Category: Music
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The petite Woodsist Festival — founded by the indie record label Woodsist — has been an annual event in Big Sur for the past six years. Sadly, with the Soberanes wildfire raging nearby, the show had to be relocated at the eleventh hour. Jeremy Earl, digging through the merch for a frisbee: Bravo to promoters (((folkYEAH!)))…
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It's been an amazing musical summer so far. So many bands, so little time. You may know by now that when I'm not in my creative realm, designing interiors and textiles and rooting around salvage yards, I'm 'on the road' with my Marcel, the magical music journalist. Last week Marcel rode around the local skate…
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Where fashion and music collide, Yves Saint Laurent has been there. Witness these two video examples, more than 4 decades apart. The first is an instrumental accompaniment, L’enfant la Mouche et les Allumettes, by Jean-Claude Vannier for the 1971 YSL catwalk show. Note how cool musicians in turtle necks can be. Now, with the…
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I've written before on the subject of sad songs that are upbeat and danceable. Reigning Sound out of Asheville, North Carolina, by way of Memphis, have captured that beautiful juxtaposition with their song Never Coming Home (Merge Records). Let the sad dance begin!
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Read Marcel's review of the Neutral Milk Hotel show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, April 10, 2014 Interior shots of The Fox… A couple of favorite spots for coffee and tasty food near the Fox Theater … For the finest cup of coffee, served with attention to the smallest…
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I'm making an effort to bring back certain dated terms from my upbringing in San Francisco in the psychedelic 60s. Far-out! I remember when the song Ruby Tuesday came out in 1967 (yes, I'm that old). It made me swoon. I played the 45 over and over. "According to [Keith] Richards's autobiography,"Life",…
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Marcel and I were happy guests at Dr. Dog's concert last night in Santa Cruz. We got back from our trip just in time for the band's first appearance in Surf City. They had a documentary film crew in tow who interviewed Marcel and plied him gifts throughout the night. Merci mille fois to Monsieur Santos.…
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I finally got around to making a cabinet for my records. I realized when I was sitting on the sofa the other day that I was surrounded by stacks to left of me, stacks to the right of me…the piles of records were accumulating faster than my dust bunnies. I took advantage of this beautiful…
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Marcel will be reviewing his vinyl record collection ~ A-Z ~ in installments on his YouTube channel, while Jimi Hendrix looks over his shoulder…
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Jake Smith, aka The White Buffalo, at 39 years is an old soul. He’s a master storyteller, songwriter and impassioned singer all embodied in a strapping 6 foot 7 inch frame anointed with golden tendrils, a seeming contrast not unlike his vocal style. He moves easily between his bad-to-the-bone baritone and a tender croon. Best of…
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