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palace music anyone?

kaleef — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:35:20 GMT

hi all! so last night i pulled out the old palace music vinyl and fell in love with this song all over again. is mog acting funny again or is it really true that noone has posted some old will oldham? well then, let me introduce you to who bonnie "prince" billy was before he started calling himself by that name.

the palace strand

oh hey, if you are in and around atlanta next weekend stop by lenny's and see my man's band, codex boom. (and the poster i made for him...)

i live in atlanta and we need rain.

kaleef — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:53:47 GMT

tomorrow is the beginning of the downpour hopefully

and for the holiday? not going home this year. we decided to stay in, eat pizza and start a lil 2-bodied dance party...

have a safe holiday everyone and try to rock out at least twice.

electrelane. end it with a period.

kaleef — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:26:59 GMT

i got some bad news. i just heard that electrelane, one of my favorite bands is about to take an indefinite hiatus.

"we have decided that the upcoming gigs will be our last for the foreseeable future" says their myspace page, so if you live in europe, please, see them for me.

it hurts when beloved bands break. can't they just stay together? maybe if i stomp strong and clap like a fool they'll come back on?

poo.

blonde redhead for me

kaleef — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:18:06 GMT

music filled weekend. pylon on thursday night, dr. dog and delta spirit on friday night, full saturday of good ole blue-grass at the stompNchomp fest in cabbagetown with a dance party that night. time spent laying in the grass on sunday and then dang at dunch in the EARL. needless to say i have had three cups of coffee this morning. and since i never drink coffee i now have a raging headache. i think a lil' blonde redhead...

hey now...

kaleef — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:23:44 GMT

really? the first a.c. newman post? well then, i will now upload the first song that i heard of his solo album.

carl newman (aka a.c.), lead of the new pornographers. i listened to an interview on the local college station last weekend. seems like a cool dude actually. writing new songs for the new albums(s). solo and grouped, drink to this, then.

awww...

kaleef — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:48:41 GMT

there's nothing like doomed love to tug your heart strings click it

remember this oldie?

kaleef — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:12:38 GMT

well, okay, it's not really that old.

anyway, any of you in the dirty hear about the echo project? murphy's law strikes again though... i will be in las vegas for work during those dates. DRAT!

but i can't complain though, saw the apples in stereo, morning state and aqueduct fo' FREE last night and WHO is playing at the EARL tomorrow night? THE SEA AND CAKE! remember those guys? woooo, now _that_ is a show to get excited about.

_oh hell yeah, we went sailing down at fort walton, fl and had one of the best weekends ever. yeah, this is our lil schooner anchored about 25 feet from a white sand beach that we had ALL TO OURSELVES ~loveLifeloveLifeloveLife~_

funky on a wednesday.

kaleef — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:23:05 GMT

because today is the first day before my vacation, i choose to celebrate friday!

deerhunter, ga

kaleef — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:52:44 GMT

deerhunter. atlanta represent!

been gone for a bit. my company has recently been acquired by corporate.

and through all the shit, all the smiling and money and favoritism and suits and superiority and demotion (is that a word?) swarm around me i have been listening to this band...

jamie t.

kaleef — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:58:16 GMT

just heard about jamie t. a friend of mine handed me a promotional copy and told me he's influenced by desmond dekker. ok? digging some songs on it like this one, #5 and _shelia._

wtf. mj would be so proud.

kaleef — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:47:08 GMT

_cebu provincial detention and rehabilitation center, Cebu, Philippines_

holy crap.

kaleef — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:15:13 GMT

i hung out with greg hetson last night. he's in town for the warped tour and sauntered in to my local spot. really a nice kind of guy. he played air guitar to journey's _don't stop believing._

the dudes couldn't believe it.

cock-rock, stomp and sounds like... pulp

kaleef — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:02:26 GMT

what a fun last couple of weeks. to quickly wrap up i saw _lez zeppelin,_ an all-female _led zeppelin_ tribute band. i won the tickets from the local college radio station and wasn't really sure what i was in for. needless to say, steph paynes _was_ jimmy page. holy shit, i was screaming like a little girl, and the bassist melted my face (john paul jones would be proud). then last wednesday, _scout niblett_ and _st. vincent._ scout was exactly how i pictured her. powerful, concise, loud and passionate. her set was way to short, but i tell you, seeing her screech and stomp with maybe 40 other people was pretty fucking intense. then last night it was _scissors for lefty_ and _pela._ what can i say about this show? if you get a chance to see scissors for lefty you must do it!!! now that is what i call a fun time. five guys on this little stage, jamming away. the lead guy came down in the audience, serenaded this chick - he reminds me a great deal of jarvis cocker. at random times the bassist would jump down and dance around with all the hipsters shaking what there mama's gave 'em. their theatrics were not to trump the actual talent these guys have. i have to say, that may have been the best show of the year. well, no, the best show of the year so far goes to modest mouse. now that was...

anyway, next on the list is... ben kweller, and possibly interpol. actually defintely interpol, they are playing at the tabernacle! very cool venue - old church, dusty lounges, every seat has a great view.

and since i don't have any _scissors for lefty_ mp3's, here's a little pinback for yew all. i don't know, it's what i was listening to on the way into work this morning. i am falling in love all over again with their first album.

hope you all have a delightful day~

someone shrink-wrapped that guy

kaleef — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:20:38 GMT

entitled something to the effect of the hazards of drinking too much

friends can be rotten... i like the one with the broom

you do what you will

kaleef — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:52:23 GMT

caution to all: be careful what you ask for...

i got two but all i wanted was one.

there, that's better? fishing in a yard (for you b, the flood before the flood)

marmoset's missing man

kaleef — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:03:53 GMT

_marmoset is comprised of four men from the quaint village of indianapolis with an ear for melody and a bit of an inclination toward the dark side._ _they make pop music with a forked tail and a dirty grin._
off their latest, it's about damn time.
secretly canadian

you want funk? fine, i'll give you funkin' funk.

kaleef — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:17:50 GMT

rawr. god how i love this song...

turn it up and groove on my friends, it's friday

~p.s. i just bought my pela _and_ scissors for lefty show tix... whatwhat~

those loud lights

kaleef — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:37:52 GMT

the limp twins _russell porter and will holland have known each other since their early teens and have always enjoyed making and listening to music together. as the limp twins the pair try to capture that enjoyment. william holland has already won the world¹s attention with his previous releases for tru thoughts under the guises of quantic and quantic soul orchestra. alongside russell porter¹s vocals and keys, holland lends his deft production to the limp twins, as well as playing bass, guitar and saxophone._

much thanks to soulrocket for introducing me to this awesome sound!

when whip was in wet weather

kaleef — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:04:28 GMT

love in life.

"but your face is getting older, so put your head on my shoulder"

oh man, had that conversation this past weekend

sounds like the old white stripes. my favorite track on the album.

