whistles. And you’re in charge of the music for your posse. Whadya play?
Whether toting an iPod with speakers, a jambox or pulling two stack amps like one dude I saw, the technology is not that difficult.
Yesterday, in what had to be one of the tamest, most …
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April 27th, 2007 05:20pm
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Rialto Cinemas Lakeside flashes back to the ’50s for a rowdy
week-long run through the “Grease Sing-A-Long.”
Even if you can’t sing worth a damn (the more you suck, the
better), it’s a rare chance to see the 1978 teen classic blown up in full-scale
Cinemascope.
And the timing is perfect. The reality show “You’re the One
That I Want” notched big ratings. A sing-along in December at the Castro did so
well, they’re bringing it …
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April 25th, 2007 08:29pm
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When you ask Santiago singer-guitarist Gabe Meline to send back notes from the road, he sends an 1,100-word manifesto – only 10 days into the tour. That’s because he’s way
more than a musician (and “High Fidelity” record-store dude), he’s a helluva writer. So here
go the (printable) highlights of Santiago’s world
domination tour so far:
We’re in Tennessee after a
long 800-mile drive from Denton,
TX. So far, sleeping in the van
at rest areas …
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April 22nd, 2007 11:56pm
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The Greyboy Allstars put the funk in jazz and Stephen Marley channeled his father, but sometimes the best entertainment was simply crowd watching (oh yeah, and everyone recycled…bottles and cans, just clap ya hands):
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April 22nd, 2007 03:42am
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There’s a natural melancholy deep down in Willie Nelson’s voice that lulls and pulls you in. Honest and effortless, it’s one of the most recognizable and quintessentially American voices around today.
You can hear it in “Always On My Mind” and “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” and “Pancho and Lefty.”
Years ago, producer Daniel Lanois tried to make it almost haunting, almost an echo of itself, but then it no …
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April 19th, 2007 08:55pm
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Short of a Toadcam, it’s hard to know exactly what’s going on over at the Toad in the Hole – the new pub in the works around the corner from the Last Day Saloon in Railroad Square.
But judging by this picture of Paul Stokeld covered in dust, heavy lifting is probably involved. The Stokeld nephews – Paul and Oliver – and their partner Doug Jayne may have been a tad …
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April 17th, 2007 06:23pm
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This year’s Harmony Festival is easily the biggest and
baddest ever.
For the first time, festival organizers have teamed up with
Live Nation (formerly Bill Graham Presents) to lure top-notch touring acts -
many who have never played Sonoma
County before – to the
fairgrounds this summer.
But the true test of a great lineup?
“We’ve already had a lot of discusion about whose name goes
where on the poster,” said Harmony programmer Sean Ahern. “Usually it’s just …
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April 12th, 2007 07:28pm
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The last time we talked to Gianni Messmer, he had high hopes for the Round Robin. The former DJ and co-owner of Seven took over the Dirty Bird on Mendocino Avenue and cleaned it up (but not too much). His vision is still “Coyote Ugly meets Hooters” but the expansion into the building (formerly Sherzer’s) next-door is still bogged down in the permit process.
Add to the mix: Jasper O’Farrell’s. …
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April 11th, 2007 05:55pm
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Virgin American Airlines is tapping KRSH DJ Pam Long to create an in-flight music channel.
It turns out CEO Fred Reid lives in Sebastopol and tunes in to 95.9 all the time. When he pitched the idea, at first she was a little hesitant, concerned about sound quality and song selection. But she came around to the idea of “a mini-me KRSH.” On Virgin, it’ll be called Wine …
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April 9th, 2007 12:54am
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While most peeps were busy going to church, scarfing chocolate bunnies and hunting for eggs, in San Francisco it was all about the 7th annual “Bring Your Own Big Wheel” ride down “the crookedest street in the world.”
Look for Elvis, Tigger, and an occasional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle….
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Your Daily Dose. Whenever. Whatever. Wherever. Trolling Sonoma County and beyond, John Beck looks for cracks in the pop facade.
