Sunday, November 22, 2009

"Just Like Crazy Otto..."



I figured this is as good of a place as any, to chat up my computer screen. It's a nice, newer friends birthday today. She's a deadhead so instead of just posting "happy birthday" to her on her FB wall, I dug up a Ramble On Rose.

I had also brewed up some DELICIOUS loose "Redwood Chai" along w some mango black tea (ultimately love the organic mango black tea but I haven't been able to find it in the city...only at Way of Life down in Santa Cruz. I used some honey in it that a dear friend gave me from the Santa Cruz area, as well: Pacific Crest Apiaries Raw Wildflower Honey. MAJOR YUM!

Got my haircut yesterday. A newer friend who I feel I've known for years has been doing my hair for the last year. It's always a ridiculous scene going to see him, because I'm trying to grow my hair back out, except he loves cutting short haircuts, and frankly, I love getting my hair cut short! So, it's really kinda stupid. Anyways, it had been forevz since he cut my hair, so it was def getting long...well, he was telling me how this haircut he was giving me was sorta like a "Joan Jett" cut...and I was like...alright. That's fine. He went on to tell me that he cut a Joan Jett wig for someone at Halloween, and also a David Bowie wig, too. By the time our cut was done, he said, about my hair, "Well, it's kinda in between the Joan Jett AND the Dave Bowie cuts!" WHAT?!!! Whatever, it's actually really cute. And the whole reason behind telling you this hair story is cuz with all the 80's energy swirling from getting my haircut, I'm now going to see KISS tonight!!! Again...WHAT?!!! Cracks me up...

Friday, November 6, 2009

Emerald Triangle - NorCal run


so i got word that neal casal was playing bass w some of his friends at the independent in SF...on monday, november 02. the only issue with this was that i was JUST going to be returning from my epic dash to the desert where phish pummeled me with EIGHT sets of music, including the set of a lifetime playing the rolling stones exile on main street. needless to say, i wasn't quite sure i would exactly be in the kind of shape to return and hit another show. but it was neal's birthday, so rallied and WOW! i was happy i did! the music of those 6 dudes was INCREDIBLE! just my style, of relaxed psychedelic alt-rock/country/jam type of songs. i loved it. plus, new young singer songwriter lauren shera opened the show, so that was nice, too. even though i could barely stand at the end of the night, the music DEF made my re-entry from phish's halloween festival bearable. read this review from SF Weekly here, since they say what i would if i could muster it out!

Reinvented, Redefined :: Phish 8


there were SO many choice moments during 8, mainly (pun intended) the HUGE highlight of phish + sharon jones & dapkings impeccably performing the rolling stones album 'exile on main street' in its entirety. jeez, i have so many favorite songs on that album, it was just too hard for me to pick my fave that they played that night (the list is something like: sweet black angel, sweet virginia, torn and freyed, LET IT LOOSE, shine a light, loving cup...see what i mean?!!!) so instead of picking one of those epic songs to youtube here, i'm throwing out the dark horse curveball fave "UNDERMIND". holy shit!!! i danced so hard w some newer friends...check this shit out!!!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Inara George - new release!

Accidental ExperimentalInara George
"Accidental" (mp3)
from "Accidental Experimental"
(Everloving)

More On This Album


I discovered Inara George at the suggestion of a major music industry person in 2006, so I fell in love with All Rise. Inara George is the daughter of Lowell George, who may be familiar to you because of his classic (in every sense of the word) band, Little Feat. Inara George's new release is due out on Tuesday. I like her tunes. Inara George Oh yeah. She is also in that totally indie pop group, The Bird and the Bee, whom I also really like.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

current trey interview

classic trey chatter about halloween, britney, & staying off the internet (his phone voice is pretty cute):

Saturday, September 19, 2009

An Acoustic Evening with Tim Bluhm, Neal Casal & Fred Torphy :: October 8


Tim Bluhm is affectionately known in San Francisco for his major role in the California Soul rock band, The Mother Hips.

Neal Casal has charmed many in the U.K, Europe, & Japan regularly over the last two decades with his solo work, and has recently gained U.S. recognition with his role touring with Ryan Adams & The Cardinals.

Fred Torphy just wrapped Outside Lands & Wanderlust fronting his SF-based band Big Light.

These three exceptional singer-songwriters bring their solo tunes to the Make-Out Room for one special evening of acoustic music. Thank you for helping make it a night of music to remember.

