Michelle Broder Van Dyke

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19794838853837426512011-12-03T09:57:19.093-08:00Michelle Broder Van DykeMichelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.comBlogger2711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-34540313891176268762011-08-26T10:13:00.001-07:002011-08-26T10:13:52.993-07:00BlackMahal: Punjabi funk hop with a dash of humor

For my final Bandwidth column for the San Francisco Chronicle, I interviewed BlackMahal, a San Francisco band that spans many musical genres. The band has proclaimed its music to be "turban groove".

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-53232265308373461182011-08-26T09:41:00.000-07:002011-08-26T09:59:49.703-07:00Pod people: The Bay Bridged wants you to listen to more SF tunes

I like to listen to podcasts while I’m painting my nails or doing the dishes. For my last Lights Out column for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, I wrote about the Bay Bridged’s podcast.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-13875403242145990122011-07-05T21:41:00.000-07:002011-07-05T21:48:20.743-07:00A list of articles written by me in June

The Mumlers: Band nerds have gone wild. San Francisco Chronicle; June 30, 2011.Pick: Group Doueh. San Francisco Chronicle; June 30, 2011.Bill Orcutt: experimental noise guitarist. San Francisco Chronicle; June 23, 2011.Lights Out: Taking the Royal Baths. San Francisco Bay Guardian; June 23, 2011.Vice City: Michelle Broder Van Dyke considers the seven sins of SF. The Bold Italic; June 16,2011.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-11175431486628664362011-06-06T10:38:00.000-07:002011-07-07T07:41:34.191-07:00Here's a list of pieces I've written recently

Omori: Communicating through synth-driven jams. Bandwidth, San Francisco Chronicle; Thursday, June 2, 2011.Hail Seitan: Michelle Broder Van Dyke makes her own meat. The Bold Italic; Tuesday, May 31, 2011.Dominant Legs: Pop band crafts upbeat love songs. Bandwidth, San Francisco Chronicle; Thursday, May 26, 2011.Four for Popfest: Four Bay Area luminaries headline highly anticipated shows at this

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-51991234768079118582011-04-22T13:02:00.001-07:002011-04-22T13:02:20.894-07:00Don't forget

to follow Night Fog Reader. There’s lots of new material re: Thee Oh Sees, Young Prisms, Fresh & Onlys, and more.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-62335710201761641092011-04-22T12:58:00.000-07:002011-04-22T13:00:17.224-07:00Nick Waterhouse & the Tarots: rhythm and longing

Last Saturday, I went to Guerrero Gallery and saw Nick Waterhouse with his band the Tarots and his back-up singers the Naturelles. It was a nitty-gritty performance, in all the right ways. Last week, I also got to interview Waterhouse for the Chronicle, and found out how rhythm and Rooky Ricardo’s records inspire him. Read more here.Waterhouse seems to be on a roll. Check him live at 111

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-82032112679915328522011-04-22T12:57:00.000-07:002011-04-22T12:58:14.888-07:00Music Bloggers Become Music Moguls

For my first piece for the Bay Citizen’s Culture Feed, I wrote about City Limits Records, a new label started by SF bloggers Peter Arko (Ears of the Beholder) and Robert Khoruy (See the Leaves). You’ll have to wait till June, but the first release from the label is a Bay Area-based compilation with tracks from so many rad bands: Melted ToysYoung PrismsExray’sThe Soft MoonTim CohenMagic

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-11871902789454450622011-04-13T20:41:00.000-07:002011-04-13T20:42:22.566-07:00Two for the road: Moving on from San Francisco, Moon Duo travels through Mazes

Last week, I interviewed Erik “Ripley” Johnson of Moon Duo for the Bay Guardian. Moon Duo’s just-released second full-length, Mazes (Sacred Bones), relays the story of a man on the road. I learned, when I interviewed Johnson, that last year he was on tour for 8 months with Moon Duo and Wooden Shjips. During that time, him and keyboardist Sanae Yamada also gave up their Mission apartment to

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-51984085528447668762011-03-28T11:22:00.000-07:002011-03-28T11:23:38.849-07:00Follow, please

