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Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

September 25, 2008 - Proctor's Theater - Schenectady, NY
Presale starts Wed, 07/30/08 at 10:00 AM EST and are ONLY available via phone. Call 518-473-1845 and reference the password SPACEWOLF
Public tickets go on sale to Sat, 08/02/08 10:00 AM EST. Can also order by calling 518-473-1845

September 26, 2008 - Landmark Theater - Syracuse, NY
Presale tickets available Thu, 07/31/08 10:00 AM EDT Password: SPACEWOLF
Public tickets on sale Fri, 08/01/08 10:00 AM EDT

September 27, 2008 - Auditorium Theater - Rochester, NY
Presale tickets available Thu, 07/31/08 10:00 AM EDT Password: SPACEWOLF
Public tickets on sale Fri, 08/01/08 10:00 AM EDT

September 29, 2008 - Palace Theatre - Columbus, OH
Presale tickets available Thu, 07/31/08 10:00 AM EDT Password: SPACEWOLF
Public tickets on sale Fri, 08/08/08 09:00 AM EDT

September 30, 2008 - Playhouse Square - Cleveland, OH
Presale tickets available Thu, 07/31/08 10:00 AM EDT Password: SPACEWOLF
Public tickets on sale Fri, 08/01/08 11:00 AM EDT

October 2, 2008 - Murat Theatre - Indianapolis, IN
Presale tickets available Thu, 07/31/08 10:00 AM EDT Password: SPACEWOLF
Public tickets on sale Fri, 08/15/08 10:00 AM EDT

October 3, 2008 - Fox Theater - St. Louis, MO
Presale tickets available Thu, 07/31/08 10:00 AM CST Password: SPACEWOLF
Public tickets on sale Fri, 08/08/08 10:00 AM CST

October 5, 2008 - Overture Hall - Madison, WI
Presale tickets available Thu, 07/31/08 10:00 AM CST Password: SPACEWOLF
Public tickets on sale Fri, 08/22/08 at 05:00 PM CST. Can also order by calling 608-258-4141

Beyond Beyond Excited

I'm just completely beside myself that Ryan Adams & The Cardinals are coming to SF again. And at the Fillmore, no less, a second home of sorts for me. It was at that last R.A. Fillmore show that the deal got sealed for me, so it's just gonna be really full circle to see him there again, with this ridiculously talented line up.

So that's it really. I've been on such a rampage lately, that I don't even know where to begin. So I'll begin with what I'm just fully pumped to the maxx about: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at the Fillmore. Gosh, I hope these next few weeks FLY by, which they no doubt will...

pic by Jay Blakesberg, Herbst Theater, right around a year ago.

N*E*R*D @ the Fillmore

didn't know anything about them. got super schooled. hot show.

Traveling On A High Frequency

I stopped by Jay Blakesberg's studio one day in May. What I found was his latest project's progress: a massive book, Traveling On A High Frequency, archiving the last 30 years of Jay's concert/musician photography. For this book, he compiled a smattering of over 1200 photos beginning in 1978. My favorite statistic is that only about 45 were shot with his digi. I find that fascinating.

Seeing 300 or so pages of said book laid out on the floor of Jay's studio (amidst his finalizing the order they are now published in), I was *shocked* into taking this pic of him. Guess that's one interpretation of Traveling On A High Frequency. Wonder what the others are?

Here's the cover (Flaming Lips). There will be a book release party at The Independent in SF on November 11 for the west coasters. The east coast should get one on November 17, a night off during "The Other New York City Marathon", aka 2 week Phil and Friends Nokia run.

After seeing the mock-book that did end up going to production, the word of 2008 fully becomes present: WOW. You won't believe it when you see it. Major amts of High Frequency comin' outta that sucker. HERE for latest news

July 10: Gov't Mule and Ratdog

First time at the Performing Arts Center in San Jose, and it was nice! Sounded great in that room. Had never been to Mt. Winery in Saratoga, where the show was rescheduled from, but this was a very respectable second. I think. How would I really know?

July 11 and 12: The New Mastersounds in SF

Super fun nights of music at the Independent last weekend. NMS did back to back sold out shows and it was GOOD. Cool to see these guys after hearing so much about them. Groovetown, fo' sho'.

Looks as if they'll be coming back over for a couple dates at the end of the year, as well. Check their myspace page for current-ish stuff.

High Sierra 2008: Sat and Sun

in the interest of feeling like there is so much to catch up on, i'll breeze thru the rest of my high sierra, as its already feeling like ages ago. I DO feel a sense of completismistic-ness about finishing the rest of the fest, so easy breezy, here it goes:

Saturday:

The Slip: first show of the day for me. easily one of my favorite bands to see. hands down.

Rotary Downs: these delightful folks from New Orleans can seriously hold it down. A real pleasure to see these faces all weekend long~ come back!

