So... the band Shakey Bones... I’ve been talking about them a bit in the recent posts had a BBQ to kinda kick off their tour. So a bunch of people headed to heather farms park in Walnut Creek to chill... smoke... drink... eat... and listen to live music. 'Twas pretty damn cool. Besides the sad attempts at cooking burgers and the 105+ degree weather... I had a good time. Some other kids chilling there were guys from the band… the honey fuckers... I think that was the name... well ya they were cool and had close to the same sound as Shakey Bones.... very humorous songs. This guy Pat was there with his guitar and harmonica, he has a cool thing going on. I hadn't seen him play since this rock show thing at my high school, and then there was this other kid... (Note: I refer to anyone under 30 as kid.... well sometimes over 30 as well.) His music didn’t quite fit in but with the group we were... that kind of stuff really didn’t matter... he rapped... kinda reminded me of a younger rawer MC Lars...maybe a little less talented... I got a sticker from him.. yay... ... so ya.. good day.. good people... good music..
This weekend there are 3 shows at the Oakland metro everyone should check out. Friday the 28th Kid Moe is playing their last show. Sat. the 29th secondhand serenade is playing along with poor bailey and other great bands. Sunday the 30th Shiny Toy Guns and Broken Dolls are playing. Try to make it out to at least one of these shows... should be awesome. (see calendar link for more info... well.. not much.. but some.. maybe)
If you don’t feel like hauling your ass out to Oakland... or do feel like hauling your ass further if you live in SF/ Oakland... my friend Mike Parvizi is playing at the Red House in Walnut Creek on sat. the 29th. Now I don’t support the red house that much... but I do support this guy.. so check him out.
On another note... I'm looking for suggestions... what you like about this blog... what you don’t like... what I need to improve on yadda yadda yadda... so let me know.
Check out the bands listed above:
Kid Moe:
http://www.myspace.com/kidmoe
Rapper kid:
http://www.myspace.com/tmunayymusic
Secondhand Serenade:
http://www.myspace.com/secondhandserenade
http://www.secondhandserenade.com
Shiny Toy Guns:
http://www.myspace.com/shinytoyguns
The Oakland Metro:
http://www.oaklandmetro.org
For links to Shakey Bones, Broken Dolls, and Poor Bailey see previous posts.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
A Whole 10 Days!?... +7 more
.... Since I posted the last entry.... not bad. Since then I have been to warped tour, a show at bourbon street, and the street to nowhere goodbye show. So let the updatation begin! ...(Is updatation a word?.. I don’t think so.. oh well.. it works.)
Vans Warped Tour 2006 July 8th in SF. This was my second year going.... yes.. second.. as in I’ve only been twice... indeed I was once a sheltered child not too long ago... then I got a Ramones CD(even though that was longer than 2 years ago…) and all that changed, but enough rambling. Warped was pretty cool. It was on my good friend Mary's birthday so we went together. Now I had a list of the bands I wanted to check out with the priority ones highlighted... yet… when it comes to everything else in my life.. I am very very very disorganized... I think.... anyways.. on that list were the bands in order of which I wanted to see most (or at least sorta); Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Pink Spiders, Plain White T's, The Casualties, Zebrahead, TAT, The Living End, Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, and Motion City Soundtrack. Now when it came to warped tour in general, Mary and I had different priorities. Sure we both wanted to check out our favorite bands... but her whole time there was focused more on the people there, boys, yadda yadda yadda, where as mine was more enjoying the music and basically... nothing else. Seeing as how it was her birthday I went more along with the people aspect of it all.. In doing so... out of the bands I listed about... I saw... Half a set of the Casualties, the Living End, the Plain White T's, and Less Than Jake. Major bummer eh?.. oh well I’ll get over it.. I liked the bands playing warped tour last year more anyways.. but hey... I didn’t get sunburned!... although I did get randomly attacked by 2 guys in their late 20s early 30s with squirt guns o_0 ... that was interesting... but rather annoying
Bourbon Street show... let me start of by saying I'm not really one for screamo/metalcore/whatever the hell else you call a type of music that involves screaming, but... my friend Nick had his first show and he was in the headlining band.. so of course I was going to go. The 2 opening bands I don’t remember the names of... although I did like the first one... I was also there for the band Dreams Die First, which I have been trying to go see since Evan formerly of Losing Autumn joined as lead vocals. So they went on. Major sound issues. The mic wouldn’t work... and then other wouldn’t work... and then the first one finally started working... But these guys are great. Not quite my style of music... but still sound really good and they put on a great show.
