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Qveen Herby at the Castro

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:29:53 +0000

There's a lot to process about last night. I'll get to it laster today. This is just a placeholder for now.

For you uninitiated, may I present her majesty, Queen Herby

Bollywood Music

Tue, 12 May 2026 08:05:12 +0000

Stay in Bloom (Dabin) @ Frost

Sat, 02 May 2026 15:20:37 +0000

NOTES:

Dabin as in dab in not dah-bin
Last time I was here for rock med was the Grateful Dead 5/6/89
342 Jennifer verage
So wasian so kawaiiiiiii
Some folks rockin tradition qipao & robes. Where the f was this when I was growing up? Avante garde man. It’s a curse to be before your time.
2nd guy is a singer who sux - harshing my buzz
Keenan le or something like that. Like a pop singer. Bumming me out. Who programs this in the middle of an edm show.
Cosplayers from valorant video game
Hello Kitty meets studio ghibli rave
Nurko and we’re back to edm . We stage right beneath the speakers
Fun bouncy bass drops
First call - my team rocked it. Good save
2nd call immediately after - ver age’s 1st show - beginners luck.
Bumped into TC it Matt, fresh back from Coachella but got call 2 and had to run
Juelz v chyl - pyro is lot
3rd call - Verage has noob fever
Table service - a chance to sit my ass down
Gal to pick up
Dabin ok
Jason mraz
Another guest
2 more calls
I’ve lost count. Busy night
Now waiting for a ride to pick up another drunk gal in lingerie - Thar kind of night

Diljit Dosanjh

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:31:04 +0000

When you see this on the Jimmy Fallon, it is just further proof that we are just living in DM's world.

The Wallflowers @ Golden State Theater 4/25

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:40:33 +0000

This was a last minute thing. I was down in Monterey. We went to see a friend play an afternoon gig at a Carmel Valley tasting room. I saw that the Wallflowers were going to play their 3rd album: "Bringing Down the Horse" (the one with all the hits), but what caught my eye was they were going to follow that with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Long After Dark" which is one of my favorite TP&H albums. We were already down there, so we decided to see if there were any decent/cheap seats for the Wallflowers - there were. We got some tickets and then went out for a light dinner. Came back and sat in the balcony.

I've sat balcony middle there before. I don't recall the seats being below budget airlines class before, but for these seats, my knees were jammed into the back of the next row seats when my back was fully against the back of my seat. It was moderately acceptable until someone sat in those seats and made the fit even more tight...

The opener was pretty talented. Aaron Lee Tasjan...Country-ish. Had a great range and did a great job accompanying himself with complex rhythms.

The Wallflowers came on next and busted right out with One Headlight, 6th Avenue Heartache, Bleeders and Three Marlenas. That is the complete catalog of songs I know by the Wallflowers and after that, the rest sounded similar. The band was tight and Jakob Dylan has a good, distinctive voice. He often would stop playing and gesture while singing, and he was interacting with the folks right up at the stage, but stagecraft-wise, he didn't talk to the audience much (although he did address us as Montgomery, before correcting himself and saying Monterey).

I thought they'd take a break and them come back to do the Tom Petty stuff, but no, they just plowed right into it. It was great! Great material and Jakob was perfect for that material. Again, the band was awesome and nailed every song. They came back for an encore and did 3 more songs, one I didn't recognize, and two more Tom Petty songs.

Really fun, except for the uncomfortable seats.

--tg

Drain @ the Quarry

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:46:30 +0000

I was worried that my crew was not earning their keep. Tonight changed thst. Some of the most insane moshing, crowd surfing and stage diving I’ve seen. Some people took some big hits. Broken elbow, Boot the the neck, Boot to the head, lac on the nose with a lot of blood, punch in the stomach Wah too many times, faceplant on the cement.

We got them all out safely. A good night for us.

The Garden @ the Quarry

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:31:10 +0000

The opening act sucks - a DJ dropping messy bass bombs, an emo singer with a scythe.
I’m enjoying the costuming. Merch line is cleaning up.
Young crowd - 20s - a lot in white face paint with black highlights. Skull & crossbones theme.

Crossed paths with the lead singer of the opening act backstage. He was carrying his scythe and skeleton prop, covered with blood. I gave him some polite props just to be encouraging.

Sir Paul @ Apple 50th - 2026.03.31

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:09:02 +0000

We had a big 50th anniversary celebration for employees at Apple Park Tuesday evening. We even had a musical guest!