_the cat's cradle, a cat nor a cradle_

wreckless eric

kaleef — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:56:27 GMT

guess what movie i saw last night... i was charmed.

_born eric goulden in newhaven, sussex, england, wreckless eric became interested in music through the pub rock scene of the mid-’70s. wreckless eric gained notoriety as part of stiff records’ highly eccentric roster of punk and new wave artists during the late ‘70s. with his whiny, slurred cockney voice, eric couldn’t carry a tune, but that didn’t prevent him from being an enjoyable, if limited, rock & roller. with his early stiff singles “whole wide world,” “semaphore signals,” and “take the cash (k.a.s.h.),” eric bashed out a series of ragged, chaotic, three-chord punk-pop singles driven by his pent-up energy and a knack for melodic pop hooks. wreckless eric never had a big pop hit, but his engaging sense of humor and fondness for simple rock & roll helped make him a cult figure who continued to have a following into the ‘90s._

lavender diamond, aptly named folk

kaleef — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:51:25 GMT

yesterday's lunch, stealing the shade of nice healthy oak to take a lil' cat nap for myself. i put on album 88 to listen to some tunes, but instead, a sweet girl talking about string theory, energy flow, hope for humanity, power of individuality, imposition of life, loving the ground, excitement for renaissance.

i listened to "becky" and completely agreed, wishing i could be as articulate and steadfast. she's right, you know.

heard of lavender diamond. earthy, whimsical vocals. pleasantry.

she talked: about having a weak voice when she was young, not speaking till she was three. about a singing scholarship taught by a man who spent time in the war trench listening to soldiers death cry. about eating in a turkish pizza place in belgium and being mortified that AKON was on repeat play.

her name is becky stark. i recognize that name! she sang on elvis perkins _ash wednesday._ beautiFULL. warm & kind, becky's got it right.

molina molina

kaleef — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:43:15 GMT

_songs: ohia is one man, jason molina, a tenor guitar-wielding songwriter from the shores of lake erie._

i am quickly realizing that i usually upload the first song i have heard from any particular artist. no exception here. these firsties, they remind me of that a-ha! moment you get when you like what you hear. thanking whom/whatever for the satiation. i post them in hope that someone else will feel the same way.

~since i have a limited amount of the "3"s at the end of my "mp"s i do my best. usually older songs but never moldy.~

tuesday cheers.

where are you?

kaleef — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:48:05 GMT

no, but it would be nice. it was over a year ago since the last time.

won't settle. enjoy my time spent. concerned about the ones i _do_ meet.

but still, it would be nice...

_i did love this man then, and he loved me. and we loved big old bertha (that's her up in the back) together_

the white stripes on npr right now! (EST, 3:20pm)

kaleef — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:37:06 GMT

during the day the earth shifts. that's a fact! i ran outside to move my black coffin to the shaded area.

step2. i was listening to npr this morning. i know this cause when i turned on the car i heard terri gross~fresh air. well maybe, but i like her voice when she says that. anyway, who? i hear a man talking about "meg."

step3. immediately, is that jack white? yep. listened for 5 minutes. ran inside, npr.org. not until 5pm. shit!

step4. log on to iTunes store and purchase icky thump. i knew it would happen that way. all of the sudden, need their latest. sweet impulsive treat and i will listen to it thoroughly for the next 2 weeks.

thanks npr for making this girl so contented. FOR STIRRING HER DESIRE. and a big no thanks for an asynchronous stream.

st james infirmary blues/

and this is a great video.

this is not romance

kaleef — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:45:27 GMT

(and it all relates)

i had a dream last night like most. i remember some of it. it's music related.

let me summarize... stephen malkmus and i. we were in love. we played in traffic. the ground behind us was this crazy trippy cartoonish appearance that wiggled oh-so slightly. (like a chad vangaalen animation). we didn't speak. we hung out at the food mart and drank red slurpies. but the best part was when he grabbed my hand and we jumped off these really tall pine trees. instead of falling down we went up up up! we giggled about this~ fogginess follows there had to more but i can't put it together.

such a shame to wake up to an alarm.

watch this one if you kinda like the malkmoose, it's an easy song to like. _baby c'mon video_

_pavement's special appearance on space ghost_

happy SUMMER to all!

coughing with no mouth...

kaleef — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:17:53 GMT

~bek david campbell~

i am about to post my all time favorite beck song AND dedicate it to kiddo because, according to her mog page, she has an aversion for the kazoo.

plus the first time i saw her avatar i near busted a gut. one of the all-time funniest photos i have ever seen on the internet. i like to laugh. can any of you top this? _look at the kitten_

back to beck, you may know that he is one of my favorite artists. a musical genius (i place him in the same category as prince...) with much to say. lines like the title of this post and "catch a chill off the stove" and "ring the moon like a broken bell"

also, did you know that beck's grandfather (al hansen) was a genuine fluxist? (maybe i should have uploaded readymade...-alas another post!) they put on a show back in '98 together called playing with matches.

very cool shit.

_slow and eerie_

so the story goes like this... this song was recorded a long time before mellow gold. it was back in 1992 around the same time beck first hooked up with carl stephenson and bong load records. tom and rob of bong load each separately discovered beck busking and they immediately set him up with stephenson. a few recording sessions later, they had "loser" and "steal my body home" in the can, and the first single with the two songs was released on bong load. the rest is history.

i wish i was born an animal

kaleef — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:32:52 GMT

_after moving from indiana to berkeley in the summer of 2000, birds of america's nat russell began compiling his four-track recordings, releasing two cassettes and a lathe-cut 7 inch on his own joyous sound and vision record label._

_the debut album, CURRENT CARRY, arrived in the first month of 2005 . the record is a home-made meditation on the cycles of life, love, and death._

isota label there are three free downloads

if i were born a bird i would hope to be this one. they fly _way_ up high. just knowing i'd be left alone is fair enough.

~this is a picture of the Dry Tortugas i took back in 2004.~

[even if you don't get how they relate to this post] i added more pictures since some of you liked them so.

happy trails to you blair.

kaleef — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:50:59 GMT

at this moment i am listening to henry and kevin's send-off song for blair. the humanity here at mog! how very beautiful. how very thoughtful. all three of you rock.

it reminds me of my traveling adventures. personally, i have "up and left" four times that i can count since i was eighteen. i can identify with the hope of the grass being greener. perpetually _unsatisfied_ with my situations. my story starts with nyc, then cork, then key west and now atlanta. i finally am allowing myself to become rooted and that, in itself, is what petrifies me the most. actually, that is presently what i am struggling with. however, those fears, where ever they may stem from, are the lust of life. you gain perspective by pushing yourself into unknown situations and realize that you can control your mind (and not always your environment.) you learn to identify the fear, realize there is a natural rhythm, and change in whatever form, is inevitable.

there is no better time than now.

and support is always a phone call away.

good luck to you blair, and i hope LA realizes how very lucky it is to have you.

i am incapable of writing a song for you but i can upload.

