tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80682194384727426062011-12-03T15:08:14.741-08:00Welcome to The NewbLog. This is a page on which I will rant and wax on musical goings-on that matter to me and perhaps no one else. Why? Just Because. Don’t talk back to your mother. Do you want me to give you something to cry about? Take a look.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11602238830434808468noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068219438472742606.post-88187414684465857842011-10-27T12:46:00.000-07:002011-10-27T12:50:08.655-07:00

As if you didn't know that Glenn would kill it in this setting. Wilco is going to play some of the best in California venues including one of my personal favorites; San Francisco's Warfield Theater. The band will also be hitting a fantastic venue in San Diego; Copley Symphony Hall, where I saw many a performance during my Master's studies for the lovely student rush price of 10 beans. The

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I think Tom Waits might be pissed about this video and rightfully so, but then again the man obviously has a great sense of humor so maybe not. Personally, I think it's freakin' awesome and had to post it even it's two Tom videos back to back.

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So......It turns out that it's true. Waits has a new record coming out on Anti and judging by the two singles already released it seems as though it's going to get the usual reaction. The hard core fan base will go ape s**t, "New record of all original material! First in 7 years!" Meanwhile, "Bad as Me", the title track, which seems most closely related to "Phillipino Box Spring Hog" (Cool

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Jeff Tweedy looking a bit like Mike Myers performing "Open Your Mind." Talk amongst yourselves. The new album The Whole Love is out on the 27th and this kid loves it. YHF freaks will revel in some of the weird they've channelled and all fans should enjoy the fact that it is very different from (The Album), which in the grand scheme of all things Wilco might be considered a little bland. I'll

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SpiderGawd with special guest Ed Lyon who brought up doing this little bluegrass rendition of "Celebration Day, " by, of course, Led Zepplin. Pretty fun times and the video turned out nice as well...

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Jack of Hearts footage from the Arizona Mini-Tour. The band finishes the sold out Bisbee show with "Like a Rolling Stone," which frontman Jamie Israel has become accustomed to introducing as "The greatest rock-n-roll song of all time." Hope you enjoy. Tommy.

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Another video from the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Neil Young's Speech and the short video for Tom Waits.

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A Clip of the Fuse TV Presentation of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2011 featuring Dr. John, Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Leon Russell, Alice Cooper, and Darlene Love.

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The Jack of Hearts band erupted in Arizona this past weekend with two explosive shows performed at two completely different venues. The first set was performed in Chandler, Arizona, a neighbor of Tempe and a part of the larger urban area of Phoenix. The boys took the main stage at the Ostrich Festival, a great family event put on by Universal Fairs and including: Live music, Ostrich racing,

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Last night Fischer Trucking of my home town of Petaluma rolled the stage, lights, and band equipment of Grateful Dead legends Bob Weir and Phil Lesh's new ensemble, Furthur, into the comforts of The Greek Theatre in Griffith Park. What does the trucking company that has been hauling the Grateful Dead since the early eighties have to do with the concert? Big and little Mike Fischer are the only

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M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel are the duo She and Him. Their two albums "Volume 1," and "Volume 2" are both warm, fuzzy, analogue recordings produced by Ward and tastefully arranged with the help of Mike Mogis and other session cats. Deschanel's voice is one that I can only describe as timeless. It has a quality that when coupled with Ward's production style and smooth backup vocals creates

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No that's not the name of the tune. That's the name we dubbed Frank. This 23 year old kid was- in a move of shear genius- slotted right before Bonnie 'Prince' Billy at the WoodStage on the Saturday of this year's Pickathon festival at Pendarvis Farm just outside of Portland, Ore. Quickly, let me say Thank You to any and all who helped put on this festival!! What a treat. We are coming back with

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Just picked up Medeski, Martin, and Wood's arguably most accesible and popular album to date on wax. It was an easy decision to make. Take MMW throw in DJ Logic and press it on vinyl, "Um, yes, thanks. Ring'er up freakish dipshit with the lip-ring and purple mohawk that hasn't been spiked up in weeks." I brought it home and my new Spanish roommate says, "Awwwww yes, you should burn something

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So.........I caught the Fruitbats on NPR/KCRW this morning and the set was pretty cool. I had first learned of this band in San Diego covering their tune "When you Love Somebody," with Ernie Garcia and StuntDouble. But, I had never really pursued checking the band out despite really enjoying the simple tune with its ups and downs in dynamics and intensity.....Then, yesterday I heard it on the

