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I'm singing with my friend's band at the Rickshaw Stop. They're opening, 9 pm. it's $8.

And they have Rickshaws there.

The band is A Modern Machine, and they're planning on getting up on Fuzz as soon as the EP settles...in the meanwhile if you want to check out their sound, it's A Modern Machine

So Tomorrow (7/18/07) is going to be a great night for music. If I could split myself in 3 I would be at the following shows:

Slim's
(21+)
You Am I
A Modern Machine
HIJK
8 PM ($13)

A Modern Machine was formerly known as Fayvor Love, a band that received rave reviews for their 2004 release "Figure & Ground". They haven't played out in 2.5 years, and from what I've heard, their new stuff is amazing. (I'm going to this one)

Bottom of the Hill
(all ages)
Radar.net presents...
Company Car
Disalto
[CD release]
Paper Tiger
Dominic Castillo And The Rock Savants
8:30 pm (doors at 8) ($8)

You know Company Car, and if you don't, you should check this out. They're a great live show, and fun guys to get to know...Disalto is an act from LA that I've heard good things about. Plus, the show is all ages (bonus for the teenyboppers!) and Company Car is advertising a free drink with admission for all of you folks who are of age.

FINALLY!

If you're one of those kids that lives on Guererro, and doesn't get out of the neighborhood much, you should check out Peloton at the Elbo Room. I saw them once with the Boneless Children Foundation, and they were really catchy. I have been enjoying their Promo EP ever since.

Elbo Room
(21+)
Peloton
Murder of Lilies
Astral
9:00 ($6)

Granted, I know it's going to be a long week for some of you Ducklings...but I highly encourage straight up debauchery. Just give in. :)

NEW HAMPSHIRE. WOO! It's been non-stop visits and events. Everyone and their sister is getting married this summer, and I've been to showers and ceremonies, and not even the one I came for (yet). My mother has turned the back porch into a tropical rainforest with windowboxes and hanging plants. They have 2 retro light boxes which serve as end tables where manhattans are served instead of soft drinks now. I've been mixing wine with liquor and/or beer, though. This has been giving me horrible/dibilitating hangovers. Whyyyy?

All Hail the Goat.

You're going to have the best time ever at the show on Saturday. "What?" you ask, "What show am I going to? I was planning on staying home with my goldfish..it's his birthday." And I will tell you folks...

You're going to Bottom of the Hill.

Pebble Theory, Company Car, Vin Rouge and Cast of Thousands. Four AWESOME bands, really good stage shows, a double CD release party. People you want to get drunk with. Songs you want to dance to. And me. I'll be there. And that's fun.

So! Tell Gilbert that you'll do lunch for his big day, and come to BotH around 9pm. $10. Honestly, if I had to pick one show to go to all year, it would be this one. And no disrespect to Maldroid, cause your show was fucking rad. This is going to knock your socks off. woo!

quote: Michael Urbano

The shift in the power structure of this business has been in the air for more than a minute. I remember I did an interview for a San Francisco news station regarding P2P about 5 years ago. She asked me, "So how do you feel about all this DOWNLOADING?" My Reply was, " It's here. It not going away, AND... It's not ACTUALLY hurting musicians. It's hurting The CORPORATIONS that exploit musicians. And they do this in a very unfair and negative way. Always have. This DOWNLOADING thing is a war between corporations and the consumer. The artist is stuck in the middle. But it doesn't matter, because as artists, we've been fucked all along anyway. DOWNLOADING is not the problem for musicians. It's the solution. There will be growing pains. But in the end, it will set us free."

I sometimes get tired of circling around the website, reading blogs about the daily lives of teenagers and sifting through musicians who are not-so-good to find the good. I've been frustrated by friends who won't sign up, by the mixed enthusiasm from people I talk to, and feeling like my avidity is all for not. This has nothing to do with the people at fuzz, who are dedicated and passionate about what they do, more to do with the day to day interactions with people, shows that I go to without "the goat" and my inability to immerse myself in an online community.

And THEN! I read quotes like the above that remind me why I'm completely obsessed with this site, these people, and this cause.

So Fuck YEAH, Urbano. And thank you to all you Fuzzerful people making this happen. "It's the solution."