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Past:
January 05, 2012 Brown Chicken Brown Cow
January 17, 2012 Reverend Horton Heat & Supersuckers
January 18, 2012 Tool
January 29, 2012 Hotrod Hillbillies
February 15, 2012 4OnTheFloor
February 20, 2012 Tumbledown
February 26, 2012 Gigantour (Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat, Lacuna Coil)
February 29, 2012 Frankenstein Brothers (Buckethead & That 1 Guy)
March 01, 2012 Whiskey Shivers
March 03, 2012 Bill Maher
March 11, 2012 John Waters
April 27, 2012 Split Lip Rayfield
April 30, 2012 Weird Al Yankovich
May 19, 2012 Junior Brown
May 24, 2012 Red Elvises
May 25, 2012 Three Bad Jacks

Coming up:
June 04, 2012 Scale The Summit
June 05, 2012 Primus
June 06, 2012 Supersuckers
June 07, 2012 The Legendary Shack Shakers & The Dirt Daubers
June 12, 2012 The Infamous Stringdusters
June 15, 2012 Bone Orchard
June 16, 2012 Los Lobos
June 19, 2012 Carolyn Wonderland
June 21, 2012 Guy Forsyth
June 22, 2012 Hot Club of Cowtown
July 03, 2012 Reverend Horton Heat & The Goddamn Gallows
July 05, 2012 Dream Theater & King Crimson ProjeKct
July 06, 2012 John Fugelsang & Hal Sparks
July 07, 2012 Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy
August 01, 2012 Chop Tops
September 16, 2012 Brian Setzer Orchestra
September 27, 2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers
October 01, 2012 Steve Vai
November 25, 2012 Rush

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The Crimson Projekct in Syracuse 7/20, without Dream Theater

Not sure since they're headlining what the format is: all King Crimson songs or Belew solo set/Stickmen/Crimson set, like they did on the fall "Two Of A Perfect Trio" tour. I'm sort of hoping for all Crimson. If that's the case I sure hope they do alot more than just Elephant Talk, Sleepless, Indiscipline, Thrak, Neurotica, 3oaPP, Dinosaur, Frame By Frame, LTIAII, Red, etc..

They really need to pull out the rare ones like The Howler, Sartori In Tangier, Cage, and anything from Construction Of Light and Power To Believe. Last year's tour had nothing from those two albums. Of course Schizoid Man would be sweet too.

Melvins Lite: Oct 1st in Boston, Oct 2nd In Pawtucket.
They are trying to set a record for playing in all 50 states (plus D.C.) in the shortest amount of time.

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I aint gonna squash it, and you don't need to wash it...

I've seen St. Vincent, Steve Winwood and Radiohead in the previous 15 days.

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Bill

The Crimson Projekct 7/20
Clutch, w/ Lionize & Monster Truck 8/10
Scott "Wino" Weinrich & Conny Ochs 8/21
Neil Hamburger 9/16
Big Business 9/23
Melvins Lite 9/25
Mike Watt & The Missingmen 10/19

I think I've hit some kind of advanced age wall because I have no interest in going out to see/hear anything anymore unless it is orchestral/classical related.

Corea, Clarke & White

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

Summer Vacation part 1:

June 16th - Flaming Lips
June 21st - Robert Cray / John Mayall
June 22nd - Brian Blade Fellowship / Ninety Miles
June 23rd - Janelle Monae / Slim Moore and the Mar-Kays
June 24th - Prism (Dave Holland, Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn, Eric Harland) / Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Orchestra
June 25th - Allen Toussaint / Trombone Shorty / Soul Rebels
June 26th - George Benson
June 27th - Spectrum Road (Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, John Medeski, Cindy Blackman Santana)
June 28th - Esperanza Spalding
June 29th - Tedeschi Trucks Band
June 30th - Fishbone
July 1st - Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
July 2nd - Miles Smiles (Larry Coryell, Wallace Roney, Bill Evans, Joey DeFrancesco, Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones)

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Anyone but the beiber

Went to see Fischer's Flicker on Saturday. Great rockin' show! Got to meet PenguinInBondage who has a fine selection of Tommy Mars sounds and eyewear! Here are some pix from the camera on my phone.

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Don't Be Stupid Unless You Want To

Awesome, I tried to work my schedule to be there and couldn't make it happen... ...way to go PIB!!!

