http://blog.ipickmynose.com a mostly indie music blog Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:52:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Zydeco night at Rock n Bowl I was in New Orleans with some friends over New Year's and I keep thinking back on the first three nights we were there. They were among the most satisfying consecutive nights of music I've had. And the great thing is that they were standing ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2010/02/15/three-recommendations-for-shows-in-new-orleans/ I couldn't get a few songs by the Tallest Man on Earth out of my head in 2009 I'm not going to make a best-of 2009 list (thought I did post one other best of 2009 list). I have about 2/3 of the year covered well but the rest of the ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2010/01/06/top-song-obsessions-for-2009/ Sandy from Slowcoustic asked me if I wanted to take part of his "Best of...Bloggers" series and I was happy to take part. This originally appeared at there. I had a bit of a hard time deciding what "Best of" I could do for 2009 since my music involvement has ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/12/21/best-personal-music-moments-or-top-memorable-music-moments-of-2009/ This blog started because friends would ask me what I was listening to so I just started keeping track online. Well, more often than that, I would get psyched about a band and email a bunch of friends about them. I haven't been exposed to as much new music lately, ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/11/22/pretty-whispery-folk-from-a-weather/ Rural Alberta Advantage by ipickmynose "Wow" "...wow. That was ... great." I was backstage at the Bottom of the Hill for the ipickmynose presents show with the Rural Alberta Advantage. It was just me, Nils and a guy named Travis from KALX--Amy and Paul had gone back to their hotel to ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/11/07/the-rural-alberta-advantages-stunning-acoustic-in-the-summertime/ One may wonder how I'm so lucky. I often wonder the same thing. A great going away party has all your friends, plenty of good conversation, and maybe some beer if you're into that sort of thing. Add to that an intimate, acoustic performance by one of your favorite musicians ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/09/25/john-vanderslice-secret-house-show-videos-photos/ This is emphatically not a return to form. I've been sharing songs with friends and I thought it was a bit silly to not share them here too. colo(u)rful houses in Bo Kaap I quite like this Alberta Cross song. The whole album is good, too, though I don't love ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/08/26/dont-call-it-a-comeback-because-it-aint/ So the month is up. I sit here with my bags packed, an empty apartment now across town and a boarding pass ready to be printed. This is it, the end of ipickmynose as we know it. What that actually means is yet to be seen, but I know I'm ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/08/02/the-room-is-still-there-the-light-is-just-off-or-the-restaurant-is-closed-but-the-tables-are-still-set/ Starting with an impromptu invitation to John Vanderslice four years ago, I hosted a string of a dozen and an half bands on KZSU, including some of my favorite local bands. I've decided to compile some of my favorite songs from those sessions into a digital album that I'm offering ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/08/01/ipmn-kzsu-the-ipickmynose-sessions-digital-album-free/ 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/2009/07/31/song-obsession-friday-for-the-week-ending-july-31-last-one/ A while ago I asked my friend Natalie if she'd help me put together a guide to concert photography. We each shoot scores of shows a year and have talked a lot about the various issues with concert photography many times before, so it made sense to me to put ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/31/how-to-guide-to-concert-photography/ 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, Shoreline, and other Livenation venues, the Warfield. Another Planet booked venues like Greek Theatre @ Berkeley, Palace of Fine Arts, ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/30/on-sale-soon-073009-edition/ I have some strong opinions on how to write and run a music blog. I thought I'd share some of my recommendations on that. If you don't feel like reading my opinions about this, tune in tomorrow for a different post entirely. I realize I'm not the right person to ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/29/how-to-write-a-music-blog/ If you listened to my radio show you almost definitely heard me play soul and you probably heard me play some soul gospel. There's so compelling about some of it--fervor mixed with hard soul. I've pulled out some my favorites to share here. Soul Gospel 8: Shirley Ann Lee - There's a ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/28/gospel-soul-8-plus-two-bonus-tracks/ Or, the Whale @ Cafe du Nord during Noise Pop 2008 This week there are a couple cool events with lots of good local bands. Friday hols Regional Bias, the Bay Bridged's benefit show, in store for us. Two bands that I always enjoy live are playing: French Miami and Or, ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/26/bay-bridged-benefit-show-or-the-whale-french-miami-and-dorkfest-heavenly-states-french-miami-railcars-this-week/ 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/2009/07/24/song-obsession-friday-for-the-week-ending-july-23/ 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, Shoreline, and other Livenation venues, the Warfield. Another Planet booked venues like Greek Theatre @ Berkeley, Palace of Fine Arts, ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/23/on-sale-soon-072309-edition/ My dad only listens to classical music. And even Stravinsky or Ives are too modern for him. He likes the old stuff. So I got a fair dose of classical music growing up. At some point when I was in elementary I heard the March of the Toreadors from the ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/21/vintage-song-obsession-bizet-the-march-of-toreadors-1990-1991/ David Bazan by Adrian Bischoff I don't think I was the only Pedro the Lion fan that was a bit disappointed with Achilles Heel. There are some good songs on it ("Start Without Me" for instance), but it just didn't seem to fit together right to me. And then there ... http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/21/lost-vinyl-gem-david-bazan-the-poison-makes/ It's time for some more of my blackdrop portrait series. Andrew Kenny of the Wooden Birds (and American Analog Set) by Adrian Bischoff Greg Barkley of Oh No! Oh My! by Adrian Bischoff the Rural Alberta Advantage by Adrian Bischoff Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers by Adrian Bischoff http://blog.ipickmynose.com/2009/07/19/more-blackdrop-portraits-wooden-birds-oh-no-oh-my-rural-alberta-advantage-great-lake-swimmers/