Archive for March, 2008

“i dedicate this song to you…”

Friday, March 14th, 2008

A magnetic fields cover album is out and microfilm has covered “the desperate things you make me do”. Other highlights include Secret Owl Society, Evripidis, Monica Y Carlos, A Lime Tree, and Fire island AK. Click on the image to listen to the track list.
microfilm - the desperate things you made me do (magnetic fields [...]

sxsw, clipse rock the white folks…

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Well hell…this was the best yet, we waited all day but Clipse finally brought what had been missing…authenticity, no BS straight ahead good old fashioned rock the party…but still the white folks don’t dance, I don’t get it. Still…the other great act on the bill today was Cut Copy and I have video of their [...]

sxsw, the kills, modey lemon, the fader party

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

The fun part at SXSW is the BBQ and the music.

The not-so-fun part is this - the long lines to get to see and hear the bands….that line is for The Fader mag’s party and it stretched around an entire block. In fact people were still lined up around the block after The Kills had [...]

sxsw, billy bob thornton, florence and the machine, judge dredd!!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Day 1 was spent in the hands of the incompetent American Airlines so we start with Day 2 - Ok, yesterday you could tell which way the wind was blowing as the geeks retreated and the “beautiful people,” you know dressed upped to be dressed down, started to fill the blocks around the convention center. [...]

portishead third

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Portishead, a new album, Third on April 28th. It’s been too long.
Portishead - Silence Removed by request of copyright owner.

sxsw, excuse all the forthcoming posts….

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The bags are packed along with the MacBook, the Canon G9, the Zoom MP3 Field Recorder, the iPhone and the Field Notes notebook. The party schedule starts Monday night at the Imeem bash and continues no doubt dusk to dawn to dusk all week. I hope to post as much and as often as I [...]

the roots, 75 bars music video directed by rik cordero

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Getting new music from The Roots is always a “status = happy” moment for me. Their new album ‘Rising Down’ drops April 29th.
The Roots - 75 Bars
Related Post: The Roots live at the Crystal Ballroom - video

sasquatch 2008 is upon us

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Yes it’s that time of year again and the Sasquatch Festival 2008 tickets go on sale today at noon PST. See you there. Last year I had a great time hanging out with Blitzen Trapper and doing a video interview with them.
Related Post: A crazy day out with Blitzen Trapper