I started a new blog with my BFF Pedro, called Night Fog Reader. It’s about music and culture in San Francisco. Go check it out now, and find a mix by the Fresh & Only’s Shayde Sartin, news about Sic Alps, a Wax Idols vid for “All Too Human,” a show review of Dominant Legs, Girls’ Christoper Owens, and Holy Shit at the Luggage Store, and way more.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-13499110249751133692011-03-28T11:21:00.000-07:002011-03-28T11:22:43.855-07:00Debaser: Party like it’s 1999

For this week’s Bandwidth, I wrote about Debaser, a bi-monthly DJ night that celebrates all things ’90s. I interviewed DJ Jamie Jams, who explained that when him and fellow DJs tried to celebrate the 90s in 2005, it was too soon. But by 2008, San Franciscans were nostalgic enough to love dancing to the Lemonheads and Soundgarden. Read the complete interview here.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-80428150703839211622011-03-19T11:49:00.000-07:002011-03-19T12:46:05.416-07:00Tonight

Eight galleries off the axis of the Bryant and 24th Street will be open, including Eleanor Hardwood Gallery, Galeria de la Raza, Gallery Hijinks, Guerrero Gallery, Kadist Art Foundation, Southern Exposure, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, and Triple Base with unique programming, from live performance to sipping sessions, spoken word to street projections. Also, this is the debut of Kadist Art

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-45267188173019813672011-03-17T16:07:00.000-07:002011-03-17T16:08:42.602-07:00The Finches: Folk-rock with a touch of darkness

Here's an interview with the Finches for my 96 Hour's column Bandwidth. Read the article and find out who looks like Nicholas Cage and what inspires the band's songs. The Finches will be playing with Coconut and Mist & Mast at Hemlock Tavern this Friday.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-3925938231511294042011-03-15T23:46:00.000-07:002011-03-15T23:59:57.726-07:00Dolphin double: Mi Ami shifts to aquatic two-piece dynamics on its new EP

Last week, I interviewed Daniel Martin-McCormick about Mi Ami’s new release Dolphins for the Bay Guardian. The phone cut off a few times, because he was driving through the midwest to perform as Sex Worker with Psychic Reality and Prince Rama at Oberlin College. (My alma mater, where I attended every show. He said the last time he played at OC was at house part in 2004, which was before my time.)

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-3608975919509929762011-03-15T23:32:00.000-07:002011-03-15T23:34:01.069-07:00Virginia Woolf in her essay “Modern Fiction”

It is the sense that there is no answer, that if honestly examined life presents question after question which must be left to sound on and on after the story is over in hopeless interrogation that fills us with a deep, and finally it may be with a resentful, despair.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-48424581777335521142011-03-15T23:22:00.000-07:002011-03-15T23:29:59.213-07:00Milan Kundera in "The Book Of Laughter and Forgetting"

“We shall flee rest, we shall flee sleepWe shall outstrip dawn and springAnd we shall fashin days and seasonsTo the measure of our dreams.”

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-55799864562162882582011-03-15T23:21:00.000-07:002011-03-15T23:22:17.921-07:00William Blake

“The Nature of my Work is Visionary or Imaginative; it is an Endeavour to Restore what the Ancients called the Golden Age. This world of Imagination is the World of Eternity; it is the Divine bosom into which we shall all go after the death of the Vegetated body. This World of Imagination is infinite & Eternal, whereas the world of Generation, or Vegetation, is Finite & Temporal. There Exist in

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-11130340443679018522011-03-15T23:18:00.001-07:002011-03-15T23:31:53.725-07:00Trigorin speaking to Nina about being a writer in The Seagull

All I think about day and night is having to write. I have to write, I have to… Here I am talking to you, I’m all worked up, and still I can’t forget for a minute that I’ve got a story to finish. I see a cloud, like that one, shaped like a piano. And all I can think is: I have to use that, one of my characters has to see a cloud shaped like a piano.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-8486966262444516362011-03-15T20:50:00.000-07:002011-03-15T20:52:01.209-07:00A.S. Byatt speaking about Gustave Flaubert

His mother told him ‘Your mania for sentences has dried up your heart’. But he lived the moments he was writing intensely - ‘for better or worse it is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself, but to move in an entire universe of your own creating. Today, for instance, as man and woman, both lover and mistress, I rode in a forest on an autumn afternoon under the yellow leaves, and I

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-34188740605218522342011-03-15T20:48:00.000-07:002011-03-15T20:50:33.483-07:00Allen Ginsberg:

