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Monday, September 17, 2007

Hip Hop Tour block

Oh what? The Ironman and the Mic Fiend. The Sense and the Tip (plus the Rhyme Inspector). No Shit


Ghostface / Rakim
10-29 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip
10-30 San Diego, CA - 4th & B
10-31 Long Beach, CA - The Vault
11-01 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
11-02 San Francisco, CA - The Mezzanine
11-03 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
11-04 Seattle, WA - Showbox
11-07 Park City, UT - Harry O's
11-08 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
11-09 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
11-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11-12 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
11-13 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Theater
11-15 New Haven, CT - Toads Place
11-16 New York, NY - Nokia Theater
11-17 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
11-18 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11-21 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero

Common / Q-Tip / Percee P
09-22 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
09-24 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
09-25 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
09-27 Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend
09-28 Greensboro, NC - N Club
09-29 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
09-30 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
10-01 Atlanta, GA - Earthlink Live
10-03 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
10-05 Washington, DC - Love
10-06 Worcester, MA - The Palladium
10-07 New York, NY - Nokia Theatre
10-08 Norfolk, VA - Norva
10-10 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy

In other news, fuck Dan Deacon, U-Turn is fucking dead, and Pissed Jeans are badass.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Qui at the Echo

First of all, I managed to take some photos


All of the pictures I took are posted and there is no guarantee on quality. Some are really cool, and some are really funnily bad. Leave comments if you want.

For those of you unfamiliar with Qui, they're a rock band that's been around for a few years. They used to be a two-piece (guitar and drums), but recently acquired the infamous David Yow. This is sort of weird because it could almost seem like a marketing ploy: I know I wouldn't have heard of Qui or been interested if David Yow wasn't involved. BUT, the group really does have a good chemistry and a fairly new sound. Aside from Yow's brash croon, they don't sound too much like the Jesus Lizard. The melodies are similarly angular, but Matt Cronk's guitar work is much more traditional than Duane Denison's.

Overall, the set was a blast. Yow lost his shirt about two and a half times, spilled more beer than he drank, and his shout for more whiskey was actually successful this time (apparently last time he shouted to the audience about getting more to drink, someone handed him some change, which he then threw back at the audience). I picked up the new album, Love's Miracle, which is also solid (and which I'll also write about more formally later) but doesn't really compare to their live energy. The remaining dates on the tour are listed here, and you should definitely check them out if you're into the rock.

Three beers and a shot of captain. Excellent.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

nightcap

that festival was a few hours south of seattle and consisted of about 20 dudes at a camp site with a generator.

we didn't end up going on saturday due to time constraints, but it was fun..


and,,,, madlib is in newsweek? wtf?

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

seattle wood

looks like i'm going to be in seattle this weekend playing at a noise festival with my buddies jon g and gordon.




so right now i'm making my noise-manipulating, monome interfacing, motormix moving max patch.

if you're gonna be in seattle, check it out.