World Famous In San Francisco

World Famous In San Francisco is not the only place you can hear shit talking about the Bay Area music scene. Shock jox Patrik and Liza from West Add Radio's Cobain In a Coma have been shit talking for WAY longer than WFISF. Here is a sample of some recent conversation:



Patrik: Don't you have a band that you hate, and want to talk shit about?

Liza: Oh yeah, well, I don't think they're worth mentioning.

Patrik: I love egging on band feuds.

Liza: You guys. That band, Little Teeth, suck okay? Like, some guy emailed me about setting a show up, and he sent me a link to this band Little Teeth. And I thought, why does this sound familure? So I clicked on it...

Patrik: It's Andy (Tisdall)'s  band

Liza: ...it's like the worst part of when that girl from the Cranberries does that freak out thing with her throat.

Patrik: I love when she does that freak out thing with her throat.

Liza: It's really, really bad. It's so fucked. IT'S SO FUCKED.

Patrik: I like Little Teeth because Dannie (Murrie) reminds me of Alanis Morissette. (laughs)

Liza: These are the bands in San Francisco I hate: In the number one slot, Clipd Beaks, Little Teeth... What's with all these beaks and teeth and little things?

Patrik: It's pathetic. They probably all shop at Little Otsu and buy little pieces of paper.

Fan videos are the best. Fans are so scary. Don't EVER tell them that.

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If you feel how I feel, say fuck that shit!

The Pompeii Forever party was awesome, and there will be a post about it sometime this week, but there's one story I'd like to share now. At the end of the evening, when everything was covered in confetti lava from fake Vesuvius, I changed out of my awesome polka dotted toga (sorry, no pictures!) that Hazel made and back into my street clothes. I'd had my camera with me so I set it down next to me while I changed. When I had finished changing, I could not find the camera. Admittedly, I'd had a few drinks so maybe I knocked it on the floor or maybe I hadn't even had it with me. I checked the floor: nope. I asked elton tom: nope. I rummaged around the couch where jocelyn was sacked out: nope. I checked all flat surfaces: nope. I know I'm not that drunk and I'm tired of looking, it must've been stolen. This is a total bummer because a) I liked the photos I got and b) ew, gross. We let the people still at the party know the camera was missing and took off.

A few hours later we get a call saying the camera had been found, so awesome. When I look through the photos I see this:


Me asking elton if he's seen my camera.


Me checking my clothes for my camera.


Probably the guy who took my camera.

OK, so like, I mean no harm no foul and these photos did make me laugh, but seriously. Didn't you go to kindergarten? You don't just take, you ask. Geez!

The Happy Hollows are not the kind of band I usually like. They look really wholesome and really inde. As you've probably figured out by now, I'm more sympathetic to rappers - especially female rappers - Anyway - Will from New and Used Records turned me onto them. Will invited them to play at the Make-Out Room on Thursday. They're driving up all the way from LA for this one show. I'm really excited to see them. They seem original and listenable. That's enough for me, it should be enough for you too. Come out to see them, you might be glad you did.

Holy shit! You MUST WATCH Remy Ma's new video for "Shesus Khryst"



Remy Ma is so death metal. And she always has bleached bangs! What is not to like? She is SO my hero right now. I'm totally over Jesus now! Give me Shesus! I wish we had some female rappers in the Bay like Remy. I have been loving Remy ever since I heard this freestyle on SmashTime radio:

from SF Gate

PLACERVILLE
Jonathan Curiel
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
A couple who allegedly beat a San Francisco man on a Lake Tahoe beach last month will be arraigned today on charges of assault and committing a hate crime, the El Dorado County district attorney said Tuesday.

Joseph Silva, who is in his 50s, and his wife, Georgia Silva, 49, face multiple charges of assault stemming from the July 14 incident. The couple allegedly knocked the Indian American victim to the ground and kicked his face, fracturing several bones.

Minutes before the assault, the Silvas allegedly yelled racial epithets at the victim's fiancee and her cousin, who are also Indian American, District Attorney Peter O'Hara said.

The Silvas, who live in South Lake Tahoe, believed the man, his fiancee and her cousin "were Iraqi or Iranian or Middle Eastern," O'Hara said.

An attorney for the three, Edwin Prather, said the Silvas called them "terrorists" and "relatives of Osama bin Laden." Georgia Silva sat on the male victim while her husband repeatedly kicked him in the head, Prather said.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/22/BAGSRMMLC.DTL

333 recordings!



Originally putting out seven inch records in runs of 333 by the likes of Deerhoof, Crack: We Are Rock, and Curse of the Birthmark, Matt now puts out an excellent podcast for those of us with difficult listening tendencies.

I know Myles writes for this blog now, and that Elton Tom is filling in on drums for the month of august, so its probably a bit gauche to post about these two new Passionistas songs but I can get away with it because I ain't in no band. I don't know where you all were for Logo Moi/The Passionistas/Greg Ashley show last Friday, maybe you were at home googling your own band or nursing your bloody wang, but if you weren't there you fucked up. This show was super fun! The music was loud, everyone looked hot, got drunk, and got laid. Its totally true!

Anyway, check out these songs. My friends were talking about Little Dark Room, but I've been playing Don't Hit Snooze uncontrollably. I've gotta agree with Eva from Logo Moi, "Yeah! Fuck snooze!"

Apparently, Numbers are now a pop band. Maybe this is old news, but maybe there's a lot of people like me who overindulged in this band the summer of 2002 and then couldn't really bear to hear them anymore. At anyrate, I don't know if this is natural evolution or a calculated move since the post punk revival has ended, but either way I was pleasantly surprised when I found I actually wanted to listen to all of the mp3s over at Upset The Rhythm from their new album, Now You Are This. Exciting!