Once when Kerouac was high on psychedelics with Timothy Leary, he looked out the window and said, ‘Walking on water wasn’t built in a day.’ Our goal was to save the planet and alter human consciousness. That will take a long time, if it happens at all.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-6486492461278681102011-03-08T16:57:00.000-08:002011-03-08T17:08:35.337-08:00The Sandwitches at the Make-Out Room

Here are pictures taken this past Sunday (3/6) from the Sandwitches record release show at the Make-Out Room. Heidi and Grace (formerly of the Fresh & Onlys) make happy/haunting music, which they sing with their powerfully penetrating voices and perform with an energy that is mesmerizing live. For a special treat, Kelley Stoltz came on stage for the final song and played what I believe is

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-89130732218396168262011-03-08T16:25:00.000-08:002011-03-08T16:53:23.111-08:00Great Willow and Japanther at Kitsch Gallery

Here are photos from last Thursday (3/3) at Kitsch Gallery Presents: Past From The Blast. For the show, a very elaborate, mini ply-wood stage was built in Kitsch and I am amazed amount of people that were able to fit inside for Japanther’s set. For more pictures go here.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-54460501831914463562011-03-07T19:01:00.000-08:002011-03-07T20:59:04.547-08:00Pale Hoarse at Lost Weekend

Pale Hoarse featuring members Kyle and Kim performed at Lost Weekend video store this past Saturday (3/5). It was a lovely, haunting experience—except for the periodic arcade game diddies in the background. After, Sun Foot featuring Chris Johanson played a lively set.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-38962068469296315122011-03-04T14:50:00.000-08:002011-03-04T14:52:03.617-08:00HELLA BOOKS, HELLA CHEAP

Don’t forget tomorrow is the Adobe Books big sale! Get your hands on selected books ranging from 1 to 5 dollars. Also, refreshments, candy, and a lit-inspired soundtrack will be provided.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-84417672312411067902011-03-01T11:42:00.000-08:002011-03-01T11:43:20.785-08:00Jonas Reinhardt at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

So much exciting stuff happened this weekend! Here is a video of Jonas Reinhardt shot by my brother Eric this past Saturday, February 26th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. My favorite part of this footage is the front-and-center fan--she's my idol.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-82174122307671120172011-03-01T11:32:00.000-08:002011-03-01T11:40:05.129-08:00Chris Ritson at Ever Gold Gallery

These photos are from last Saturday, February 26th at Chris Ritson’s closing reception at Ever Gold Gallery. For the artist talk, Ritson screened a new video, which included abstract footage from Syria and Egypt, and discussed the concept of charisma. (Here is a snippet of the video.) After wards, there was an interesting Q&A with the artist, where he was asked about his background in the

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-89838698747654491432011-02-26T15:02:00.000-08:002011-02-26T15:13:30.099-08:00Wax Idols, the Soft Moon and Tamaryn at Cafe Du Nord

Here are pictures from last night's Noise Pop show at Cafe Du Nord with Wax Idols, the Soft Moon and Tamaryn.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-71708198223598153702011-02-26T13:27:00.000-08:002011-03-04T15:11:05.304-08:00Hunx and his Punx "Too Young To Be In love"

“Too Young To Be In Love” is the title track from the Hunx and his Punx’s first full-length, which will be released by Hardly Art on March 29th. If you like this track, also listen to “Lovers Lane.” The full-length was recorded in New York City by Ivan Julian (founding member of Richard Hell and the Voidoids). Hunx and his Punkette’s are playing tonight with Best Coast and Wavves at the

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-1991131595371253622011-02-25T10:11:00.000-08:002011-02-25T18:45:23.389-08:00Bandwidth: The Soft Moon

The Soft Moon (who I posted about earlier this month here) is playing tonight with Tamaryn (who I posted about here) at Cafe Du Nord. For this week's Bandwidth, I interviewed Luis Vasquez who is the mastermind behind the Soft Moon. Read the article to find out the story behind the band's name and what Vasquez thinks about when he's performing live.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-640735798377932722011-02-24T17:34:00.000-08:002011-02-24T17:58:53.157-08:00Temp Job

For the Bold Italic, I wrote "Temp Job" about how I put on a pop-up art/music show "Pop Up Empire." During this project, there are some very important lessons that I learned, like don't mess with anyone with a badge. Here and here are posts with more info about the show and here and here are more pictures.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-61155752990217143512011-02-22T14:37:00.000-08:002011-02-22T14:55:32.680-08:00The Fresh & Only's "Do You Believe in Destiny?"

