Tuesday, January 31, 2012
grumpy
Just got around to reading the SNR, seriously Downtown Partnership, 7 DUDES running concerts in the park and not one woman? That's fucked up. Seriously fucked up. I guess women just don't know anything about music or the local music scene. I find it so refreshing to go see young bands and see how often they're half female, at least. Your roster is seriously behind the times, especially because it's made up of ex-radio people mostly. How long has it been since radio (besides KDVS) has been the least bit relevant? Quite a few years now, sadly. Also, if I were a business owner downtown and knew that my dues were going to hire 7 people to book one concert series that would piss me off. The whole thing just stinks, from the stupid name on down.
Link:
ReplyDeletewww.newsreview.com/sacramento/soundadvice/blogs/post?oid=4971449
Brodys
ReplyDeleteSo glad The Brodys are playing again this year. It's so different!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, for people who can never get enough of Sac music scene arguing (guilty!) here's the bee article.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/21/4203985/ouster-of-sacramento-concerts.html
gbomb
If the dust-up over the Music Scene panel discussion gave you a pain in your pancreas you should check out the comments on BaconFest:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.midtownmonthly.net/blog/bacon-fest-sacramento-january-20-22/#comments
-omf
Gotta love those SacBee comments. Who knew that Jerry Perry was the thin line separating human society from civility and total anarchy? Enjoy your post-apocalyptic hellscape, losers!
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Oh, I totally enjoyed the unsolicited BaconFest review, well the 10% of it that I read. Did you google that guy? He has another "longform" opinion that is equally boring somewhere else. I couldn't finish that one either. Or remember what it's about.
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The Clark Nova letter kind of creeped me out. You know, that someone would take the time to write it, connect the dots and all ... and I don't even know the dude.
ReplyDeleteNM
I dunno, i thought it was pretty damn funny.
ReplyDelete-omf
No, I had a good laugh or five. But then it was creepy.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know who he is? I emailed him; seems like a nice enough guy.
NM
Here's the other one.
ReplyDeletehttp://hi-losacramento.blogspot.com/
maybe Clark Nova has a NM google alert. I know I do.
gbomb
I'm sure you'd be hard-pressed to find a single band that says their appearance at Concerts in the Park resulted in a bigger local fan-base beyond MAYBE their first post-CIP show. So who cares who plays? Might as well just make it good-time music for after work brew drinking. If I were in charge it would be all reggae, jam bands and the Four Eyes.
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Dang, I remember that letter (we finally ended up running it).
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should Google alert myself? Safer to not?
NM
"If I were in charge it would be all reggae, jam bands and the Four Eyes."
ReplyDeleteAnd, lucky for you, they could all be the same band!
-omf
Be careful, N. Nova clearly knows you're on the black meat.
ReplyDelete--Benway
"Homosexuality is the best all-round cover an agent ever had."
every friday's line up could be "random jam band, random reggae band, and The Four Eyes".
ReplyDeleteThe potential for Joel-Bros would be amazing.
That comment on the SacBee where the person who lists every band who Jerry ever booked is pretty fucking good, you gotta admit. It's basically almost every band in Sacramento. And the person didn't even list Jonathan Richman, so there might be more he left out.
ReplyDeleteWhat a suprise, on Insight today another dude, Rick Kushman, is hosting, possibly as a tryout to getting picked as permanent host. I guess there are no women in Sacramento capable of intelligently interviewing guests. How sad. Maybe their periods make them too crazy for 5 shows every month. Not bitter!
Rick Kushman used to be the TV critic for the Bee; no woman could ever match that qualification.
ReplyDeleteBeth Ruyak guest hosted a couple weeks back.
ReplyDeleteMy instinct is that they'll nab an out-of-towner.
NM
On the bright side, at least Insight is not going with the model of two obnoxious bros and a bleeding heart chick whom they relentlessly mock.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I'm sad DWB didn't apply for the job. I enjoy his buttery voice.
--knowcebo
Dude, the buttery voice comment kind of skeeved me out. So DWB doesn't want the job? Why is he leaving town? I feel like there isn't much for him here besides that job.
ReplyDeleteI would like a woman as long as it's not Donna Apadone. She bugs me.
gbomb
I thought DWB did a good job, buttery voice aside. I didn't hear Beth Ruyak. I guess Apadone's voice is not the buttery-iest, but neither is Terry Gross' and she rules!! Me and Terry Gross are both death fixated atheists, so she often asks the questions I'm thinking.
ReplyDeleteMan, I'm missing all the drama! It took 7 bookers to get the Brodys?
ReplyDeleteAlso, would a woman ever book the Brodys?
ReplyDeleteBrodys - the Applebees of the Sac music scene.
ReplyDeleteJed
I wonder if the leader singer ever found his other sunglass lens... that thing's been lost for a long time.
ReplyDeleteTo paraphrase Nietzsche: The Truth is always skeevy!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Terry Gross doesn't have a buttery voice, but she does have a marmalade laugh, and that has made all the difference.
--knowcebo :)
fuck, dp, all I can say is bravo
ReplyDeletethere once was a 4 eyes/brodys show at Cap G. It was amazing how few people were there. literally like 5 people. its time to relive the magic
ReplyDeleteall I know about the brody's is:
ReplyDeletethey reunite a lot
the guy wears sunglasses with one lens
they would always play at old i and keep me awake when I lived over the stage
They have been doing the same 5 song cover medley for years. And now we have talked more about the Brodys than anyone has done since 2005.
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