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::coming up::

getting back into it....

::in the past:


The following are listed in reverse chronological order (except for Phish, which are at the bottom). Most of the shows listed are "ticketed" events; the shows we go to that aren't ticketed probably aren't listed, and you can assume that this list would be 2-3 times longer if they were. but i can't keep track of all that. My post about/review of the show is linked through the date.

zakir hussain/pandit shivkumar sharma @ palace of fine arts, SF, CA, 04/26/07

blonde.redhead @ bimbo's, SF, CA 04/24/07

ALBINO! @ ashkenaz, berkeley, CA 04/20/07

"Everything's a Dollar in this Box", a tribute to tom waits, featuring 5 cent coffee, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA 04/15/07

gojogo and mitch marcus quartet + 13 @ Oakland Metro, 04/12/07

Built to Spill @ slim's, SF, CA, 6/23/06

Zilla @ 12 galaxies, SF, CA 12/29/05

Xingolati Groove Cruise: Bassnectar, G Love and Special Sauce, Perpetual Groove, Muytator, The Flaming Lips, Particle, DJ Logic, Tea Leaf Green, DJ Greyboy, Delta Nove, Motion Potion, Hamsa Lila, Yard Dog's Traveling Road Show, and a bunch of other freaks. Long Beach CA to Mexico and back, 10/14-17/2005 . watch some video. see jay's photos.

The Beastie Boys @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, SF, CA 9/16/04

Prince and the NPG @ San Jose Arena, SJ, CA 9/11/04

MMW @ Cafe du Nord, SF, CA 4/20/04

Particle @ The Independent, SF, CA 03/19/04

the Phenomenauts (with the skyflakes, the (no) apologies project, the stellas, and the Soviettes opening) @ 924 Gilman, Berkeley, CA 12.27.03

attaboy and burke @ Cafe du Nord, SF CA. 11.21.03

mike doughty @ Cafe du Nord, SF CA. 11.21.03

interpol @ the Warfield, SF, CA. 09.29.03

DJ Z-Trip @ DNA Lounge 08.17.03

particle @ great american music hall, SF, CA. 07.18.03

tori amos @ bill graham civic auditorium, SF, CA. 12.21.02 (fifth time)

the flying tigers @ the black box, oakland, 12.10.02

peoples bizarre and farmers market, 12.5.02

attaboy and burke @ some bar in SF. 11.09.02

attaboy and burke @ The Odeon Bar, SF. 09.13.02

P a r t i c l e @ Studio Z.tv, Friday, 9.13.02 (12-5 a.m.)

Antibalas @ the Fillmore with Transmission opening!!, 9/5/02.

garaj mahal with special guest zakir hussain @ GAMH, SF CA. August 23, 2002

George Brooks' Summit, with Fareed Haque, Kai Eckhardt, Zakir Hussain, and Steve Smith. @ Yoshi's, 08.12.02

jane's addiction @ the warfield, July 21 2002.

Particle @ GAMH, SF. July 11, 2002. [three times in one week!]

High Sierra Music Festival, July 4-7. best band seen there: Particle

Tabla Beat Science @ the Fillmore, June 21 2002.

Crater @ Connecticut Yankee, SF Friday June 7th.

Trey Anastasio Band, May 31st@ UNLV, with Spearhead and Los Lobos opening. (setlists)

Trey Anastasio BandJune 1st @ UNLV arena, Las Vegas -- with Antibalas and the roots opening (setlists)

Robert Walter's 20th Congress (including Stanton Moore), May 9th @ Bimbo's 365 Club, SF, CA

P R I N C E April 24 @ the Paramount Theatre, Oakland. setlist.

The Silk Road Project with Yo-Yo Ma and Zakir Hussain, 2:00 p.m. April 20th 2002.

MMW: 8:00 p.m. April 20th 2002

Umphrey's McGee and Tea Leaf Green, April 12, 2002@ Slim's, SF

Garaj Mahal, April 5th 2002 @ GAMH.

the Scott Amendola band , opening up for Stanton Moore, Chris Wood (of MMW), Skerik, John Ellis, and Brian Seeger. 03.28.02 @ the Recency Ballroom, SF.both were awesome!

Strangefolk and The Big Wu, Great American Music Hall, 03.15.02. no comment. heh.

Merl Saunders, Sweetwater, Mill VAlley ,CA 03.09.02

Antibalas, Justice League, SF, CA 02.23.02

DJ Z Trip Justice League, SF, CA 12.15.01

Tori Amos, Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA 11/11/01 :: this was my fourth show. beautiful, as always.

Soul Live with DJ Greyboy, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 12/13/01

Zakir Hussain and Charles Lloyd, "Sacred Space", Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 11/02/01 :: incredible sound space at the cathedral. charles and zakir played with the acoustics ( they said it was over a 7 second echo.... ) by standing at opposite ends of the church, playing around and through the audience, etc.

Oysterhead , Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA 10/26/01. Oysterhead consists of Les Claypool, the bass player of Primus, Trey Anastasio, the lead guitar/singer of Phish, and Steward Copeland, the drummer of the Police.

The Black Crowes, Maritime Hall, San Francisco, 9/05/01. 135 minutes, non-stop. awww yeah.

M A D O N N A , MGM Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9/02/01 . see thoughts page for show review. not as good as i thought it would be, surprise surprise.

Zakir Hussain et. al - world premier of "Tabla Beat Science", Stern Grove, San Francisco, CA 8/12/01.
"Unpredictability is often the soul of a live performance, especially when it arises from an entirely new fusion of genres and cultures. So it happened that on August 12, 2001, in this same spirit of the unexpected, a group of high-caliber musicians under the name Tabla Beat Science convened outdoors among the towering eucalyptus trees of Stern Grove in San Francisco. Melding traditional Indian rhythms, African vocal styles, modern electronics, low-end dub bass and DJ breakbeats into a two-hour sonic experience, the music of Tabla Beat Science left an indelible mark on the thousands of people who were there to witness it." [wow. wow. wow. go buy that album NOW!!!!]