Listen to the Fresh & Only's "Do You Believe in Destiny?" In 2010, this San Francisco quartet released the album Play It Strange, and now the band returns with the EP Secret Walls. It was recorded in guitarist Wymond Miles' San Francisco studio. This Spring, the band heads out on tour, playing at SXSW, and then embarks on a North American tour in April, and a full European tour in May,

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-52330887734773147262011-02-21T20:27:00.000-08:002011-02-21T20:34:27.927-08:00Glass Cake and Myonix at Adobe

Here are pics from the show last Thursday, Feb 17th with Glass Cake, Careerers, and Myonix at Adobe Bookstore.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-20035204621224862362011-02-13T10:47:00.000-08:002011-02-25T18:47:58.272-08:00Sic Alps and Thee Oh Sees at Great Ameircan

Above are pics of the Sic Alps and Thee Oh Sees from last Wednesday’s show at the Great American Music Hall. I stepped outside before the show ended, for a breather, and I found that the Great American staffers were already changing the sign.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-56172249897909499842011-02-13T10:44:00.000-08:002011-02-13T10:47:04.735-08:00Young Prism "Sugar"

Watch the new video for “Sugar” by the Young Prisms. Directed by Fred Velez and Jared Silbert. Friends For Now is available now through Kanine. And read this review I did of the album for the Bay Guardian.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-72448185268076295802011-02-09T09:25:00.000-08:002011-02-09T09:26:42.184-08:00The Soft Moon "Circles"

Listen to San Francisco’s the Soft Moon’s rhythmic “Circles.” Luis Vasquez of the Soft Moon has released two 7 inches, and released the debut self-titled full-length on Captured Tracks. This Thursday, February 10th check out the band live at the Milk Bar.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-6677758782359461862011-02-08T11:11:00.000-08:002011-02-21T20:36:22.568-08:00Too much

Listen to Blackbird Blackbird's "Blind." Check out local electro band Blackbird Blackbird's live show this Wednesday, February 9th at the Milk Bar--it's free with RSVP.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-81529152717095593602011-02-08T09:58:00.000-08:002011-02-08T09:59:14.416-08:00Go see this

This Wednesday, February 9th go to the Bay Bridged’s Benefit for the Homeless at the Great American Music Hall and see San Francisco’s finest: Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, the Sandwitches, and Ty Segall.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-91153432730327883342011-02-07T14:28:00.000-08:002011-02-07T18:10:54.085-08:00Heavy Petting and DUBKNOWDUB at Adobe Bookstore

Here are some pics from last Monday’s show at Adobe Books. As you can see, there were shopping carts and dance jams. Here is a video of Heavy Petting performing a song.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-56939995353080969452011-02-02T14:00:00.000-08:002011-02-02T14:00:00.578-08:00Nodzzz "Time (What's It Going To Do?)"

Listen to "Time (What's It Going To Do?)" by San Francisco jangle trio Nodzzz, who are prepping their second full-length, Innings, for this summer on Woodsist. Innings follows a string of Nodzzz records since their debut debut single in 2007, "I Don't Wanna (Smoke Marijuana)," off of Make A Mess Records, and was followed in 2008 by a 17 minute self-titled LP on What's Your Rupture. In 2009,

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-7882938901843783102011-02-02T13:33:00.000-08:002011-02-02T13:50:23.796-08:00Recap from "Pop Up Empire"

I’m so very pleased with the turn out for Pop Up Empire, and I just want to thank everyone who made it out! “Did You Pop Up?” is an excellent blog post about the show from the Bold Italic, here are photos via TBI, here are a few photos from my bro’s blog, and above are photos taken by Zac Maricondia.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-68593881111623686572011-02-01T11:57:00.000-08:002011-02-01T12:16:49.708-08:00Exray's "Ways To Stop Time"

Listen to "Ways To Stop Time" by San Francisco fuzz-pop duo Exray's who released their debut LP Exray's today in-stores (including a limited run of 500 silk screened LPs) and online via Howells Transmitter. Here is a review of the album I wrote for the Bay Guardian. See the Exray's record release show this Friday, February 4th at Cafe Du Nord with Tim Cohen's Mafick Trick and Fiveng.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-52002292356741281822011-01-31T13:47:00.000-08:002011-01-31T13:49:04.557-08:00Tonight at Adobe Bookstore

