January 30th, 2009 02:17pm
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We care about the beer. We care about the chips.
But do we really care about the game on Sunday?
Let’s ask the people:
Don’t rely on commercials to save the day. At $3 million per
30 seconds, they promise to be lamer than usual with everyone cutting back on recession
advertising (thus, Miller High Life debuting a one-second ad).
Did I mention the Cardinals are playing?
Wow.
Leave it to The Boss to save the show, …
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January 27th, 2009 09:19pm
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My filmmaking buddy Don and I have been having fun bashing the new Springsteen album “Working on a Dream.”
Apparently, we’re not the only ones.
Others seem to agree.
Logging in at an overblown eight minutes, the opener
“Outlaw Pete” would make a perfect SNL sketch parodying nearly every Wild
West tall tale and folk cliche in one song.
His voyeuristic ode to the American checkout girl – “Queen
of the Supermarket” – is just plain laughable.
Sample …
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January 23rd, 2009 04:33pm
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Setting
out from foggy bottom hollows and hilltop hammocks all over the country,
dueling fiddlers descend upon SoCo this weekend for the
35th annual Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Fest.
It’s
always a helluva hoedown as fiddlers of all ages go head to head and bow to
bow, competing in everything from the Pee Wee (under 8!) division to the Senior
group and the “Anything Stringed” division in between. When
they’re not competing, they’re jamming together and playing musical …
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January 21st, 2009 12:25am
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Seen in bar windows….
yes we can….but can’t we do better than The Silver Bullet?
Then again, you’ve gotta go to another country to score the coveted presidential beer.
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January 18th, 2009 03:42pm
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Saturday night, a sold-out capacity crowd packed into the Phoenix Theater to see Agent M, Mike, Gabe and Matt tear through the last ever Tsunami Bomb show.
(All the T-shirts, like the one M’s modeling, sold out, too. All proceeds went to Luckie Strike drummer Liz Beidelman, who is battling brain cancer)
Check it out:
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January 16th, 2009 03:33pm
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I just wrapped up an interview with Sigourney Weaver for a
story on “Prayers for Bobby” coming out next week.
At one point she refered to herself as “that woman
from ‘Alien.’” Now look at that photo
from the Golden Globes – does that look like the guerrilla gal who once yelled, “Get
away from her, you bitch!”?
Since we’re all buzzing with inauguration fever, I asked about her dreams and aspirations for the incoming …
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January 14th, 2009 02:39pm
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Gabe Kahane, the classically-trained pop pianist and son of
former SR Symphony director Jeffrey Kahane, fled years ago to New York where he’s made quite a name for
himself.
He’s performed his best known work Craigslistlieder – a song
cycle of anonymous classified ads from craigslist.org – at Carnegie Hall.
He’s recorded with Sufjan Stevens and Loudon Wainwright III.
The subhead to a gushing New York magazine profile described how he’s
“remaking pop music.”
Add to that a …
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January 11th, 2009 03:18am
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I’ve been playing around with a hi-def Flip cam that’s perfect for sketchy concert footage.
Here’s a little film inspired by The Melvins at the Great American Music Hall a few weeks ago:
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January 7th, 2009 09:03pm
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We’ve all heard the death knell of the lit mag before.
Who reads anymore? Especially literature?
That’s why it’s always comforting to see a magazine like “Zoetrope:
All Story,” the vibrant San Francisco
arts and literary quarterly, still chugging along.
Of course, it helps to have deep pockets and an owner like
Francis Ford Coppola.
To celebrate the latest issue – guest designed by crusty old
rocker Lou Reed (these are photos he took) – and a pair …
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January 6th, 2009 08:44pm
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If
you happen to find yourself riding BART on Saturday and everybody on the train
just drops their pants, don’t be alarmed.
And
don’t bother asking questions. All you’ll get is “Gee, I thought it was
getting cold” or “Oops, I knew I left something at home this
morning.”
If
you feel the urge to join in (hopefully you’re wearing underwear), go ahead.
You’ll be one of thousands unzipping for the 8th annual No Pants Subway Ride taking place
all …
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Your Daily Dose. Whenever. Whatever. Wherever. Trolling Sonoma County and beyond, John Beck looks for cracks in the pop facade.