"travel out west, the future's blessed..."

p.s. please tell beck i love him

ultraaa velvet, hancock, dekker and the skyline from a dodgy part of town (recap)

kaleef — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:11:28 GMT

right now my ipod has a sprain. it was given by electrelane. love love love their latest album. and thanks to a suggested piece of info from the all knowing soulrocket i found some b-sides too!

ever listen to a song and it gives you the goose bumps?

so i saw herbie hancock at the free jazz fest several weekends ago, here's a shot of that. he was amazing, a living legend. the guys gotta be what, -eighty?- (err... no, according to moovyphreak he recently turned 67.) either way he is still jamming and getting all funky up and out there.

and i saw great lake swimmers several nights ago and here's a shot of tony dekker. how amazing, and eleni mendell opened for him. great show, highly recommend (if that means anything...)

also, somehow i walked into a sleepytime gorilla museum show, not truly my taste but they had some homemade instruments. ever see a bass harmonica? that thing is the size of her head.

a moment of right now on bar (that's my girl...)

god damn. i do love this city. and if i wasn't throwing a house party tonight my priority would be to either attend the feist/grizzly bear show at the varitey or see snowden at the earl. shapes and sizes and the national played on wednesday night but it was sold out!

no barking!

evens

kaleef — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:45:12 GMT

but great lake swimmers tonight

normanoak had to cancel thursday. for reasons that make chad suspicious. i was bummed. for about four minutes i sort of felt how this song sounds.

_formed in the autumn of 2001, the evens released their self-titled debut on Dischord in the spring of 2005. With a more laid-back sound than MacKaye's earlier work (outside of some tracks on Fugazi's 1999 Instrument soundtrack) and a somewhat less angular approach than the Warmers, the Evens honed their hard-to-nail-down atmospheric folk-esque sound through extensive touring. In 2004, they contributed a song ("On the Face of It") to the Protest Records website, and their song "Vowel Movement" was featured on the Washington, D.C., kids show Pancake Mountain. The band planned to spend the better part of 2005 touring the U.S._

their label site

ian macKaye of minor threat, embrace, fugazi on baritone guitar and vocals

amy farina of the warmers on drums and vocals

phew, for a minute there i lost myself.

kaleef — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:24:03 GMT

last but certainly not least. even though this song was once overplayed it still stands the time test.

and i am done with these themed video uploads. i had fun~

fitter happier more productive

joggers

kaleef — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:55:39 GMT

last day of work normanOak tonite birthday tomorrow moving too

this is what i listened to on the way to work this morning.

_ben whitesides (guitar/vocals), darrell bourque (vocals/bass), murphy kasiewicz (vocals/guitar), and jake morris (drums) came together in 2001 after playing in various local portland bands. the quirky-pop foursome derived a heavy, rollicking sound. their song "the devil wears earplugs" marked the joggers' official debut on the Startime Supercuts compilation in early 2003._

no alarms and some surprises

kaleef — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:04:44 GMT

_i'm all about embedding dr. tchock_
so, i saw a "making of" epsiode on this video back then. freakin thom yorke... he did like 8 continuous takes, and i swear to god!

the best part comes after he survives. around three minutes in. that slight. but not alarmed.

well done.

electrelane, it's hers

kaleef — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:26:58 GMT

label website: too pure

all femme group from brighton, england. verity susman emma gaze mia clarke ros murray

labelmates with scout niblett (too pure)

this is off their latest album _no shouts, no calls_ and i am loving it.

_all girl power group electrelane_

CRISTO

kaleef — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:17:40 GMT

_shimmer!_

remember this piece of film fineness? if not, wait until the end. it's a proper finish.

UNKLE and thom yorke's voice. (sounds like thom playing the piano to me)

the twentySomething present

kaleef — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:15:42 GMT

http://mog.com/simpleKid

now i am not sure if that's him. i guess we will see.

reminds me of a song that seems appropriate this morning. already a conversation about my birthday. how old? well i will be...

twentySeven!

but instead i want to upload some chris barth. i am so freaking excited to see him thursday night. my birthday's friday. a present to myself.

velvet morning

kaleef — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:02:18 GMT

love that song but this isn't the verve...

_between thought and expression lies a lifetime_
a band that highly defines/inspires my musical taste. raw, grit, ditch-rich dirt rock + lyrical poetry.

it's a god damn euphony!

i "found" this band the same time i "found" pavement. my life was changed forever and ever amen.

here are some bands that sound like they have been impressed upon. ok, i give myself two minutes...

pavement beck modest mouse stone roses talking heads radiohead the flaming lips the black lips scout niblett cat power jane's addiction, perry perry perry... cyhsy franz white stripes, jack jack jack cold war kids the howling hex grizzly bear veruca salt the pixies tapes n' tapes someone still loves you BY love as laughter, sam jayne joggers the strokes!

times up.

PEACE one more! snowden. and how about the verve? and i know there is lots and lots...

scout niblett

kaleef — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:38:07 GMT

emma louise niblett is an english singer/songwriter

6/20/07: Scout Niblett with Iggy & The Stooges -- Jarvis's Meltdown @ Royal Festival Hall, London

_scout niblett records with steve albini, has toured with cat power, and reduces audiences around the world to jibbering wrecks with the sheer force of her performances. a pretty girl in a wig, playing the drums and singing so loudly and gleefully it sounds like her lungs might burst: ‘it’s all for you!’ she yelps onstage, like a kid offering a present of slugs and petals and drawings. it’s all for you!_

her old label - secretly canadian

her new label - too pure

her own damn site

scout, _to kill a mockingbird_

black lipstick

kaleef — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:14:50 GMT

it's not the black lips, and it's not sick lipstick...

download some free mp3's here, including this one

here's a little something about them that was not written by me:

_...raunchy riffs, tasteful beats, a four-octave monotone and clever lyrical wit, centered on topics which seemed important at the time (blowing off work, getting f'd up, getting by, stealing girlfriends and keeping them.)_

_some stoner dude from a liberal arts college blogged that they sound like a cross between the velvet underground, sonic youth, the clean and the feelies on acid, in a blender, while having tom verlaine and moe tucker's modern love child._

i'll take it.

how about some love as laughter?

kaleef — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:27:09 GMT

_'tis the season, i just received 2 more wedding invites over the weekend..._

following the 1994 dissolution of indie-pop cult faves _lync,_ singer/guitarist sam jayne formed the lo-fi solo project love as laughter.