Come hang out with me and hear Brooklyn's DUBKNOWDUB, Oakland/SF's Heavy Petting (members of Psychic Handbook), and TelePHARB. The show is from 7-10 pm and it's free.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-35410564472687004412011-01-30T20:51:00.000-08:002011-01-30T21:16:40.808-08:00Found at Adobe Bookstore

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-11591539634042469902011-01-29T19:57:00.000-08:002011-01-29T19:59:02.241-08:00

Tonight see Weekend at the Hemlock.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-5681362367933747332011-01-27T13:53:00.000-08:002011-01-27T19:11:50.442-08:00Installing Pop Up Empire

I'm very excited about tomorrow's opening for Pop Up Empire. Here are pics from last night when we were installing and moving the vintage arcade game Krazy Bowl.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-34410164051900910582011-01-27T12:26:00.000-08:002011-01-27T18:40:11.292-08:00Eva Hesse's "Studiowork"

Yesterday morning, I went to the Berkeley Art Museum to check out the Eva Hesse exhibit "Studiowork." Filled with intricate, delicate, and deteriorating objects that illuminate Hesse's artistic process, this exhibit is a visceral experience. Here is a visual arts preview I wrote on the exhibit for the Chronicle.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-40811085803499029432011-01-26T09:43:00.000-08:002011-01-26T09:50:34.996-08:00Sic Alps "Do You Want to Give $$$"

"Do You Want to Give $$$?" is off the double-LP Napa Asylum by the Sic Alps. The album dropped yesterday on Drag City, so be sure to grab your copy. "Release Me" is a round-up review on Bay Area album releases at the start of 2011, including Napa Asylum, that I wrote for the Bay Guardian.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-35211031639369594042011-01-25T20:11:00.000-08:002011-02-02T09:14:29.155-08:00Hunx and his Punx "Lovers Lane"

“Lovers Lane” is the opening track from Hunx and His Punx’s new album (and first proper studio LP) Too Young To Be In Love, set to be released March 29th on Hardly Art. This track features heartbreak croons from Punkette Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-63561266694791288552011-01-24T11:37:00.001-08:002011-01-24T11:37:55.747-08:00Pop Up Empire this Friday

I’m getting really excited about the art and music show I am curating this Friday called Pop Up Empire. This weekend I trained the tour guides, who will be showing visitors around Granny’s Empire of Art. Here is an awesome write up (with rad pics) on the Bold Italic’s blog!

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-77083563179156705902011-01-22T15:44:00.000-08:002011-01-23T20:22:33.306-08:00Bay Area Rock Roundup, Part two

For the Bay Guardian, I wrote a two part series on Bay Area rock albums being released in the beginning of 2011. Here is the second-half, which includes Nobunny's Raw Romance, Exray's s/t, and Ty Segall's Live in Aisle Five.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-77893064705687185752011-01-22T15:28:00.001-08:002011-01-22T17:44:26.320-08:00Found at Adobe Bookstore: Before Elvis there was nothing by Patrick Higgins

Patrick Higgins lives in New York City and visits Graceland once a year.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-7781713139527645342011-01-19T09:06:00.000-08:002011-01-22T15:43:37.316-08:00The Beets "Time Brought Age"

Last week, The Beets--the Jackson Heights (via Uruguay) project of Juan Wauters, dropped its second LP, Stay Home--on Captured Tracks. As the cover art tells us, it's "a collection of 13 new songs about staying home." Listen to the poppy no-fi single "Time Brought Age."

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-73112687243042645902011-01-13T10:56:00.001-08:002011-01-13T11:04:21.826-08:00In my inbox this morning...

Wish I could learn to scuba while broadcasting live underwater...

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-77474643170344683782011-01-12T11:51:00.001-08:002011-01-12T11:56:46.967-08:00Release Me

For the Bay Guardian, I wrote part one about Bay Area rock albums being released in January. It includes Sic Alps' Napa Asylum, Sonny Smith's Volume 2: I Miss the Jams, and Young Prisms' Friends For Now. Next Wednesday, look out for part two!