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Vampire Weekend Live from Juan's Basement (4 tracks 4 brief interviews) My roommate ordered some fresh Audiophile Vinyl this week and I decided to kill two birds with one stone. At first listen this record is not all that impressive. The second side definitely starts out with much more of an interesting bang. "California English," sounds like bad auto-tuning and prompted me to get up and see if

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A. A. Bondy just finished up at the Echo in Silverlake. First thing that stood out was his voice. Instantly recognizable as a great folk/pop timbre. Instantly. Nice little trio; drummer doubled on pedal steel and had a synth pad he used to trigger some samples (not too exciting, but noteworthy in terms of the electric sound they had on some tunes)...the pedal steel was quite nice, however. After

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So, I suppose this isn't the most random vinyl, but whatever. They're all just great records that I feel like highlighting and spinning for a week and this is no exception. How does it fit in with the classics I've gone through? Emmylou Harris sings backups on it (shrug) good enough?....I didn't even realize it was actually her voice and not a just a younger female going for the same vibe until

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Do you dig on The Rising Storm? If you are saying "Who the heck is Don Covay?" then the answer is undoubtedly no. Wait....should I back up? Do you dig classic funk/soul/rhythm and blues/rock and roll? Then peep The Rising Storm out. In their words: "The Rising Storm is an mp3 blog about fine forgotten albums. We focus on lost gems in the genres of garage, country rock, psych folk, psychedelic

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Keeping a blog is kind of a bit sometimes. It's like keeping a journal. It seems easy and fun for a minute, but it requires research and effort and time and narcissism. All of which I feel I have plenty of so.....I will continue to keep trying to post as much as possible. This post is a poem from my personal journal dated Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009. Deeper than attempted before we dove....

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Welcome to the working week...Random Vinyl is back and this week the Newb-Log is spinning a classic, as always, Tumbleweed Connection. If you don't think you like Elton John then shut up and buy this record. Mine was $1.99 at Rasputin in Berkeley during my vacationing in the Bay last month and I was very pleasantly surprised to find that the vinyl was in near perfect condition at this price (

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RVOW is back and this week I'm spinning Desire, Bob Dylan's second straight Album of the Year (1975's Blood on The Tracks and Desire in '76) according to Britain's New Musical Express Magazine. Blood on The Tracks is universally heralded as Dylan's best work of the decade; complete with "Tangled Up in Blue," "Shelter from the Storm," and "Simple Twist of Fate," but Desire did top the charts in

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I stumbled across this gem a few months ago at a store called "Mr. Music Head," in Hollywood. The store sells rock-and-roll photography, no, brilliant rock-and-roll photography. Stage shots, candid shots, concert posters, all from the past and present "big hitters," including Dylan, Cream, the Dead, Foo Fighters, Ben Harper, Deathcab, Aerosmith.....and on it goes. They also represent

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Kerouac Films has put out a new documentary on Jack Kerouac's novel Big Sur. If you haven't read this one yet then I suggest you go pick either the DVD/CD combo, the book, or both. Big Sur is considered by friend's and contemporaries of Kerouac's- like Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg- to be his last major gem before passing away from liver poisoning just several years after. Big Sur is the first novel

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I got the envelope in the mail and I didn't believe it. I read the whole thing and I didn't believe it. I looked it up online and I didn't believe it. I just wrote the title of this Blog and I don't believe it. LA Opera is going to perform the entire Ring Cycle next year. Cheapest non-obstructed tickets run a mere $350 per tutti. That's $87.50 per show to sit in the balcony for four of the

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I heard about it,  read up and listened, posted about it, and went. Where in the deuce were YOU at, buddy? Freelance Whales of New York opened for Fanfarlo of Great Britian at The Echo last night and it was an entertaining affair. Let's start with negative points for both bands. "Hey kids! You have thousands of dollars worth of keyboards, drums, guitars, banjos, and all other kinds of

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There is an extremely enlightening article in the latest edition of Percussive Notes (The Journal of the Percussive Arts Society) about the use of gestures and their effect on the Audience's perception of acoustic properties. Basically, studies have been done at Northwestern University in Illinois that prove that while gestures don't change the acoustic value of notes they do change the

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I'm currently listening to a tasty cover of "In the Aeroplane over the Sea," the third cover I have watched from the Fanfarlo myspace page. The indie-rock boy wizard, my roommate Jon, turned me on to this band and their upcoming show at the Echo this coming Monday. I believe it came up during a conversation on how the hell to stand out in this age of blog madness and ten-second singles. Jon

