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Sometimes it’s all like a dream. Like the way that scenes and images flash by like when you have many dreams in one night, well to that, my last week has been filled with music in the same regard.

As a quick re-cap there were a lot of firsts to go down in show history which made things extra exciting. Dave Brogan, drummer of (ALO) busted out his first solo show at our local Moe’s Alley. Trevor Garrod gave us a great show and sat in with Blue Turtle Seduction for the first time. BTS also played a fun one like always and Five Eyed Hand stepped into the mix and made it a very well rounded night at the 12 galaxies venue which is closing at the end of the month. The next night, STS9 played an epic show at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley! A monumental event for them like a threshold celebration in the honor of the venue to have come so far to play there and they represented accordingly and exceptionally.

Starting with the Dave Brogan show on Wednesday, Moe’s Alley brought many of us down to entetain the evening with a break out performance of a musician and a friend. Dave actually started out solo and then brought a slough of many friends to join the stage in what we would call the accompanyment of DBB, or Dave Brogan and Friends. T’was a fun show even though I left mid-set to cruise across town to catch my amigos in Byron Space Circus who were playing with Bucky Walters at The Crepe Place. However, when I got there I was mistaken thinking that BSC was the headliner but they were not so when I got there, their set was already finished. It was a packed though and lots of friends to see and so I stuck around to check out Bucky Walters who I heard a lot about lately. Well, the chillin with the crew was top notch but the music was too bluegrassy for me on this particular night so I, like the night crusader, hoped back over to Moe’s Alley to catch the end of DBB only to find that that show too had ended early as Chris and Jennae crossed my path and notified me right as I arrived. C’est la vie! It was a fun night for a mid week montage.

Friday night brought me back up to San Francisco for a great show I was looking forward to and considering that I was not in NYC, it was a parallel location of musical joy. Trevor Garrod played a solo show in SF on the same night that Josh Clark was playing a solo show in NYC, so two members from our favorite band were tantilizing our ears and moving our feet and representing coast to coast and it was a good night in the world. Trevor’s show was fantastic as always and to me, it was one of the best of his solo gigs to date. I say this because he played all my favorites and they consecutively consoled such a beautific set, not just because I got to hear “Ships” with a shout out although that was my highlight to hear amazing material make a comeback. And after T-bone’s set, we all stuck around and enjoyed Five Eyed Hand, a band who is up and coming and shreds and whose guitarrist I’ve known for a long while and has seen many of his music incarnations along the way, and this one is becoming more prevalent which is awesome. Blue Turtle Seduction headlined the night and played two awesome sets in their style so sweet and then Trevor joined them for a couple songs towards the end of the night as well.

Saturday night was hilarious. I had looked on Craigslist to get my ticket for the Sound Tribe Sector Nine show at The Greek and met some Grad student named Mike who had the ticket for me. This kid told me that he was new to the scene so I asked him if he was meeting friends at the show. He said he was rolling by himself so I insisted that he join us and assured him that he would have the best time ever. So Chris and I met up with Mike and headed into the show to our usual perfect spot and accumulated the crew steadily. Breana and Hannah were holding down the fort when we arrived and graciously had access to the backstage bar so they kept us supplied the entire show. Tania and Alana appeared in fine form shortly after, I’m starting to realize that a lot of my friends names rhyme. Anyways… With the best spot in the house and the greatest crew in the venue, we rocked hard and proud all night long. Having been seeing STS9 for about 9 years now and being there to see them headline The Greek Theatre, the largest venue in their show history and an amazing venure in itself, not only were we pretty extactic but the band was too and we all could tell as they catered to one hell of an in your face bass blasting bonanza!

After the STS9 show, we weaved our way through the bizarre streets of Berkeley in a rambuncious haze and stumbled with style into the after party at Shattuck Down Low where the band Pnuma was playing with some other DJ’s. Someone at the bar bought us all drinks and we got down for a bit it the posh underground lair and met up with the rest of the crew for a few and then bounced. All and all, I ended up with lots of crazy pictures throughout the night and somehow I lit my eyebrow on fire, so again…great times as always.

Up next…Outside Lands? Hmmm

Much Love,

-Mgmt.

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