September 27, 2009 Abbot Kinney Festival Venice, CA Let’s just say: you’ve been warned – Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros have arrived. The Abbot Kinney Festival is a free annual event in Venice, California, that includes music, food, and merchandise vendors. It seems to get more and more crowded every year. People patiently maneuver [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 25, 2009
What You Can Learn From Sondre Lerche (A Night At The Troubadour)
September 24, 2009 The Troubadour, LA Last night I was fortunate enough to attend Sondre Lerche‘s sold-out show at The Troubadour. Before we jump into the details, here’s what I learned during the show: It’s all about simplicity – you don’t need a lot of equipment. . . or any equipment at all The better [...]
September 25, 2009
One eskimO – What Do They Have In Common With The Strokes?
September 24, 2009 LP33.tv Studios Last night I posted a review of One eskimO’s live performance at The Hotel Cafe. I thought they were great and really wanted to share some video with you so you could see for yourself. Instead, I adhered to The Hotel Cafe’s no-filming policy and simply sat back happily and [...]
September 24, 2009
One eskimO and The Hotel Cafe
One eskimO Live at The Hotel Cafe September 23, 2009 There are many things I love about going to The Hotel Cafe, one of them being its close proximity to Amoeba Music. So after getting my quick vinyl fix and marveling at the irony that they seem to have more trouble selling CDs than keeping [...]
September 17, 2009
The 2nd Biggest Surprise: Metric and Phoenix at The Greek
I don’t remember what the 1st biggest surprise was, but I do remember the original title of this post: To Anyone Who Dreamed To Have a Life Without a Boss. . . To find out why that was the original title, click “play” and watch the video below. Or, if you prefer to play a [...]
September 11, 2009
Nine Inch Nails: Wave Goodbye (at The Wiltern, the final show)
The Wiltern Theater, LA September 10, 2009 There’s not much to say. Last night marked the final performance for Nine Inch Nails for the foreseeable future and I was standing 5 feet from the stage. It doesn’t get much better than that. In fact, it might not get any better than that. Unless, of course, [...]
September 11, 2009
Nine Inch Nails – Wave Goodbye
and goodnight… It’s 3:15am and I’m exhausted. It still hasn’t really hit me that this was NIN’s last show. I kind of got used to seeing them every-other day. Videos are uploading. Feet are throbbing. A proper review, videos, and pics will be posted in the next day or 2. In the meantime:
September 9, 2009
Nine Inch Nails – Henry Fonda Will Never Be The Same
and neither will LA. Nor live music. Henry Fonda Theater NIN Wave Goodbye Tour, night 3 September 8, 2009 “Wait – wasn’t Sunday’s show at the Echoplex supposed to be the last one??” For those of you who haven’t been following the events surrounding the final four Nine Inch Nails shows, there were some. . [...]
