my upcoming show/event list is getting out of hand

I should just go ahead and try for 33 shows this year...with 6 down, this is what I have purchased for the next few months. I'm slowly falling in love with the Rio as a venue, and the Crepe Place has been letting me down. :)

Tonight - Prince
Friday - Steve
March 3 - JJ Grey at Moe's Alley
March 5 - House of Floyd at Rio
March 6 - Tom Freund at Moe's
March 8 - Heartless Bastards at Moe's
March 23 - Sharks Game
April 4 - Ani DeFranco w/ Mike at Rio
April 6 - Dark Star Orchestra w/ Mike at Catalyst
April 10 - Santa Cruz 1/2 Marathon
April 17 - Cirque du Soleil
April 29 - James McMurtry at Rio
May 15 - Bay to Breakers 12k Run (w/ Danny)

Ray LaMontagne

Okay, I already loved him and his perfect and beautiful voice...and then Rescue Me uses him all the time as the soundtrack to all these really emotionally awesome moments (making me love him and firefighters so much more if that was possible) and now I am listening to Pandora and then are playing his song about Meg White and I just think that I want to marry him.

I don't think I could run without music. I'm so, so so glad that I decided to do the "one headphone allowed" thing (and pinned the other to my bib)...it was definitely worth it to have my music out there.

Check out Sunday

Treasure Island Music Fest

I may be in Socal - but I love that we have festivals like this in the Bay. :)

live musica

I am taking the boy to see Todd tonight. :)

music in context

Has there ever been a band, that you thought you didn't like, but in the end, you heard them in a different place and context and couldn't believe you didn't like them before? I've been in the "I need to blast the black keys through my ear drums" mood this past week or two at work, and I'm finding that while I rarely found myself drawn to anything more than the trendiest of White Stripes songs in the past, in the context of this station on Pandora and my need for that raw amplified electric guitar, I'm finding they are delicious and wonderful. It is very weird, because I can remember being pretty unenthusiastic about them before, but now, wow!

I have not watched this yet, but thought you might like it.

Chuck Prophet Documentary

very excited!

this week's strabucks free song is a richard hawley song! i've known about this guy for YEARS and he's always reminded me of gregory page. i always want to say "the british gregory page" but then i remember that gregory IS british. oops.

:)

so, if this guy can get into starbucks and have tons of people hear his song, then gregory can too! hope is on the horizon!

Ha.

Questions of the Day

What were some CDs that you had forgotten you had buried in your collection when you sold them? What were some that you were embarrassed to bring to the counter?

I am going to put together a CD for my friend Kim, of songs she can sing to her kid. I'm going to put a lot of Steve on there, so there is Sugar Boogers and the cover of the Shel Silverstein song that he sings sometimes...can you think of any other Steve songs that are "child friendly"? Can you think of any other awesome pop culture songs other than "Sweet Child of Mine" that would be neat to put on there as well?

so...

i'm beginning to realize why these "auxiliary" cds weren't on my itunes - besides the fact that i didn't have room.

i have pretty questionable taste in music sometimes. the dave matthews phase? REALLY??? can these songs BE any longer?!?! it's like he's hypnotizing me! i'm SO glad i've blacked that time out of my memory. i went to A LOT of dave matthews shows. far too many for someone who's not a frat boy stoner.
and all the fiddling. i mean, i LOVE me some fiddle, but i have, like, 14 MILLION cds of it. and the lorena mckennitt. it's bedtime music. only it's bedtYme music that will make my dream of flowing dresses, dragons, knights and kilts - marred with turkey leg stands.

oy!

mr. jones by counting crows

this has to be one of the worst songs ever.

Chart of the Day

How to pick your new favorite indie band

seriously

i know i may sound nuts with this guy lately, but i just got the crescendo today... you HAVE to check out joel plaskett. the first one to get is his latest "three". it's a TRIPLE. ALBUM. talk about balls! and it's like fred van vactor and ryan made this canadian thing. it's gorgeous and fun.

steve's with him in canada now recording 10 songs (or so) with him for his "dreamhouse" thing. hearing this album FINALLY makes me excited to hear something steve's done/doing.

you can only get the album on amazon (or his website) because american distributors are LAME.

here. http://www.amazon.com/Three-Joel-Plaskett/dp/B001TIFPGG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1251897515&sr=8-1

seriously.

link whore

If I were rich and creative, I'd order one of these for Steve with something neat on it. This is a great idea.

this made me think of you

http://textsfromlastnight.com/view/51949

that boy

You know, every time I see him play, I just laugh...girls must STEAM ROLL OVER THAT MAN. *sigh* And to think about him in bed... He's a GREAT guitar player, but wow...he's just a shy passive man...who needs to find a person to help him locate the top button of his shirt.

Pandora

Who the hell are these Wilco people and why do they keep wanting to put their depressing music on my Ryan station? I'm new to this Pandora stuff, but I don't like their recommending that band so much when I keep saying thumbs down. Am I missing something? Am I supposed to like them, and they are just being insistent?

Thank you...WHEEEE!

...I would have never found Matt - I wouldn't be famous!

Oh my god - Virginia 2004

First of all...
*I* am the one with THIS photographic evidence!


And then - OMG!!!! Where did you GO?! HOW IS THIS YOU?!


And awe, it's like our first picture in love! I'm pretty sure we made out shortly after this.


This picture of you and Bill - AMAZING!

HAHAHAHAHA

______ couldn't sell enough tickets for tonight, so they are now backdooring them using Goldstar event deals...50% off!! $24 for $45.00 seats. I should have looked at my email yesterday...

Singer-Songwriter _____ in a Solo Acoustic Concert at The Warfield
The Warfield (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, Jul. 28 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $45.50 Our Price: $24.00

_____ performs a solo acoustic show at the historic Warfield theater. The singer-songwriter first attracted notice with her 1995 album Pieces of You, which spawned the hit "Who Will Save Your Soul" and became one of the best-selling debut albums of all time. Since then, she has released seven additional albums, including 2009's Lullaby. Ashley Monroe also performs