this is a track off of the latest release called trademark of quality. i particularly like the way his voice will bite in this song

this is the love as laughter website

_sam jayne!_

let's not shit ourselves

kaleef — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:18:03 GMT

_here is robin and i staring at alejandro's magic sock_

so robin(6/28:twentysix) and i(6/8:twentyseven... 27?!) are throwing a birthday blast on june 16th at alejandro's

good music, free beer and snacks galore

if you are in the area code let me know, it shall be a good time~

bring no children

if your creepy, don't waste your bother

a preference

kaleef — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:18:23 GMT

i'm not entirely impressed by this band but i do like this song. give it a full chance, would you? it may surprise you.

http://tapesntapes.com/

hugs & shoves

kaleef — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:09:42 GMT

_beck recorded deadweight (part II of the brazilian trilogy) with the dust brothers between odelay and mutations_
first day back after a five day vacation/wedding/bender. i saw at least 35 people that i haven't seen since high-school almost nine years ago.

upon returning i see that the forest fires created this gray-blue woolly haze over the city.

ok, i have fifty work related e-mails to read and respond.

ack, it's good to be back.

marriage. we could just be done.

kaleef — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:20:50 GMT

i am traveling home to visit my family and attend a friend's wedding.

it should be a great time and i plan on getting on the roof.

and i plan on drinking, all these people are alcoholics.

elliott smith, autumn de wilde, ashley welch, beck, ben gibbard, chris walla, matthew caws...

kaleef — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:55:29 GMT

from SPIN

'Elliott Smith' Compiles Photos, Unreleased Live Material

May 15, 2007

Photographer and close Smith friend Autumn de Wilde chats with SPIN.com about the ins and outs of forthcoming photo book and live CD.

read it here, i just found out about this 5 minutes ago

breathe it in >>>>>> air + beck

kaleef — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:05:19 GMT

beck is a musical genius, isn't he?

having previously worked in remixing "sexy boy" off of air's _moon safari_, he was asked to contribute to 10,000 hz legend. when asked for the circumstances that brought them together, beck said "puberty."

when beck speaks, i listen. he has much to say.

the lyrics to this aptly titled song are great. lost _and_ hopeful...

_i'm running after time and i miss the sunshine summer days will come, happiness will be mine i'm lost in my words, i don't know where i'm going i do the best I can not to worry about things_

also on that album, "don't be light"

i posted lyrics in the comments section

the delgados

kaleef — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:54:14 GMT

the delgados scottish, indie, 1994--2005 achingly beautiful melodies soaring string arrangements intricate waltztime rhythms

(named in honor of famed aggressive spanish cyclist, pedro delgado, a tour de france winner)

i once planned to move away with a man that i dated for several years. we broke up right before the move. i still planned on going, as did he. he threw away most of my paintings, screamed at me and accused me of stealing his "plans."

he lives there now, i ended up here. and we have ourselves a chat every now and again.

[again] those lucky canadians

kaleef — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:56:54 GMT

chad's label

chad's site

tour may 15, 2007 | victoria, royal theatre, with feist may 16, 2007 | vancouver, orpheum theatre, with feist may 18, 2007 | edmonton, ab, windspear theatre, with feist may 19, 2007 | calgary, jubilee auditorium, with feist may 22, 2007 | regina, sk, conexus arts centre, with feist may 23, 2007 | winnipeg, burton cummings theatre, with feist may 29, 2007 | toronto, on, tranzac (292 brunswick avenue), with jade mcnelis may 31, 2007 | ottawa, bronson centre, with feist june 1, 2007 | montreal, olympia, with feist june 2, 2007 | quebec city, imperial, with feist july 27, 2007 | prince george, folk fest, with amy milan

look here, i just want to go home

kaleef — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:01:14 GMT

and start my weekend.

six words short. six words short.

you are in for a sweet treat

kaleef — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:19:34 GMT

ever hear the band snowden? now, i know some of you have cause they are awesome. they are also a local band here in atlanta. this is the first song i heard of theirs while listening to album88, georgia state radio. that same day i was stuck in traffic on my way home. i was listening to the same station. they were giving away tickets to see snowden at the earl. what the heck? i was doing nothing but staring at the ass-back of a ginormous SUV. i called once. i won those tickets. and i went to the show. all i can say is jordan jefferes puts on one of the most intense displays of the body-beat-heave i have ever witnessed. it was fierce.

catch-22

stick out your tongue

kaleef — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:35:37 GMT

1971-1991

did you know radiohead got their name from "radio head," a talking heads song?

_1977_

smiling dog

kaleef — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:01:59 GMT

i don't normally upload twice in one day, but look here. this is a picture of my friend oliver. this dog smiles. and i got a picture to prove it.

so some more stephen malkmus. he likes pavement... so he says

and all our time is spent boiling

kaleef — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:21:28 GMT

so this is the first song of chris barth's solo project that got me interested.

well, wait, that's not exactly true. i was _already_ interested, but this song was the first one. know what i mean?

i like the bass line... and i _really_ like the lyrics.

tour dates 06/01/07 indianapolis, in - big car gallery 06/02/07 chicago, il - ronny's bar 06/04/07 muncie, in - village green records 06/05/07 bloomington, in - hot love house 06/06/07 knoxville, tn - free free mansion + knoxville day tour 06/07/07 atlanta, ga - drunken unicorn 06/09/07 asheville, nc - broadway's 06/10/07 charlotte, nc - black congo house 06/11/07 charlottesville, va - twisted branch tea bazaar 06/12/07 washington dc, - 611 florida 06/15/07 new york, ny - the cake shop 06/16/07 philadelphia, pa - green line cafe 06/19/07 boston, ma - lorem ipsum books 06/22/07 montreal, qc - casa del popolo

face the truth

kaleef — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:15:10 GMT

did you like pavement? but haven't heard from them in years?

the truth, my friends, is that stephen malkmus has never left us...

_this is the picture i want to upload but... look at this fancy one i found...?_

~_as an addendum... one of my favorite live performances include this man, so no negative comments please. they will be deleted. have a nice day and drink more water_~

it's all nice on ice...

kaleef — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:07:07 GMT

what a weekend.

one in which everything fell into its own place. tried to breathe it in.

out of many occurrences, a show saturday night. outside music park, perfect temperature. love as laughter, sam jayne, in amber, great, great, great. trademark of quality. _yes, i did ask him to sign it... and no, i can't help it_

ok. man man. experimental rock. GREAT PERFORMANCE> try to see these guys if possible. white white. add energy, drums, face paint, mania and mix.

_all dressed up and going going going_

and the last. i danced danced all night long. the best part of that show. specifically, the best part for me was listening to johnny marr on old songs like styrofoam boots. excellent. it was soooo good. a solid performance and i am ever so fortunate to have seen it. i was intoxicated. i was sober and i was smiling the whole time.

_here's johnny smiling too_

_and this here is isaac_

~my legs still fucking hurt~

o my god.

kaleef — Sun, 06 May 2007 21:23:24 GMT

it's so wonderful.

dance dance outside last night.

love as laugther man man modest mouse.

pictures and commentary to follow....

and [p.s.] modest mouse _did_ play an encore

wtf is going on

kaleef — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:38:01 GMT

apparently, time is irrelevant in mogland.

i am confused, trying to pay no mind.

so unorderely mog,

fo'shame!!

