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Finding Spain
Thursday, March 26th, 2009I am now in Barcelona. It is lovely and ringing with life. Tonight, Thursday 3/26, I will be accompanying a lovely artist called The Not Knowing at Bar Minusa (carrer Valencia, 166, Barcelona) @9pm. If you happen to be near the northern Mediterranean side of Spain please come out.
Far Out Fest ~ Sat Jan 31 2-6pm @ El Rio ~ Last Outta Sight!
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Whilst following a moaning ray of sunbleed I was met by a small clan of even smaller gnomes carrying mild-sized teacups of blood orange red wine. In less than so many words they heralded that it was time for me to go. In a series of blinks, for they saved their tongues primarily for love, I was made aware of my motions to smilingly abscond San Francisco and start a circus on another continent. So I shall. The gnomes somersaulted away.
I am leaving, but nary without a bash or two or three. (Four?five?six?seven?)
Far Out Fest is a day show this Saturday and will be the final Outta Sight show. There are plenty of fantastic artists from the Bay Area and beyond. And speaking of last shows, you are correct, this will be Coloring’s last show for some time as well.
The Outta Sight Family presents: Far Out Fest
Day Show! Saturday Jan 31, 2-6pm
@ El Rio (3158 Mission Street @ Cesar Chavez)
Featuring the music of:
Aaron Ross is the psychedelic folk-rock side project of the lead-singer of Hella. Grass Valley-based Ross strings out glorious gospelic folk erupting into epic grooves.
www.myspace.com/aaronmanuelross
Beatbeat Whisper is Oakland’s brother and sister duo Ayla and Davyd Nereo who play breathtaking, sweet and imaginative folk music.
www.myspace.com/beatbeatwhisper
Campo Bravo, a shape shifting psychedelic collective from San Francisco fronted by Portuguese-American songwriter/guitarist Mark Matos and featuring the contributuions of Ben Reisdorph, Matt Adams (Blank Tapes), Anthony Rrion Boruch, Dave Mihaly, Charles Gonzalez, Joe”Ze”Lewis, Golden Boots, Nik Freitas (Team Love Records), Chris Adolph, Steve Spar, Tommy Larkins (Pj Harvey, Johnathan Richman).
www.myspace.com/campobravo
Treesus & The Sinners bring wonderfully jangly folk-rock with Americana soul from Placerville. Expect nothing less from Old Hangtown’s best.
www.myspace.com/treesusmusic
Coloring from San Francisco is the psychedelic country stylings of Dusty DiMercurio and Nathan Moomaw. Saturated close-harmony driven songs from smoky hearts.
www.myspace.com/startcoloring
And to begin the festivities a night early, or errrrly! rather, I will be spinning records with DJ TS this Friday. Please stop by for a glass of merriment, a happy hour smile, or some dancefloor stylings as we jam far out psychedelic and dance music. This will most likely be my last DJ set while in SF as well:
Errrrrly!
Friday Jan 30, 6-10pm
Beauty Bar (Mission Street @ 19th)
DJs TS & Moomaw
It’s all coming back…
Monday, April 9th, 2007
27 happened to me this past weekend. I had grown so accustomed to 26. As it was the title of my musical project for the year I rarely had that moment so common to people after the age of 5 1/2, when the number of years that one has lived on this earth escapes the mind for a moment too long. For this small reason, if not more, I felt privileged. 26 was also the arbitrary age which, for about the past 14 years, I’ve had an eerie premonition that I would not see past. So for the privilege of 27, I am truly grateful.
26 was quite a year. A year as majestic and loving, as lined with tiny aluminum sparkles yet as sorrowful as any year could hope to be. I sang what I saw, as the bird said. Each new month brought a fresh canvas, ready to be soiled with my rough recordings and childlike artwork. But how to capture and re-project the reflections of a month, within that month, still remains at least a minor mystery to me.