While living in Austin for several years, I would regularly pass a mural on the side of a used record store on the Drag. The mural depicted nothing but a silly googley-eyed frog rendered in stick-figure cartoon minimalism, and a caption that read “Hi, How are you?” I always thought the owner of the record … Continue reading →

Check out Billy Corgan’s latest blog entry on the Smashing Pumpkins MySpace page which gives a somewhat cryptic update of how the new album is coming along. The post starts off like this: “Dear Beautiful Souls, Happy New Year to you! May 2007 prove to be a blessed year in every respect and every way…I … Continue reading →

Well folks…Never say never. The chances for a Police reunion tour have actually gotten much, much better as Sting, being the sole member of The Police historically against a Police reunion tour, is now actually considering it. Rumors have started on many music websites such as billboard.com regarding plans for a possible reunion to celebrate … Continue reading →

Ok, we’re jumping on the bandwagon here by creating yet another “Best Music of 2006…” list, but we’re gonna do a few things different. First, there will not be a top album or artist or any rank for that matter because we all know how pissed we get when our fav’s are ranked at the … Continue reading →

Even though Sonic Youth didn’t use famed avant-garde music producer Jim O’Rourke on this album as in the past, John Agnello does a great job keeping the “Murray Street” and “Sonic Nurse” vibe continuing along…which is a good thing. No, which is a GREAT thing. Thurston Moore, Kim Gordan, Lee Ranaldo, and last but not … Continue reading →

PODCASTS from San Francisco’s own Live 105’s “NOT SO SILENT NIGHT” Concert featuring The Killers, Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, The Shins, and the winner of the local band contest – Silversun Pickups Click here to listen to Live 105’s Madden interview The Killers at NSSN ’06 Click here to listen to Live 105’s NSSN interview … Continue reading →

BANJIE BOYEE! As you can see I snagged Ler’s set list from the show at the San Jose Civic Center Primus show on Dec 5th. It’s cool not only to remember the tunes Primus played that night…but you can see which songs run into one another with the brackets as well as the guitars Ler … Continue reading →

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First and foremost, apoloiges to YLTWatcher… for not seeing his earlier post on the latest YLT release prefer hamming it up with an open letter to Henry Rollins. The Melvins + Big Business @ Emo’s, Austin, TXFriday, November 17th, 2006 Anyone ever hear that a lot of serial killers come from the northwest? I think … Continue reading →

“Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends thebeast with wrath, because he knows the time is short…Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of thebeast for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred andsixty six.” Doesn’t that just make you want to start humming Adrian Smith’s opening … Continue reading →