...our sweatshops are run like churches

kaleef — Fri, 04 May 2007 13:25:26 GMT

http://www.howlinghex.com/frontPage.do

neil michael hagerty / musician and author previously from _royal trux_

public works

more prolific indie rock

enjoy folkies

please remember

kaleef — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:23:27 GMT

some "old school" conor for you all

the first song i ever heard of his, it still sounds just as sweet

_he said no war_

a seminal man in a seminal band gone solo

kaleef — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:00:17 GMT

normanoak. chris barth's solo project he started a few years ago.

chris barth. lead for the impossible shapes. a band that has been around for years, has at least 6 fantabulous albums and is still rocking.

laughter fills our hollow dome. my favorite impossible shapes album.

a gift of double tongues. normanoaks latest and the album i can't stop playing.

and me. i am gonna see him the day before my birthday. and i am so very excited.

thanks to the powers for my brand new

kaleef — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:33:27 GMT

SHIRT

_felt like it there for a bit_
been out of the loop, been far far from a computer, been sleeping in and staying up late been seeing excellent shows in the nitetime

but then, received a lil' presey in the mail - what was it?

well, my friends, it was a delightful mog t-shirt

and this is how i came to be a walking ad,

so i took a picture of myself at night.

my FUNK found me [again]

kaleef — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:57:51 GMT

how could i forget about the funkiest album in my collection? (and my personal favorite of beck's)?!

starting off, a sweet song that i happen to know all the words to.

stay if you want, there is enough, sadness for the both of us

kaleef — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:51:03 GMT

that is just one marvelous line from this marvelous song. below

elvis perkins according to wiki: (born 1975) is a folk-rock singer-songwriter. he is the son of actor anthony perkins and photographer berry berenson.

*anthony perkins died of aids in the earl nineties and berry berenson died on one of the planes that hit the world trade center. listen to the titled song _ash wednesday_ with that knowledge.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6641981

you and your cronies.

kaleef — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:00:07 GMT

while driving back to work from lunch, i was listening to cassadaga. ~that record still has yet to grab me, track 4 is pretty good~ and i says to myself, what else i got in this car? ~and i don't really talk like that~ so i popped out my cd case ~the only one i keep in the car so it's filled with all of my most favorite records~ and eye-spy amnesiac. holy shit. this record is so fucking amazing. i only got to track 4 before pulling on the lot. i was like, oh, i have to share this! but with _whom_? silly question... here it is.

_it starts to melt around 1:47._

_yes, that's thom. he's just smiling_

s o d a n c e go.

kaleef — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:25:46 GMT

_a wait, clap your hands say yeah_

catharsis.

and because i still like clap your hands, unlike some

and because i get to see them live tomorrow night...

and although i am more interested in seeing elvis perkins, cyhsy _will_ be a shaking* good* time*

and because it is at the variety. which has the best acoustics in atlanta to listen.

~also, dr.dog, we all belong. that is a goood album...~

:: invade the valley of health ::

kaleef — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:50:01 GMT

"indianapolis, michigan, chicago and new york. brown hair, blues eyes, 6' 1". songwriter and musician on secretly canadian. plays bass in marmoset. was also in the soy beans, hug and the rosary bleeds."

well put. and he reminds me of beck back when he and sam jayne were working on "one foot in the grave." i loved that song _asshole_, i will have to dig it out. gross. that, on the other hand, was not well put.

enjoy my friends,

yes, it's true, i really like this band

kaleef — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:04:55 GMT

and in hopes of getting someone new to listen~

and in hopes of someone who also enjoys this song. either way i downloaded it from daytrotter. and you can too. free mp3

and the most private thing i am willing to admit here is i bought cassadaga last night... at target. there is slight irony in this for myself...

so it goes...

kaleef — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:56:04 GMT

or this one, it's a good one. another asshole too. they are easy, you should try it.

goodbye, blue monday. :: OR :: kurt vonnegut, jr., 1922-2007, he tried.

kaleef — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:26:07 GMT

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/12/arts/web-0412obit.php

one of the greatest of our lifetime. he died on a wednesday, ended with a period.

novelist, humanist, iconoclast, environmentalist, humorist, FREETHINKER...

in all that i have ever read he has always been my number one.

NOVELS Player Piano (1952) • The Sirens of Titan (1959) • Mother Night (1961) • Cat's Cradle (1963) • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine (1965) • Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade (1969) • Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye, Blue Monday (1973) • Slapstick or Lonesome No More (1976) • Jailbird (1979) • Deadeye Dick (1982) • Galápagos (1985) • Bluebeard (1987) • Hocus Pocus (1990) • Timequake (1997)

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS Canary in a Cathouse (1961) • Welcome to the Monkey House (1968) • Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)

COLLECTED ESSAYS Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974) • Palm Sunday, An Autobiographical Collage (1981) • Fates Worse than Death, An Autobiographical Collage (1990) • God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (2001) • A Man Without a Country (2005)

PLAYS Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970) • Between Time and Timbuktu, or Prometheus Five: A Space Fantasy (1972) • Make Up Your Mind (1993) • Miss Temptation (1993) • L'Histoire du Soldat

http://www.inthesetimes.com/

http://www.slowlydownward.com/abit.html

this is very fucking depressing. but it's not a dark day, that unhappiness is mine.

:: this cold war kid ::

kaleef — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:57:30 GMT

i said it once, i have no trouble saying it twice. if i could only marry a voice, then i choose nathan willett's.

here is a pleasing song. to me.

:: honey let me be your salty dog ::

kaleef — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:06:01 GMT

so i went to a party. i got toasty on the insides. i grabbed a microphone. and i sang karaoke once. and this is what i sang...

yeah, it really was...

not multiple m's, that would be ms'

kaleef — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:41:30 GMT

chicago noise pop quartet, the m's...

i wanted to upload some love as laughter but it was not meant to be

i hear a bit of white stripes in the beginning.

a good friday on a mediocre thursday

kaleef — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:31:09 GMT

since i will not be mogging tomorrow, i thought to give everyone a jump start.

and if you haven't heard of elvis perkins, check out his ep "ash wednesday"

he _does_ sound like who you think he sounds like

~there's a sweet treat in the comments~

:: menomena in the drunken unicorn ::

kaleef — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:45:12 GMT

so i've been spending many days lately inside a right triangle. it's a long story but seriously. a house. that's a right triangle. with a smaller right triangle courtyard in the center. but i got out last night. and i went to the drunken unicorn and i saw menomena live for the first time. and my ears bled. when we walked into this shit-hole that i love we saw three masked men playing something similar to.... klezmore music? without the brass. ever seen a baby baby grand piano? ladies and gents, the midwives... :

band #2, loud and thumping and hey.. i recognize that deep and hollow voice. jordan jeffares (of snowden) new project. i do love how he performs, very powerful folks. their first live performance, some dude jumped on stage and started dancing and then another dude jumped on and smashed ~something~ into the other guys face, and then another guy smashed ~something green~ who threw cauliflower? seriously.
_screw faced jordan, recommended daily allowance_
then, before my fever totally knocked me on my ass, menomena. this band is fucking awesome live. and i want to add that danny seim has to be at least 6'9" tall and is my favorite : _lackthereof_ not to mention he completely rocked my socks off. my hips love a good drummer.

and b/c i love my concert tee's. i wore my metallica-inspired shirt to work today. here it is. soory for the shoddy pic, but i didn't want anyone walking by and seeing me take a picture of my rack.

