International Shout Out

I recently was going through my iTunes and noticed I had The Unicorn's album " Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?" Its a great album, and I remember first being turned onto it by JonJon and Shad back in 2004. Those two inherited the DeSoto after I moved out and are now in China and South America respectively. This ones for you both, hope you're doing great and will have to get together when you're all in the States.

Check yourself

Summer is over, and SF is getting hotter. What's up with that?


I saw Love as Laughter last night at The Rickshaw Stop. Solid show, they are kinda like a cross between Tom Petty and Wilco before they kicked out Philip Seymour Hoffman.


Tonight, Delta Spirit is on Conan O'Brien. This is the 2nd time a band I'm friends with have performed on Conan.

Who was the first yall?

RIP LeRoi Moore 1961-2008

LeRoi Moore was the sax player from the Dave Matthews Band, he he passed away last week. The first concert I can truly remember was DMB at Jones Beach, June 9, 1996, with Ben Harper as the opening act. What made DMB so great was the diverse musical styles that fused together, and LeRoi, being a classically trained musician who loved jazz, was the perfect fit. I'm positive they will continue to tour, but it won't be the same.


In happier news, TV on the Radio release their new single "Golden Age," from the forthcoming album "Dear Science." This album will be awesome.

Single here

First things first

I owe a shout out to Jennifer and Amanda, who are two very wise women I met a while back at the Citizen Cope show. I told them they would get mentioned in my blog, better late then never. And my birthday was a good one!


Interesting article.
"Ten years ago, a man wearing a plain V-neck tee and drinking a Pabst would never be accused of being a trend-follower. But in 2008, such things have become shameless clichés of a class of individuals that seek to escape their own wealth and privilege by immersing themselves in the aesthetic of the working class. "

I hope hipsters never discover Natty Boh. Also, I think Brian Mead might be Bloghouse, or at least an alt.bro. I have evidence somewhere. I'm neither; I guess I'm more of a scenester.

Finally, my list of top 5 rock docs.

1. Bittersweet Motel
2. The Last Waltz
3. (Tie) I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, DIG!
5. The Language of Music.

On this date in history

San Francisco looked like this on my morning commute.

These are the albums that have been on my iPod the past few weeks.

Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer
Dr. Dog- Heart It Races
Radiohead- Kid A
TV on the Radio- Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain
Dr. Dog- Fate
Kyle Andrews - Real Blasty
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Derek Trucks Band - Songlines
Interpol- Antics
Modest Mouse- Building Nothing Out of Something

This Looks Like Fun

SF JAZZ FEST

Derek Trucks is, in my opinion, the most talented guitarist currently performing. His wife is a great singer too. I will probably try to go to this show.

I am currently listening to a live bootleg of Coldplay in England from this year. Parachutes was actually a really good album, and A Rush f Blood to The Head ahas all the epic anthems, whats up with their new album? I haven't heard it, I signed up to get the free single, and I didn't like it. Also, why are they dressing in the pseudo-French Legion uniforms?

I know you want more...

and I'd love to give it to you, but I've been busy. I traveled back home and went to my friends wedding. I also got a haircut and shaved, so I can infiltrate society.

I was at a show and was talking to a musician about about knowing what songs your fanbase likes, and if you knew people in Bumblefudge, Kansas really liked "You Look Like Your Pet," you could put it in your setlist when you play there.

My concern though, is if you keep playing those songs, you'll get sick of them, and, as a musician you will want to expose new, and different songs to each other.

I remember being at the Coventry Festival for Phish, and all people wnted was to hear Fluffhead. For the past few years people wanted to hear Fluffhead, but Trey wouldn't play it. What's up with that? Of course, Trey ruined Phish. Just kidding, but he definitely went mental.

Here is an interesting article entitled "11 Steps To Fixing the Problem That Occurs When You Work Harder Then Everyone Else in the Band."

My suggestion- Let them tell you that you are not good enough, and then become more successful without them. In reality, if the people aren't willing to invest the time in *EVERYTHING* that is involved with being in the music business, they don't really care. Anyone whose attitude is "I just wanna play music, I don't need to deal with anything else" will get left behind. Or live off their parents. Either way, would anyone actually want to be that person?