clyde_park's 30 Day Meme For Adult Males, Day 8
8. Describe one of your music listening phases.
OK, so I haven't exactly kept up with the meme; I don't think any of my LJ friends who are doing the female-centric 30 day meme have made it past the first week either.
It's been a busy 3 weeks since my last apparent post. Mainly we've been having non-stop band practice in anticipation of opening for Mike Viola (Candy Butchers, Major Labels, Walk Hard, Get Him To The Greek, That Thing You Do, Mandy Moore) & Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne, Tinted Windows, Ivy, Music & Lyrics, Josie & The Pussycats, Colbert Christmas) at the Cafe Du Nord on Dec. 16th. More info here. We played a dress rehearsal gig last week at Red Rock, opening for Normandie Wilson and Sofa City Sweetheart, which was fun except for the fact that none of the Red Rock staff seemed to know we were going to be there and the sound guy didn't show up so we had to play in a little corner downstairs with a tiny sound system and 2 microphones, one of which Sofa City brought from LA. This isn't the first time we've showed up for a gig only to be met by management who had no idea there was even supposed to be a band. It usually works out in our favor though, so we should probably just start showing up at the Fillmore & the Warfield and see what happens.
Last weekend we went to see Sophie Madeleine at the Elbow Room and Stornoway at the Independent SF. Both were really, really good. Stornoway's "Beachcomber's Windowsill" is most likely my favorite 2010 album. I just got the new Sophie album yesterday, but that's going to be a contender too. I've noticed this trend in San Francisco over the past couple of years (and maybe you have in your city too?) wherein bars and clubs will schedule a 6 or 7 o'clock show for the "white people" (and I mean that in the Christian Lander sense) and then kick everyone out around 9 and convert themselves into a Latin dance club or a cover-band-80s-night type of thing. I guess they can make way more money that way and still throw a bone to local original music. As a 40 year-old "white" guy, I heartily endorse this trend. I can now go see bands I like and be home by 10 to hang out with my chinchillas and cats, and the douchebaggy 25 year-olds can have the venues all to themselves to do whatever it is they do these days.
Does that answer the question about one of my music listening phases? No? Well then, as you might have deduced, I've been listening to quite a lot of Stornoway and Sophie Madeleine, which isn't really a phase but it's close enough. Lo and behold, there's a free download of Sophie covering a Stornoway song.
OK, so I haven't exactly kept up with the meme; I don't think any of my LJ friends who are doing the female-centric 30 day meme have made it past the first week either.
It's been a busy 3 weeks since my last apparent post. Mainly we've been having non-stop band practice in anticipation of opening for Mike Viola (Candy Butchers, Major Labels, Walk Hard, Get Him To The Greek, That Thing You Do, Mandy Moore) & Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne, Tinted Windows, Ivy, Music & Lyrics, Josie & The Pussycats, Colbert Christmas) at the Cafe Du Nord on Dec. 16th. More info here. We played a dress rehearsal gig last week at Red Rock, opening for Normandie Wilson and Sofa City Sweetheart, which was fun except for the fact that none of the Red Rock staff seemed to know we were going to be there and the sound guy didn't show up so we had to play in a little corner downstairs with a tiny sound system and 2 microphones, one of which Sofa City brought from LA. This isn't the first time we've showed up for a gig only to be met by management who had no idea there was even supposed to be a band. It usually works out in our favor though, so we should probably just start showing up at the Fillmore & the Warfield and see what happens.
Last weekend we went to see Sophie Madeleine at the Elbow Room and Stornoway at the Independent SF. Both were really, really good. Stornoway's "Beachcomber's Windowsill" is most likely my favorite 2010 album. I just got the new Sophie album yesterday, but that's going to be a contender too. I've noticed this trend in San Francisco over the past couple of years (and maybe you have in your city too?) wherein bars and clubs will schedule a 6 or 7 o'clock show for the "white people" (and I mean that in the Christian Lander sense) and then kick everyone out around 9 and convert themselves into a Latin dance club or a cover-band-80s-night type of thing. I guess they can make way more money that way and still throw a bone to local original music. As a 40 year-old "white" guy, I heartily endorse this trend. I can now go see bands I like and be home by 10 to hang out with my chinchillas and cats, and the douchebaggy 25 year-olds can have the venues all to themselves to do whatever it is they do these days.
Does that answer the question about one of my music listening phases? No? Well then, as you might have deduced, I've been listening to quite a lot of Stornoway and Sophie Madeleine, which isn't really a phase but it's close enough. Lo and behold, there's a free download of Sophie covering a Stornoway song.