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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables, and Darling Freakhead at The Independent, S.F., 11/20/09

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:13:15 -0800

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Faun Fables, but I must say it’s a rare treat to see them on the same bill. As for Darling Freakhead, I’ve now seen them/him twice. It seems I’ve been spending more t...

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Marissa Nadler and Alela Diane at the Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, 10/27/09

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:13 -0700

Lately, it seems like most of the touring musicians have been hitting the Bay Area on weeknights, which means I'm probably fast running out of my paid time off hours. Does a concert count as a family emergency, sickness, or personal necessity? F...

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A Hawk And A Hacksaw with Damon And Naomi at The Independent, San Francisco, 10/9/09

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:57:18 -0700

To the best of my recollection, it has been about 10 years since I've seen Damon and Naomi play, the last time being at the San Francisco version of the Terrastock Festival back at the end of the last century. As for A Hawk And A Hacksaw, me bein...

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Faun Fables, Jesse Quattro, and Emily Palin at the Uptown, Oakland, 9/25/09

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:40:37 -0700

I'm mildly surprised that this is the first time this year I've seen Faun Fables. It seems like I used to see them once a month or so, but now that they've moved out of Oakland they don't grace Bay Area stages as often as they used to. That's a ...

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Mecca Normal Photos

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:31:38 -0700

A week or two ago, Jean Smith from Mecca Normal contacted me and asked if she could use the photos I took at their gig at the Hemlock earlier this year. I said yes, of course. I just checked out their MySpace page and noticed that one of my phot...

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Hellhound Again!

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:52:20 -0700

San Jose isn't the city I think of when I'm contemplating an evening out. Despite the fact that I live in the aforementioned city, I usually look elsewhere for my entertainment needs. That said, I do occasionally find myself in downtown San Jose...

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Anticipation

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:22:05 -0700

I love the beautiful feeling of anticipation when I hear about an upcoming concert or music release. Before I actually hear the music, the possibilities are endless and my imagination can run wild. This is what keeps me buying new music - that f...

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More Biased Nonsense

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:03:12 -0700

Due to a vague sense of ennui, I haven't been writing as much lately. That's the thing about trying to keep up with multiple blogs - sometimes burnout occurs. I wouldn't call it writer's block, because I do have things to write about. I just ne...

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Two Shows, One Day

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:47:24 -0700

It has been awhile since I've gone to more than one gig in a single day - this is only possible when the start times are radically different. In this case, the first one started at 1pm, and the second got going at around 5pm, thus enabling me to ...

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Another Cd Review by the Young Ones

nobody@vox.com(Crow) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:32:02 -0700

It has been awhile since the kids chimed in with any of their musical opinions, so I'm taking a moment to write down a quick cd review done by the boys (followed by some thoughts of my own). Of course, they don't know that their irritated griping...

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