$12, doors open at 7p, music begins at 7:30p sharp & will conclude by 9:30p.

About reapandsow>presents:
reapandsow>presents is a division of San Francisco-based digital music distribution company, reapandsow, inc. We book, produce and promote events in the SF bay area and beyond, including the Annual Golden Gate Gramble and the reapandsow Artist Showcase at South by Southwest 2009.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers

Toby's SongNicki Bluhm
"Keep It Loose" (mp3)
from "Toby's Song"
(reapandsow, Inc.)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Rhapsody
Stream from Rhapsody
More On This Album


if you download this song "keep it loose", i think you will be humming it happily when you least expect it. if you like what you hear, you can purchase the whole album from any of the above links.

pretty nicki will be kickin down the grooves with the gramblers at the Great American Music Hall opening for Hot Buttered Rum on saturday, september 12 here in SF. photo cred to jay blakesberg.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

New Radiohead

credit goes to NPR for the nudge on this alleged new Radiohead song (sounds like them, just hasn't been yet confirmed that its actually them)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

phish-centric

can't help myself from posting some favorite phish pix of recent. credits go to a particularly vibrant & lucky phishhead, jeff kravitz. love these shots from the gorge, quincy, WA!

Friday, August 7, 2009

Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

easily the highlight of the show, phish throws a major bust-out into the second set at shoreline in mountain view on wednesday to save a rather mediocre show. don't get me wrong, it was amazing to be with so many friends all at one show (a tad overwhelming, frankly), but i was relatively uninspired until "stealing time from a faulty plan" which came late in the first set. its okay. it's not like i'm bailing on phish being one of my "go-to" bands. i def enjoyed most of the second set (wasn't thrilled with maze, but i'm not a maze fan in gen). either way, this vid is solid.


just for phun, thought i'd throw in the original cover, the only other time the band played this tune, over 10 years ago (WEIRD) in vegas for halloween. my girl & i dressed up as sammy sosa and mark mcguire that year. talk about PHUN* i love the line "...just like a cat she landed on her feet..."

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Sonic Youth @ the Independent, SF, CA


this picture may not reflect how incredibly AWESOME sonic youth were last night at the independent. funny, i was flipping through this blog recently, since i've been posting more again on it, and saw the beck post that i made after seeing him last august at the independent, one of my favorite places to see music in SF. the intimacy of this 500 person club for these major performers is so incredibly seductive.

last night thurston moore shimmy'd out to an equipment case that was an extension of the stage during one song, and kim gordon was just RAWKING a gorgeous blue bass right in the faces of those in the front row. i was happily checking the show from upstairs. it was a stellar situation to walk into...knew about the gig, wanted to go, didn't get tix, forgot about the gig, then was reminded of it while at yoshi's, checking out "wild magnolia" from new orleans. yoshi's sf was cool, and i'm BEYOND excited to see everest there sept. 01. BEYOND!

i don't know the names of many sonic youth songs. but i WAS that typical fan that new the "hit" they saved for the middle encore, exprssway to yr skull. thx again to the people at another planet entertainment, and the kind folks at the indy. very grateful!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

neal casal at pleasure point paradise spot


neat treat for the santa cruz locals in the newly renovated women's surf shop right off 41st avenue, paradise surf shop. pretty trippy seeing music in there, but the set up was great, and the sound didn't suck at all. ashley lloyd started the evening, neal belted out a GREAT set, complete with all his fancy, subtle guitar mastery and epic songwriting, followed by a passionate performance by carey ott. suffice it to say that i could not be happier that neal feels at home at The Point in santa cruz. its music to my ears!

Friday, July 31, 2009

Elbow on KCRW

i LOVE this band. from the brief intro, this is an incredible treat. can't believe they've been together for 18 years! that's not nothing!

hiss golden messenger...again



i'm so into this HGM album & i urge you to buy it from this link that i'm providing to the iTunes store. i wrote a geeky review for the sucker on iTunes (i've NEVER done that) and this is what i said:

not easy to review this complex yet simple sounding album. i keep coming up w all these polar opposite ways of describing it: timeless but contemporary, vintage yet current, seemingly "less is more"-sounding but full at the same time. i find myself enjoying this album more every time i hear it. love when that happens.

