Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers

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

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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.

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)

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!

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..."

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!

Phish Red Rocks 8.01.09 MOUND

wow

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!