Myself and it sounds like the whole Nor Cal FZ Crew are apparently going to see the Grandmothers in Oakland so far it sounds like we have:

Kapt.Kiirk as Commander
Cletus as 1st Officer
Yusef as 2nd Officer
Slime as 3rd Officer
KU as Enginneer
Some other guy as Assistant
Plook as Chief Science Officer
Happy as Red Shirt 1
Ed as Red Shirt 2
Tony as Newbie

ZPZ(2) - House of Blues San Diego and Anaheim(w/soundcheck)
Megadeth and Motorhead - Gibson Amp
Primus and Fishbone - Greek Th
Tony Clifton - Comedy Store
August - Johnny Winter,Edgar Winter,Rick Derringer,Leslie West and Kim Simmonds @ the Rock n Blues Fest
Iron Maiden
The Grandmothers of Invention
November - Alice Cooper and Kill Devil Hill

Arkay,
Thanks again for coming on out! Syncing all of the videos to the live show had me "concerned" up until show time but, by some stroke of luck (or many ridiculous hours of hard work) - it all worked out! Very glad you were able to witness it!

Plook: who knows? Maybe some future show will work out better with your schedule...

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Current favorite new spin: Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock

Latest Fischer's Flicker press release
I Am Entertainment Magazine - 3.5/4 stars - REVIEW

....and here are some awesome pics that a photographer friend of ours snapped:

http://davdgreat.smugmug.com/Music/Fischers-Flicker-The-Abby-Pub/24230770_PV7qX9#!i=1971685952&k=DMf4CzW

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Current favorite new spin: Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock

Latest Fischer's Flicker press release
I Am Entertainment Magazine - 3.5/4 stars - REVIEW

I'm going to see Bob Dylan, The Happy Together Tour Featuring Flo & Eddie and possibly The Who if I can get tickets!

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You should spend more time on your music because the youth of America is depending on you to show the way.

Nice! My brother tried to get me to sign on for The Who but I had to draw the line somewhere. Saw them with Entwistle so I decided to pass.
System of a Down and Peter Gabriel coming up soon though! (not together - haha)

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Current favorite new spin: Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock

Latest Fischer's Flicker press release
I Am Entertainment Magazine - 3.5/4 stars - REVIEW

A few decent shows coming up in my area that I would like to go to (ZZ Top, Steve Vai, etc) but what I really have on my radar is Los Straitjackets in September. I just love these guys. Surf music done right with a great gimmick and stage show.

Also Ike Willis is actually going to be playing in my town in September with a local tribute band so I have to check that out. Plus Buckethead in my town too.

Let me know when Ike's gonna play up there.

On topic I saw The GrandMothers of Invention.NMB is still the best frontman ever and for almost being *80yrs.old Don Preston can play those keyboards like no one else!

*80 in Sept.

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I'm getting larger as I walk away.

I'm surprised NMB is almost 80. I assumed he was much younger than Frank and that he would be in his early '60's now. I tried finding a birthdate for NMB on the web but couldn't find any.

He's talking about Don.

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Current favorite new spin: Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock

Latest Fischer's Flicker press release
I Am Entertainment Magazine - 3.5/4 stars - REVIEW

OOps! Sorry KK.

Thanks PIB.That's right KU.For being in his 60's (I think) NMB's one of the most energized guys onstage today.NMB is the best frontman and he plays sax and flute all the while moving,constantly moving to the music.Non-stop.When I see him he reminds me of the saying,full tilt boogie.He is definetly a full tilt rock/classical/boogie/all around astounding entertainer.A must see show! They played the whole Roxy and they're music too,mixing it in to make a whole show.Instead of a screen with FZ playing guitar,they played the audio part of FZ talkin' 'bout Cheepnis and NMB came in on que singin'; I ate a hot dog.....It was very cool.You could feel FZ in the room it was that good. No shit! Those GrandMothers love that music and it showed.

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I'm getting larger as I walk away.

Last Known Address: 1410 N 10TH ST # 14, SAN JOSE, 95112

Race: BLACK
Sex: Male Eyes: BROWN
Height: 6'0 Hair: BLACK
Weight 210 lbs.
Age/DOB: 4/23/1943

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Stay with me flagrantly and we'll have ecstasy for all eternity.

I might have to go to Martyr's in September...

Sat, 9/29 Fischer’s Flicker, Gold Coast, Certain Stars 9:30pm

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Don't Be Stupid Unless You Want To

You're quick Arkay, I haven't even gotten it posted yet! Yup, still figuring out the details but, at the very least, it'll still be as big of a production as the last!

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Current favorite new spin: Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock

Latest Fischer's Flicker press release
I Am Entertainment Magazine - 3.5/4 stars - REVIEW