Hiss Golden Messenger

and i'll officially use that as a great intro to my new gig doing Artist Relations at reapandsow.com, a digital music distribution company based here in SF. i may never have heard this album if i wasn't working at reapandsow. or maybe it just would have taken me a longer time. either way, i'm beyond excited at this new opportunity to work so congruently with what has obviously been a passion of mine for as long as i can remember. i almost credit peter gabriel, back in 1993, when i saw him on the US tour. or secret world. or whatever it was called. that show blew me away. it wasn't long after that i started seeing ekoostik hookah in tiny little bars on the east side of cleveland, followed by phish, then the grateful dead...so that was really my trajectory. then lots more hookah and phish...until i smashed head first into ryan adams music...but i digress.

reapandsow is an awesome organization filled with passionate people who commit their lives to music. now i'm one of them. thx for being patient as my transition from being a Fashion Jewelry Designer sales rep clunkily landed me doing what i want to be doing: serving a purpose to both artists and fans by connecting the two. not unlike what i was doing before just a switch of atmosphere. yay!

hope you get to follow your dreams today...

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Hiss Golden Messenger

GREAT album, great band, great tune...peep it!

"Hiss Golden Messenger, who dip a twig down into ontological anthills, nibbling at the crawling wisdom they pull up and spitting it out with sticky, effervescent insight. Born from under-sung S.F. great The Court and Spark, this now bicoastal aggregate is like a blue-eyed answer to Niyabinghi music, observing, "The truth is that we're here and then we're gone," yet still knotting their talented fingers into something celestial, folkloric and deep paired with a sparkling, enormously easy to like musical feel that draws freely from '60s English folk, Meddle era Pink Floyd, Jamaican strains, Winwood-esque pastoral jazz-rock and more."

Dennis Cook - 2009 -


Country Hai East CottonHiss Golden Messenger
"Watch Out for the Cannonball" (mp3)
from "Country Hai East Cotton"
(reapandsow, Inc.)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Rhapsody
Buy at Napster
Stream from Rhapsody
More On This Album

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

choice phish youtubes



i fell in love with phish in the fall of 1994. or maybe it was before that. i guess it was spring of 94, when i saw my first phish show. being in love with phish has been a roller coaster, to say the least. i don't know if its especially because i am beside myself to get to my first show in almost 5 years or if its because the way they are playing (based on the recordings i've heard) sounds pretty epic, or if its just a vibrational thing (i think its prob the latter) but i got inspired to poke around on youtube for phish 1994. i found this incredible documentary that has had me SMILING ear to ear while i've been watching it. i'm reminded of that fall tour that i saw many of these bluegrass acoustic songs for the first time, and the spirit and energy was just completely transformational!

i can't possibly describe the way i've been feeling lately about phish. i guess i've never quite been able to articulate it...me and every other phishhead that feels phish as a life-path. i'm newly inspired to love phish again. its time. so i punched in a favorite combo into the youtube search tonight: phish 1994. this is what i found...SO FUCKING GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, May 29, 2009

recent

last night i went to this astrology lecture in SF. it was titled, "astrology and the art of healing". it was offered through the SF Astrology Society, a group that meets once a month at fort mason.

the content of the lecture was pretty interesting. it discussed astrology from the perspective of conception and gestation, and how all the planets were influencing your chart AND of course, your mother, thus making the period of gestation and the MOMENT of conception actually quite relevant, astrologically.

the dude's name was Tad Mann. he's written 20 books so far. you can check him out here.

wednesday night, i attended a "social media mixer" hosted by my web designer's company, hyperarts. seriously, if you need a PRO website, contact them. my website is pretty barren since i closed my biz, but you can still find it here, just for kicks.

back to the social media part, we were a group of professionals that decided we wanted to hear more about other professional's thoughts on the subject. there was a surgeon from UCSF that shared how having youtube video's on a website separate from the general UCSF website led to better relationships with patients. trippy! what else...hyperarts launched a brand new website, specific to the social media conversation. pretty cool!

lastly, i saw ben harper at the fillmore the other night. he was with his new group "relentless 7". i've never been one of the ben harper-heads, but i went to hang out with an old friend. the music was good. i watched myself trailing off during parts where other people were "finding god" and it reminded me how lucky we all are to like what we like. he did a cool cover of Queen's "under pressure", which of course at first sounded like "ice ice baby" at the beginning...admittedly, this was the song that struck me more than any of the night. it wasn't a new song, but i'd never heard it. struck me.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

everything about me you like...its already gone



dusted off this old 2005 chestnut. f*ck, that was four years ago! ridic.