~enjoy all and lots of love

indie sub genre :: slow burn acid folk

kaleef — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:34:27 GMT

hmmmm... i like this album. a couple years old, but check out songs like _maniac psycho_ and _may 9th, 2002_

*he also plays the keys in lal (love as laughter)~another great indie band.

http://www.theredalert.com/features/mendez.htm

that's about that.

:: chad vangaalen ::

kaleef — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:18:17 GMT

whoops, that's supposed to be :: flower gardens :: not _dead flowers_

i really like this guy, he reminds me a bit of neil young

he is also an amazing and talented illustrator/animator

check out some of his videos here: http://youtube.com/results?search_query=vangaalen&search=Search

hope you enjoy

:: hi to low, low to high ::

kaleef — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:48:17 GMT

i had a great weekend. however, i will only type up my music related fun fun fun. saw my buddies band play friday night (QUENCH) and they rocked the house, they added a rhythm guitarist and it sounded great! yay for adam!

_quench_

saw parade, say hi to your mom, +/-, and bishop allen on saturday. i actually went to see bishop allen, but was disappointed with their show and man did they grow arrogant over the last 5 years. (i guess it had to happen sooner or later) i got some good photos though. say hi to your mom was good and the guy (eric) was really nice, we chatted and laughed and he danced around me for a bit (he also sold me a shirt earlier and i thought it was him but didn't dare ask...) parade reminded me of the breeders, she sounded like kim deal too. the band that blew us all away was plus/minus. the drummer was freaking amazing, had some weird time changes, i could barely dance to it! we went home, i made the boys scrambled eggs on wheat bagels, smoked and went to bed.

_bishop allen_

_say hi to your mom_ and that is a rhodes

_parade_

here's an upload that i have been loudly listening to. my impossible shapes again, but damn!! i love this band

i want to also add that the great lake swimmers are fantastic...

for posterity sake

kaleef — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:24:51 GMT

ok all you cool cats, have a lovely weekend and i will catch you on the flip-side~

in the meantime enjoy this lovely melody that shall sooth your aching soul.

la la la

this one is also for my favorite mogette, another manx fan

:: say hi to your mom ::

kaleef — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:49:20 GMT

_say hi_

i got tickets for saturday night at this local venue, the earl. one of my favorite venues here in atlanta. i bought these tickets to see a band that i have been a fan of since its infancy: bishop allen. i posted about them a lil while ago and you can find it here if you care: http://mog.com/kaleef/blog_post/48423

however, i find that there are 2 other bands touring with them. +/- (plus/minus) and say hi to your mom. i like plus/minus so that was a bonus. now, say hi to your mom. the name? apparently they named themselves "...after Midwestern dairy queen civility." or a friend suggested it to them...

if you want to know more check 'em out here on their website (which is pretty funny): ttp://www.sayhitoyourmom.com/biography.htm

or on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Hi_To_Your_Mom

i can't upload my favorite of theirs (prefers unhappy endings), but i posted a good one that i downloaded from their website: http://www.sayhitoyourmom.com/music.htm

here they are playing a little ditty for your pleasure only.

i like _prefers unhappy endings_ the best

suicidal actions

kaleef — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:55:11 GMT

i don't know about you, but i have obsessive tendencies. music and boyfriends (the good ones) ~ i become immersed. concerning music: i find one song that i can listen to over and over again, desperate for a bit, _then_ give the rest of the album a chance. and so it goes, i cannot give anything else a fair shot until this said obsession has subsided. it would be nice to float on and dig several songs from a band and move forward to the next band... and the next... and. i would loose myself in this dizzing pace. i note that many of you can, i cannot. the difference is indifferent.

i have about 4 bands on stand-by for noise replenishment...

the ponys are first in line after my current relationship.

please listen loudly.

something i am listening to at this very moment

kaleef — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:22:36 GMT

ten words... ten words, hmmm? let me think...only ten?

http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/990a75d4b649577f

nice, nice, very nice...

kaleef — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:54:56 GMT

it's like listening to transatlanticism in the morning, on the way to work.

repetitive and powerful, i am now kind of capable.

this girl has her priorities STRAIGHT!

kaleef — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:57:33 GMT

happy friday my friends,

can i just say that i just got paid and i just purchased tickets for menomena, cold war kids, cyhsy & hot chip? ok.

so what if i had to dip into the food fund... BECAUSE! the 3-Rule is true... and prefer to breathe music. if that's the case, i can only go 3 minutes without the sound. 3 days without water and 3 weeks without the food.

i believe this to be a GOOD decision!

i just can't stop.

kaleef — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:11:35 GMT

i found this band purely by chance last year. driving my daily commute of curvy, hilly roads, listening to the local college station (album 88) i heard "over and over" for the first time. downloaded it that night and seriously played that song, well over and over and over again. five guys. here they are all playing the guitar.

and here they are performing for you

and last night i dreamt that i was driving and my car flew off the tree limb and we slowly fell down. i killed my best friend and my head landed in the dirt. but i told her i loved her right before impact.

hrm.

because.

kaleef — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:26:55 GMT

as blair (aka satisfiedMind614) said in a previous post "i am a compulsive music sharer you know…"

i know what i love. i think you all should too.

so here's an upload tease of my longest running obsession / favorite band ever.

survival

kaleef — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:30:11 GMT

and one more because of such hi-demand...

wait, this one rocks a bit more

:: the impossible are plausible ::

kaleef — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:31:25 GMT

oh the impossible shapes. well-crafted and wicked smooth. slow, subtle, smart, sexy, catchy and powerful. my favorite sounds concentrated.

been a fan for sometime now and this is not my first forced attempt.

:: another great band now defunct.part beta ::

kaleef — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:37:21 GMT

what a great fucking band. where did stephen mason go>?

check the comments for a little _sweet treat_

_the beta band_

:: another great band now defunct ::

kaleef — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:32:49 GMT

ladies and gentlemen, the delgados. however, emma pollock's ballad's of the book album releases today. haven't even heard one song... yet.

i do love her voice and should be downloading within the month.

enjoy!

