Alanna and I went to go and see the New Pornographers at Bimbos 365 last night. Great show. They were talkative, kinda drunk and very funny. As always, the SF crowd was as still as a funeral, but very appreciative. They were a little sloppy with the old material but they have a couple albums… Read more »
The new Nada Surf record “The Weight is a Gift” is out and let me tell you it is a gift. I have been waiting for this record all year. I saw them earlier this year and they did some of the songs from this record so I got a little glimpse of what I… Read more »
We are all set for a whole list of fun shows in SF over the next couple of months. New Pornographers, Nada Surf, M. Ward. There is even a couple of Decemberist shows, but they are sold out. At least I think they are sold out because I am unable to buy tickets on the… Read more »
Had a great time at the Teenage Fanclub show at Bimbos. Probable one of the best places to see a band in the city. These guys just amaze me which how many great songs they have. When you say “I’m going to see Teenage Fanclub” to some people, they say “Are those guys still around?”…. Read more »
Here is another song for Alanna since she is gone on the other side of the world. She may kill me for using the phone machine message. We’ll see. Marked
“Look it’s very simple – say what you mean, make it rhyme and put a backbeat to it” John Lennon – As told to David Bowie.
The drummer in my band, turned me onto British Sea Power recently. Very cool band. Maybe a bit to much Echo and the Bunnymen, but I don’t consider that a bad thing.
This is a rough mix of a song for Alanna. Where are you tonight?
My band finally has some studio space over at Secret Studios in the city and we had our first loud practice today. Up until now we have done all our writing on acoustics so playing these songs at the decibels they were meant for is a bit weird. I had to get us a PA… Read more »
I never go anything back from Apple about the install problem I had so I called them back and got the go ahead. So I installed Logic 7 yesterday. I immediately had to go and find a Hotfix for the Native Instruments Kontact CoreAudio update. After I got that working it recognized the sampler fine…. Read more »