Opeth • The Fillmore • October 11, 2005

Album(s) of the Week

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will The Circle Be Unbroken
The classic 1972 collaborative album between then young Southern rock upstarts Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and a bevy of country western legends including Doc Watson, Earle Scruggs and Maybelle Carter. I saw a used vinyl copy the other week, and I'd never heard of it before. I just saw some of the great names on the cover and quickly scooped it up. This is simply an amazing piece of work.



Baroness, Red Album

That's The Way The (Mother's) Cookie Crumbles

Alas, a childhood favorite is no more. Read it on sfgate yesterday that the Oakland CA based company, founded in 1914, is bankrupt and has ceased production of their sugary treats forever. We used to gorge ourselves on Mother's chocolate chip cookies, usually while sitting in front of the T.V. watching cartoons. Actually, I think my brother still eats the stuff to this day. I imagine he's at the local supermarket now, frantically buying up their entire stock of Mother's cookies. Damn, I'm probably going to pick up a bag myself after work, just for old time's sake!

Massive Attack

Picked up a used copy of this Bergman classic–the 5 disc Criterion edition no less, which has the original version of the movie (a 5 hour film made for Swedish television) as well as the shorter theatrical version. I thought the theatrical cut was amazing; I can't wait to dig in to the fully realized uncut version.


And if that wasn't epic enough, I've also committed myself to reading this 5 volume Chinese saga, the first book of which I'm about a quarter of the way through. Despite the fact that there have already been at least 35 to 40 characters introduced just this far into the novel, I'm finding it to be thoroughly engaging and fairly easy to follow nonetheless.


The 33 1/3 series of books are awesome–The perfect quick read for the bus/train. Almost finished with this one on Slayer's seminal 'Reign In Blood' album.

Faith No More • The Warfield Theatre • October 6, 1997


This was the first and only time I got to see these guys, as this would be their final tour before they broke up. I was only a casual fan of the band, but I was glad to see them perform. They all seemed really in to it, literally playing like it was their last show. It was odd, seeing Mike Patton up there fronting the band pretty much everyone knew him for. I'd seen him play with John Zorn a few times, and had already thought of him a solo artist and a musical genius in his own right.

Turbonegro • Slim's • October 5, 2003

Wolves In The Throne Room • Slim's • October 2, 2007


Black Metal from Olympia, WA. Awesome live, though I still haven't gotten any of their albums.

Sigur Rós • Paramount Theatre • October 1, 2005