So last night I meet up with my buddy Alan. Our mission: to head down to SOMA (that’s South of Market for you tourists) for food, booze and Rock n’ Roll. The Donnas (originally from Palo Alto) returned home to rock Slim’s. Confidence is sexy. These ladies have been playing music...
Mose Allison, Burning Skulls and Chinese New Year
posted by Mr. Sid
Been really busy. Hopefully I can start posting more often. The new job kicks ass. I still get to work from home, and from appearances it doesn’t seem like my life has changed all that much. Ok, so happy Chinese New Year! New Year’s Eve dinner with the inlaws was cool. I hadn’t seen them in awhile. So far this year has been great – I hope it’s a sign of things to come. Thursday night the wife and I went to Yoshi’s (Sushi & Jazz) at Jack London Square in Oakland. We went to see Mose Allison, my favorite jazzman. My friend Walt introduced me to Mose’s music 11 years ago. He described him as “Blues went to college.”...
Another AuditionR...
posted by Mr. Sid
Well this was my 2nd band audition this week. Jammed with a guy named Bill McLauglin, who plays a pretty mean bass. He plays in a very aggressive manner. He wants to do a combination of surf and hard rock and punk. Anyway, we had a decent jam. Not sure if he’ll call me back for another jam....
Excitement continues...
posted by Mr. Sid
So last night after my last post actually, I had my “audition” with Larry Chandler of local surf band, The Skegs. Well it was more of a get to know eachother and jam session. It was a good first meeting. Larry plays in a very flowery, atmospheric way. Almost lyrical (if you can...