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I think, I think, I think, I think too much...

The Format played Slims last night. As some of us know... Street To Nowhere is on tour with The Format. The other 2 bands playing that night were Rainer Maria and Anathallo. Anathallo opened. They were interesting to say the least. Very entertaining to watch. Heh… very entertaining… I don't really feel like going into detail about their set so I'm not. They were good. Street to Nowhere played after them. It was great seeing them after a couple months. Maybe I'm crazy but while they have been touring Dave has changed the style and way he sings certain parts of songs. And that isn’t a good thing as in they didn’t need to change them, but it most definitely isn’t a bad thing. I liked the new sound mucho. So the set was great and I posted some audio blogs of it... hopefully they came out okay... it was my first time doing it, and if all sounds good it shall become a regular thing. (check them out.) As for Rainer Maria, I liked ‘em. The guitarist’s energy was great. As for the singer, in some of her songs her voice sounded somewhat like Cyndi Lauper's. I dug it. Regretfully, I didn't stay for the Format. I'm not going to get into why. So that was the show... If you weren't there... that really sucks for you. But you can make it up by either going to the Matches CD release there on the 15th or to Dear Kerosene’s show at the Bottom of the Hill on the 15th.

Lets see what other happenings were there at the show... The guys from the Matches were there... and Adam of Desa... and Ben of Dear Kerosene... James of Push To Talk... and that’s all I can remember.

News from Dear Kerosene... They have a new drummer. He was in the Bloodhound Gang.

Info about Desa... So they are playing with the matches at slims on the 15th. Their new drummer is coming over from Hawaii to play this show. This is why they haven’t been having many shows, their drummer LIVES in Hawaii... Hopefully he'll abandon his tropical paradise for the lovely bay area.


On another note... sorry I haven’t gotten the calendar updated lately... I'll get on it. Also, I was reading over my previous posts... and I came to notice... My skills when it comes to grammar/spelling aren’t just bad... they are down right horrid... so I’m sorry about that... I'ma start cleaning up some of the old posts and just start being more mindful of the new ones. I just didn't read enough as a kid... what can I say?

Your illiterate blogger,
Paige

So Where Was I?

Ah yes nor cal compilations. The first one (2003)has bands like Once Over, Tragedy Andy, Dexter Danger, Street To Nowhere, The Matches, n The Drive Home plus some other great bands. Some bands featured on the 2004 compilation are My Former Self, 5606, Go On Red, Things Markb, Halfway to Nowhere, and Street To Nowhere. The 2005 one has Audrye Sessions, Overview, Judgement Day, Desa, Tera Melos, My Lars and the Wildlife plus others previously mentioned and more. As for the most recently put out 2006 compilation, there are tracks from Dear Kerosene, Two Seconds, M.C. Lars, The Matches (previously unreleased track Didi), Push To Talk, Minipop, and Scissors For Lefty and more. So what is my suggestion? Go get the compilation bundle..., which includes something like 2003, 2004, and 2005 compilations along with a poster, stickers, and if they are out of pins... possibly the 2006 compilation. Did I mention this was less than $20? Anyways... according to me, Paige, everyone should go order it NOW.


What else was I supposed to catch up on? Oh yes the street to nowhere 7" ... Lately I have been using the word Brilliant to describe Street To Nowhere, and really, it fits. This 7" I found to be quite amazing. From the cover of Hallelujah (yes over done but when its done this well... that really doesn’t matter.) to the heart felt It's Not Me to the "hidden" track (which I happened to know about before hand) which was unexpected to say the least. The whole thing was just pure brilliance. So about that "hidden" track that I happen to not know the title of... I loved it and yet... I didn’t know how to respond to it. To see that song preformed live would be... I can't even think of a word to describe. So in the theme of today’s post, everyone should go order this as well. Don’t have a record player? I don’t care. Go buy 1, go raid your grandparent’s house, go steal yours back from your dad (what I did), get 1 some how… I don’t want to know, but get 1 and listen to this 7”. You’ll be glad you did.

Well ... I'm pretty sure that catches me up. Yay.. Now to go write a post on last night’s show at slims.


-Paige

Uhm... ya..

So...it only took me like 2 weeks to get this up... but in my defense.. I’ve been busy... with things like my birthday, soccer, and school just started. Anyways… where did I leave off? Okay so… there was this show at my friends house in his garage... but… I really don’t feel like posting anything about that.. therefore I’m not going to, well other than dreams die first were playing when I got there and as I’ve said before, they are GOOD.