There's something in the way she eases my mind
And lays me across the bed till I close my eyes
Stirs me in the morning till I can ever be satisfied
I leave Carolina every night in my dreams
Like the girls that try to love me that I only leave
Rock me like a baby doll and hold me to your chest
But I'm always moving too fast

If I could find my way back home, where would I go?
When everything about me, I used to be,
Shivers in the sheets and the blankets of snow
Lost out in the woods were you're looking for me

When, when will you come back home
No one leave the lights on in a house
Where nobody lives anymore
Loaded like the boxes up in the bedroom
Coming off the hinges like the door
The shadows dancing up in the window
They're not who we are but who we were
And I'm not gonna break, but if I do
I'm gonna shatter like the glass I turned your heart into

I'm broken like the windos in the house where I used to live
And If I could find my way back home, where would I go?
When everything about me, I used to be,
Shivers in the sheets and the blankets of snow
I'm lost out in the woods looking for you
When, when will you come back home
No one leave the lights on in a house
Where nobody lives anymore
Everything about me you liked is already gone
Everything about me you loved is gone
When, when will you come back home

Monday, May 4, 2009

information super pipeline love affair!

its may. 2009. what? how did that happen?

i'm a bit splintered in regards to what to make this post about...

guess i'll just spit it out~ i think i saw (one of) my favorite show(s) of 2009 a couple w/ends ago. it was (drumroll...)

THE MOTHER HIPS w special guest on keyboards JACKIE GREENE!!!

i know i get carried away with the things i love. i hear that it is part of my charm (supposedly). i mean, aren't most of our strengths also our weaknesses? so the fact that i can get so bat-shit crazy about some stuff, well, my passion for music that is harmonic, slightly complicated yet direct, earnest, ROCKIN'...these are all things that the mother hips music embodies, in my mind.

how do you all listen to music these days? i got tipped off about a new web dealio called "LaLa". apparently, it lets you listen to any song ONCE for free. i linked to (one of) my favorite 'hips album, just cuz, but you can cruz around on the site from there.

here's a MAJOR favorite 'hips song...learning how to embed this here...



alongside being GEEKED on the mother hips music, i'm currently fascinated with SOCIAL MEDIA. it seems my eyeballs keep landing on those two words that appear back to back regularly now. i think seth godin, who you guys know i'm a fan of, pointed me towards this blog: the art of nonconformity, where this dude talks about how he became a real live writer in less than one year. so i'm reading that. also, someone tweeted about this site the other day on twitter: social media today, a blog about just that.

anyways, i see some of you faithful people come here even when i don't bother to say new stuff. i think that's just really cool. THANK YOU! i don't know what to say sometimes cuz i wanna say so many things at once, so i just say nothing. that's horse shit. you folks who KNOW ME know me KNOW how much i have to say...sometimes i get shy, yes. its true! yet, i'm the one who decided to start this freaky blog...i think it needs an update. even though blogger is easy, i like the fresh look of some of the other blog sites. need to deal w that. stay tuned!

if you take the time to listen to the track i posted here, tired wings, you'll hear why i named this post what i did!!! EPIC!!! around 2min 40sec...LOVE

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

request

shoot~ i meant to post this in the last post, but i guess its becoming its own...

i'm thinking of switching blog sites. i like blogspot okay i guess, but thinking the wordpress scene is a little cleaner and more i dunno just tighter or somethin'. or typepad...just feelin' a change might be nice, even though this is DEF easy n stuff.

if any of you reading this has an opinion or feedback on that idea, please hit me up here with a comment or shout at me directly. thx!!!

post vipassana, april 2009

...another one of those posts that i don't really know where to begin. i'll attempt to be systematic, to get as much as i can out, as succinctly as possible, while remaining true to my usual attempts at undercover quips & vernacular.
sunrise easter sunday morning, first morning of "noble chatter",
north fork, CA


recapping my first vipassana course is in order. my experience with 10 days of noble silence was a remarkable one. the irony of the noble silence part, at least ironic in the face of quieting the mind, is that it gets HELLA rowdy right before the quiet. like, the darkest hour of the night is right before dawn type of deal. so while i was working towards that peace, i was cracking myself up whenever i could. seriously. it was intense, hard work. like they said at the meditation course, set in north fork, california, a town which consider themselves to be the EXACT center of california, we were performing the deepest surgery possible on our minds, to purify them. whew!

