Bay Area theater and music

aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

Is there any resource for keeping track of what's playing where and when, and what people think of it?

Alternatively: does anyone know any good theater groups, or plays? Anyone know of any interesting concerts being put on around here?

adol · Joined: 14 Jun 2007

You can check out Zellerbach hall's schedule on the UC Berkeley website:
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/
They usually have some classy stuff going on.

Daphaknee · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:55 am

http://jon.luini.com/thelist.html
you can browse by club or band or date or anything
and its all in the sf bay area
this website has been around for a million kajillion years

not much on what people think of it, last.fm is trying to have a review thing for upcoming shows though
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aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

Splendid.

Last night, I saw Bjorn Again. It was... an experience.

EmX · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

DJ · Shaman Analyst Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Aderack: We should meet up for one of these. Other bay-area dudes welcome.

That's be kind of a cool SB meetup thing.
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Daphaknee · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:02 pm

also kid 606 has spaz parties at his house sometimes if you make music, um and blevin and lesser and matmos are always really nice and invite people to parties/shows
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aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

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aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

There's also Caltrain, of course.

How long have you been around here? Somehow I got the impression you were... elsewhere. Somewhere east of the Mississippi.

Cossix · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:08 am

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aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

Hey, I went to a Nine Inch Nails concert in Providence. The audience was kind of suicidally insane.

I fucking love San Francisco. It'll always be my city. First place I ever lived by choice, and first place I really fell in love with. Though Boston is pretty good. The Bay Area in general is a good place to live.

So yeah. I guess we should get started looking at what's going on. This right here has potential. Mind you, I've never heard of most of these acts.

I imagine theater will be a little lower-key.

DJ · Shaman Analyst Joined: 05 Dec 2006

I'm down for whatever. I don't really know anyone out here besides my roommates, so any excuse to get out of the god damn house is fine with me.

Long as it's cheap. I'm about as strapped for cash as I can get until payday (unless someone wants to front me and I'll pay for the next one of these for you or something).
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Ebrey · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles

The Rock the Bells tour is the most amazing concert this summer. Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, EPMD, Public Enemy, and MF Doom are all well worth seeing individually, which makes the tickets pretty reasonable. It's coming to San Francisco on August 18th.

Daphaknee · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:21 am

theres that treasure island festival coming up in september i think

some of the bands look alright, although some are painfully indie

also also just keep tuypign band names you like into the list and you're bound to get like at least 2 good shows coming up
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DJ · Shaman Analyst Joined: 05 Dec 2006

I'm poking around for any bands I know...

What's a preferred genre, if any? I kinda like heavier stuff but I'm up for anything.
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wpham · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Location: California

Daphaknee · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:23 am

i really like experiemental, annoying electronic and post rock post punk new progressive kind of shit

dude since this is a SB show fun going to, we should obviously see the advantage
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wpham · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Location: California

Daphaknee · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:37 am

the great thing about hte advantage is that every member is in another kick ass band so wehn they advan tage plays you'll be able to see hella and shit
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Cossix · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:28 pm

The only show I really know that I want to go to is the Battles concert on November 1st at the Great American Music Hall (according to their site anyways. It hasn't been posted elsewhere yet).

DJ · Shaman Analyst Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Advantage gets my vote.
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aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

Right.

This confuses me, however.

Daphaknee · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:34 pm

they never update their website, when i hear about a show ill tell you guys
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wpham · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Location: California

scratchmonkey · Final Finasty Joined: 21 Mar 2007

The Advantage are playing at Bottom of the Hill on Sept. 6th.

(Use this shit, seriously: http://sonicliving.com/ )

aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

Wait, Bottom of the Hill. Was that where Toups and I saw The Cassettes a while back?

That was a pretty good experience.

scratchmonkey · Final Finasty Joined: 21 Mar 2007

If it's right next to a public field where people play softball, that's the place.

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Daphaknee · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:32 am

wow sonicliving is great! thanks VM

i always get pissed when i miss shows
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Daphaknee · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:52 am

OH AWESOME gogol bordello is playing when fucking cryoh is coming out
this is so epic

august 29th who wants to see gogol bordello
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Daphaknee · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:57 am

http://sonicliving.com/event/336401/Daft_Punks_movie_screening_of_Electroma

DAFT PUNK ANYTHING IS ALWAYS AMAZING

unless it has to do with that douche kanye
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Daphaknee · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:52 pm

okay heres a long list of shows coming up in the next couple of months:

Animal Collective with Wizard Prison !!!september 17 (SF)

girl talk and dan deacon at the fillmore!!

okkervil river in sf september fifth!!!

~!!~!!~!~!!~~!~!!~!~THE ADVANTAGE SEPTEMBER SIXTH~!!~!~!!!~!!~!~!!~!~!!~!~!~

HOLY SHIT THE POGUES ARE COMING OCTOBER 21

and september 1st theres a really hipster-heavy show at 21 grand with xbxrx and old time relijun
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wpham · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Location: California

How big is the Filmore? Girl Talk puts on a fucking amazing live show, I would prioritize that over everything except maybe the Advantage.
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aderack · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY

I keep seeing the Filmore, and hearing about it. Never been there, though!

Daft Punk sounds pretty good. Don't know who any of these other folks are! Aside from The Advantage, that is.

Daphaknee · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:30 am

oh wow aderacks, please let me educate you on some amazing music and join me at a few of these shows

animal collective is beyond words amazing, multi-instrumentalists just like GET ME GOING

the pogues are a seminal traditional irish folk punk band that has been around since the late 70s. you know flogging molly and dropkick murphys? think of them as terrible, washed-up, americanized rip offs of the pogues

man i can send some of this stuff to numberic if you're on it just not righty now im on morphine

edit: my opinion on the pougues is totally biased as i am a second generation full blooded irish girl, and god i wish i was more irish and god the pogues make me feel good
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Daphaknee · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:33 am

have you ever been to the bottom of hte hill or great american music hall? its not a stadium, but shows usually dont sell out
and its all standing space if i remember correctly

or maybe theres seats against the wall. i havent been there in a really long time
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Daphaknee · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:33 am

oh god posting so much but you guys look up gogol bordello shows on youtube you'll REALLY WANT TO SEE THEM
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Cryo · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: Columbia, MD

I just did, now I REALLY WANNA SEE THEM. :O
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Daphaknee · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:58 am

WELL SEEING THEM YOU ARE TIGER maybe even dressed up as balrog!
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