runaway trey

an email arrived yesterday with some pretty big news: trey was added to the rothbury lineup. he'll be doing an acoustic set. his first "full" show back since dec 06. that's so rad. i'm so excited for trey and the people who will be at rothbury. i know i've been pretty outwardly (what i call) "grumpy" about the way things have unfolded the last few/several years regarding trey/phish, but i'm ready to swing in the other direction. i'm NOT totally ready for the big phat looming phish reunion, but that's on me, i guess. i AM very excited to hear trey play. i really am. i'm sorta nervous, too. these shots are from the late night phil & friends show from vegoose in '06. many thanks to jeff kravitz for capturing this night i will never forget.

and the title to my post is just 'cuz i am listening to a pretty memorable show from 11.12.94. kent state. it had a fun runaway jim opener. and i'm just goofing around, per usual...okay, i'll admit it (again), i've got a hankering to hear trey shred!!! fingers crossed that lots of positive energy will be flowing to, from, with and around trey on his journey back to the land of rock and roll*

goodie goodie gumdrops!!!

courtesy of this really cool local blog Hippies Are Dead, i found out that one of my "new" favorite bands is coming back for a double header in sept: NADA SURF. totally stoked for two dates at one of my favorite venues, the Great American Music Hall, sept 02 and sept 03. weeee!!! don't want to totally copy the cool cats at HAD, but they say tix go on sale this sunday. nada surf myspace page here*

Tiny Dancer: Elton John & Ryan Adams

wow. stumbled on this. i've never seen this. enfuckingjoy*

10.13.08 update~ i am sososo sad this vid is no longer available. i don't know if i should just take down the whole darn post or what. i'm at a loss ???

holy basil

5/13-5/18 Warfield Posters

Final Dance: And We Bid You Good Night (or good morning)

Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh won't you lay your head upon your saviour's breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh won't you lay your head upon your saviour's breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

Walking in Jerusalem just like John (bid you goodnight, goodnight)
I remember right well, I remember right well (bid you goodnight, goodnight)
His rod and his staff shall comfort me (bid you goodnight, goodnight)
Tell "A" for the ark, that wonderful boat (bid you goodnight, goodnight)
Tell "B" for the beast at the ending of the wood (bid you goodnight, goodnight)
Well it eat all the children that would not be good (bid you goodnight, goodnight)
I'm walking in Jerusalem just like John (bid you goodnight, goodnight)
Walking in the valley of the shadow of death (bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight)

Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh won't you lay your head upon your saviour's breast
I love you, oh but Jesus love you the best
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

Night 4, Fare Thee Well, Warfield, 1979-2008

2 words. jackie fucking greene. pixx come down the pike from monsieur blakesberg. merci beaucoup!!! okay. i know i am going major jackie-centric here, but ya know what, that kid was on fucking fiiiiiyyyyaaaaa last night

Night 3, Phil's Final Warfield Run

so yeah. the music was really really really good last night. i mean, workingman's dead followed by american beauty?! i'm sorry. what? i started to say that last night was my favorite night then my friend reminded me of the second set on my birthday and i had to rewind. i am sososo impressed by this band, and particularly jackie greene. most of you who are even bothering to read this know that i am super into jackie. but this is jackie 2.0 or somethin. he is seriously raging into a whole new level for me. its not even just about liking his voice or playing. his poise and stage presence is so happenin for me. so fun seeing all my shiny happy friends for this final run of the warfield!!!

Night 2: one (wo)man gathers what another (wo)man spills!

guess my hand wasn't steady on this shot!!! crazy!!!

after a first night birthday bonanza show hearing the dead's first two albums, set one being the self-titled grateful dead album, followed by set two with anthem of the sun (are you kidding me? NO!!!), night two was under way with set one being AOXOMOXOA, and set two being live dead.

it didn't seem possible to get two st. stephens in one night, but it happened. after bobby guested on tuesday night, it was a curious thing to know...is he going to sit in every night? nope. last night mark karan stepped in. their are imaginable other guests for the next few nights as well (3 more nights of grateful dead music at the warfield as we know it). sooooooo...

thank goodness for a night off. tomorrow night should continue the trend of playing the next two albums in the g.d. catalog, and what that means for us is good news! workingman's dead, and american beauty. OMG.

phil and friends definitely is NOT the grateful dead. but i'd be lying if i told you that hearing the music of the grateful dead played by founding member(s) of the grateful dead did not somehow bring jerry just a little closer to my heart. still and again, thank you jerry!