Like 7 … maybe 8..days later….
Ya.. my internet died… so.. I stopped… and then didn’t get around to finishing this post till just now. I find it funny considering the genre of music being played at that show, while writing this I’m listening to America. Anyways... back to Dreams Die First… Evan really rocked it out on vox. And then when Tom (screams/guitar) jumped off stage and into the crowd… man… this band has got the potential to go far… not only with their skill but with their passion… lets just hope for their sake screamo stays “in”. So on to Raze the Living… hahaha play on words…. Raze… look how its spelled… (if you don’t get it… look it up) ..ahem anyways.. for a new band they were damn good. The music was tight and I am in no way bias because I am good friend with the guy on lead vocals when I say the intensity and emotion he put into the performance was mind blowing… I often marvel at Dave Smallen of Street to Nowhere’s ability to connect himself with his music so well and pour out his emotions in his songs in live performances. And really when I think of pouring out emotion… that genre of music is the first that comes to mind… I dare to say that Nick’s performance was on the same level as one of Dave’s in regard to the portrayal of ones emotion…. through different methods...of course. So ya.. that show was cool
Next show….. Street To Nowhere was going on tour with the Format… so… they had a goodbye show at the Oakland Metro. Playing with them were Daniel Berkman, Broken Dolls, Brilliant Red Lights, and Audrye Sessions. I can’t stress enough how much I like Broken Doll’s sound. Now some people have said that they really do like them but they don’t have the sound that is in right now, and therefore don’t think there is much out there for them. I say screw that. There will always be people out there that don’t like the popular music, so they have an automatic fan base right there. Also, I believe that if a band is good enough, it really doesn’t matter if their sound is “in” or if it’s “out”. So to anyone reading this… forget the whole music propaganda people have been feeding you and go listen to the broken dolls.. hell… go see them live… if you like ‘em enough buy a CD or T-shirt. They sell them for $1 each. Well… that was a lovely rant. Sorry, back to the show. Broken Dolls played great although I do miss Dylan’s dreads. Brilliant Red Lights was … interesting. For some reason their music didn’t quite “grab” me, but I did like them. The guys’ stage presence is great and it was a very entertaining set. I really liked their song New Flags. As for Audrye Sessions… that band is just … wow. Audrye Sessions is Audrye Sessions. There is no other way to put it. So that set was just marvelous. And then… Street To Nowhere. Do I really need to say anything? I mean I think I have enough blog entries about this band already. It was great to bare witness to the growth and development of this band in the past year. I remember when it was just Dave, how he barely interacted with the crowd and now, well… you see more of the person behind the music. Oh.. update: Will is officially part of the band. Yay for STN getting an official guitarist! And.. that’s about it.. Aaron of Agent Records set up a flickr as a sort of photoblog while he and the guys tour. Check it out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/57986426@N00
Also, Street To Nowhere is putting out a 7" with agent records. Go order it from the agent records website (check link below)
Learn more about bands/venues mentioned above:
Bourbon Street Bar and Grill:
http://www.bourbonstreetrocks.com/index.html
The Oakland Metro:
http://www.oaklandmetro.org
Dreams Die First:
http://www.myspace.com/dreamsdiefirst
http://www.dreamsdiefirst.com
Raze the Living:
http://www.myspace.com/RAZETHELIVING
Broken Dolls:
http://www.myspace.com/brokendolls
http://www.brokendollsband.com
Brilliant Red Lights:
http://www.myspace.com/brilliantredlights
http://www.brilliantredlights.com
Audrye Sessions:
http://www.myspace.com/audryesessions
Street To Nowhere:
http://www.myspace.com/streettonowhere
http://www.streettonowhere.com
Agent Records:
http://www.myspace.com/agentrecords
http://www.agentrecords.com/index.php
That's all folks,
Paige