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Control is a movie about the tormented life of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the band Joy Division. The film was released in 2007 and directed by Dutch director Anton Corbijn. Control saw some critical acclaim in Europe, winning a few awards at the Edinburgh Film Festival including; "Best actor," Sam Riley, and "Best new British film." It also received brilliant reviews from the likes of Rolling

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Twitter? Hello? Why must you make me feel so old? I keep asking Obama if he can help a brother out and tell me how to use this thing. I think I may have hooked my Blog up to it at this point and this post is kind of just to check. You can follow me on there @lefshodrummer if you do that kind of thing. I'm following people like Rob Corddry, Questlove, Pitchfork, Mr. Obama himself, and San

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For this week's "Random Vinyl," I am spinning Taj Mahal's 1968 self titled debut. If you love the blues or even just rock-and-roll you will dig this record "top left to bottom right."Taj Mahal was born in Harlem in 1942. His father was a pianist and arranger and his mother sang in a local gospel choir. Mahal was raised to be proud of his heritage; having parents who witnessed first hand the art,

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Run Home Chalie played the Terrace in Pasadena last night and the set was about as good as this young band gets. The next show at the Terrace is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17th and will include some new material with a high possibility of Mr. Tom Newbold's vocal debut with this group. One of our newest tracks is set to have call and response between Samantha and I and it is pretty much

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Vampire Weekend is currently on a California tour to promote their new Album, Contra, due out January 12th here in the states. I caught up with these cats in Long Beach last night and the show was on hit. If you like polished bands that sound like the record then this is your band for sure...So...Vampire Weekend is one of those bands that is insanely huge on blogs like Pitchfork, the Hype Machine

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Random Vinyl of the Week is a new installment on the NewbLog. The first record re-visited was Warren Zevon’s Excitable Boy, from 1978. This week I am spinning Elvis Costello’s 1982 release, “Imperial Bedroom,” which peaked at #30 in the U.S. charts and hit #6 in the U.K....In 1982 Elvis Colstello teamed up with Geoff Emerick, engineer from Abbey Road studios and thus veteran of nearly every

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I feel pretty lucky to have seen some awesome “big ticket,” shows in the last couple of weeks. Pearl Jam with Ben Harper and a guest appearance from Chris Cornell was a high powered anthem-fest and last Sunday’s Monsters of Folk show at the Greek was a display of top notch songwriting and vocal harmonies...Sunday’s Monsters of Folk concert at the Greek Theater was definitely worth the high priced

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Random Vinyl of the Week is a new installment to the NewbLog that will look back at miscellaneous titles as they spin around my $99 dollar Newmark belt-drive turntable. The first album up for discussion has been stuck on said record player since I picked it up for $1.99 at Soundsations in Westchester a few weeks back...Warren Zevon is probably most widely known for a track on the first side of

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Slacker is a internet radio station similar to Pandora or Last.fm based out of Rancho Bernardo in north San Diego County. The difference? Slacker has about 3 million songs in their database vs. the mere 700,000 on Pandora. There is an article in today’s issue or USA Today about the growing site...Pandora is a cool site and I know a lot of people love to turn it on at work or punch in an artist

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Merge is about to re-release In the Aeroplane over the Sea and On Avery Island on 180-Gram Vinyl for all of the Neutral Milk freaks out there. This band is hauntingly weird and great. After reading the chapter on the group in Merge’s “Our Noise” I am tempted to scrap writing this entry...Jeff Magnum was completely unknown to me last week. To the scores of blog freak indie-music junkies out there

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Seeing Pearl Jam with Ben Harper and the Relentless 7 as the opening act at the Gibson Theatre this next week will be phenomenal. Period. Guaranteed. DUH. Don’t trust me! Read reviews from the first two shows. It is obviously sold out and if you’ve ever seen Pearl Jam then you know that seeing them in a venue with seats is key. Why?....If you have ever seen Pearl Jam live then you know why seats

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Delayed Post... I saw Blues Traveler at my hometown venue, The Mystic Theatre, in downtown Petaluma, CA on Sunday the 20th. This was the second time I’ve seen Blues Traveler in the last couple of years-I caught them at the Fillmore in ’06- and I have to say that they are a still a great bar band... Ok. So this is a review/story of a band that is still a working class group of true rock and