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-40356554048480845422011-01-11T11:06:00.001-08:002011-02-02T09:14:44.986-08:00Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-27512518437046584032011-01-10T21:38:00.000-08:002011-01-20T09:50:51.213-08:00Pop Up Empire

Please, come to the art show I am curating, Pop Up Empire! It’s going to have great art and music, plus it’ll be held at Granny’s Empire of Art. After the show, I’ll write a piece for the Bold Italic on the A-B-Cs of curating an art show.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-29153314710165398702011-01-09T23:38:00.000-08:002011-01-09T23:43:34.570-08:00Creepers

Tonight, it is a low-of-37-degrees San Franciscan night. I think this dark and B-Movie creepy video for the Sandwitches “Kiss Your Feet,”off last year’s How To Make Ambient Sadcake, is fitting for this chilly night. For more, check out Heidi Alexander singing as Earth Girl Helen Brown on Sonny Smith's 100 Records Volume 2: I Miss the Jams.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-11421262080797016442010-12-31T12:41:00.000-08:002010-12-31T12:46:23.416-08:00Best Local Releases of 2010

Even before I read High Fidelity, I had a fascination with list making. If only we could organize all aspects of life by simply putting bullets in front—Superfoods, what to buy at Walgreen’s, countries I’ve been to, vinyl to buy. Grouping ideas into lists is fun, but ranking them is another task altogether—one that is painstakingly difficult, and often fairly arbitrary. Here’s a list of my

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-74748048585046540502010-12-31T09:30:00.000-08:002010-12-31T09:32:10.834-08:00Click here to check out my best of 2010 for the Bay Bridged.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-61499435410388719052010-12-23T18:47:00.000-08:002010-12-23T18:49:01.022-08:0011 Things: Classic Christmas Albums

I wrote this 11 Things on classic Christmas albums. It includes the Carpenters, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley and Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift for You. Check out what made the list.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-8021883617327469852010-12-20T21:55:00.000-08:002010-12-20T21:57:55.471-08:00Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas

I like the fan who screams "play it dirty."

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-23851936009058212462010-12-19T22:31:00.000-08:002010-12-19T22:34:44.677-08:00The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight)

"Where is Santa? At his sleigh?Tell me why is it always this way?Where is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen, baby?Merry Christmas, merry merry merry ChristmasAll the children are tucked in their bedsSugar-plum fairies dancing in their headsSnowball fighting, it's so exciting baby."

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-79294005535477329892010-12-18T15:24:00.000-08:002010-12-18T15:25:40.702-08:00The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

A Christmas classic.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-5515260699450543622010-12-17T12:58:00.001-08:002010-12-17T12:59:37.891-08:00Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

Nat King Cole The Christmas Song

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-60516663832389493782010-12-17T12:50:00.000-08:002010-12-17T12:57:50.957-08:00A note on Nat King Cole and cigarettes

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A Christmas gift.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-11955161310234184922010-12-16T12:25:00.001-08:002010-12-16T12:26:34.501-08:0011 Things: musicians who found god

Remember when Bob Dylan became a born-again Christian? Well, his conversion didn’t last long, as he has returned to his Jewish roots. But for other pop stars or rappers, like Yusuf Islam and Moses Levi, their conversion is more than a publicity stunt. Check out this list of 11 musicians who found God.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-53747702148284233442010-12-15T10:45:00.000-08:002011-03-02T17:22:01.534-08:00it's all about Adobe

Recently, I’ve seen Adobe Bookstore popping up on the Internet a lot. (1) Portably Sized Book Alert in Mission Local. (2) And these Nasty Gal photos were taken in Adobe, while I was at work last Thursday. There's an entire series of pics from the shoot, but they don't appear on the site, anymore.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-66140714083584903192010-12-14T23:04:00.000-08:002010-12-14T23:17:12.068-08:00a piece of the puzzle

I'm trying to brainstorm my top 10 of 2010. Tamaryn's Waves is on the list somewhere, but I'm not sure where. This video, directed by Christian Turner, stars the effervescent Hannah Hunt from Dominant Legs.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-76898841285940462022010-12-09T09:44:00.000-08:002010-12-09T09:57:22.857-08:00

Tonight, please come join me for some songs and poetry. It is my last Thursday-night shift at Adobe Bookstore, (I'll still be working Saturdays and maybe Mondays). We will celebrate.Kamp Kamille Pocket Full of Rye

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-32246931535741600622010-12-08T10:46:00.001-08:002010-12-08T10:47:49.775-08:00What's another way to say rockstars?