Anyway, they're having a record release this Saturday at the Elbo Room:

hey all! our new record, "now you are this" comes out this week on kill rock stars and we are psyched! come celebrate with us this coming saturday...

that's AUGUST 25th!

@ the ELBO ROOM in san francisco

with

T.I.T.S
&
TUSSLE
&
of course NUMBERS playin all the new jams!

it's gonna be awesome

see ya there!

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Up late one night unable to sleep with my bad back I happened to see this gem on Jimmy Kimmel. Paul Reubens, aka PeeWee Herman, is hilarious. Enjoy!

I'm usually SO annoyed by bands from Olympia. You know why? I'll tell you why: they have it TOO easy! Olympia is the home of K Records and Kill Rock Stars. So it's easy for a mediocre band from the small-ass town of Olympia to get a deal with either of these prestigious labels. All the college radio stations cream their pants for anything with the K or KRS stamp of inde approval. I've seen it before. Why can't Olympia be like any other town? Why can't they have great unsigned bands that break up after not releasing anything?


Fierce Perm is one of those rare bands from Olympia that actually rule. They're not on K or KRS yet... but they deserve it. They played at LADY!! last night, which was pretty rad. It was my first time seeing the band, and I was really impressed. They were really punk rock in the ideal sense. They made their own kind of punk rock. The drummer was gorgeous. He's not my type or anything, but he looked really cool playing the drums. There should be a welfare program for gorgeous drummers. The government should send a check to him because he really shouldn't be doing anything else.


Carletta Sue Kay played right before the perm. Instead of their full rock band, there were only two of them. I liked it better than their show I saw a week earlier at the Eagle. I payed closer attention. Their song selection was phenomenal and they really committed to overindulging. Plus their outfits were OTT.

I'm really sorry to report that I missed Woman of Color. I was drinking white wine at a friend's house. I was not aware of the time. Elton Tom said he really loved their MP3's. We'll report on them soon... I'm thinking they need to create a high-concept MySpace page first.

Why doesn't The Make Out Room ever use its marquee to promote the upcoming shows? Are they too lazy? Are they putting the money they save from not changing it towards a new sound system? Is it because they know nobody's going to come anyway? Come on, its a rock 'n roll club not a sex club!

Gaze love songs where girls talk about how pretty they are. Here is a quick overview of some recent vanity jams:

So there is this girl from Chicago, Kid Sister, who has this song called "Pro Nails." It's about how her nails are really pro or something. She played on Minna St. behind the Mezzanine some weeks ago. I didn't have a chance to go, but it looks like plenty of gaze showed up to represent.



In case you haven't been keeping up with the top 40, there is a song by 17 year old Brooklyn native Lil Mama called "Lip Gloss." It's about how lip gloss can make your outfit, even if your clothes aren't that cute.



A couple years ago there was a great song by Princess and Diamond of Crime Mob featuring Miss Aisha called "Stilettos (Pumps)." It's about how surprising it is that girls can get crunk.



And, for old time's sake, here is Divine with "I'm So Beautiful."

With the exception of Lady, which is already last month's news, I haven't really been going to a lot of 'local' shows. So I'm going to break rank and write a little about Sonic Youth playing all of Daydream Nation and the Grinderman show that the sf_indie list says tickets were impossible to get. You know, because these bands need more press.

Sonic Youth

My friend is talented and somehow bartered our tickets and we ended up in the first row of the Berkeley Community Theater. I guess it was good. The first couple notes of Teenage Riot rang out and it was awesome because that song is undeniable. But then... well we already know what they're going to play and that's a long ass record isn't it? I've always found the last song on that record a little crushing because its really three songs. All right. I get it. You're virtuosos. Isn't this supposed to be punk rock? Oh, right...

Also, I don't remember that record having two encores full of songs from 2006. I think I'm becoming a crotchety old man. Even though we had an amazing view and could see every little thing Lee did (and he's kinda my favorite), I complained about the sound which was fucked because we were sitting directly in front of Lee's amp. I heard other people complaining about the sound too, but its a huge theater. If you weren't ten rows back, center (like our friend LG), the sound sucked. Also, people didn't seem to into Kim's miniskirt and dancing during the encores because she's too old for that. Seriously? Would it have been more age appropriate if she'd traded her face in for plastic?

Grinderman

Actually, after this show I know I'm becoming a crotchety old man because I spent the last part of the show complaining. Why? Because we got to see a bunch of bad seed
s songs rearranged for Grinderman done in a small club. How horrible! I've never been a big Bad Seeds fan, but the songs sounded great and I'll have to check that out
more. A legitimate complaint though: for the last encore they were joined by Henry Rollins and Jello Biafra. What the fuck? The night before, at the Great American, they were joined by Blixa Bergeld. Guess who got the better show?

Anyway, Grinderman tore it up and there's not much else to say. Nick Cave ruled on guitar. Warren Ellis rocked his samples and his guitar but didn't really play his violin that much -- which was kinda sad because I like his playing, but we got that during the encore. They played the whole album, predictably holding No Pussy Blues for the last song. It probably wasn't a 'were you there?' moment, but it was super good. Definitely one of the best shows I've seen in a while.

coconut

but it's certainly not "My Black Muslim Bakery!"

This shit freaks me out!

If you missed them in all their unibrowed glory at Lady last month, don't miss them tonight at 21 Grand. These ladies are relentless.

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