August 30th, 2007 06:43pm
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Update: I got bad information, the Mail Depot didn’t get permits and Solimar’s in the desert as we speak….maybe next year? Burning Woman not happening this year…
Wal-Mart may not be far behind, but Myspace continues to elbow its way into
the music biz: Hellogoodbye and Say Anything headline the first ever MySpace
Music Tour. Also on the bill: MySpace Records band Polysics.
The tour launches October 16, finally hitting the Warfield
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August 28th, 2007 07:41pm
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You walk away from a marathon gaming session with video eyes
and Nintendo thumb. The outside world is scary. The twittering brain loop won’t
stop.
But what if you could at least make it palatable?
Converting the soundtrack of your life (or former life) from
digital to warm and fuzzy analog, video game cover bands are multiplying faster
than William Gibson subplots.
There’s Megadriver, a Brazilian metal band with a weakness for
video game loops. They rawk Top …
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August 26th, 2007 01:22am
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There may be no other musical subculture more maligned and
misunderstood than the lowly accordion player.
Zydeco, polka, punk polka – it doesn’t matter.
“It gets a bad rap,” admits Ginny Mac, who still cringes
when she thinks of Urkel playing the accordion on “Family Matters.”
“We’ve been driven into it. We’re like a repressed religious
sect,” adds Big Lou the Accordion Princess. She just finished putting on bright
red lipstick and strapping on an accordion backstage …
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August 24th, 2007 06:22pm
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1. Matisyahu opens for 311 on Sunday at SF Concourse Exhibition
Center. Tease alert: This is what it looks like when they tag-team The Cure:
2. If Madeleine Peyroux doesn’t sing Leonard Cohen’s “Dance Me
to the End of Love” at Rodney Strong on Saturday afternoon, you must riot.
3. B-Side Players put the Espanol in reggae (with accordion
and fat horns) at The Last Day Saloon in Santa Rosa tonight for only $10 – …
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August 23rd, 2007 05:12pm
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Joni Davis made it back from London in one piece (or so we hear). She’ll be playing a KRSH Backyard gig next Wednesday with the Thursday Night Live Band, opening for Jeffrey Halford and Augie Meyers. Her new album “A Bird’s Heart” should be out soon. Listen to her recent EP “Wire Wings” (uh, notice a theme?).
How does a struggling musician score a blurb from Tom Waits?
Get a job as …
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August 22nd, 2007 07:35pm
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Madeleine Peyroux admits she “works at a slow pace.” Eight years
went by between her debut album and her follow-up. Clearly it was worth the wait
since the sophomore effort “Careless Love” launched her global street-cred in
jazz and folk circles.
Her latest album “Half the Perfect World” mixes Leonard
Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits standards with four of her own songs – a
major achievement for a singer who hasn’t written much of her …
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August 21st, 2007 02:45am
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WWF is one thing – the quick jump cuts, the beefcake, the fireworks and cheese rock – all wrapped up in a made-for-TV glam production aesthetic. But to really appreciate the pop artistry of pro wrestling, you need to get up close, so close you recoil from the raw smack of flesh on homemade canvas, so close you can hear a worn-out wrestler whisper “I’m staying down” before the ref …
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August 20th, 2007 03:00pm
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While Dr. Vapor smoked pineapple Life Savers and the corset-friendly Juicy Galore reminded us that “Pink is the new green,” Saturday’s SolFest kicked off as eco-tent revival in a year when renewable energy is all the rage.
The mopeds were drunk on alcohol fumes. If it wasn’t shade-grown it was sun-powered. East-coast activist and singer-songwriter Dar Williams set up her song
“Empire,” by reminding an adoring crowd, “The sun could power …
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August 16th, 2007 06:21pm
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Imagine this: You’re booking this weekend’s SolFest and your
mission is to track down the greenest musician you can find.
You have a reputation to uphold. Julia Butterfly Hill once
graced the same stage. And Bruce Cockburn (who returns this year). And Daryl
Hannah. And Starhawk. And Todd Snider – wait, the beer-run dude? Well, he does
play barefoot.
Then it dawns on you: Dar Williams.
The hemp-silky East Coast singer-songwriter wrote the
meatless guide to road-tripping America
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August 15th, 2007 01:32pm
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Betty Biodiesel is a rare breed on the eco
circuit. The former Chico
State sorority girl
eventually saw the light and rechristened herself a sunflower superhero (see
pic) who makes the rounds from Harmony fest to classrooms, spreading the gospel
of green.
Now for the surprise: She’s the reason veggie-oil wrestling
- edible Twister meets sumo wrestling -
returns to SolFest in Hopland this weekend.
It’s not something you’ll see advertised on billboards.
That’s reserved for the big names …
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Your Daily Dose. Whenever. Whatever. Wherever. Trolling Sonoma County and beyond, John Beck looks for cracks in the pop facade.
