Rock=tember

pic by jay blakesberg...

i can't possibly review the MMJ berkeley greek theater show better than dennis cook did @ jambase, so here's a link to his (always) stellar review...

meanwhile, as if i didn't get dropped on my head enough at MMJ, i've had the distinct privilege of seeing phil & friends @ the sweetwater this week. go figure, i sorta freaked out when they starting playing ryan adams "let it ride" on monday night, and "easy plateau" on tuesday night. do i hear a "cold roses" on the horizon for tonight? so funny, going to ryan shows (in the past) hoping to hear a dead cover, and now @ phil shows, hoping for a ryan cover!!! ahhh, the world works in mysterious ways...this pic taken @ phil & friends show from the greek theater last fall.



thanks to you for giving a shit enough to check in here. life is precious, folks~ sometimes tragic for no reason. give yourself a hug*

Multi-Message Jesture

DMB played @ the greek theater in berkeley recently. i caught the 3rd night, a special night of music: last night of DMB tour, last night of 3 night run @ the greek, & last but not least, Leroi Moore's birthday, the founding member of DMB who passed away in August. there was a slide show played in his honor. touching. also, dave took the time to say that the last time they played there was right after "mr. jerry garcia" passed away...needless to say, it was a great show, & i was honored to be there. leroi tribute photo by danny clinch, 2003.

specifically posting this as i prep to get "aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhed" to high heaven tomorrow @ the greek, when My Morning Jacket begins their second leg of the U.S. tour supporting Evil Urges. SUPER EXCITED.



also caught another RIDICulous show recently: the mother hips @ cafe du nord. here's a clip of theirs off the AMAZING album, KISS THE CRYSTAL FLAKE. wow. couldn't help but notice that tim bluhm was wearing his Dark Side of the Moon shirt @ du nord, just a few short days before Richard Wright, co-author of DSOTM, passed on...



REST IN PEACE, Richard Wright & Leroi Moore. Thank you for your art & inspiration.

MMJ-mania

hard to stop making posts about these guys

MMJ Bonnaroo 2008 Download

just got permission from the awesome taper to "do whatever with the files" from the three disc bonnaroo set. since i packaged them up pretty for another friend, i thought i would link them here. so much gratitude for all involved for getting this all the way from the pouring rains in TN to our little ears wherever you may be! photo is by autumn de wilde. oh. and i LOVE LOVE LOVE MMJ!!!

if you are looking for a lossless copy, you can download it from here.

and aNOTHER thing, here's a link to the official MMJ website. buy official merch and stuff.

MP3's:
DISC 1/3
DISC 2/3
DISC 3/3

def let me know if somethin' gets weird w/ these links. not sure of the shelf life or how many times they can be DL'ed. bye. have fun.

*edit 6.26.08* seems there is a new source for the MMJ 'Roo set, perhaps better. Check this site for up to date info, as this cat seems to be THE super MMJ blog, with downloads and stuff. Cheers!

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!!!

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*

Day Three: Coachella (finally!)

dragged ourselves to the fest for the last day. missed so much stuff but who could care by that point.

gogol bordello: people were way into this band. sounded fine. per uj, i was just getting settled in and wasn't really ready/able to focus on the tunes. was getting ready for the jacket.

MY MORNING JACKET: god. do i love this band. YES!!! i really do. can't say enough how much i love them. here's a fun vid (audio is a bit funky but was such a sick time of day, sick set of music). i just really do love them by the buckets-full.

roger waters: there was no sense in trying to bounce around pre-roger waters, so went back to vip, got a ridic spot with some really hot new friends, by this rad lion statue, at the i.d. check point, just cuz it was the easiest place to tell people to meet us. god, did we rock that lion. ridic. it was high times at the empire polo fields in indio, during roger waters. great job, everyone who was surrounding the lion.

one of my highlights of the festival was during the beginning of roger waters second set. i had been pretty hell bent on catching adam freeland's set at the DO LAB during roger waters. figuring r.w. was so long, i would be ready for a break, plus i was just really into adam's groove. by the time i remembered that i wanted to hit adam's set, i was like, "fuck it. i'm not leaving roger waters." it seemed like universes away to make it to the DO LAB. that's when i spotted adam on the steps, getting ready to watch r.w. i laughed. i ended up giggling and watching the first part of the dark side of the moon with the most adorable blond little british guy (adam freeland) and it was FUN! he is a total doll, and adorably sweet and was giggly, too. it was a giggly time of day, i guess. anyways, adam was more charming and sweet than imaginable, and i laugh at the irony of "skipping his set" to watch roger waters, then watching roger waters WITH him. hilar. love that shit. funny funny funny. couldn't bare to ask him for a pic with me. was too in the mo'. here's one last vid and then this coachella review is OVA.