2/24/09: Slim Twig @ Pianos (33/100)
What the hell just happened?
Was I really just at Pianos for Slim Twig? Or was that just another figment of my imagination, like the Nyquil-induced dreams I had last night…as I lay in bed for 12 hours, sweating, then freezing, sweating, then freezing. I’m sure I’m not the first person to ask themselves if that really [...]
2/23/09: Trustfall @ The Mercury Lounge (32/100)
I’m tired, worn out, congested, waaaaaaaaa…It took 31 days for this project to beat me down. I gotta take better care of myself. This project is hard enough as it is - I don’t need to be sick on top of it. So I slept 12 hours last night, have been pumping myself full of [...]
2/22/09: Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine @ The Bell House (31/100)
Sundays suck.
I don’t want to go out and see music on Sundays. I don’t want to do much of anything on Sundays. I guess that’s why I didn’t have any plan of attack for today until late last night. I was in denial. Why couldn’t there be more midday shows on Sundays? I mean, I [...]
2/21/09: Divergence @ Fontana’s (30/100)
I wasn’t feeling too metal tonight but there I was, at Fontana’s anyhow. I wasn’t sure what I was really in for since I knew very little about these guys. show.. I was contacted by Brian from a band named Divergence a couple of weeks ago. He found the blog and sent me an email, asking if [...]
Week #4: What I’ve learned so far
Farting at shows: People fart at shows. This isn’t a trend alert. In fact, this has to stop. I’m sure people have been doing for years. But I’ve just noticed it from going to show after show after show for the last month. Seriously people. Stop dropping bombs. We’re already crammed in there like sardines, [...]
2/20/09: Terence Blanchard @ The Village Vanguard (29/100)
I’ve been listening to jazz non-stop for the last two days. Walking to work. All day at work. Walking home from work. Jazz, jazz and more jazz. It’s been a great pallete cleanser of all the music I’ve been seeing (mainly indie rock). And, there’s just something that feels right about walking around New York [...]
100 Bands recap show on WK Radio
As if working a lot, going to shows every night, uploading photos and writing the blog entry after every show wasn’t enough - now I’ve added a recap show of the bands I’ve seen that week to my schedule. Tune into W+K Radio at radio.wk.com every Tuesday from 2-2:30pm EST (11-11:30am PST). Beginning next Tuesday, [...]
2/19/09: Black Taxi @ Pianos (28/100)
This was the first truly miserable experience of this project. It wasn’t Black Taxi. They were fine, I guess. A bit all over the place, jumping from funk, to rock, to prog, to blues/jazzy shit, to the singer using a trumpet, a glockenspiel, playing keys, a megaphone, wearing a top hat, hitting a drum slung [...]
2/18/09: Sam Roberts Band w/Mother Mother @ Bowery Ballroom (27/100)
This was a big day for the 100 Bands project.
Had my first bit of real press, “Seeing 100 Bands in 100 Days” by Foster Kamer, on Blackbook mag online (thanks again, Foster). Which resulted in the biggest day of traffic for the site. Blitzen Trapper is now following my Twitter (I added them, they added me). I talked [...]
2/17/09: Fujiya & Miyagi w/School of Seven Bells @ Le Poisson Rouge (26/100)
Just another manic Tuesday.
A 10pm door time, an 11pm start time, a sold out Le Poisson Rouge, or rather, a completely oversold Le Poisson Rouge - we’re talking Great White kind of oversold. Julian Casablancas and his lovely wife Juliet Casablancas (Joslin) watching the show right next to me. All to see School of Seven Bells and Fujiya & [...]