Vans Warped Tour 2006 July 8th in SF. This was my second year going.... yes.. second.. as in I’ve only been twice... indeed I was once a sheltered child not too long ago... then I got a Ramones CD(even though that was longer than 2 years ago…) and all that changed, but enough rambling. Warped was pretty cool. It was on my good friend Mary's birthday so we went together. Now I had a list of the bands I wanted to check out with the priority ones highlighted... yet… when it comes to everything else in my life.. I am very very very disorganized... I think.... anyways.. on that list were the bands in order of which I wanted to see most (or at least sorta); Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Pink Spiders, Plain White T's, The Casualties, Zebrahead, TAT, The Living End, Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, and Motion City Soundtrack. Now when it came to warped tour in general, Mary and I had different priorities. Sure we both wanted to check out our favorite bands... but her whole time there was focused more on the people there, boys, yadda yadda yadda, where as mine was more enjoying the music and basically... nothing else. Seeing as how it was her birthday I went more along with the people aspect of it all.. In doing so... out of the bands I listed about... I saw... Half a set of the Casualties, the Living End, the Plain White T's, and Less Than Jake. Major bummer eh?.. oh well I’ll get over it.. I liked the bands playing warped tour last year more anyways.. but hey... I didn’t get sunburned!... although I did get randomly attacked by 2 guys in their late 20s early 30s with squirt guns o_0 ... that was interesting... but rather annoying
Bourbon Street show... let me start of by saying I'm not really one for screamo/metalcore/whatever the hell else you call a type of music that involves screaming, but... my friend Nick had his first show and he was in the headlining band.. so of course I was going to go. The 2 opening bands I don’t remember the names of... although I did like the first one... I was also there for the band Dreams Die First, which I have been trying to go see since Evan formerly of Losing Autumn joined as lead vocals. So they went on. Major sound issues. The mic wouldn’t work... and then other wouldn’t work... and then the first one finally started working... But these guys are great. Not quite my style of music... but still sound really good and they put on a great show.
Like 7 … maybe 8..days later….
Ya.. my internet died… so.. I stopped… and then didn’t get around to finishing this post till just now. I find it funny considering the genre of music being played at that show, while writing this I’m listening to America. Anyways... back to Dreams Die First… Evan really rocked it out on vox. And then when Tom (screams/guitar) jumped off stage and into the crowd… man… this band has got the potential to go far… not only with their skill but with their passion… lets just hope for their sake screamo stays “in”. So on to Raze the Living… hahaha play on words…. Raze… look how its spelled… (if you don’t get it… look it up) ..ahem anyways.. for a new band they were damn good. The music was tight and I am in no way bias because I am good friend with the guy on lead vocals when I say the intensity and emotion he put into the performance was mind blowing… I often marvel at Dave Smallen of Street to Nowhere’s ability to connect himself with his music so well and pour out his emotions in his songs in live performances. And really when I think of pouring out emotion… that genre of music is the first that comes to mind… I dare to say that Nick’s performance was on the same level as one of Dave’s in regard to the portrayal of ones emotion…. through different methods...of course. So ya.. that show was cool
Next show….. Street To Nowhere was going on tour with the Format… so… they had a goodbye show at the Oakland Metro. Playing with them were Daniel Berkman, Broken Dolls, Brilliant Red Lights, and Audrye Sessions. I can’t stress enough how much I like Broken Doll’s sound. Now some people have said that they really do like them but they don’t have the sound that is in right now, and therefore don’t think there is much out there for them. I say screw that. There will always be people out there that don’t like the popular music, so they have an automatic fan base right there. Also, I believe that if a band is good enough, it really doesn’t matter if their sound is “in” or if it’s “out”. So to anyone reading this… forget the whole music