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Cass McCombs is an entertaining singer/songwriter with an old-time quality to his recordings and performances. A little rock-a-billy/alternative country is what I would label it if I worked for Rolling Stone. I caught his current band at The Bootleg in Phillipino Town last Thursday...My roommate hooked me up with his extra ticket after someone bailed on what turned out to be a great show last

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It Might Get Loud is a look at three guitarists from three different eras and their different approaches to said instrument and rock and roll. In my opinion, what makes this movie great is the interaction between Page and White and the looks at each performer in their individual “home” settings.It might have gotten louder with drums and bass, but this movie was great, nonetheless. Stop hating on

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Angel City Jazz Festival’s second day included some amazing acts including the headlining Bennie Maupin and Dolphyana playing Eric Dolphy charts that were saved and guarded after the artists untimely passing as well as a beautiful set from the Larry Goldings Trio with Bill Stewart (pictured), and Peter Bernstein...The Angel City Jazz Festival was a two day event that transpired at the Ford

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Run Home Charlie played their debut show at Awakenings Coffee House and music Venue in Lomita, CA, on August 14th. The band headlined a show consisting of three different bands in three different styles ranging from Punk, to Pop, and Run Home Charlie’s vibe of 90’s Alternative music...I joined up with Run Home Charlie about six weeks ago and have been learning the band’s material as well as

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Where You at? The NewbLog has been on an unintentional hiatus due to the fact that my mac hasn’t been connected to the internet for the past few weeks. Oh, the entries that have suffered... The Cave Singers, The Avette Brothers, Pronto. Its’ enough to make this author weep a single tear...So... After several weeks on hiatus the NewbLog is back and there is a lot to write about so I will just say

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Mogwai is bringing their powerful and hypnotizing brand of “Sludge-Rock,” to San Diego May 15th, L.A. May 16th, and finishing the weekend in lovely San Francisco on the 17th. If you haven’t seen these guys, then you need to. Different can definitely equal better.I haven’t seen Mogwai since they played the Fillmore in 2006. What a great show. I hadn’t ever heard of them, but thought that the name

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I hate to write so many entries on Wilco back-to-back, but the Los Angeles shows I referenced on April 15th went on sale to the general public today and I went into the war with someone else’s rifle (cue the A Major travis-style riff from Being There, disc two)...Wilco’s upcoming shows in Los Angeles were indeed as anticipated as I predicted in my recent post. After Pomona stayed on sale for a

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Since I am a mere Padawan blogger I have decided to take a moment to show some respect to the websites that I love to check and that inspired me to join in and yell. Hype Machine is featured due to it’s being a link to blogs from all around the world...This pill requires you to open about fourteen tabs and put on another pot of coffee. The Hype Machine is a fantastic website run by a team of

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Wilco released their new live DVD “Ashes of American Flags” yesterday and its available at their website for a mere $15. Why is this such a great price? On top of being a killer movie with great cinematography it also comes with some extras similar to Jeff’s solo DVD.I just got through the new Wilco live DVD and I think it is definitely worth the mere $15 beans I threw on it. You can order it

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The Chicago based rock band has added dates to surround the Berkeley Greek theatre show on June 27th and will be starting in Pomona and making their way up to Lake Tahoe for a week long California run with five total dates.The Chicago Alt. Country originator and genre melting singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy has booked Wilco for a two-night residence at the Wiltern theatre in L.A. on June 22nd and

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This entry is in response to the recent letter I received in the mail, which stated that “Traps; The Art of Drumming,” was going to shut down production due to the current economic climate. I opened the envelope prepared to get out the old credit card and pay my bill, only to find...No more traps??? Please say it isn’t so. Man, I knew that the economy was hurting (believe me, tommy boy is hurting

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This is an entry from my myspace blog that I wrote on Satuday, November 22nd after finding out that famous Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer and personal hero of mine, Mitch Mitchell had died ten days before in a hotel room in Oregon, while on a Hendrix band-members reunion tour.Rest in Peace, Mitch. You were one of the first rock drummers to really practice and work at your craft. Your Jazz

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The NewbLog will begin with me talking about some recent musical developments I am involved in. For anyone who may stumble upon this and doesn’t know yet; Tom Newbold Percussion is moving to Los Angeles amidst the worst possible economic climate and with all odds stacked against the young performer, critic, and music educator. Not to worry, as long as the world has artists like Bonnie “Prince”

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