_emma pollock see's you_

:: married with music ::

kaleef — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:52:53 GMT

i would consider marriage if i could marry nathan willett's voice.

:: listen to this! please? ::

kaleef — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:52:15 GMT

_christian rudder_

this is christian rudder. he, along with justin rice, make up the heart and soul of Bishop Allen. if you are hip, you may remember christian in such projects as "Poor-Spelling Children Pay Dearly for 'Letters to Satan'" or the "Date My Sister Project" and others back in the late 1900's and the early 2000's when he used to work for the now defunct TheSpark.com. in college, i checked that page every day, found that i will die when i am 78, that my "true" political self is a socialist, and was informed that if you leave a plate full of varietal meats that it takes a week for your neighbors to find it in their backyard... http://www.stinkymeat.net/

the point is thespark.com is my old MOG, it was meaningful to me!

anywho, he met justin at harvard and they formed The Pissed Officers, a punk band where there website had shown 4 members. christian and christian pretending to be his own twin brother and justin and justin pretending to be his own twin brother all dressed in ninja attire. these guys are funny, smart and so fucking interesting. both christian and justin each have been in an andrew bujalski flick (Funny Ha-Ha and Mutual Appreciation, respectively)

last year, still unsigned* they put out one CD per month, usually 4 songs long, to finance their tour. you would think that's implausible, but oh no, this band pulled it off in a way only the truly empassioned and motivated can. only minor growing pains with sheer energy/enthusiasm. plus their artwork is solid. yes, i bought them all at $5 a pop. i think my favorite month was march... yes, i have a personal relationship with this band (although it isn't reciprocated...) and yes, i want everyone to listen. i thought a little back story may make you more interested.

*they JUST got signed~with secretly canadian, i think

oh, and i get to see them again at the end of march! w00p!

:: uploadTwelve :: BEAUTIFUL reduced! INDIE great!

kaleef — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:45:34 GMT

i have been looking for a place to live...

if you get a chance to see this band... please try.

5/4/07 Vera Groningen

5/6/07 Paradiso Amsterdam

5/8/07 Knust Hamburg

5/9/07 KB Malmo

5/10/07 Debaser Medis Stockholm

5/11/07 Rockefeller Oslo

5/12/07 Sticky Fingers Goteberg

5/14/07 Postbahnhof Berlin

5/15/07 Star Club Dresden

5/16/07 Flex Vienna

5/17/07 Ampere Munchen

5/18/07 Gebaude 9 Koln

5/19/07 Zodiac Oxford

5/20/07 All Tomorrows Parties Minehead

5/22/07 Leadmill Sheffield

5/23/07 Rescue Room Nottingham

5/25/07 Trix Club Antwerp

5/26/07 Manufaktur Schorndorf

5/27/07 Mousonturm Frankfurt

5/28/07 Salzhaus Winterthur

5/29/07 Fri-son Fribourg

5/30/07 La Maroquinerie Paris

5/31/07 Victoires 2 Montpellier

6/1/07 Primavera Festival Barcelona

:: the stand ::

kaleef — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:53:23 GMT

one of my favorite books, only read it twice, but it still resonates. being that i like my dog more than most people i come into contact with... a bit of the postal service always gives me power behind my suspicions.

:: tgi[EFFIN]f ::

kaleef — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:03:21 GMT

TO ALL OF US WHO WORK feeling BORED AND SUFFOCATED, or living for the weekend.

the weather outside is 68 degrees with a slight chance of frustration... thank you mrs. wilmot (anyone read palahniuk?)

i want to get the f out of this office and kick-start my weekend.

"... and i go to the city it's not unusual, it's not unusual when i get there i work hard, i work hard making money for the firm but i pray for the weekend

take chemicals, take chemicals

then i fly high then i feel good then i fly high like a bird into the sun where i never want to come down (?) on sunday, on sunday...

like clark kent, my identity like clark kent, my identities a rouse to hide the pressure inside me

exploding, exploding

i said to my boss, go fuck yourself!..."

the commuter, by SIMPLE KID

:: fingering the figurines ::

kaleef — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:07:07 GMT

first off, i don't like to post negatively about any one band. however, my inspiration for this mog came from an ardent dislike of a band that i _should_ like but don't. i don't have love for the decemberists. i have listened but cannot get passed colin meloy's voice. which leads me to the figurines. similar sound to the decemberist's, but, i think, better.

//with names like Mads and Claus, the danish band figurines clean up nice\\

for those about to mog, I SALUTE YOU!

kaleef — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:24:16 GMT

i just wanted to let you all know that i appreciate all those who speak up and use MOG as a community tool. you all make my time at this office oh-so bearable. i am a peruser of the garden variety. i read your compositions, listen to your music, view your pictures and enjoy your daily musings/rants. thank you fellow moggers,

your moderate music mogger

:: hard water ::

kaleef — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:46:51 GMT

i used to have love for a guy who not only is involved with a wonderful girl but who also lives half the nation away... ok, i still have love for him. unfortunately, this is the healthiest romantic relationship i allow myself -or see straight- so for that, and for ofMuskegon, here is a tune that allows me to dream awake.

"i wanna be the shower in the morning, that wakes you up and makes you clean." ~ I love that line

shut off the machines // upload seven

kaleef — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:38:37 GMT

but don't shut down the MOG machine

...a straight line between forgiveness and revenge

:: the bravery departed ::

kaleef — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:25:22 GMT

:: brave statement ::

i JUST VERY RECENTLY found out that the bravery were living and recording here, in atlanta, till last november. wtf? just now i find out?!

cryptic and rockin!?

kaleef — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:18:35 GMT

for whatever it means to you...

and for that which we don't understand, just make it up?

:: string along manx ::

kaleef — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:26:42 GMT

a smooth and groovy track from another favorite. for your listening pleasure of course. -k

my favorite jogger

kaleef — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:52:13 GMT

i love this song. is it fitting enough for a rainy and oppressive day? hope someone will enjoy this tune!

