Yesterday was the second of three release parties for Rosemary and Rue, which you should totally buy. The party was at Borderlands, and it was supposed to be EPIC. I mean, it was four hours long.

( The Most Epic Book Release Party of All Time )

So a week and a half ago, I asked water_of_fire (L) to come see Nightmare of You with me. Luckily, she was currently in the habit of accepting bizarre invitations. Even more luckily, she did not wake up the next morning and decide it was a horrible idea, and instead we e-mailed in the interim. I told her to remain deliberately ignorant of Nightmare of You (and ( Read more... )

Last night, Rachel (harriettheelf) and I went to a show at Cafe du Nord. I am not up for a full-scale narrative post, but I think it deserves a short write-up. And music downloads!

The opener was local boy Ryan Auffenberg, whom Rachel identified as "so San Francisco" because of his skinny build, sneakers, blue jeans, shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and general ( Read more... )

This Saturday was BFD! It was my third year in a row going to Live105's big summer all-day concert, and my compatriots this time were holly96 and her friend Christina, who did not look burnt...or dead. We kept up my tradition of getting Jack in the Box for lunch, and I kept up my tradition of getting mozzarrella sticks and Coke for the drive back, but ( Read more... )

Green Day had been playing secret surprise shows the last couple weeks. They played at the Independent and the DNA Lounge in San Francisco and then at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, this Tuesday. Now, I'd heard about this concept before; hell, it was the driving plot point in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. But I'd never actually had it happen all ( Read more... )

In which I describe in brief my travel to San Antonio for a breast cancer symposium.

( You know me, I can't not document things like trying new types of fish, going to da club, and hanging with my brother. )

At the fondue party on Sunday, Janet invited us all to come see her brother's band, Hey Ocean!, on Friday and/or Saturday. I assumed they were an unknown local band I would have many chances to see, like Rachel's brother's band. But when I looked them up, I discovered they were A) from Canada and B) fairly big there! There was a lot of good press ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago, I saw Beck and Radiohead. One week ago, I saw a bunch of bands including the Indigo Girls. Last night, I saw NINE INCH NAILS.

You guys, I am a huge Nine Inch Nails fan. #1! I believe I have more NIN mp3s than any other. It helps that there are a bunch of remixes. But The Downward Spiral was one of the first CDs I ever owned. I think ( Read more... )

Does anyone remember my Oakland Art and Soul Festival report from last year? Or two years ago? It's a Labor Day tradition, people ( Read more... )

The first week of July, Cynda (arbitrarium) totally left California. But she missed me way too much to stay away for long! Either that or she really wanted to see Radiohead in Golden Gate Park. And get some papers signed to finalize her divorce. And collect her stuff. And...whatever her reasons, she came back for a spell Wednesday night, BFF Kylie (stella_hime) in tow ( Read more... )