They did a lottery and not all employees got to go as capacity is limited. There were quite a few upset people when they announced who got in and who got waitlisted. One of the guys on my team wasn’t on the list and it was kind of a bummer. I went over after lunch yesterday, parked a mile away and walked in. got my wrist band, looked around a bit, then got in one of the waiting areas for entry at about 1:45pm. They didn’t let us in until 5:30pm, but the other people on my team all joined me in line and the guy that got waitlisted got added last minute, so he booked over late afternoon on bicycle and joined us, too. When we finally got in, we were about 3-4 people away from the security fence. It was pretty amazing, but the Paul show didn’t start til 7:45pm (there was a DJ when we came in and then it transitions to Sir Paul's fluffer DJ who was working from the stage), so we were stuck standing there for another 2 hours, and then standing for the show. Here's the actual playlist:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mcca...694d6.html

After Help!, he shouted out "Good Evening Cupertino!". He played for about 2 hours, with lasers for one song and pyrotechnics for the James Bond movie song. The Hofner was booming! He told a funny Jimi Hendrix story. My ankles started to ache around song 10-11, so I went inside to the cafe to sit and watch on the giant TVs. He pulled out a ukulele and talked about George and then played Something (switching to full band partway thru). He's 83, but an old hand at this and knocked it out of the park. It was pretty special. I made some points with my team by standing in line early and getting us an almost front row spot.

--tg

Silvesterchlausen

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:53:34 +0000

Music? Art?

Quote:Silvesterchlausen
Andrew Norman Wilson
Silvesterchlausen is a mysterious tradition that takes place every New Year in Switzerland’s Appenzell. Groups of six men dress in ornate costumes and engage in wordless, polyphonic yodeling and rhythmic bell clanging. The ritual has been performed for at least 500 years, but nobody knows how or why it began.

Boys form groups of “Chläus” and continue throughout their lives until the members are too old to withstand the physical toll of the 18 hour days. In the preceding month, costume preparation and yodeling practice takes over. During this “Chläuse Fever,” the bonds between members of each group are more important than family/marital bonds.

On New Year’s, Chläuse sew a thread from house to house, binding the community together again each year. Villagers serve them mulled wine to keep them warm and festive.

Because the tradition lacks a definitive meaning, this film immerses viewers in its sensory dimensions.

https://letterboxd.com/film/silvesterchlausen-2025/

—tg

Unbroken chain @ the Mo

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:42:10 +0000

Soundcheck
Wheel

Slipknot>franklins

Wharf
Speedway
Touch

Came up early to eat in Japantown - smashed some seafood ramen thst was super tasty - corn based broth. Then they fed us here at the Mo (in the past they’ve cashed us out) so I had a second dinner of curry over rice, roasted veggies and some fine cheeses. Seeing a lot of friends already.
Gonna be a scorcher.

Box to open
Appropo

Bumped into Alexandra from the dog park - we met after Bobby’s memoria

Music never stopped

It’s sweltering in here

Had our first call

Syncopal - heat

12 people on stage
They do sound good
Full

Row jimmy

Love w/ Johnny Echols @ Crepe Place 3/11

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:53:50 +0000

Love w/ Johnny Echols @ Crepe Place - https://folkyeah.com/#/love-santa-cruz-311

I’ve been listening to A History of Rock and Roll in 500 songs podcast and we covered the band Love a few episodes ago (that is to say, I got to that episode which is probably a couple years old by now…). I highly recommend the podcast: https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-161...#more-1607

Love was a 60’s LA psychedelic rock band, a precursor to garage and punk bands, with some songs similar to 5th Floor Elevators and the like, and hits you probably know like Alone Again, or… and their cover of Burt Bacharach’s Little Red Book which they opened with

They were one of the first integrated bands. Echols is the only original member in this line up…the main singer said he was the drummer for the Untouchables for 10 years. They band was very tight, even if playing garage-y sounding music. They played on the patio behind the restaurant to a crowd of probably less than 100 people. Super intimate. Tonight they play The Chapel in SF and then I hear they are off to Spain.

I can only hope to be playing and enjoying myself when I’m 79…

—tg

Hard to Handle on the panhandle

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:10:34 +0000

A free show in the Haight? Why yes, I’ll be there.

Scored a good parking space on Clayton, a block from Haight.

Got there early and paid a visit to my dear friend Michael (my former dealer) who lives next to the Dead house. He’s an invalid now, under caretakers in his home. I haven’t seen him in a year and the last time, it felt like the last time. But he’s strong - still lucid and engaged as much as he can be. It was good to reconnect.