This post is going to be more aimed on CDs n stuff... my brother got the nor cal compilation bundle for me for my birthday... and since they were out of pins they sent the nor cal compilation 2006 in its place. sweet deal much?... anyways.. These compilations are really good. All have solid bands on ‘em. oh shit.. I gots to go. So much for getting caught up. I'll finish this in another post later I guess...

peace,
Paige

Hey Hey Hey

(This was started 2+ weeks ago. Heh… what can I say?) So I was sitting n listening to the decomposer sample medley the Matches were kind enough to put up on their myspace for their fans to check out and get an idea of just how great this new album is going to be…. And I thought I should probably put a post up about the show I was at Saturday… but on the subject of the matches… go check out this music sample… and you tell me… has their sound changed? It really does seem like it has on quite a few of these new songs. But back to the show… and in remembrance of the show… I think ill listen to the free CD I got from Scott Vicknair of Poor Bailey.

So I went to the Oakland metro on Saturday to check out some bands… but then again… why else would I be there?… (besides that casino night they had there on the 5th, and all the other events besides shows they have there) and I could blame this late post (haha funny thing is .. this late post got even later… ) on the fact my internet was out on Sunday…. But really, I must recognize my great talent of being a slacker… nnnneways… the show was cool. It went like this… The Sex Offenders, LikeWise, Cold Hot Crash, Scott Vicknair of Poor Bailey, and Secondhand Serenade. The Sex Offenders were interesting to watch… heh… hard to describe their set…uhm.. ya.. so… then.. LikeWise (this post will be continued later due to my computer wiggin out)

Hey I’m back.. soo.. the metro show. I liked LikeWise.. atleast what I remember of the set… seeing as how it was awhile ago. Not bad. I’d been trying to get out to see Cold Hot Crash for a long time.. maybe 6 months?.. so finally getting out to see them was a treat. Yes I did just say that. I dig their sound... majorly. Some catchy tunes there. Scott of Poor Bailey was very enjoyable… I really liked his drug song.. man I really should write posts sooner.. I can’t even remember song titles. During Scott’s set I really did notice just how unpacked the metro was. Usually when I’m at shows at this venue there are way way more people. This time it was basically the guys from the bands playing and 20 others… okay… maybe 27?. Actually hell! Who really knows? I happen to be very bad with judging that type of stuff. Anyways this small crowd made the set just that much better. It’s one of the things I really like about being involved with the local scene. Some shows you go to end up being like this one with not many people and everything is just more personal. So ya, the atmosphere was pretty sweet. I saw John (of secondhand serenade) a while back at Historic Sweets Ballroom. I knew then and there the guy had skill. So when I got a chance to talk to him at his show it didn’t surprise me all that much when he told me he was close to signing with a label. Example being Capitol Records. As for his set, I really liked it. It’s not quite my type of music… but good enough that that doesn’t matter.


Well… that’s all I had to update on this post… now to go write a post on what I’ve been up to since I started writing this post some odd weeks ago…

-Paige


Check out the bands mentioned:


The Matches
http://www.thematches.com
http://www.myspace.com/thematches
LikeWise
http://www.myspace.com/likewise
Cold Hot Crash
http://www.myspace.com/coldhotcrash
http://www.coldhotcrash.com
Poor Bailey
http://www.myspace.com/poorbailey
http://www.poorbailey.com
Secondhand Serenade
http://www.secondhandserenade.com
http://www.myspace.com/secondhandserenade

Check out venues mentioned:

The Oakland Metro
http://www.oaklandmetro.org

I AM A SLACKER

Well not really, but sorta. Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been kinda busy n what not. I have to post 2 show review things and then talk bout some CDs n other stuff i ordered... sooo... basically... main topics of the posts to come will be: Secondhand Serendae, Poor Bailey, The Sex Offenders, LikeWise, The Dismay, The Cassavettes, The Ax Affect, some other bands i dont remeber the names of, Agent Records NorCal compilations (note the s as in plural), and Street To Nowhere's 7". So check back within the next week for those... heh... hopefully in the next week.. Oh and Street To Nowhere has a show at Slims in SF on Aug. 28th with the Format. Be there or be SQUARE. Get tickets in advance.


Chao,
Paige