Goodbye Audrye Sessions.
Audrye Sessions have been playing music together for about 7 years in the greater Bay Area and so it is with a heavy heart that they pack up their instruments and play one last show before calling it quits.
I have seen and played with Audrye Sessions many times since 2004 with my previous band Shafter [...]
MOVE–an album review for Please Do Not Fight
First of all I highly recommend heading to http://pleasedonotfight.bandcamp.com to listen to the EP I’m about to review while you read it. It makes for a much more thorough and meaningful experience. Go now….good, now we’ll begin.
Zen is a big bear. He is well over 6 foot and has a sturdy frame that brings an [...]
MY NEWS IDEA
Photo and Article by: Stefan – SF INTERCOM
EXTRA … EXTRA …
READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!
I know you’ve seen them, news stands that are unlocked and unused.
The insides look neglected, nobody has used this newstand in years.
I have an idea. It’s still a fresh idea and I have not idea how legal it is … but [...]
A-W, no ZEN!!!
Photo and Article by: Stefan – SF INTERCOM
Awesome!!! 26 alphabet towels.
Earlier today I was walking around Bed Bath and Beyond.
No… I don’t normally walk around Bed Bath and Beyond.
No… I’m not saying there is anything wrong with men walking around Bed Bath and Beyond.
ANYWAY!!!
I was walking around in Bed Bath and Beyond when suddenly [...]
Music without the Music
I recently met a man named Shimmy Boyle. He’s a man of his words, a poet some might call him. I like “language magician” better, at least it suits him better. He has a way of wrapping up images in words even the best imaginations seldom can. It’s inspiring to say the least.
I won’t try [...]
FREE F-ING SHOW
Photo and Article by: Stefan – SF INTERCOM
IT’S A FREE FUCKING SHOW!!!
A request from Daniel Lannon:
“This is probably one of the most important things I will ask of any of you!! My band The Frail has been asked by Ford to do a special performance at The Mezzanine on May 7th. They [...]
The BIG Release
So I spent over two years making an album I’m releasing this coming week with my band Buckeye Knoll. It’s called People and Place. I just wanted to take a moment and recap some of the elements that make this album different, significant and special in ways that may or may not make it to [...]
I HEART SHOES
photo & article by: Stefan Aronsen
I HEART SHOES! I heart shoes as much as I heart bands. Ok… maybe I heart shoes more. Maybe!
I heart shoes, jackets and indie music. I do a pretty good job of hiding my addiction. I don’t have boxes of un-opened shoes in my closet, I don’t search e-bay [...]
A B & the Sea
Looking for a beachin’ new band to help you gear up for summertime? These fine young gentlemen were featured in the SF Weekly “Best of 2009,” and, to put it simply, just make you feel like dancing. With a list of influences reaching from the Beach Boys to Paul Simon to the Shins, [...]
Top Ten
Dear my lovely, beautiful, smart and charming readers, I apologize for being a hot mess and not getting your bi-monthly top ten to you bi-monthly. The reason being- I am a hot mess. Maybe not even a hot mess, just a regular mess. Regardless of what kind of mess I am, I am sorry. I [...]
Where do songs come from?
This blog is about the inspiration for songs. Where do songs come from? What inspires a song? Is it people, emotions, life experience, religion, myth, drugs, love, anger, creativity, a good conversation, a wound, a triumph? Whenever I’m asked the question, “Where do your songs come from?” the first thing I always think of is [...]
Cthulhu Lives!
by Nik Bartunek
The best part about being in a band is that you meet some of the most interesting people on the planet. I know some very creative and interesting people, and its been my pleasure to do things outside music with them.
One of those things is gaming. I’ve mentioned about a million times prior [...]
The Road to South By
So, as you may or may not know I am in a band called Please Do Not Fight. We had grand plans this year to head out to South By Southwest. It was to be our first ever southwest tour. We were going to play a show in Erin’s hometown of Dallas, hit up some [...]
A Book By Its Cover
by Nik Bartunek
Once in a while, we all get the hankering to read a book. Some of us read entire libraries. Some of us read a shelf of books. Some, a row. Reading isn’t really everybody’s thing these days. Saying that in the company of our grandparents may get a “Tsk Tsk”. Its funny [...]
Heavy Rain – The Rain Kept Me Up All Night!
by Nik Bartunek
Its really no secret that I am a huge fan of video games, and most gaming in general. Recently I’ve gotten back into it much harder than before, and I’ve divided my time between music and gaming. Eating happens in there somewhere. I can’t remember about the sleeping part though.
For a short [...]
Finding Yourself Again
Some times the most unexpected musical evenings are the ones that turn into the most inspiring. Something happens when you begin to get involved with any “scene”—you find out what you like and what you’re not so fond of. Then you start acting on those likes and dislikes. In the world of music these inclinations [...]
Hey Hey Kids!
by Nik Bartunek
I remember a lot about my childhood. Most of those memories will never escape me, and for the most part, I’m really happy about this. I can clearly remember many amazing times romping around the neighborhood with buddies. Remembering sneaking into the plant nursery located behind my block, and much like Metal Gear [...]
BOOTS & BIKES
Photo and Article by: Stefan – SF INTERCOM
It is hard to ride a bike with boots.
I have been wanting a pair for boots for the longest time.
There’s something super rock and roll about walking into a bar with boots on.
It doesn’t matter if nobody notices the boots… it’s the confidence that boots provide that matters!
SHOOT! [...]
The Redwood City Music Scene
This blog is all about the Redwood Music Scene.
Despite being full of young-people, people-who-play-music and the inevitable sub-section of young-people-who-play-music the fact of the matter is this: There isn’t one.
But it doesn’t have to be that way and we can change it.
We – Please Do Not Fight – hosted the very first All Ages Open [...]
Bi-Monthly Top Ten
LETS COUNT DOWN SOME COOL SHIT!
10. SWEATERS! – What do most Californians do to protect themselves from the cold in the winter? They wear hooded sweatshirts, or “hoodies”. HOW BORING. The world outside of California has discovered a magical garment called the “sweater”. They are warm, cozy and can be very expressive of one’s personality. [...]
Ten Years in the Making
I was born and raised in a small town in the Napa Valley called St. Helena. There was no scene there, no other bands to look up to and as you can imagine no venues to support a young group of kids trying to make music. So, as you can imagine we did it all [...]
My New Vampire Series That is Doing Quite Well
by Nik Bartunek
I’m not sure if any of you have heard, but I’ve recently been gaining a lot of attention for my newest series of books. I’m not really the Ann Rice type, but for some reason, I’ve had good creative success in writing a handful of Vampire teenage love stories. Or the Rovamps section [...]
I TAKE PHOTOS
Photo and Article by: Stefan – SF INTERCOM
I take pictures of bands for fun.
When I’m at a show… I like to take pictures of the musicians performing…
I don’t shoot photos at the beginning of a show!!!
I wait till all the other photographers are done… Then I start…
Hopefully I get a photo nobody else got.
Also… I [...]