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digitalism.@.the.mezzanine

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:45:39 -0700

It's almost as if I'm reliving all my fall concerts all over again. Last night Victor and I went to the Robot Rock concert at the Mezzanine, featuring Guns 'n' Bombs and Digitalism. We arrived around 10:30 and the dance floor was hardly occupied so we headed up to the second floor and snagged a nice place to sit down and sip our Coronas. The Guns 'n' Bombs set made for some bumping background music, but we both knew we were waiting for Digitalism to snag us over to dance.

veridian

We managed to weave our way up to the front of the stage and the show was j ust as good as it was before. Victor, who attended the Justice/Diplo MySpace party at the SF Concourse last week with me, commented that within the first few minutes Digitalism had already managed to trump Justice. I couldn't agree with him more. The duo that is Ditialism (Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi) have an incredible energy between each other and the crowd that Justice can't touch with their leather jackets and cigarettes. Jens owned the vocals when he danced with the mic stand, and Ismail always kept the beat up.

Altogether, an awesome show! Here's their music video to get your sneakers jumping:

Pogo - Digitalism

In other news, a super special thanks to Muppet for hooking me up with the ultimate mix from the Winter Music Conference sampler. Listening to it now and loving it!

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justice.@.SF.concourse.

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:46:58 -0700

Justice

Round 2 for Justice last night at the SF Concourse. When I last saw them the scene was relatively crowded, but a bit more inimate at the Mezzanine. This time the space was brimming with ravers, hipsters, losers, and scenesters, all pummeling around to the music with their glow sticks and their † necklaces waving in the air. I spent most of my time on the floor relatively close to the front of the stage, but at one point it got so hot and sweaty that the sweat condescended on the roof and it began to drip down. A lot of fun, but that part was just straight up nasty.

the crowd

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Oh, and while we're on the topic, this would be apt time to display the typography (pardon my french) wet dream that is So Me's DVNO music video. Just take a look and see what I mean:

DVNO by So Me

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micromusic.sf.launch.party.

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:47:24 -0800

With my gang of resident nerdfolk in tow (Jared, Hamza, Ben, Matt, Andrew, and born-again nerd Kat), yesterday evening I made it out to the Micromusic SF Launch party at Mighty. Micromusic.net, self described as "low tech music for high tech people", is a chiptunes collective supporting music and performances worldwide. With hope, the concert last night was the beginning of what could be the beginning of a San Francisco chiptunes presence.

Colors

The performance included a hefty handful of artists, each uniquely devising the color of their work with loving limitations given the use of such devices as Gameboys or the classic NES to compose their tracks. We caught the full set list of Trash80's fantastic debut appearance in SF, as well as the following acts by the renowned Nullsleep and Chibi-Tech which were equally as great.

My posse was in full-fledged dance mode for the entire concert. While the crowd was not as overwhelming as the scene found at Blipfest, the energy was still vibrant and masterfully orchestrated by the artists who played.

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girl.dan.talk.deacon.

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:33:27 -0700

Look at me. Look at me! I'm mashing up my blog titles!

Anyway, the concert @ the Filmore this Saturday was quite the riot of a good time. While Girl Talk did his part by orchestrating hipsters and club lizards into one massively sweaty all-singing all-dancing conglomerate, Dan Deacon actually provided a more intimate, memorable experience with his set. In conclusion, it was all made of fun. Here are a few more action pics from the evening:

Glow-in-the-Dark Hipsters!

Girl Talk, getting serious.

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lupe.concert.

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:44:51 -0800

up close

The concert on friday was long but fantastic. Supernatural started the acts with some hot freestyling and immitations of Biggie, Slick Rick, and Bustah. Following Supernatural's son, Stimulus and Pharoh Monch took the stage. Finally at around midnight Lupe Fiasco bounced on. I was right at the front of the stage and he was litterally bending over where I was when he performed. Pretty saucesome. Lupe is a full-blown performer, and let me tell you, he's got looks that practically melted the hearts of the front row of ladies (myself included).

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indie.bands.i.know.about.now

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:15:31 -0800

Hey Indie/Japanese Voxers!
So tonight there is this big Halloween party being put on by my school's independent radio station, featuring a collective of Indie and Japanese pop/rock bands:
THE PLOT TO BLOW UP THE EIFFEL TOWER
GREEN MILK FROM THE PLANET ORANGE
USASIAMONSTER
THE MALL
ZOoOoOm
~~ANIMENTAL~~
HENRY TENNIS
Has anyone heard of these bands before? And if so, would the concert be worth going to? (I have a lot of work tonight, so I'm trying to organize my time wisely!)
Happy Halloween everyone! <3

So, I ended up attending the concert for the first half of the set, catching the end of Henry Tennis and purchasing their CD after listening to some of their music before hand. One of the members sold it to me directly, and thanked me for coming out to see them. Apparently they had come out to perform a single show somewhere else on the east coast, and came to play at our school for free, and are heading back to Japan soon.

Next came Animental. Not good. I appreciate the fact that there is a trio of girls trying to make their way into the grunge/indie/rock movement, but they really need to learn how to play their instruments better. I don't mean to be cruel, but they came off as really inexperienced and as though they relied on their performance/dance pieces to support their hipster cred.

Finally, ZOoOoOm came to the stage with an incredible performance. I'm not well versed in genre music talk, so I cannot really explain what genre they fell under extactly. But I can say that the entire performance was an incredible Rollercoaster. With two sets of drums and a wicked guitarist, the 30 minute set never stopped. You could see the sweat dripping from the guiarist's finger tips. I wish I had picked up their album, but perhaps sometime when I get to Japan I will find them and purchase it then.

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lupe.fiasco.

nobody@vox.com(.tiff) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:43:02 -0800

The upcoming weekend has the potential to become one of the best weekends evar. The Halloween party, the biggest party on campus, is happening on Saturday. Yes, its after Halloween, which is lame. But do you know whats best? Dressing up as Tobias Fünke and becoming one of the most terrifying creatures walking the school grounds.

But cooler yet, I'm seing Lupe Fiasco on Friday. Hip hop don't stop. I'll be bumping on the dancefloor like its nobody's business. Check out Lupe's track 'Daydreamin', it's the flow-diggity.

As for now, I better reagain my sanity, nap up, and get ready for Halloween themed Trivia Night at my campus' bar. Yessir.

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