parka! parka! parka!

SF Gate: Battle of the Bay Area concert promoters

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:38:26 -0700

SF Gate: Battle of the Bay Area concert promoters: the skinny on goldenvoice taking over the warfield (a venue, which despite many attempts to love, i cannot stand) & the rise of midsize venues in the bay area and beyond.

New Birdmonster - "Born To Be Your Man" - MP3 - Stereogum

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:40:34 -0700

New Birdmonster - "Born To Be Your Man" - MP3 - Stereogum: mah boyzzzzz! yay!

Don't Ask, Just Tell.

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:47:55 -0700

Don't Ask, Just Tell.:

to this i say a-f**king-men, aubs! this completely captures what dating has turned into, at least in the bubble of SF.

remember when you didn’t know what your current crush (or ex for that matter) was doing every five seconds of the day? yeah. me too. it’s both awesome & horrible at the same time. duhhhhh.

Top That (via jlajr2)aubs just sent this to me - and then i...

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:38:00 -0700

Top That (via jlajr2)

aubs just sent this to me - and then i remembered that we totally sang this at sloshball on saturday. bwwwahahaha. undoubtedly, this is the best scene in the finest teen movie ever made.

“look how FUNKY he is!”

ali hearts canada.

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:20:22 -0700

ali hearts canada.:

dear canada, i heard it’s your day?!? so i did what anyone with an affinity for someone or something (such as a country & it’s music) would do: i made you a muxtape!

you’re welcome.

the coast - “floodlights”got this album via work...

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:31:54 -0700

the coast - “floodlights”

got this album via work last week but didn’t give ‘er a listen until today. i was pleasantly surprised! you know, i have to hear/sort through a lot of “eh” music so when something comes along & i really like it i’m psyched.

this is was the standout track upon first listen - very broken social scene, which as you know is a sound that i am an überfan of. (i just really wanted to use an umlaut somewhere in this post, actually.)

josh played w/ the boston pops on friday. this video makes me so...

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:45:26 -0700

josh played w/ the boston pops on friday. this video makes me so happy!

broken social scene presents: brendan canning - “hit the...

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:56:24 -0700

broken social scene presents: brendan canning - “hit the wall”

the new BSS presents album is really great. that is my 1.5 times listening to it review. you should get it. yep.

"it’s harder to be friends than lovers/and you shouldn’t try to mix the two/’cause..."

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:42:30 -0700

“it’s harder to be friends than lovers/and you shouldn’t try to mix the two/’cause if you do it and you’re still unhappy/then you know that the problem is you”

- liz phair - “divorce song”
i’ve been listening to exile in guyville a lot for the past week - i find it a divine intervention that it popped back up into my life after fifteen years. (okay, and not really a coincidence.) because as a fourteen year old, how could i really relate to anything that was going on in these songs? at twenty-nine they take on far more meaning, for better or worse. :)

“san francisco sucks sometimes” - from the girls...

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:51:00 -0700

“san francisco sucks sometimes” - from the girls rock documentary

this rules so hard. now i’m gonna go around singing “san francisco SUCKS sometimes” & get my ass beat. it’s a catchy little number! i hope when i have kids they’ll be little rockers like these girls. but they’ll probably end up hating music or something similarly ironic. ;)

thx @sonicliving for linking to this!

longwave - “sirens of the sea”i likes me some...

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:27:07 -0700

longwave - “sirens of the sea”

i likes me some longwave. i saw them at sxsw w/ ryan & almost shrieked with childlike giddyness when they played “tidalwave”. okay, maybe i *did* shriek. whatever.

wasn’t a big fan of their second album, but this song & the previously leaked single “no direction” seem to be more in line w/ the first album’s musical palette. and to that i say, hooray!

"She was a real people-pleaser. She worried way too much what people thought of her, wore her heart..."

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:46:00 -0700

“She was a real people-pleaser. She worried way too much what people thought of her, wore her heart on her sleeve, expected too much from people, and got hurt too easily. She kept other people’s secrets like a champ, but told her own too fast. She expected the world not to cheat her and was always surprised when it did.”

- Rob Sheffield in Love Is A Mixtape
sound like someone we know?

Pitchfork: Stars Chart Out Quite a Few New Dates

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:12:00 -0700

Pitchfork: Stars Chart Out Quite a Few New Dates:

06-27 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli de Helling
06-28 Cergy Pontoise, France - Furia Sound Festival
06-29 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-05 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival d’ete de Quebec
07-08 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Bluesfest
07-20 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Summersonic
08-24 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
09-16 Boston, MA - Wilbur
09-17 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
09-19 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
09-20 New York, NY - Terminal 5
09-24 Chicago, IL - Riviera
09-25 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
09-26 Lawrence, KS - Granada
09-28 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
10-02 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
10-04 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre
10-08 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox Theatre

~~what, no san francisco?!? are you trying to kill me, stars?!? however, i see a suspicious gap in shows between santa cruz & portland. one can only hope…~~

d’oh, i’m an idiot. they’re playing outside lands! but, i’m not going that. so still, sadface.org.

Dance Party Friday - The One Year Anniversary Montage (via...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:35:30 -0700

Dance Party Friday - The One Year Anniversary Montage (via Local12News)

i think i found aubrey’s new boyfriend!

“initiate bebop!”

Frightened Rabbit “Head Rolls Off”i know, you get...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:46:05 -0700

Frightened Rabbit “Head Rolls Off”

i know, you get it. i like frightened rabbit. but there are cute kids in this video. CUTE KIDS!

feelings are boring?

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:09:43 -0700

me: but feeeeeelings are booooooring
buster: that's not true. luckily too, cause you're a feeler, in your own words.
me: they are complicated.
me: like, math.
me: :)
buster: i should make a tshirt that says "feelings are awesome, kissing is boring"
me: ;)

speaking of frightened rabbit…i woke up with this song in...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:56:13 -0700

speaking of frightened rabbit…

i woke up with this song in my head this morning. weird.

"Fueled by coffee, Frightened Rabbit, and infinite sadness (how’s that for emo shit?)"

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:40:00 -0700

“Fueled by coffee, Frightened Rabbit, and infinite sadness (how’s that for emo shit?)”

- @aprilini
i could not have said this better myself. actually, i’m pissed that i didn’t come up w/ it first. how’s THAT for emo shit?

“i’m not over you/can i get back under?”ryan...

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:43:00 -0700

“i’m not over you/can i get back under?”

ryan commented today that this song (bell x1 - “next to you”) reminds him of pete yorn, whom i love - what? don’t judge me on my penchant for early 2000s floppy haired singer songwriters. now it all makes sense!

"Want to save the music business? Manage a band. Nurture talent. Do everything in your power to get..."

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:29:12 -0700

“Want to save the music business? Manage a band. Nurture talent. Do everything in your power to get it exposed. Don’t sit in front of your computer dreaming of new schemes of distribution… You’ll never get the rights! Talent. That’s where the business is focused today.”

- Bob Lefsetz, Lefsetz Letter (via aprilini)
guess i’m in the right career trajectory after all? thanks, bob!