Post Roundup: art is the new religion

2008-01-12T00:03:03Z

12/28: Feliz Navidad Part 2: Jose Feliciano Concert Review
This is the follow up to the cliffhanger of Feliz Navidad, Part 1, featuring grizzled keyboard players, blue humor, no love for the five string bass, and much love for Jose's languid vibrato.

1/2: Show Review: Kathleen Edwards & Davíd Garza
Good times and old friends at the Continental Club, and a slightly embarrassing shout-out from the stage.

1/3: Slice of Austin Life: Dale Watson at Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon
I dragged my friend Elise to Ginny's for some of Dale Watson's crooning, but I didn't make her watch the chicken&$^@ bingo. Bonus: two quick videos from my digital camera.

1/4: Celine Dion is _____.
If you haven't already seen this video, I give you this chance to laugh.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death

1/7: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
I read the short book in anticipation of seeing the film. Whether or not you see the film, I tell you exactly why you owe it to yourself to read Jean-Dominique Bauby's story in his own words.

1/8: Wainy Days
David Wain from The State and Wet Hot American Summer is up to some more shenanigans.

1/10: CBC Radio 3: A Trip To The Great White North
Are you still reading? This is a good radio station from Canada.

1/11: Meet The New Steve Perry
I still love the old Steve Perry, but this new guy's got an amazing story, thanks to the miracle of YouTube. Bonus: I make my case for Sam Cooke's influence on Perry's vocal stylings.

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The End of an Era

2007-10-16T22:45:10Z

In case you missed it, I wrote my farewell to SFist a few weeks ago, in which I retired my "When The Lights Go Down In The City" music column I've been writing for the past three years.

SFist: When The Lights Go Down In The City - R.I.P.

http://sfist.com/2007/10/04/when_the_...

It was SFist's first editor Jackson West who asked me to write a music column back in '04 and he also came up with the name of it. I thought, it's SF-related and a quote from a Journey song - perfect! For the past three years my aim has been to tell you about the music in San Francisco that I like and hopefully expose you to stuff you've never heard. And so you could actually hear and enjoy the music instead of just reading about it, I tried to give away a CD or tickets each week. You've noticed by now that I've broken out using the royal "we". I figured I could break the rules since this is the last post I'll write for SFist. I'm moving away from San Francisco, back home to Austin, Texas, which is probably the only reason I'd stop writing for this incredible site.

Please read it, and if you enjoyed anything I wrote, leave a comment or click that little "recommend this" link. It's the only way I'll know you read it!

For your viewing pleasure, here's the video for the song that inspired the name of my column:

Journey - Lights

Steve Perry is all sorts of awesome.

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The End of an Era