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The Black Heart Procession
The Black Heart Procession's new album, Six, will be released 10.6.9 on Temporary Residence Ltd. Listen to Rats

Barnaby Monk's Club Crawler
Thursday 2
Reggae’s dancehall duke Junior Reid makes his home nearest the genre’s roots in Kingston, Jamaica. Recording and touring since he was 15 years old, the 44-year-old former Black Uhuru vocalist doesn’t spend much time there but says his worldliness informs his dub riddims. Reid’s a vibrant performer who’s remained relevant by working with the likes of Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, and the Soup Dragons (!?). Check out last year’s Live in Berkeley CD/DVD for a primer. Reid appears at Bay Park’s Brick by Brick alongside High Tide and Without Papers.... Hardcore head-trippers Long and Short of It’s CAW: An Unkindness of Ravens has been a steady listen around Reader offices this year for its Jesus Lizard juice and '80s art-core audacity. Ben Johnson’s the new David Yow. Question is: what do we do with the old David Yow? (Not to worry, Jesus Lizard is back at it and will be here in October, buds!) In the mean, get geared up at Radio Room tonight with Long and Short, Mount Vicious (SF), and the Archons.... More blippage: Heavy Cessna lands at the Ken with Revenge Club and Snake Babies...and bad-ass song-and-dance man Ben Vereen checks in at Anthology for two nights. Seriously, the cat’s a Broadway institution.

Friday 3

Supersuckers, hit the beach at Canes Saturday night. Rock-rolling cow-punk style for nigh on 20 years now, the Suckers make their hay onstage and are indeed an act to be reckoned with. Couple them with Stray Cat bass slapper Lee Rocker, who sets the seaside stage, and you’ve got the ingredients for an all-out barn-burner. Check out Rocker’s Alligator debut Black Cat Bone. Dude rules the rockabilly roost.... She doesn’t care about her bad reputation, and why should she? Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have had so many chart-toppers — “I Love Rock ’n Roll,” “Crimson and Clover,” “Do You Want to Touch Me,” just to name a few. Ms. Jett and the rest’ll ride the midway at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Friday night.... Else: well-aged SanFran punk band Samiam plays the Ken with North County warblers Tiltwheel...groove-oriented garage rockers Ded Pigeons drop on Soda Bar with dynamic duo the Dabbers...she-rockers Stone Foxes and Anna Troy join L.A. alts the Tender Box at Ruby Room...one-man band Pant Hoots and alt-pop act Thin Man split a bill at Bar Pink...and Casbah does its dance deal Jivewire for your pre-Fourth fling. more

Lights - Rites (Drag City) Eric Nielsen 6.27.9 Release date 7.21.9

This Lights album Rites kicks ass in a genre that doesn't kick too often. The first song on the album, Heavy Drops, sets up with gently saturated guitars with Richard Thompson keys driving Thelma and Louise up to and off the cliff, where suddenly you're floating, flying, with female soothings by Sophia Knapp and Linnea Vedder, slowly floating down to the river rocks shimmering. You veer up off the bottom with the rich "Heavy Drops Fall Down" chorus backed with some psychadelic wah wah guitar, punctuated by some great Jerry Garcia runs pushing the out with heavy Indian Jewelry tones. Suffice it to say the guitar playing on the entire album is delightful without being dickish or smarmy pop. more


Listen to Bjork's Voltaic
All is Full of Love
Declare Independence

MP3
Elizabeth & The Catapult - Taller Children
Sakura - Bannister
Bachelorette - Mindwarp (2009)
Magik Markers - Don't Talk In Your Sleep (2009)
Akron/Family - River (2009)
Senkay - Soon the Worms (2006)
thuja - untitled
spoelstra - i got issues the shape of italy
Neko Case - People Got A Lot of Nerve
High Mountain Tempel - The Glass Bead Game - The Ascended Master Moves On (Hang Gliding in Heaven)
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe

School of Rock Bulletin Board
School of Rock Story 6.16.9
M Sits in a Jam / Works In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at Band Practice Over the weekend, we jammed with a drummer-friend, and Maya sat in for about 10 minutes on the set while he played some heavier guitar. At first, she was a bit intimidated to play in front of a drummer (besides her teacher), but after a bit, jumped on the set and started right up with confidence. more

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7.3.9 - The Tender Box at the Ruby Room
7.7.9 - Singer Songwriter Competition at Humphrey's Backstage Show Starts at 7:20pm. The Sign-in starts at 6:00pm - 7:00.
1st place $200 2nd place $100 3rd place $50 Top 5 Qualify for the 8.11.9 Showcase with a first place prize of $500 and a Showcase at Humphrey's Backstage. Free
7.10.9 - The Steps at the Casbah, Mentor.org Family Movie Night at Memorial Park
7.11.9 - Kill Me Tomorrow, Flexions, Bronze, DJ Mario Orduno at the Casbah
7.16.9 - Three Mile Pilot at the Belly Up
7.17.9 - Mentor.org Family Movie Night at Southcrest Park
7.18.9 - Jessica Lea Mayfield at the Loft at UCSD
7.23.9 - X at the Belly Up
7.24.9 - Pistolera at the Loft at UCSD, Mentor.org Family Movie Night at Mt. View Park
7.25.9 - Snoop Dogg and Slightly Stoopid at Cricket
7.29.9 - Castanets at the Casbah
7.30.9 - Stellastar at the Casbah
8.1.9 - Elizabeth & The Catapult at the Casbah, Freddie McGregor at the Worldbeat Center
8.2.9 - Reel Big Fish at the Wavehouse
8.22.9 - Arrested Development at the Belly up
8.3.9 - Toots and the Maytals at the Belly Up
8.28,29.9 - Street Scene Mastodon, Calexico, Devendra Banhart, Calexico, Wavves and more Downtown
9.24.9 - Taste of Downtown
10.4.9 - Dinosaur Jr at the Belly Up
10.14.9 - Jesus Lizard at the Casbah
10.20.9 - Bob Mould at The Belly Up
10.23.9 - The Scene Aesthetic at the Epicentre

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Upcoming Releases
6.23.9
Yahowha 13 - Magnificence Of The Memory

Astra - The Weirding

Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship
8.25.9
Willie Nelson - American Classic
9.8.9
Om - God is Good
9.22.9
Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw and The Beasts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S ...
collected from some viral email.....
You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.


You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.



You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.



You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!).



You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.



You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days. YEAH!



You owned a "Slip-n-Slide," on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.  


You owned "Klick-Klacks" and smacked yourself in the face more than once.




You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill." People sometimes thought you were a boy.


Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.



You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.


You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.


You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits.


You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.  


You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color. (Oh yeah!)

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals (is this an east coast thing?).


You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Olson!

You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink!

Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket.

When you walked, the "wings" flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna "take off"!

You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.  With the thermos inside!  


You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.

YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!

It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV.  Your Mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!

You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?"


You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record albums.

You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-sticks, God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.

You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your T-shirts!

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.  



You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.



You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)



You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.


You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first "real" perfume you ever owned.


You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip gloss till it almost dripped off.


PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR 30 OR 40-SOMETHING GIRLFRIENDS.


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