November 9, 2005 – 12:29 am
Leslie Feist drops by Amoeba to play a few tunes before heading off to The Ford Theater to play with Broken Social Scene. It’s the first time since I’ve been working at Amoeba that I actually stand in the audience at an in-store and snap pictures and bob my head and, you know, stage dive […]
November 8, 2005 – 10:27 am
Guitar Wiz, Oregon denizen and supplier of candy to children, Michael Keefe has checked in with another great set of reviews for the month of October. Some of these I already have (Depeche Mode, Boards of Canada) some I want (Vashti Bunyan, Ladytron) and some I didn’t know existed and am now craving (Arctic Monkeys.) […]
October 16, 2005 – 12:22 am
The white rabbit takes one look at me and sits down for a spot of tea. That spot of virus/adware infection threw me a little off schedule. Wandering minstrel, intinerant falconer and spinner of white truths, Michael Keefe, gave me these reviews for publishing a good two weeks ago. And I’m finally getting the chance […]
September 25, 2005 – 11:27 pm
I slip out of work tonight a bit early and make my way up to the Hollywood Bowl with Llyr to catch Dead Can Dance. We sit down, eat sandwiches, open a bottle of wine and chat through Nouvelle Vague’s breathy, undulating performance. There are three people behind us. One comes from Denver, one from […]
September 23, 2005 – 9:51 pm
Just wanted to post this cool comment by Daniel Hooper, who enlightens me in a comment about the record chain, Licorice Pizza. Back in the mid-Eighties, when I was listening to KWXL Albuquerque (“KWXL Albuquerqu IS 94 Rock!”)and totally missing everything that was hip and modern about the world of Music, there was this store […]
September 15, 2005 – 12:14 pm
Okay, the River Tam notebook gets old quick, doesn’t it? It’s been fun reading the Firefly message boards, though–all the debate as to whether it’s fake or real or viral or not. I suppose I should have expected the doubters. Anyway, before the blood-spatters and the funny cats I posted about how the new(ish) cd […]
September 8, 2005 – 7:29 am
Savvy scribe, slinger of sentences and black belt music wrangler, Michael Keefe has once again checked in with a collection of music reviews. Check it out by clicking the link on the right, or simply massage this link with your mouse.
September 8, 2005 – 12:28 am
I’m posting Michael’s reviews a little later than usual, but that’s entirely my fault. In fact, I’ve been quite absent this week. Part of it’s due to the wedding. Not mine. I didn’t get married. Long time friend, Stephen Stukovsky got married in Lake Tahoe, which sucks because that means driving to a place where […]
When Jason Bentley spins Mylo on Metropolis, one can’t help but start grinning. I blogged about “Destroy Rock & Roll” already. “In Your Arms” is even better.
Two new posts today at LA-ist. I’ve been wanting to post that t-shirt thing forever, but I’ve been so busy I couldn’t get around to it. I’d told Joanna Contreras, the brain behind Red Star Ind., that I’d post about her place, but it took me so long to do so, I ended up expanded […]
I’m going to be missing the Rob Dickinson show at Hotel Cafe tonight. I’ll be stuck working just down the street. But that’s not gonna stop me from posting about it over at LAist.
You ever fling a compact disc into the void and then have it circle back like a boomerang and smack you upside the skull? I get a lot of music suggestions during the course of the week. Dropping a disc into the player and giving it a listen is a lot like hurling it out […]
It seems to me that all of the recent puritanism over the media and family values is destined for failure. The wardrobe malfunction, the recent web-censorship decrees, the complaints about violence in video games–they remind me of the days of the PMRC and its stance against the overt sexuality of “modern music” back in the […]
Storyteller, raconteur, troubadour and man of well-chosen letters Michael Keefe has turned in his reviews of recent music once again. The June selection can be found here, or as usual, by selectng the most recent link to the right. Enjoy!
Finally, I’ve posted something new at LAist.com. I’ve been so swamped lately that I haven’t been able to scrape even a few words into a decent pile. This time I’m looking forward to Maria Taylor’s appearance at Troubadour.
