@ZackTeibloom A band with a song on their new album called “Crash Years” is just begging for a crash, aren’t they? Well, that’s why I’m here. It wasn’t the first time I’ve crashed a New Pornographers show. They weren’t leaving unattended badges at the check-in this time. I had to try a new tactic.

“Woo, Dodos! The New Pornographers suck!” I walked up to Stubbs yelling this, hoping fans of the opening band would reveal themselves on their way out and hand over their red Stubbs wrist bands. I hadn’t seen a red wristband at Stubbs before. In my pocket I had a full double rainbow of wristbands, with an orange, brown, two shades of green, yellow, pink, blue, etc. Apparently my double rainbow wasn’t full, since I had no red.

I did a lap around the perimeter and, I gotta say, Stubbs does a real strong job guarding their exits. An armada of guards at the front, multiple check points at the restaurant entrance, and even the barbed wire fence has a back-up guard. You could attempt to sneak in by the port-o-poty’s where the barbed wire fence needs mending, but that’s just asking to be seen. The bottom line is that you need a wristband, and I didn’t have one, so I had to find someone who did. Read the rest of this entry »

@AndyShore Having a camera is fun in a situation like Audiotistc. It is a world not everyone has seen. It some cases, these people would rather it not be seen. Here are two examples of that. I would love to know exactly what was causing these faces. I wish that I could pinpoint the note that Bassnectar hit that caused the dude in blue to make that face. Not sure that I want to know what made that guy so unhappy in a crowd  of smiling, happy people. I’m going to leave these two sans captions. Please add your own in the comments. Read the rest of this entry »

@AndyShore My day could not have gone worse on Saturday. Then Audiotistic 2010 happened. It was not quite the never-ending sea of people that EDC was, but quite the similar scene. Back were the glitter-covered, scantly clad party monsters and untz. Lots of untz. Unlike EDC, hip hop came to play. Ridiculous festival traffic and guest list lines meant missing N.A.S.A. I am not happy about this. I didn’t even make it in time to get to the photo pit for Talib Kweli. Luckily I recently added a 300mm zoom lens to my arsenal. I danced a lot. I took a lot of pictures. I spent enough energy to sleep until 1:30pm. Waiting for @TheAdamJames with some late night munchies, I realized I had glitter on me…and a lot of other peoples’ sweat. Gross. Here is Audiotistic 2010 in pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

@AndyShore The original lead sentence I wrote for this preview stated that I had the festival itch ever since Electric Daisy Carnival 2010. Since that made it sound like I caught something from a spun out raver or hadn’t bathed since EDC, I’m just going to say that I’m excited for the one-day Audiotistic 2010 this weekend. We discussed on the Podcrash that while DJ festivals aren’t necessarily my scene, I do actually enjoy them. There’s a decent amount of great hip-hop mixed into Audiotistic as well. I will certainly come off as a n00b for saying this, but I can really only write honest previews for 3-4 of the artists at Audiotistic. I’m going to do that, and ask for your suggestions. Please and thank you. Read the rest of this entry »

@ZackTeibloom Jack White. Dave Grohl. They may make you think of The White Stripes or Nirvana or The Raconteurs or Foo Fighters or The Dead Weather or Them Crooked Vultures. Maybe you think about the times they shared the stage with The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin or Paul McCartney or Pearl Jam. How about a Tencious D music video or an upcoming single with Jay-Z.

No matter how you think about them, you think about rock gods. Who has more going for them? We discuss. Vote after you listen, please. LISTEN HERE

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@ZackTeibloom Today is my sister’s 24th birthday and I decided what better way than to dedicate 24 songs that remind me of her. We’ve built up a lot of good and bad song memories over the years.

A lot of people probably know we get down with Phish and Zappa and the Talking Heads, but Avril and Alanis and Bon Jovi and Ace of Base!? I know. And I even left off some really embarrassing ones like Spice Girls. It was weird, but we went on that musical journey together. There’s no one else in the world I’d rather have grown up learning to love music with. Have a wonderful 24th birthday, Suz! Can’t wait to see what we get into next.  Read the rest of this entry »