Went down to the panhandle just in time for China Cats. They played well but not their best. Ran into friends and ended up hanging with my old Den of Geek editor who left the company last year to work on a doc on Stan Lee and his GF. We had a grand time.

It was a gorgeous day - T-shirt weather - and a kynd crowd. Happy deadheads. Only mildly obnoxious. Mostly joyous.

They played on the back of a flatbed - old skool hippie style.

Graham Lesh’s band began with some strong bass and I was struck by how much I miss Phil and how no one even approached him but the first 2 songs were solid and reminded me. The bass was way up. Then they descended into a jug band sound - Cumberland, uncle, etc - with that bum bum bum-ba-bum bass thst came off flat. If you’re going to turn up the bass that much, it needs more dynamics. It was drowning out the keys which was where the action was - a fake Hammond = keyboard and one of those spinning subwoofers. I luv a Hammond but the fake ones just don’t have that punch. For second set, we moved to behind the stage truck in line with the keys and it was much better. The last few songs were good.

A delightful day. Well worth the trip.

Lila Downs at the Quarry

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:37:57 +0000

JAH Med wasn't called upon for this show. It was only a third show, and anticipated to be mellow, which, indeed, it was. Nevertheless, the house manager offered us comp tix, so me, Stacy, Ben, Sarah, Dr. Z and his wife Lindsey. It was a lovely evening and we all had a delightful time.

Our emailed passes didn't come until 6:30 and the show was 7, so there was some mercurial worry going in, but once we were there, it was all good.

We paid for parking like plebeians and as we walked up the hill, we heard a pack of coyotes howling from behind us. As we walked on, it got louder. Later we told the others that we were chased by coyotes, much to everyone's amusement.

There was only one food truck that served burgers, chicken wraps and try-tip sandwiches. I got Stacy some fries and wine, and had a hard cider for myself.

I got carded. Sure, sure, they say they card everyone, but Sarah & Ben didn't get carded and they're in their 40s. And sure, sure, it was dark. But still, that was a highlight of the evening. As of last Saturday, I am one year shy of being 3x drinking age.

The show was very enjoyable. I didn't know much about Lila beyond checking out her tiny desk concert last week. She sings almost exclusively in Spanish, ballads, cumbria, and jazz influenced Mexican songs. She plays guitar and dances. Sarah is a long time fan but this was the first time she saw Lila live. She said Lila was on the Frida soundtrack and now I want to watch that again.

She had an 8 piece - 2 rhythm guitars, 2 drummers (traps and bongos), 2 horn players that alternated between trumpet, trombone, accordion and keys, and a bass player, who played keys and guitar. Didn't care for the bass player. I dunno, I just aint that into bass on keys. He had the guitar. Just play that. He was turned up way too high in the mix, obscuring the other musicians who were much better. he did drop a few reggae-influenced bass lines, but I was already disdaining him. The horns were where the action was. The trumpet player was spot on. There was also tap dancing, in a cool percussive trio between him and the drummers. What the band really needed was a sousaphone player.

Nevertheless, the band had a lively powerful sound, very rooted, and the audience went nuts for it, dancing and singing along. Lila herself was captivating, dressed in black lace like Morticia Addams, alternating shawls like Stevie Nicks. She has a great voice and some suave dance steps.

It was such a delight to enjoy a show with Stacy and our other friends, not have a radio in my ear, and allowed to sit on my ass and just watch the whole show.

One the way back, the moonrise over the Cruz was spectacular, so much so that several dozen of our fellow attendees whipped out their phones trying to catch all that heavenly glory.

So went the 1st of 5 Quarry shows this year. A wonderful season opener.

We were home just after 10.

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 03:14:15 +0000

I'll fill this in tomorrow after the announcement. Super excited for that weekend - a wild 3-night run just lined up and I gotta pull it together for that.

KB, tg - put this on your radar for Bicycle Day.

Kokoroko

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:17:17 +0000

I can't find my old post of this video:

...but I saw today that they are coming to SF Jazz for two days in June:

Quote:TUFF TIMES NEVER LAST

KOKOROKO

TUE-WED, Jun 16-17
7:30PM
MINER AUDITORIUM

London-based septet Kokoroko “are masters of African fusion, intent on bridging the divide between young people and African popular music of old” (GRAMMY.com). Led by trumpeter/vocalist Sheila Maurice-Grey, the ensemble makes their debut at SFJAZZ with music from their latest Brownswood release, Tuff Times Never Last, which blends jazz, highlife and West African grooves, lovers rock, and 80s-inspired British R&B and funk.

TICKETS & INFO

--tg