Buckethead: pretty ripping, actually. Wasn't sure what to think, but he sorta ripped! He was doing nunchucks on stage at one pt. Crazy.

Surprise Me Mr. Davis (SMMD): God bless these guys. The spirit of this band is such a gift. Happy to have them on my path, and they on mine. I will go out of my way to see this music at almost any opp.

BLVD: next to the Friday night late night set of SMMD Friday night at Camp Harry (aka CHAT), this late night show of BLVD's was the most and hardest I danced all weekend. It was so inspiring and so exciting and so fucking good. And the disc is great, too. Check them out at: www.blvdsource.com. I'm totally hooked.



Sunday:

Phix: I'm cracking up, looking at the schedule, to realize this is the first band I finally made it out to see on this day. (I did go to a playhouse afternoon set that was cool, but don't have any deets to give on it). This was my first "PHIX" set and admittedly, I danced pretty hard. It was odd and strange. Different than seeing DSO or something, even...can't really put my finger on it. Wasn't BAD...was sorta good, but just sorta stung a little.

And that's the tale called Michele's 2008 High Sierra Music Festival. Honestly, this exercise of this blog is turning into what it was intended for, I think. Crazy.

High Sierra 2008: Friday

Big Light: rallied bigtime to catch some of this set. Good for them for rallying, too!!! With a 10:45a slot, who knew so many people would be up groovin'. And with good reason. One of my two favorite new bands of the fest. Go see them, if you can (pictured here at Shady Grove stage, snapped by Kevin Runde).

The Weather Underground: good stuff. Caught part of this set and it was what I was thinking it was: REALLY GOOD.

For most of the rest of the afternoon, I was cackling with my girls, laughing harder than I have in years, to the point of tears, several times. I couldn't even drag myself out to music, we had our own little entertainment going. I missed some really good music (Akron/Family, SMMD), but what I gained in the giggles, was...well...worth it.

Mike Gordon: finally pulled myself together, and walked out to the mainstage. GREAT GREAT sound from Mike. Seriously. I was mega impressed. Go MIKE!!!

The Mother Hips: cruised over to the Hips stage, then headed back to camp where we could hear their set, so I was dancing and listening, and loving it, of course.

BLVD and MC SoulEye: this is my other new favorite "band"/artist of the fest. I was dancing so hard to this, super unexpectedly. It's like electronic hip hop that flows better than anything I've ever heard. Think Sound Tribe Sector Nine meets a hippie version of eminem but BETTER! Love love love them.

James Hunter: I could hear this from where I was mingling, and it sounded great. Def a great groove.

What happened after the official sets were done for the day was a set of music by High Sierra favorites, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, which is The Slip featuring Nathan Moore. This late night set at Camp Harry was to turn into the highlight of the festival (for me), with a very special influence taking over the whole camp. The music was, well, pretty much amazing, and the faces and mingling, and dancing and groovin' had a soundtrack that included a couple precious covers, like the Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun, and the Jackson Five's ABC, not to mention the regular epic grooves of SMMD and The Slip. DAMN!!! If I could rewind time, I would pause and go slow-mo thru that night over and over and over. EPIC!!!

High Sierra 2008 recap: Thursday

Thought I would do a brief recap of my highlights of High Sierra Music Festival, which happened this last weekend in Quincy, CA. There were many (highlights), and some of them were totally unrelated to the tunes (the biggest one having my 17 year old Goddaughter/cousin with me from Belgium).

THURSDAY:



The Weather Underground: cool start (pictured above on Big Meadow Stage). It was before I set up my camp, so I was sorta preoccupied, but still, was curious about them and knew I would hear them again.

Langhorne Slim: I think I heard this from my camp. Didn't go to the stage, but pretty sure I heard this and thought it was good.

Built To Spill: I loved these guys at the Fillmore in SF, and wandered out to the main stage to catch their set. My crew was only mildly interested, and our attn span thinned after 3 or 4 songs. I would've stayed, but needed to stay with my girls, on my Goddaughter's first night at the "hippie" festival. She'd been to Euro/electronic/huge festivals, but I was just getting my bearings with wandering with her.

Emmitt-Nershi Band: I could hear this from my camp (again, did not go over to the stage), but it was sorta cute to hear some SCI songs. I'm sure people were stoked. Sounded all right to me.

The Slip: finally, one of the sets I was most looking forward to...this band has a really special thing going on. I'm just really into how they can make that big sound with just three dudes. Guess each of them just really packs a punch =)

The Mother Hips: again, another set I was super excited about. It was a late night show, so I caught a good bit of it after The Slip show. I just love the Mother Hips. Not much more to say about that.

I desperately need to wrap this up for now, but thought since it had been so long without a post, that I would rally to get this up. More to come for sure...