Kinda sums up my feelings about the Lakers (and the NBA, for the most part).
Feelings. Many Simple Machines feelings right now.
Even more feelings, remembering an amazing weekend from nearly 22 years ago. So many experiences that are still a part of me…
A great op-ed by a great DJ and inspiration. Politics and music making a different bed this time around…
How did I miss this last year? I mean, it’s been many years since I followed Superchunk closely, but a cover of “Cruel Summer” should have hit my radar…
Yep, it’s the day to post this. Just one of the great singles.
Vaaa-aaaa-len-tine….
Instant homesickness, for a place where I haven’t lived in 20+ years.
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It’s so rare for rock-scene-oriented friends to see me at a live show, much less one in Oakland, vs. my hometown of San Francisco. One pal of 23 years who saw me at last night’s BILL DIREEN live show at Oakland’s White Horse Inn asked me if I’d moved to Oakland. Otherwise why would I be out there on a weeknight, right? I get it. This is what happens when you hit the comfort years.
You also pay money to see guys like New Zealand legend BILL DIREEN once you hit the comfort years, a man who outdistances even me in age by at least 10 years. I’ll let you read about the man here, so I don’t have to explain his pedigree and all the weird and insular kiwi-pop/noise/art records he put out in the 80s. [….]Why he was playing in Oakland, here and now, is a mystery for the ages. I meant to ask someone.
WHAAAAAAAAAT? I missed a chance to see Bill Direen? Which Bay Area concert calendar list do I need to be following?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/55d00904485d505836a10ee2fed8f226/tumblr_mhk3xkWqwn1rex6a7o1_500.jpg)
It’s so rare for rock-scene-oriented friends to see me at a live show, much less one in Oakland, vs. my hometown of San Francisco. One pal of 23 years who saw me at last night’s BILL DIREEN live show at Oakland’s White Horse Inn asked me if I’d moved to Oakland. Otherwise why would I be out there on a weeknight, right? I get it. This is what happens when you hit the comfort years.
You also pay money to see guys like New Zealand legend BILL DIREEN once you hit the comfort years, a man who outdistances even me in age by at least 10 years. I’ll let you read about the man here, so I don’t have to explain his pedigree and all the weird and insular kiwi-pop/noise/art records he put out in the 80s. [….]Why he was playing in Oakland, here and now, is a mystery for the ages. I meant to ask someone.
WHAAAAAAAAAT? I missed a chance to see Bill Direen? Which Bay Area concert calendar list do I need to be following?
My (partial and incomplete) fond farewell to some of those musicians and performers who passed away in 2012, as aired on KZSU Stanford, 90.1 FM, on January 5th, 2013.
Also, coincidentally, the final time I’ll call my radio program “The Deadly Tango.” More details once the new quarter’s schedule comes out…
Now THAT is how to celebrate New Year’s — seeing the Afghan Whigs bring Peter Searcy on stage to perform the Squirrel Bait classic “Kid Dynamite.” So jealous.