:: i saw KANSAS last night ::

kaleef — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:04:05 GMT

last night i saw the band KANSAS up in gwinette county. my friend chad is the bands touring sound engineer and he got approx. 50 tickets to give away and some ALL ACCESS ones too! the venue-named "wild bill's"- held about 1000 (?) kansas fans. the varietal mix of folks was the biggest surprise (well, maybe second to thinking that the bands violin player was a chick and when she finally turned around mid-song i found out she was actually a 40-something _he_...) there were 16 year old indie-punks, mid-50Men rocking hard front-row singing every word, brassyBlondes shaking heads and booties, twentySomethings drinking heineken and pbr. (rolling rock for me please!) and mullet-heads of all ages. you had girls in turtle necks with bangs and leatherRockers sporting silver tongues. two hands to rock! the one commonality i observed (and i am saying something without saying anything) was that everyone i saw was white. on non-kansas nights this largeBar is where the country fans go to line-dance and, oh yes, ride the mechanical bull. they even have their own smoking lounge where you will sure to get an extra-large helping of second-hand smoke. it must have had 20 bars. wait! here's what:

ok, so back to kansas... i had a BACKSTAGE PASS and an AFTER SHOW PASS so here's one of those!!:

_does anyone understand why there are 2 old ladies on this pass?_

that being said, i don't know anything about kansas except for the song "dust in the wind." i didn't know, say, that the band has been touring for 33 years. or that they are a progressive rock band. this is not my style of music, but i remember hearing 2 songs of theirs on the radio when i was a kid. the association with some bands, like the beatles, the stones, paul simon, grateful dead and especially the eagles, my mother
loved the eagles- is so strong, i can remember visual moments spent looking up and over the car dash at the telephone lines, or the carpet in the back bed of my dad's white toyota pick-up, or sitting watching the fireworks on the 4th and seeing a fallen piece of firework land on a blanket about 40 feet from us and catch on fire. car-aziness!!! so it was so weird and sooo cool at the same time to see this band that has somehow wiggled it's way in to my psyche, live. nope, i am not going to download their album, or buy a concert ticket, but when i heard "carry on my wayward sOOoounnn..." on the classic rock station* this morning i smiled wide, and sang the only line i knew.

*THE RIVER -radio station was there last night too! enjoying the classic rock live action.

for those of you wondering where some actualy concert pictures are, i have to tell you that i don't ever bring my digicam out when i am drinking. i have had 2 cameras disappear, so i bring disposable ones. but if anyone wants to see some pictures of the band members asses and my friend chad on the console, let me know and i will be sure to scan some in.

oh yeah, here's another for you! boo-yah!

red hot drop.

kaleef — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:43:37 GMT

if you haven't heard of chad vangaalen, please check him out. i have been trying to upload a mp3 for the last hour but it won't fully load...

if you are ever so lucky to see him live you will not be disappointed. he is beautiful and creative. intriguing and sensitive. handsome and clever. talented and honest. i met him at the varitey playhouse when he was touring with band of horses last september. he handed me a handful of pins that he himself designed. here is one that is attached to my purse:

or check out his videos on youtube. he illustrates them himself. AND he's canadian. i don't think he could get anymore attractive to me unless... well unless his brother was beck.

spread the word.

do you know who this is?

kaleef — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:06:22 GMT

conor oberst in 7th grade it says. i found it on wikipedia. i just thought it was funny, don't get me wrong i have been an adoring fan for several years.

:: oli composed and stretched ::

kaleef — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:10:39 GMT

i have a little man. his name is oliver and he walks on all fours. last night i was wathcing him sleep-chasing something in his dreams. i started thinking he would have a wonderfully charming proper english accent, if he could speak. i can imagine him reading walt whitman, george manbiot and noam chomsky. if he could read. smoking cigars. and if he could, he would tell me in his self-effacing manner that his favorite band is and has always been radiohead. he appreciates my joggers and he would tell me how much he likes death cab. and i tell him that it's not cool to let other people know that (since we are music snobs.) privacy listening oli! i was inspired last night. i started his portrait.

ha! who knew a pup could be so inspirational?

music saved my...

kaleef — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:51:03 GMT

hummus. sitting here reading a wonder FULL MOG article about "wonderwall" and my flavor FULL container slipped and slid. my old trapper of A-L cds' saved it from the floor. i have a dog. phew. music is my wonderwall?

speaking of, ever hear the version from cat power? or ryan adams does a great "blusey" cover...

bonnaWHO?

kaleef — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:52:30 GMT

bonnaroo, bonnaroo only months away... bonnaroo, bonnaroo who's gonna play?

anyone out there have a clue of the line-up?

and for those who attended last year, did you hear about the "bonnaroo tornado?" a tent of our's was one of the flying tents during that blusterly blue day...

//i still love this man\\

wanted :: warmth

kaleef — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:29:35 GMT

hi! since i like it here... i thought i would share a nice warm and toasty shot with you all (especially for those up north-although it was 16 this morning here in atl.) i took it the morning of my last day as a key west resident. so this shot is what a sunrise looks like at the very southernmost tip of united states mainland. ow, my heart. i think i hear conor lamenting...

:: my dog's name is ben ::

kaleef — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:46:00 GMT

actually it's oliver but i want to show my appreciation for all the musically talented bens' out there that i love so much. ben gibbard, ben whitesides, ben bridwell, ben kweller, ben folds, ben harper, ben... ben stein... ben stiller? that's all i can think of.

//ben bridwell of band of horses\\

:: everything was beautiful and nothing hurt ::

kaleef — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:36:02 GMT

new to atlanta, i find myself finding comfort in the familiarity of my music. mine being the best evolved music out there!. i come from old hippies that divorced and seperated into 2 diffferent somethings. but, the one thing they shared was this true love for music, beat and soul. beatles first, then the police, then grateful dead, then metallica's one, then beck, then there is void filled with mc hammer and vanilla ice, then came pearl jam/soundgarden/nirvana/smashing pumpkins/nine inch nails/tool/and i know i am forgetting someone i will surely regret not adding. then came radiohead. and i was devoted to radiohead for years. everything after never held a flame to creep or/then just, i was in love. karma police, paranoid android, every single song on that album is honest, intriguing, evocative, powerful rock. every song. kid a and amnesiac. i was still riding the school bus. i remember hearing dave matthews "satellite" the first time on a college radio station and i went out and bought that cd. still one of my favotie cd's. modest mouse-which i think is one of the best bands ever. in the history books there will be a few elite and i vote modest mouse... blur, coldplay's parachute ( i saw them live in dublin at the point-the whole thing was general admission and i was 5' away from the stage)

either way, now with the internet and digital downloading i find so many new bands! and that is exactly and the reason i am here. i want to reach out to you, especially if you have read this far. i love music, i love live shows, oh! check out 'snowden' they are a local band here and i saw them live in small venue and they floored me. they are similar to the sound of interpol, but the lead-jordan jeffares- is awesome to watch live. i have never seen anything like him (except when i saw sonic youth play an encore with stephen malkmus), and i just saw forward russia RIGHT before with the whole microphone cord thing and his performance was so much more... powerful. or something better.

some favorites are radiohead, beck, stephen malkmus, anything ben gibbard mulls, joggers (they are great), chad vangaalen, band of horses, snowden, interpol, talking heads, conor oberst/bright eyes, beta band/steve mason, the shins, kim deal, beth orton, clap your hands say yeah!, all the other bens', hot chip, emma pollock/the delgados, built to spill, simple kid, white stripes, lo-fi!, reverb!, rogue wave, margot and the nuclear so and so's and there are so much more, but not enough either

and i am an environmentalist and this ship is sinking.