http://blog.ipickmynose.com a San Francisco Bay Area-centric, mostly indie music blog Fri, 16 May 2008 08:41:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/16/song-obsession-friday-for-the-week-ending-may-16/ As I mentioned, the Botticellis (myspace) came down to KZSU last night to do an in-studio session. They played a great set of tunes off of their recently released album Old Home Movies (which came out Tuesday on Antenna Farm Records) as well as some new songs and a ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/15/the-botticellis-live-at-kzsu-photos-setlist-mp3s/ Posted every Thursday On Sale Soon is a weekly series of the tickets going on sale that weekend. Where to get tickets: The Independent, Great American Music Hall, Slim's, Fillmore, Warfield, and other Livenation venues. Another Planet booked venues like Greek Theatre @ Berkeley, Palace of Fine Arts, etc. Bimbo's. On ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/15/on-sale-soon-051508-edition/ This blog isn't about taking up causes, it's about music. But I will take this quick opportunity to plug the Bay Area Bike to Work Day which is tomorrow Thursday, May 15. I'd encourage you to at least consider it. There will be energizer stations (read: free snacks) around the ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/14/bike-to-work-day/ cred: me My radio show is on the air right now until 5pm PDT on KZSU, 90.1 FM in the Bay Area or online. Tune in! You can play along at home with my playlist, updated as I go. http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/13/i-once-was-canadian-on-the-radio-2/ After quite a bit of anticipation, the the Botticellis (myspace) album Old Home Movies is out today on Antenna Farm Records! I first heard it quite a while ago and I listened to it a lot for long periods of time. A lot of people are describing the band/ album ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/13/the-botticellis-release-cd-to-perform-live-on-kzsu-tomorrow/ Three different friends independently sent me this video in the last few days, so it seems people are pretty into the idea. It's a UK band called the Get Out Clause that apparently filmed their video with 80 of Britain's CCTV cameras and then got copies by invoking the Data ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/12/youve-seen-this-video-by-now/ Apparently, my mixtapes come out every month. This is what I'm told, at least. Oops. You can download the zip file with the following: 1. mp3s of the songs 2. liner notes (pdf) 3. playlist files (iTunes txt file and an m3u file) (for the iTunes file, simply import all the songs to your ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/11/announcing-march-april-2008-mix-tape/ What good is music if it doesn't help you deal with your reality? Recent events have brought this song to mind. Edvard Grieg - Funeral March in Memory of Richard Nordraak (mp3) [audio:http://ipickmynose.com/mp3s/02%20Funeral%20March%20in%20Memory%20of%20Richard%20Nordraak.mp3] I played this piece many years ago, when I was a budding trumpeter in a brass ensemble in school. ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/10/in-memory-of/ To round out my San Francisco International Film Festival 2008 coverage, I have a couple more movies I saw in the last days Glass: A Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts (which I somehow missed in my music-related film overview, but I caught on thanks to the Deli SF) is ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/10/sfiff-08-glass-a-portrait-of-philip-in-12-parts-and-medicine-for-melancholy/ Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/09/song-obsession-friday-for-the-week-ending-may-9/ On Tuesday I saw the Morning Benders play an in-store Virgin Megastore. They put on a solid set as always including many from their new album. People even danced (after a little encouragement from Chris). http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/08/the-morning-benders-virgin-megastore-photos/ Posted every Thursday On Sale Soon is a weekly series of the tickets going on sale that weekend. Where to get tickets: The Independent, Great American Music Hall, Slim's, Fillmore, Warfield, and other Livenation venues. Another Planet booked venues like Greek Theatre @ Berkeley, Palace of Fine Arts, etc. Bimbo's. Pre-sale ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/08/on-sale-soon-050808/ Last night I went over to the the Bottom of the Hill to see Laura Veirs (myspace) and Liam Finn (myspace). I'd seen Liam before, at the same venue, in fact. The set was quite similar, as was my reaction: I liked some of his loop-heavy songs and disliked others ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/06/laura-veirs-solo-w-liam-finn-bottom-of-the-hill-photos-review/ P4K's reporting that reunited My Bloody Valentine will be playing the SF Design Concourse in September. Wait, so you're putting the most perfectly distorted band ever in a large and long metal box? I recommend against going to shows there anyway, but this one just takes the cake. That place ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/06/worst-booking-of-the-year/ This is an action packed post, kiddos. Brace yourselves! The Morning Benders, talking through tin cans; photo by Adrian Bischoff The Morning Benders (myspace) release their debut album, Talking Through Tin Cans today on Plus One Records. They've got a pretty kickin' deal going that if you buy their digital album, you ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/06/the-morning-benders-release-album-interview-in-store-cd-release-shows-etc-etc/ I was in San Diego for the weekend visiting an old friend. When I was glancing through Two Sheds' (myspace) tour schedule, I saw a date down there for the weekend that I was going. As anyone who knows me or reads my blog can attest, I'm basically evangelical about ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/05/two-sheds-bar-pink-elephant-san-diego/ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco's annual folk, bluegrass, old-timey and country festival held in Golden Gate Park every October, has announced their first acts for vol. 8, 2008. Mark your calendars for October 3-5, 2008. The line up includes: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett Loudon Wainwright III Gogol Bordello Hazel ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/04/hardly-strictly-bluegrass-announces-first-acts-will-be-an-awesome-free-fest-once-again/ Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/02/song-obsession-friday-for-the-week-ending-may-2/ As predicted Geographer brought their lush pop down to KZSU last night. It was the third time I'd seen them live and it looks like the last two times weren't just getting lucky. They're consistently good. Here's their set list: Rushing In, Rushing Out Each Other's Ghost Asleep Can't You Wait Sad-eyed Casio Wonderful Native Son Heaven Waits Most ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2008/05/01/geographer-on-kzsu-photos-set-list-exclusive-mp3s/