Night 1: a very special birthday!

i actually took these. i'm entertained by them. i now love sepia. again or already. can't remember which.
um. to everyone who was a part of my bday celebration, WTTW (wow to the wow)!!! i have the best friends anyone could ever ask for. i was so spoiled yesterday. i am indeed grateful.
the music of the second set was somethin else. a friend grabbed me and dragged me into the pit where there was seriously magically a total spot for us to dance. it was bizarre. i was rocking like 4 people back from the rail. it sounded incredible

phish: unfinished helping friendly book

it seems the script is still being written for phish.

they each showed up at the jammy's the other night in NYC to receive the lifetime achievement award. the speculation of a musical reunion that night was high. alas, that moment when those four tap into the musical cosmos together is still looming.

most of my friends know how grumpy i am about the idea of a phish reunion. but i may have just turned a corner. i really wanna hear trey play. and yeah, i'll settle for any of the incarnations that he comes up with, i guess. i am finally thinking about thinking about being almost maybe sorta kinda ready for a phish reunion.

i'm lucky. i found something special (for me) to sink my teeth into almost immediately after phish's last performance, 8.15.04. my first ryan adams show was at the warfield, 9.22.04. after the coventry disaster, i was swept away by a new muse: ryan adams. i consider that one to have been ridiculously exceptional karma on my part.

since, i've even heard trey play ryan's songs (first time was the beacon, 2.12.06 with phil and friends). talk about WOW. major worlds colliding.

so with the announcement of trey's first full appearance in 17 months at the Newport Folk Festival in august, well, i got inspired to post about my jones to hear trey play.

completely unrelated, this is a very busy week of shows, with the last five nights of performances at the warfield as we know it. maybe i'll get inspired to do some reviews of the gigs.

in the meantime, here is trey's acceptance speech from the jammy's. photo cred to jeff kravitz for the shot up above.

why do i dream of you?

here's a clip of meadowlake street from the MFC (aka ryan adams and the cardinals) from lakewood, ohio, 10.27.07

For Neil Young Fans

in my little sidebar, you'll see a bunch of my favorite websites. one, in particular, keeps me super keen with insightful new music industry stuff. i'm always intrigued by Bob Lefsetz's perspective; sometimes he is talking shit about big shots at record labels, sometimes he talks about how good the snow was in vail (yawn), but his latest entry zeroed in on something pretty seemingly epic: neil young's archives being available on blu-ray. here's a link to the site that has a vid of the press conference. i'm not even half-way thru watching it, but had to start this post, because this seems pretty wild. and honest, i'm glad bob talks about his skiing, even if i could care less. i feel like it gives me permission to write about stuff here just cuz.
i really don't know what i am doing here. this pic is from 2002 bridge school benefit: thom yorke, ryan adams, james taylor, neil young. of course, shot by jay blakesberg

found a peaceful song

seriously sick-o version of this cardinals song here
i took this pic during the day over the weekend, amongst satellites and shooting stars by night

hurry (i think)!

found an MP3 version of the prince coachella show that had me dumbfounded the other night. not sure how long these links will last so get them while you can!!!
disc 1
disc 2
major props to noah b. for calling out the creep cover miles before anyone else realized what was going on. could. not. believe. it.

touch me i'm going to scream pt. 2

this one My Morning Jacket song that i first heard during that live broadcast of the SXSW show back in march has been on constant rewind. i was so stoked when they started playing this at coachella. little did i know that it was going to be the last song, but i know why they closed with it. because it is EFFIN incredible!!!

i was trying to post just the audio but i'm apparently not as geeky as i should be at the moment. so i'm using this youtube vid to do my dirty work. i seriously love this song. thank you for existing, MMJ!!!

ryan adams music

i can't comprehend a bigger impact on my musical trajectory than ryan adams.
i'm so happy to be able to share this outrageous phenomenon of an artist. imagine, if we really all went out on the skinny branches? would we have a critical mass, or reach a tipping point?
as always, major props to jay blakesberg for the snapshot from the berkeley summer cardinals show, 7/24/07 from the berkeley community theater (BCT). i'll work on learning how to embed this next. but for now, click on that link and you can stream that show. i feel like such a geek.
wow.

honestly

wow.

saw dso, (DARK STAR ORCHESTRA) a couple times this last week. at the great american music hall (GAMH) in sf. one of my favorite venues. what a sick room. love that place.

i love hearing the music of the grateful dead in san francisco. i dunno. it really works for me. isn't that a lucky thing for me! i feel so grateful for music right now in my life. it is definitely shining some serious light

you guys listening to my morning jacket or what? if you are not, what are you waiting for? thanks to matt and shannon for turning me onto them once upon a time.

so yeah. dso at the gamh. good stuff.

i took that pic the 3rd night. good to see all the cute sweet nice kind faces*

imeem~ savoir faire

imeem.com: i barely know what this whole site is. so far, i am pretty blown away, finding streaming studio songs of whatever you could possibly be looking for. i haven't taken the time to get super geeky, but i did find a track from back in the day, that got dragged out on saturday night in the desert by the little purple power man himself, prince. here's "7", if you wanna take it for a spin. won't sound like it did out there at coachella, but its a fun little track!

Crystal River

hard to keep up with, but just got a link to this Mudcrutch tune, Crystal River
it was a highlight from that show i saw at the fillmore a couple weeks ago. the jam is really authentic and lovely.