the results, in general, have so far brought me a sort of calm to my daily life. and when i say "calm", i mean, i got to keep all the "regular" parts of who i am. i don't know how i may have been under the impression that those may disappear. nonetheless, i got to dig deep and scroll thru many scenarios in my mind, both past and future, which eventually led me to a present that was quite dynamic.

needless to say, i'd love to do the vipassana course again someday, and i'm grateful for the insight that motivated me to go in the first place.

and go figure, i came out with a vengeance! okay, not REALLY, but i did decide to drive to yosemite the day after we broke our noble silence. my first trip there FINALLY after living in california for nearly 14 years. and go figure, i proceeded to get my first speeding ticket in over FIVE years INSIDE this epic national park. as frustrating and annoying as it was to break that seal after so long, i laugh at THAT irony too. i mean, who comes out of a 10 day meditation course to get a SPEEDING TICKET thru yosemite? i do =) at least i got the money shot!


i have more to say...lots more...its continuing to percolate, brewing something i'm still not quite sure of, and the best part is i'm okay with that more than i ever have been. stay tuned! and if you've read this far, and been kind enough to nudge me a reminder to update here, thx for the patience, and sorry to say that my attempt at brevity may be back at north fork. after all, i've been saving it all up to spill here, and wasn't sure when i would. thought it would have been sooner than this, especially since i fantasized DAILY about making a "TOP 25 SONGS I WANT TO HEAR FIRST IMMEDIATELY AFTER VIPASSANA" list. maybe i'll still get to that...honorable mention, which surprised me too, was juice newton's queen of hearts, posted here for your entertainment XOXOXOXOXOXO

Sunday, March 29, 2009

vipassana

on wednesday, i'll be heading to a town south of yosemite, north of fresno called north fork. in that town is a vipassana center. i'll begin a 10 day silent meditation, a method that aims to eradicate suffering, and to see things as they are. here is a link to check it out. if you scroll to the bottom, you can go to the homepage to read more of the ins and outs. vipassana

i didn't go to hampton (phish). however you slice it and dice it, it wasn't something i was "supposed" to be a part of it. painful reality for me. on the first night of the three night run, i applied to be on the wait list for vipassana. i was, in my mind, so unnecessarily tortured by not being at hampton, by my attachment to "just a band" that i literally surrendered to MY flow and chose to embark on this meditation journey.

i know, it sounds really silly. all i can attest to is that the music of phish, and soon after they ended, ryan adams, has moved me so deeply that IT HURT not to be a part of the phish comeback celebration. at first, i wasn't ready to buy into all the hype of them coming back. by the time i realized how bad i wanted to be there, it was too late for me to make it happen. thus, vipassana was calling my name. i don't know what or how that will end up going, but at this point in my life, THAT is what i need. a reset button.

i would then go on thru the month of march to find my mind up against yet another "DO NOT MISS" friggin concert: the fox theater ryan adams/cardinals final show. again, just couldn't really rally for it. the month of march has been me facing my attachments and the struggle i have with them. this is more sharing than normal for me, here, and some people think, "its just music, its just a concert", and rightly so, IT IS. but i've got this unique opportunity to really dig deep, about why i NEED to be a part of it. there is something DEEP in my heart that NEEDS that connection when live music is occurring. i can't even care enough to try to type stupid words that would never justify it enough anyways.

and this vipassana is not NEARLY at all about missing some dumb concerts. my attachment to phish/cardinals/ryan/live music is just a vehicle i'm choosing to bring me nearer to acting from my heart. aligned with my heart.

i just ended my EIGHT year venture being self-employed. i haven't decided what i want to do next. i am going to vipassana with an open mind, an open heart, and thoughts of healing whatever wounds that are keeping me from living the life that has me fully expressed and in love again. wish me luck!

feb recap

i've gotten really behind on this blog. i've seen some amazing music in the last couple months. at the same rate, there were some really mammoth shows that i didn't see, painstakingly enough. i'll do a quickie little recap, if not for my own little self-indulgence that i happen to share on the WWW. some "expected" great shows, some unexpected...

eagles of death metal, fillmore in early feb. didn't realized i would enjoy that one as much as i did. mingled with that camp thru a friend i met during the 2007 ryan adams/cardinals tour who was tour managing the EODM. they were a very sweet bunch of people, who have all known each other for years, and i felt grateful to be included for a night of their mayhem. major family vibe.

michael franti & ALO fox theater in oakland, during its opening weekend. that theater is poised to see some seriously epicly life-altering music, i reckon. believe it or not, i get kinda bored with michael franti lately. i feel ashamed of that, to a certain extent. but hey, i love SO much music that for me, it feels good to know what i like, at least. and its not that i don't like it. i dance, and my friends are there n stuff. it all just starts sounding the same to me at a certain point. whatevz really, i thought the part i caught of ALO was REALLY good. can't say enough about how good i think dan lebowitz (guitar for ALO) is. SICK!

the white thighs, connecticut yankee: valentine's day found me babysitting for my dear friends, then busting a move out to see my big light friends play w their original band the white thighs. it was a super silly fun time.