Today, while working on an 11 Things for the San Francisco Chronicle, I checked the thesaurus for other ways to say "rockstars." This is what dictionary.com suggested.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-46503383329694495762010-12-06T22:39:00.000-08:002010-12-06T22:44:53.330-08:00zombiezzz

I dunno, I just think, maybe—this is the best zombie song of all time. For Halloween, I wrote an 11 Things for the Chronicle on Zombie Things, and I am already anticipating next year’s creepy song list: 11 female serial killers, 11 Japanese horror films, and 11 cyclops moments. What else?

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-59478143567559962792010-12-02T20:22:00.000-08:002010-12-02T20:34:10.668-08:00LOL PRESS RELEASE

Soulja Boy enters the social media application world with excitement stating, "I'm giving my fans a place for them to communicate and connect with me and each other from anywhere, at any time."SouljaWorld caters to the large and digital-savvy fanbase that Soulja Boy already has, and provides them with another tool, this time in the mobile space, with which to engage. The app introduces

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-70384342548680887052010-11-29T20:54:00.000-08:002010-11-29T21:04:09.316-08:00It's a pretty catchy tune

Steve, the most consistent regular at Adobe, never absorbs or really even hears music. This is not to say that he isn’t brilliant, Steves’ intelligence is just particular. His forte is chess and crossword puzzles—he stays away from anything abstract. And he has read more books than anyone I’ve ever met. With his vast book knowledge, he can intelligibly talk about whatever the person who

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-15485342434967316402010-11-27T21:12:00.000-08:002010-11-30T10:25:43.733-08:00Evening with Friends

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-53322622285149938942010-11-27T12:30:00.000-08:002010-11-27T12:31:23.209-08:00Willie Nelson Arrested for Pot Possesion

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-58172942874463565932010-11-23T21:41:00.000-08:002010-11-23T22:06:46.923-08:00Everyone seems to be talkin' about Kayne West

Everywhere I go, everyone seems to be talkin' Kayne. On the streets, in the corners, there's a whisper about this possible prophet. What's the final verdict going to be?

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-76176062035352559562010-11-22T16:18:00.000-08:002010-11-22T16:22:24.292-08:00What happened to love songs?

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-29909000833768304802010-11-20T13:17:00.000-08:002010-11-20T13:26:46.464-08:00Mystical Crystal Garden pictures

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-47363940018104888632010-11-18T08:05:00.000-08:002010-11-18T08:12:02.473-08:00Mystical Crystal Garden

Tonight at 7 pm at Adobe Books:The LicketsALAK MOUNTSHOUTTears Club

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-55627436455160634682010-11-15T17:43:00.001-08:002010-11-15T17:43:36.153-08:00a new endeavour

I've decided I want to write drink reviews about moonshine. Onlymoonshine. I'll have a blog and we'll call it something like MichelleDrinks Moonshine dot com. The reviews will read like:"Its got a bitter taste like cough syrup with just a pinch of nail polish.""This is fruity but a little off. Maybe it's like moldy peaches?"It doesn't matter with this one. It goes straight to the gums. I'mripped

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-72350348357692359902010-11-12T09:42:00.000-08:002010-11-12T09:44:00.863-08:00Indulge Your Inner Rocker at Fantasy Camp

The Bay Citizen wrote this pretty awesome and slightly hilarious article about ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FANTASY CAMP, which I posted some LOL press releases from awhile back.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-23668695148203046272010-11-05T15:21:00.001-07:002010-11-05T15:34:59.667-07:00From an Israeli grocery store in Tzfat.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-71409993345748133992010-10-31T11:11:00.000-07:002010-10-31T11:12:02.796-07:0011 Things: Zombie Songs

Happy Halloween!

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-14406104938113906252010-10-23T01:49:00.000-07:002010-10-23T01:54:36.152-07:00HELL, YES!

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-3493195705229905742010-10-16T13:22:00.000-07:002010-10-16T13:24:12.651-07:00Don't miss the Frisco Freakout today!

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-38147885290394034192010-10-16T13:18:00.000-07:002010-10-16T13:19:11.811-07:00Are they holding hands or strangling each other?

