White Fence: To The Boy I Jumped in Hemlock Alley

A couple of years ago, I went to a White Fence show for New Year’s Eve. They were in the middle of the bill. At the end of the show my friends and I agreed, that while the headliners were good, we would have been happy to listen to Tim Presley and friends noodle around … Read more

2012: A Year In Pictures: Dec. 2011- March 2012

A series of highlights, as well as a chronological accounting. At the beginning: shows I went to after I had completed last year’s year-end roundup but before the end of the year.   Naked Fiction, Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 30, 2011   we are the Last Men On Earth, Bottom of … Read more

An Evening At: The Smell, Los Angeles, with Crazy Band, The Audacity, and White Fence

A couple of weeks ago I went to Los Angeles on vacation. On my last Saturday night in town, I went out to The SmellĀ  in downtown LA, to hear Crazy Band, The Audacity, and White Fence. Ty Segall was also playing, but as you will see I didn’t stay for their whole set, so … Read more