ALO & big light, the mystic in petaluma: my virgin run of the mystic. local faves both big light AND alo B R O U G H T I T. a stormy massively rainy drive up from the city north to petaluma brought a super fun night of music. GREAT way for me to see my first gig at that neato venue.

jackie greene band + phil lesh, bob weir, great american music hall (night one): i LOVE jackie's music. LOVE. this show was two sets of his original tunes, with an acoustic set by jackie/bobby/phil. um, HELL YES. the middle acoustic set on night one was a little rusty, but who cared? it was still REALLY good.

jackie greene band + phil lesh, bob weir, GAMH (night two): LOVED night 2 much better than night one. third set was KOOKOO! sorry, can't deal w the details right now, but that third set was FUN~ whew! couldn't mingle too much after cuz i had an ER-ER-EARLY flight the next morning to catch my last cardinals shows...

the cardinals plus ryan adams, new haven: LONG day for me, espesh having just ROCKED out at the jackie shows two nights prior, but this new haven show was good. the music was GREAT, but i was pooped from my travel day and ryan was kinda annoying me, prolly cuz i was tyty. nonetheless, GREAT music and i was happy to skip boston so i could be fresh for MONTCLAIR!

the cardinals plus ryan adams, wellmont theater: as it stands, this would turn out to be my "last" cardinals gig. it was a worthy show for me to bid farewell (for now) to my mighty friends who play that heavenly music. this show was just ON. had some of my SERIOUSLY best friends at the gig, and couldn't have asked for a better night of music/fun/mischief. just AWESOME. i can't even deal with putting the link to the show here cuz if i don't keep typing to get thru my recap, it will not happen.

again, this is all more for me than anyone, cuz i'm amused when i actually read some of this stuff back. i could try to put pix up n stuff along w it all but i don't have the energy. sorrs.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

scarlet begonias 4.27.77 YUM

happy sunday w jerry+ co...YAY!


okay. for the jonesers to see whats next, here's this. just wow

Sunday, March 15, 2009

asteroids crash!

briefly, i have some MAJOR catching up to do here. in lieu of that, my girl DB tipped me off to this sweet little vid that you may enjoy...i'll be back around soon, hopefully, to hash over what music i've caught (or didn't catch)~ cheers! this vid originally was posted on THIS blog but i found it at THIS blog...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Dark Was The Night

A super awesome compilation is going to be available on feb. 17 and you will DEF want to pick this up. A total of thirty-two exclusive tracks have been recorded for the compilation, which will be available as a double cd, triple vinyl and download album, with profits benefiting the Red Hot Organization - an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS.

Check out this site for more info.

The complete list of artists (in alphabetical order) that recorded tracks for this release are:
Andrew Bird
Antony + Bryce Dessner
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Beirut
Blonde Redhead + Devastations
Bon Iver
Bon Iver & Aaron Dessner
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
Kevin Drew
Feist + Ben Gibbard
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear + Feist
Iron & Wine
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Kronos Quartet
Stuart Murdoch
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
The National
The New Pornographers
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Riceboy Sleeps
Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

beirut

i've never heard beirut before now, but i decided to pop over to IODApromonet to see what's new. i forget that i have access to that site. i looked up "Pre-Releases", and this came up. coming out feb. 17. i liked this track, and you can DL it free AND legally here, thanks to the folks over at IODA:

March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: HollandBeirut
"My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille" (mp3)
from "March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland"
(Pompeii Records)

More On This Album

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

NEAL CASAL: roots & wings


super excited for the release of the super kind & sweet album from neal casal, roots & wings. please go check it out at his BRAND NEW awesome new website HERE...poke around there~ you can listen to some songs on the new deal, then buy it right from his site!!!

sososo stoked for him~ would LOVE to see him tour behind this album next...

