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By: LIVE MUSIC BLOG.com | Tonight: Fleet Foxes @ The Independent

LIVE MUSIC BLOG.com | Tonight: Fleet Foxes @ The Independent — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:37:47 +0000

[...] Remember when I said I was burnt out on live music? It’s still largely true and probably the main reason I’m just opting to skip the Treasure Island Music Festival this weekend, but there are some seriously good late-night shows that I just couldn’t pass up. And thanks to my new friends at betterPropaganda I’ve got myself a ticket into tonight’s Fleet Foxes show at The Independent, probably my favorite small club that I’ve been to in the city so far. I cannot wait. The band’s eponymous release has been on steady rotation on my iPhone for months now. It’s one of those albums that you just put on it ebbs and flows until you never quite know where it’s starting or ending. Each song have many different movements to it, with various tempos and different folky arrangements, and each one feels as epic as bombastic as the one prior. It’s really a fantastic album and I’m eager as hell to see these guys bring their haunting vocal melodies into my soul. Tags: Fleet Foxes, San Francisco, The Indepedent [...]

By: Kane

Kane — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:56:22 +0000

Well, I suppose if I can make fun of you for being old, you can refer to me as "lad" just this once...

By: Kane

Kane — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:56:00 +0000

Well, I suppose if I can make fun of you for being old, you can refer to me as "lad" just this once...

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:49:34 +0000

I think Paris kinda summed up how it just started to feel like some of the concerts were me going through the motions. I guess it seems that everyone can relate to this, and it’s a shame that I’m going through it right now. Maybe this move out to the Bay has changed my priorities a bit. Who knows.

I should note that I still plan on spending time on the site but it is simply too difficult to me to give my career and the site and my social life and concerts all a fair shake of my mental stamina. Where I spend more time on concerts, my job performance probably starts to suffer a bit. Okay maybe a lot.

@Peeps: you know, I’m actually torn on this one…do I go and possibly overwrite the EPIC performance I saw from the second row at SXSW? I think not.

@Kim: thanks so much for the comment and for stopping by. Kane’s a good lad; you’ve taught him well and I’m glad to see that you’re the kinda guy that loves learning from the youth. Some say that we’re the future, but I’ve yet to see that come to fruition.

Thanks for the comments from everyone else, too. It’s funny to post about being burnt on live music when you’re running a site with a lot of other enthusiastic folks ready and eager to see live music like crazy. I can’t be setting a good example as editor. ;)

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:49:00 +0000

@Peeps: you know, I’m actually torn on this one…do I go and possibly overwrite the EPIC performance I saw from the second row at SXSW? I think not.

By: Partyin' Peeps

Partyin' Peeps — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:18:39 +0000

This might be what you need:

My Morning Jacket – 9/19/08 – Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA

By: Partyin' Peeps

Partyin' Peeps — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:18:00 +0000

This might be what you need:

My Morning Jacket – 9/19/08 – Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:52:22 +0000

Hey Justin, I’m Kane’s dad. As a 50yr old guy, who long ago gave up the live music scene? I’ve now got an “almost” empty nest. Youngest graduates this year!!!
I actually have TIME now to go to some shows. Still, a 9pm start on a Wed. night is an issue….I do still have to work. So it better be someone I want to see, and it better not cost $100 for the ticket. I’ve pretty much given up on arena rock.
But there are SO many good local bands with original music that I’m finding. It inspires my faith in the youth of this world. I’ll put out the effort if I think it will support the ones I like, and if I think I’ll be able to not fall asleep before they hit the stage.
We go thru cycles in life. I’m tired of working, but loving the shows I’m seeing these days. :O)
Kane’s turned me onto some great bands these last few years. I’m loving it.
Take care.
Kim

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:52:00 +0000

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:39:24 +0000

Anyway, they played Tom Sawyer on Tuesday night, so probably didn’t on Wednesday…