The Advantage, an all-NES theme song cover band, is appearing tonight at the Fool’s Foundation. Featured on “noyz(drums)” is Spencer Seim of Sacramento’s own instrumental noyz band Hella. Listen for yourself. I wonder if they do the song from Master Blaster? That would be my favorite.
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Attention Local Bands
I would like to listen to your new CD and review it on this Web site. Reach about 200 people daily, at least some of them potential super fans. Acquire that special cachet that goes along with being mentioned in The Sac Rag*. Please email me at cooldmz-at-sacrag.com and we’ll discuss the details.
*Note: At present, no local establishments have been known to offer discounts or any other perks for anyone with that kind of cachet.
“Everything’s all crazy” indeed
I cannot get enough of The Seven Arms of Shiva. And no, I’m not talking about the destroyer of the world, I’m talking about the psych-trad-jazz project from local musician Chris Olsen, which I found via his blog. I could listen to his version of the Velvet Underground’s “After Hours” all day. In fact, I think I might.
The ought six
Tonight is the night for you to hit the town and act the fool. If you missed St. Patrick’s Day, now’s your chance. SacTicket.com offers a comprehensive listing of activities. For those of you who tend to lean toward the road less traveled, myself included, I think I’ll take the Ticket up on bullet number two under “LET’S STAY HOME ON NEW YEAR’S EVE”:
Spend an evening with the most curmudgeonly of the curmudgeons and watch a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” marathon on HBO starting at midnight.
In addition, The Sac Rag also wishes to thank you for making our little blog/ezine/website thingy a mild success in 2005. The powers that be here at the Rag had no idea it would be received at all. Look for new features in 2006, some of which hopefully rivaling the popularity of the Rag Board.
Jonah Matranga @ Old I
Sounds like a fun lineup — Jonah Matranga (his site is missing the >: EXECUTE cursor), with Daisy Spot and An Angle tonight at the Old Ironsides. I’m not enough of a music nerd to know if this show qualifies as Twee as F-word.
Poor 400 Club, Never had a Chance
Is it me, or is the Blue Lamp closed? They’ve had the same bands on their marquee for about three months.
More Love for the Spot
SNR has a big music feature on Daisy Spot in the current issue. Local rock god Mike Farrell is very frank about drug use and its involvement in the creative process. Kudos for that.
But my favorite detail in the piece is that the record is produced by “longtime fan Dana Gumbiner” of Deathray and LGS and that he took to this role because “he realized it might be the only way he’d ever have the Daisy Spot album he’d long desired.” This seems like a classic Sacramento detail, and I don’t mean that in the usual self-deprecating sense that I usually intend. It’s kind of like starting a Web site to talk about Coffee Works (err, I mean, so that some anonymous person might write a comment about Coffee Works) mainly because you want to read a Web site with anonymous comments about Coffee Works.
Oh, and new drummer Alex Jenkins was in my extended group of friends when I was 8 and now he lives 1 block over from me. Small town indeed.
Best of Sacramento: Bring in the cows
Whew! Last night’s “Best of Sacramento” party wore me out. First, don’t expect a comprehensive recap. It would be impossible for one person – even me – to cover all the ground necessary to properly review the event. Which gets to my point: Sacramento’s “event of the year†has become more like the state fair than the swanky fundraiser it’s billed as.
OK, so there are no farm animals or carnival rides, but there’s enough people and lines and you’re going to be thirsty.
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2nd Saturday Cry For Help
To me, the 2nd Saturday “Art Walk” or “Art Meander” or “Gallery Gallop” never quite feels right. I’m continuously wandering from gallery to gallery, not sure if I should leave 50 cents for the bad dixie cup of chardonnay I just swigged down, or cavalierly wolf down any food left on any table with free abandon. Also, I never quite know where to go. The sheer volume of galleries throughout the area that host 2nd Saturday events is a bit daunting. I feel as if I’m simultaneously overwhelmed and yet missing a whole lot.
As a trained Art Historian (Art History minor, ’98), I don’t feel uncomfortable with modern art, but invariably find myself instead drawn to the latest fashions in piercings and tattoos that fellow patrons are sporting. Call it sensory overload, or call it “not in the club.” Whatever it is, I’m definitely given the feeling that I’m on the outside looking in. This Saturday alone I almost stepped on a display of ceramics cleverly hidden in a sidewalk patch of grass. Then I managed to stumble into an “off the beaten path” gallery on 21st and N to find some interesting pieces, most of which depicted lounging females in a tropical setting and were probably destined for the walls of some suburban day-spa.
I really need some help here people. So if you could possibly throw me a bone and tell me what I’m supposed to get out of these monthly events, I’d truly appreciate it.
Ice Skating Downtown
The downtown outside skating rink is opening tomorrow. Each day on my walk to the light rail I’ve seen them building the rink and yesterday the fire trucks were there filling it. As an adult I think the ice skating could be pretty lame – it’s a small rink, and its $6 for two hours. Skate rental for $2. But I am thinking this would be an awesome thing if I was like, 8. So families check it out and report. There’s a Starbucks next door for the hot chocolate needs of those thermos-less types. Website is: http://www.westfield.com/downtownplaza/promo/index05.html Me no understand how to make the hyper-linky thing. You’ll have to cut & paste! Me also not understand how to attach a picture, which too bad because it would have made this posting a whole lot cuter.
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