The holidays are upon us, and as you might be aware, I like to skip the day about gluttony and mediocre football and get right to the good stuff. And what says “holiday time” like drinking with acquaintances while in a state of joyous confusion?
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In honor of the Giants’ ridiculously perfect season (and eternal lovability), ex-local label True Panther has, in a fit of wishing it had not left town, put together a celebrational compliational of SF bands, some of whom recorded tracks just for this comp. Plus, it only costs a dollar!
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All I’m saying is that if you’re 19 years old and your choices are: 1. Go to geology class 2.
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Why Are There Computers Week continues here at Hello Vegetables, so here’s some more video! Usually when I see lip-synced performances from old TV shows it’s pretty boring, but I could watch Haysi Fantayzee lip-sync “Shiny Shiny” a million times.
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As I try to fix a technical issue that is way over my head (and beyond my interest) while simultaneously chasing around a behemoth Baby Vegetables, please enjoy these recent Arcade Fire performances from the teevee. Suggested meditation: Sometimes things work out exactly the way they’re supposed to.
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I suppose I can’t remain in a beautiful baseball haze forever, so I’ll take a brief break from sitting with my chin rested in my hand, gazing into space, and writing “Mr. Kevin Posey” over and over again on my book cover to get back to music.
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Things are going to be a little slow around here until the World Series is over, but in the meantime, please enjoy the following videos by The Books. “I Didn’t Know That” “A Cold Freezin’ Night” (I can’t really listen to this song all the way through — I’m a sensitive boy — but I [...]
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There are only about a million reasons to love the Giants this year, but this reason has to be top-three: (the impatient need only wait 43 seconds for the payoff) Fu Manchu – Weird Beard from King Of The Road http://www.fu-manchu.com/
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I don’t usually go negative here, but this is really more of a fond recollection of terribleness than a complaint… I’ve been making up for a 26-year-old gap in my knowledge by watching Hot Dog… The Movie (in installments, because it’s very bad, and I say this as a lover of the genre). Naturally, there’s [...]
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… and now I watch TV all by myself. Southern Culture On The Skids – The Little Things from Ditch Diggin’ http://scots.com Here’s their classic version of “Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl” (you can find Joanna Neel’s original in this mind-boogling collection of country go-go songs on our beloved WFMU’s [...]
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