propaganda people have been feeding you and go listen to the broken dolls.. hell… go see them live… if you like ‘em enough buy a CD or T-shirt. They sell them for $1 each. Well… that was a lovely rant. Sorry, back to the show. Broken Dolls played great although I do miss Dylan’s dreads. Brilliant Red Lights was … interesting. For some reason their music didn’t quite “grab” me, but I did like them. The guys’ stage presence is great and it was a very entertaining set. I really liked their song New Flags. As for Audrye Sessions… that band is just … wow. Audrye Sessions is Audrye Sessions. There is no other way to put it. So that set was just marvelous. And then… Street To Nowhere. Do I really need to say anything? I mean I think I have enough blog entries about this band already. It was great to bare witness to the growth and development of this band in the past year. I remember when it was just Dave, how he barely interacted with the crowd and now, well… you see more of the person behind the music. Oh.. update: Will is officially part of the band. Yay for STN getting an official guitarist! And.. that’s about it.. Aaron of Agent Records set up a flickr as a sort of photoblog while he and the guys tour. Check it out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/57986426@N00
Also, Street To Nowhere is putting out a 7" with agent records. Go order it from the agent records website (check link below)
Learn more about bands/venues mentioned above:
Bourbon Street Bar and Grill:
http://www.bourbonstreetrocks.com/index.html
The Oakland Metro:
http://www.oaklandmetro.org
Dreams Die First:
http://www.myspace.com/dreamsdiefirst
http://www.dreamsdiefirst.com
Raze the Living:
http://www.myspace.com/RAZETHELIVING
Broken Dolls:
http://www.myspace.com/brokendolls
http://www.brokendollsband.com
Brilliant Red Lights:
http://www.myspace.com/brilliantredlights
http://www.brilliantredlights.com
Audrye Sessions:
http://www.myspace.com/audryesessions
Street To Nowhere:
http://www.myspace.com/streettonowhere
http://www.streettonowhere.com
Agent Records:
http://www.myspace.com/agentrecords
http://www.agentrecords.com/index.php
That's all folks,
Paige
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Good Ol' Downtown Walnut Creek
... so for those of you that dont know me very well... I spend alot of time in downtown walnut creek.. when there aren't any good shows... or i cant get a ride to a show... im in walnut creek hanging out. (come find me and say hi)... anyways... I was down there tonight.. and these guys from the band Shakey Bones were down there playing. It really was great. I think some of the best performances I've seen have been just spur of the moment types of things, but maybe its just the atmosphere that makes them what they are. The Shakey Bones have this folk sound and although i dont usually listen to all that much folk.. i really like 'em... Their presence and energy when they play is inspiring.
so... go see if you like 'em too:
http://www.myspace.com/shakeitorbreakit
yay videos!
... that is all...
-Paige
so... go see if you like 'em too:
http://www.myspace.com/shakeitorbreakit
yay videos!
... that is all...
-Paige
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So I'm trying to spread the word about my blog... if you could copy the code in the text box below and put it up around the internet... like myspace for example... that would be awesome
on another note... I know my views and thoughts on the music and sound of bands.. isn't quite to where everyone respects and listens to my opinions, but if you do want to know what I think about a certain band.. tell me about a show they have coming up.. and if I can, I'll go check it out and post a blog on the whole experience..
If you are in a band and have a banner... let me know.. if i like you guys I'll see what i can do about puting it up on my blog.
E> Paige
on another note... I know my views and thoughts on the music and sound of bands.. isn't quite to where everyone respects and listens to my opinions, but if you do want to know what I think about a certain band.. tell me about a show they have coming up.. and if I can, I'll go check it out and post a blog on the whole experience..
If you are in a band and have a banner... let me know.. if i like you guys I'll see what i can do about puting it up on my blog.
E> Paige
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