Trey Anastasio Band, Greek Theater, Berkeley CA 7/13 and 7/14/01. [better than expected - good band!]

Radiohead:: 6/28/01, Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, CA. (for setlist and review, click here.[best show all year. hands down. or possibly in many years.]

Found Underground 6/23/01, San Fran, CA

Antibalas:: 5/26/01, somewhere in New York City

The New Deal:: 5/19/01, Irving Plaza, New York City

Coachella! featuring Jane's Addiction !!!!!! May, 2001
With:: Paul Okenfold
Weezer
the Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim
The Roots
RoniSizeReprazent
Ozomotli
Mos Def
Dandy Warhols
Christopher Lawrence
St. Germain
DelthaFunkyHomosapien
Adam Freeland
Diesel Boy
[now THAT was a good show. St. Germain was DEFINITELY a highlight for me, and Jane's of course BLEW the place up!]

Medeski Martin and Wood and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe:4/21/01, Warfield,SF, CA

Roni Size Reprazent: 3/3/01 Maritime Hall, SF, CA [blech. blech. blech. never again.]

Maceo Parker: 2/16/01 Fillmore, SF, CA [go maceo go!]

Sound Tribe Sector 9 :2/3/01 Fillmore, SF, CA [AND YET ANOTHER band people kept raving about that sucked. i think the phisheads need something else to do rather than follow around horrible "jambands". try some jazz, people!]

Disco Biscuits: 10/13/00 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA [yet another band people raving about that sucked.]

MOBY:9/17/00, The Warfield, San Francisco [excellent! forever in debt to m.strauss for handing over "Play" one day...]

String Cheese Incident: 7/21/00, Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA [AND YET ANOTHER attempt to see a good SCI show, since everyone RAVES about them so much. nope. i think we left this one early too, and after this, no more.]

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals: 7/14/00 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA*[never heard him before that show and haven't wanted to listen to him since...]

311 (with Incubus): 5/28/00 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA[incubus was better than 311]

Karl Densons Tiny Universe: 4/14/00 at the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA [karl's alright, but he's no maceo].

Phil Lesh and Friends: 3/10/00 Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland, CA[barf! why did i go back for phil? why? who talked me into that? never again will i sit through phil lesh singing. never again!]

String Cheese Incident (with Victor Wooten): 2/5/00 House of Blues, Hollywood, CA[yet another attempt to see a good SCI show. nope. we left this one early too.]

The Black Crowes: 10/23/99 Warfield, San Francisco, CA [in classic rock and roll sense, one of the best bands i've ever seen live. *awesome*]

Maceo Parker: 10/14/99 at the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

Phil Lesh, String Cheese Incident, MOE. 8/21/99 @ the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA [ blech. we left that show right after phil started. also the beginning of a bad string of attempts to like SCI. never happened].

Dave Matthews Band 7/10/99 Shoreline Ampitheatre, Mountain View, CA[this show was not good. yuppies galore yapping nonstop. dave appeared apathetic and possibly drunk as hell].

Bob Dylan/ Paul Simon: 6/19/99 Shoreline Ampitheatre, Mountain View, CA [one of the best shows i've ever seen, even from the BACK of the lawn at shoreline.]

Medeski Martin and Wood: 4/6/99 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Widespread Panic: 11/11/97 Kalamazoo State Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI

Tori Amos: 1997 State Theatre, Detriot, MI

Dave Matthews Band: 12/03/96 : Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI [possibly the last good DMB show.]

Tori Amos: 9/27/96 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI

Harry Connick Jr. and His New Orleans Funk Band: 4/15/95 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI. this was a really great show; he had an excellent band behind him, and i'd like to see him again someday.

Page and Plant: 4/1/95 Pontiac Silversome, Pontiac, MI

Rolling Stones: 12/1/94 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI [the Spin Doctors opened for them - who's idea was THAT?? man did they suck.]

Candlebox: 10/30/94 State Theater Detroit, MI [tickets were a gift - they were o.k. -i was 18.]

Tori Amos :10/15/94 Hill Auditorium, Ann Abrbor, MI. my first concert ever, and oh how it changed me.

 

PHISH
Phish shows are being grouped all together for convenience. My post about/review of the show is linked through the date.

08/14 and 15/04 Coventry, VT via simulcast
06/17/04 Brooklyn, New York, via simulcast
7/10/03 Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, CA
07/09/03 Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, CA
02/16/03 UNLV Thomas and Mack, Las Vegas, NV
02/15/03 UNLV Thomas and Mack, Las Vegas, NV
10/7/00 Shoreline Ampithreater, Mountain View, CA
10/6/00 Shoreline Ampithreater, Mountain View, CA
10/1/00 Phoenix, AZ
9/29/00 UNLV Thomas and Mack, Las Vegas, NV
9/30/00 UNLV Thomas and Mack, Las Vegas, NV
9/17/99 Shoreline Ampitheatre, Mountain View, CA
9/11/99 Gorge Ampitheatre, George, WA
9/10/99 Gorge Ampitheatre, George, WA
10/17/98 Bridge Benefit, Shoreline Amp., Mountain View, CA
8/2/98 Deer Creek Ampitheatre, Noblesville, IN
12/6/97 Palace of Auburn Hills, MI
8/11/97 Deer Creek Ampitheater, Noblesville, IN
8/8/97 Tinley Park, IL
11/9/96 Palace of Auburn Hills, MI