****edit: forgot to mention my favorite track on the new album is "A YEAR AND A DAY"~ andy goessling from railroad earth plucks away on the banjo~ LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

Saturday, January 17, 2009

tonight!!!

ooh ooh ooh...i'm so excited!!!

i'm going to see big light open for the mother hips tonight in fairfax!!!

yes yes~ can't wait!!!

cool documentary ish on the 'hips

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Let Go Of The Worry


in case you folks out there haven't seen this, its the announcement of ryan's current decision to bail from the cardinals. its been a long time coming...the constant struggle to be in his skin was often lubed by his band of brothers, those angels called the cardinals, and now, ryan is finally feeling like fleeing the nest, to fly into skies of the unknown, without the safety net that the cardinals provided.

hopefully we'll hear from him before too, too long. otherwise, its been amazing and a privilege to be a part of this incredible ride~ i really hope to catch some of this last tour, on a wing and a prayer...

announcement
"final" tour dates

Much Gratitude for The Cardinals & Ryan Adams



Goodnight Rose
We're going to win
Put your troubles behind you
And go on to bed
Let go of the worry
There's so much nobody understands
Don't live your life in such a hurry
Life goes by us all so fast
And the sun will come up again
And I will be here
If you get scared just hold my hand
Tomorrow is yours and who knows
Maybe we'll win the whole shabang
Goodnight Rose, goodnight, goodnight Rose
Good morning sunshine
A new day begins
And the hustle and bustle of the traffic greets you kindly,
I can tell because you're smiling
C'mon give 'em everything that the winning demands
Just one more ribbon Rose
Before the mantle place caves in
And the sun will come up again
And I will be here Rose
If you get scared just hold my hand
Get out of that dress
Go on to bed
The bar is closed...
Goodnight Rose, goodnight, goodnight Rose
Goodnight Rose, goodnight, goodnight Rose

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Phish Summer 2009

Phish Summer 2009

just finally saw this today...i love how it takes me a whole week after the announcement to actually go to their website...pretty sweet little vid, actually~ most of you have prob already seen this, but in case you haven't, well, here ya go.

p.s. i LOVE punch you in the eye

Monday, January 12, 2009

DEAL WITH IT



GREAT vid!!! i love that i got inspired to find some music of my roots recently, with this youtube of (mini) ekoostik hookah. found this song all too fitting, for my personal climate~ good time to remember the only thing constant is change...right?

(chorus): You can't run from your trouble
You can't hide from the truth
You can't fight getting older
You can't stay in your youth

When I was young
I hadn't a care
Drinkin' beer and chasin' women
Goin' home to smoke up in my easy chair.

Daddy said I wouldn't amount to nothin'
I said that I was only havin' fun
Mama said you better settle down, boy
before one of them women has a bun,
in the oven, that is

Chorus

Then I met Annie
Willin' and Wild
Seems like mama wasn't jokin'
Nine months later we was having us a child

Annie said I wouldn't amount to nothin'
I said that I was only having fun
She said you better stop that messin' around, boy
now I got to be your only one
But I didn't care

Chorus

My old lady up and left me
Me and my son workin' hard and makin' money
And I can't find me any time to have no fun
Now I'm trying hard to amount to something
Living a life that's all too real
Sometimes I wish I had a chance to do it over
Now I've got no choice but to deal with it.

Chorus

Sunday, January 4, 2009

SO FAR PAST SAD I'M CRAZY~~~>


that 8.23.08 fillmore ryan and the cardinals show finally surfaced!!! pretty exciting reliving this incredible night of music again. major gratitude especially to the r.a. camp for being so fucking cool about taping. major major thx*

here's a link to the torrent for that show.

to listen immediately, go here and stream it.

either way, exciting!!! also, here's a link to my review from back when the show happened.

Friday, January 2, 2009

let it go

greetings in 2009.

lagg-o-rama on getting this happy new year post out, but still. here's a tiny sliver of goodness from the 2008 pie of music that just filled me up to the rim.



i saw some GREAT GREAT GREAT cardinals shows this year (thank god~~~> it really is the best medicine for my heart & soul). ironically i DIDN'T see this dublin show that i am posting, and also these pix are NOT from dublin, i just love them (and took them). i really do find this dublin show to be my favorite cardinals recording of 2008. which is why i'm finally posting it, in my first post of 2009. hope you enjoy it. find a way to make 2009 your favorite year!!!

ryan adams and the cardinals from dublin: 11.08.08