bell x1
café du nord
san francisco, ca
2008-03-26
sometimes i look for a show just to fill a gap in the calendar. such was the case when i decided to see Bell X1 (hate the name, btw) after reading the café du nord calendar email recently. not sure what made me click through to read about this band, [...]

Bell X1: My Firt Born for a Song [5:55m]:
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vampire weekend
the rickshaw stop
san francisco, ca
2008-03-23
as the subtitle to my blog says, this is a place for ‘live music and liberal rants.’ i’ll be the first to admit that it’s been a little light on the former and heavy on the latter of late. that doesn’t mean that i haven’t been keeping up my usual [...]

vampire weekend: little giant [2:55m]:
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but before he did, man did he put on an amazing show.
i’m talking about the once-in-a-lifetime (okay, twice. there was an early and a late show) event that happened last thursday night here in san francisco. elvis costello played live with the now-defunct band, clover, for the first time ever. why is that significant? [...]

elvis costello and clover: less than zero [3:36m]:
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tomorrow evening i’ll be winging my way east on a red-eye flight to nashville via charlotte (and yes, i know about the shortest distance between two places thing. i also know about the cheapest flight thing) to meet friends, pick up a car and head down to manchester, tennessee on thursday morning. that must mean [...]
and the hits just keep on coming.
if you don’t already know about the mountain goats, you should. some day i’ll explain why i think john darnielle, who for all intents and purposes is the mountain goats (though he would likely take umbrage at that, graciously sharing the goatness, as he does, with his comrade in [...]

the mountain goats: this year [5:07m]:
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