My former writing outlet of three years, SFist, snarked about my current roommate, Jeff Klein, calling him self-absorbed. :[
Oh the times, they have a-changed.
My former writing outlet of three years, SFist, snarked about my current roommate, Jeff Klein, calling him self-absorbed. :[
Oh the times, they have a-changed.
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.
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:
I'm supposed to be writing interview questions for St. Vincent, but I just got mesmerized by this video instead.
I'd like to go to three different shows tonight, but having prior plans means I'm not going to any of them:
My friend Kyle is in town for business and we met up after I left work. Since Kyle writes for DCist and his own blog Information Leafblower, we talked a lot about blogging and music writing. We discussed being paid (a rare occurence) vs. not being paid (the -ists) as well as being published in print vs. writing online. I was telling him that I wrote for Spin for a very short stint, just contributing blurbs for their back-of-the-book events section, and that the lead time was insane and four months later they still hadn't paid me. Then, lo and behold, look what was in the mailbox when I got home!
As I was driving home I heard Sade's "No Ordinary Love" on the radio for the thousandth time and it really hit me how romantic that line is: this is no ordinary love. So here's the video:
Last night I saw some great friends and went to three different events, all within a one-mile walk from my office.
I started by walking a few blocks to the Tempest Bar to celebrate Eve's birthday and hang out with a bunch of my fellow SFist writers. Last year Eve graduated from being the unpaid and uber-talented Editor of SFist to landing a rare blogging job that pays, courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle. For those reasons, and also for her secret and sordid indie rock past, Eve will always have infinite amounts of cred in my eyes. Plus she's just really fun to hang out with. Happy Birthday Eve!
Afterward, I met up with Audree to watch her fire dancing class. They happened to be practicing in an alleyway that was half a block from the Tempest Bar, right by the San Francisco Chronicle building. They've been practicing for about 6-8 weeks now without fire, and last night was the first time they actually lit up. I've known Audree for several years now, and I was so proud to see her take up a new skill so quickly! She was a natural at it and didn't show any fear or nervousness, even while swinging balls of fire around her head and body. I love it when you learn or see something totally new from someone you've known for a long time.
Eve happened upon us as she was walking to her car and Tim snapped some photos. Audree's in the black shirt. Read Eve's writeup about the scene on the Chronicle's Culture Blog.
Then Audree and I went to see Spoon at 330 Ritch. The show was pretty good - they played a nice mixture of old and new songs, and I got a thrill when they played "Fitted Shirt". Such a great song about such a strange subject. I saw JV and a few other friends I hadn't seen in awhile, and then we called it a night.
Just a reminder to listen in at 4pm PST (or later at 10pm) for my third show ever (it's all pre-recorded, fyi) on BAGeL Radio today. Hopefully there won't be any technical glitches this time! I'll be listening in from my desk at work, fingers crossed. Hear a new track from Feist, plus songs from El Perro Del Mar, Menomena, The Constantines, Midlake, Volcano I'm Still Excited, and a song from an artist that just might get me kicked off of BAGeL Radio altogether.
To listen: In iTunes -- click on the radio tab and look under "Alt/Modern Rock" for "BAGeL Radio" -- or at the BAGeL Radio website.
Also check out this week's edition of "When The Lights Go Down In The City" on SFist, chock full of Noise Pop info and music videos.
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