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-17254221844325879942010-10-15T13:59:00.000-07:002010-10-15T14:04:23.650-07:00I close my eyes

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-66178722746144337462010-10-15T07:49:00.000-07:002010-10-12T08:08:07.322-07:00Die Antwoord play at Amoeba SF

Today Die Antwoord play at Amoeba San Fran at 6 pm. My new favorite band. I'd usually say I have a band crush, but with Die Antwoord it's more like at first I am appalled, but then it is appealing (to the point of being addictive).

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-65667520310216280452010-10-13T12:16:00.000-07:002010-10-13T12:31:02.657-07:00I close my eyes

Tomorrow night at 7 pm.Magic! Magic RosesKathryn Anne DavisDavid & Joanna

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-41610336857739507042010-10-12T10:26:00.000-07:002010-10-12T10:27:50.756-07:00Thee Oh Sees "Block of Ice"

I know this a little old, but I’ve been feeling really obsessed with this razzle-tazzle wake-up song by Thee Oh Sees. I was trying to follow the counting logic within the song by discerning the lyrics. It’s a surreal, postmodern poem. Dig it.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-34795167731811910212010-10-11T23:23:00.000-07:002010-10-11T23:48:39.641-07:00Found at Adobe Bookstore

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-13722294547871913592010-10-10T10:42:00.000-07:002010-10-10T10:43:18.966-07:00Art Publishers Fair

Hey, all day today there's a great Art Publishers Fair as part of Art Publishing Now, a weekend-long event celebrating and considering art publishing in the Bay Area. It's a great way to find out about all the great online and print publications that are coming out of this city. If you don't have time to go, then check out the online archive SoEx is building of all the Bay Area art

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-59273135906136537432010-10-08T11:03:00.000-07:002010-10-08T11:03:00.611-07:00Friends of Adobe

Tonight, my Adobe Bookstore boss Andrew McKinley is having an opening for his photographs "Friends of Adobe" at the Garage Sale Project. McKinley has a special eye for capturing unique color combinations, noticing unconventional postures, and focusing in on idiosyncratic details about the individual. Plus, he usually makes everyone look pretty darn good. I think this will be a very

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-87392914627057325952010-10-07T10:15:00.001-07:002010-10-07T10:16:16.075-07:00Today's Tom Sawyer

This summer, the centennial of Twain's passing occurred. He's America's first and quintessential writer, and everyone (including me) has been excited to dive into a little Twain time. For the Bold Italic, I wrote "Today's Tom Sawyer" about his years in San Francisco when he was a journalist, beginning his writing career, but before he'd established himself with his fame-sparking jumping-frog

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-53711965187899063782010-10-06T16:04:00.001-07:002010-10-06T16:09:44.061-07:00Battle for dumplings

Found in the San Francisco Chronicle

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-88672698434758338952010-10-05T14:44:00.001-07:002010-10-05T17:08:02.202-07:00A conversation with Buzz

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Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-86130889926061054882010-10-04T22:24:00.000-07:002010-10-04T22:26:46.871-07:00Jesus & Mary Chain “Catchfire”

You’ve been burned now/All over town/Kissin’ dirt and make me baby/Even underground/No where to run to uh huh/No where to hideBaby Catch Fire/Baby Catch Fire/Catch Catch Fire/Catch Catch Fire Disengage you waste me baby/All over my face/Kissin’ dirt and make me baby/In another place/Nothing to say now honey/Nothing to doBaby Catch Fire/Baby Catch Fire/Catch Catch Fire/Catch Catch Fire We’re

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-89466237512765100802010-09-30T10:28:00.000-07:002010-09-30T10:30:36.124-07:00Opening tonight

I’ve been working at Adobe Books a bunch this week, and have been fortunate enough to watch artist Carrie Hott installing this show. The Parlor Windows and the Backroom Gallery look like the workroom of a whale-obsessed maniac (or maybe a marine biologist). Everyone keeps asking the artist questions like, “So, why whales?” Well, I’d recommend you come find out the answer for yourself.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-58407300641037428062010-09-29T20:28:00.000-07:002010-09-29T20:42:45.280-07:00

Go to this show tonight at Milk. Check out Oakland's Psychic Handbook and San Francisco's Electric Sunset.

Michelle Broder Van Dykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497127747559962411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1979483885383742651.post-66396017051938712712010-09-29T11:49:00.000-07:002010-09-29T11:53:43.348-07:00Found at Adobe Books: the Beatles Forever

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