Entries from November 2006

November 20, 2006

Portland, Oregon

Katy.

Syd Barrett Memorial, 9th Ave. SE and Tacoma Parkway.

November 11, 2006

Some Random Cellphone Pictures on a Saturday Afternoon

Kohoutek at West Nile, Brooklyn – 11/10/2006

Shrimp Ducks

Bishops at Large at Tonic, New York – 10/27/2006

Blues Control at Goodbye Blue Monday, 9/19/2006

Close Shave

November 8, 2006

On the Day After Victory, More Depressing Obituaries

Neither of these are breaking news, but that’s not what matters anyway. I thought I’d write a post to acknowledge two terrible, self-inflicted deaths by two interesting artists – both of which, while gigantic bummers, may be somehow something to learn from.
Jason DiEmilio of the Azusa Plane recently took his life, apparently spurred by recent [...]

November 5, 2006

BURNED OUT? Not Yet Anyways – Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (Ace Fu) CD

So sorry that I haven’t updated in ages, been super-busy and super-procrastinatin’. Lots of stuff in the pipeline, though, that I should have finished soon – most of it intended for publication in the latest issue of Swingset.. Will let you know when they’re ready. In the meantime, there’s this AMT takedown in this week’s [...]

November 4, 2006

R.I.P. Larissa Strickland

Read this morning on the internets that Larissa Strickland (far left), guitarist of the Laughing Hyenas and L-Seven (not the L.A. all-chick band) has died. Such a huge bummer, she was an amazingly awesome and staggeringly good guitarist. Enjoyed seeing the Hyenas multiple times as a teenager, and was lucky to party (not too hardy) [...]