Finally

Corporate TV with a sweet soundtrack! Be still my heart...

Heroes Soundtrack


Also in TV news, Frank from Real World Vegas pulled an upset on par with my G-Men by knocking out MJ, (Real World Philadelphia) in the Gauntlet.

Subsequently, the girl who was Jim's girlfriend from Dunder-Miflin Stamford branch is gonna have a show on Fox.


Seriously? They should give one to Sagar, because he loves celebrity gossip too.

Team Avon Barksdale

was not victorious at Trivia, but we had a respectable finish considering we were the only two person team and had never been there before. The place is Elixir, on 16th and Valencia, and it gets the thumbs up. I think I'm gonna have to have try-outs and assemble a team together, so we can bring home the gold.

Four Females For Friday

Guess which two will be irrelevant in a year? Of course, I guess that depends on what you consider irrelevant.

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton- Our Hell

Sara Bareilles- Love Song

Yael Naim- New Soul

Feist- I Feel It All

Jukebox'..

are the Jam. While I enjoy the new technology out there that allows you to more or less play any song you want, depending on how much you are willing to pay, the best is when you go to a place and see the pre-screened selection available. PJ's had Billy Breathes, and I think Slip, Stitch and Pass.

Down(out) here in the SF, the jukebox selection has been pretty tasty. The Dogpatch Saloon, (less than 4 blocks from my house) has hands down the best music selection I've seen. Basically old blues and jazz albums by the greats, enough said.

Kilowatt was eclectic, heavier stuff than my usually likings, but they had Return to Cookie Mountain, so thumbs up.

Homestead had a similar selection to Kilowatt's but some 80's/Classic Rock thrown in.

The Inner Mission Bar's was sweet, having an ample selection of Prince, and The Moon and Antarctica. I'm ready to go back, spend 3 bucks, and listen to it in its entirety, just to make sure every patron at the bar hears it for what it is.

Funny anecdote from last night was Dave Scott telling me how he'd go into PJ's, pick the most offensive song off The Downward Spiral, throw in a 5 and then bounce. Shindog loved Thunder Road.

Only Baltimore...

would produce this...
http://www.blogotheque.net/article.php3?id_article=3880


Delta Spirit show review coming soon, I've been busy trying to make an honest dollar.

Also... I don't care what I've heard people say, I've seen every episode of "The Wire" thus far and its awesome in my book. People need to relax, Season 4 might have been the most dramatic, but until Season 5 is played, people can't complain.

Laying a Beatdown

Having a good drummer can help a band go from mediocre to awesome, and it doesn’t take much. Really, the drummer has to fill the sound, and keep time. He doesn’t need to play complicated arrangements, but just hold it down. The best drummers are probably the subtlest. However, there seems to be some correlation between solid beat keepers and amazing drum skills. Anyway, here are 5 clips of admirable drum performances.

Max Roach- http://youtube.com/watch?v=dNpDQztqWQw
And again http://youtube.com/watch?v=cS-xiX64HGQ&feature=related

Billy Cobham - http://youtube.com/watch?v=I2VYKgFBH3A

Stevie Wonder- http://youtube.com/watch?v=4SCZv7786KY

Carter Beauford- http://youtube.com/watch?v=KOatIrazULw


Live Show for the Week

Delta Spirit and Matt Costa at Slim’s- February 5th, 2008 http://www.slims-sf.com/

www.deltaspirit.net

I saw Delta Spirit open for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, DC back in November, and they are the bomb dot com. Their album “Ode to Sunshine” is definitely in my 10 of 2007. Prior to their CYHSY shows, they opened for Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club, and Dr. Dog.

I do not know who Matt Costa is, but he is on Jack Johnson’s label, Brushfire Records.

And now a comment not related to music.


As a NY fan, I feel redemption for the Yankee collapse in the ALCS in 2004. It would still be sweeter if the Red Sox had never won a World Series since 1918, but having the Giants be the team who stopped the Patriots undefeated run was great. I wonder, if the Patriots had lost the final game of the season to the Giants, but ended up winning the Superbowl, Compiling a record of 18-1 (the same as they have now), what would people’s reactions have been? They couldn’t be compared to the ’72 Dolphins, and most people would remember the fact that they didn’t go undefeated, even though they won the Superbowl.