Butch Walker November Residency in LA!!!

Most artists can’t even keep my attention for one full set these days. I don’t know, I guess I’m getting old.

But Butch Walker? Wednesday night residency all November at Hotel Cafe in LA? Four shows, walking distance from my home? Sign. Me. UP!

And we’re not talking 4 weeks of the same old song either. Butch is performing a full album each week. Which means… every week is totally different and every week is a must see event!

Nov 4 Letters
Nov 11 The Rise and Fall…
Nov 18 Sycamore Meadows
Nov 25 Fan Selected Set! (submitted via Twitter!)

Plus every week will include a cover that fans will also request through Twitter, and a bonus new song from his upcoming album “I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart” due out early next year. This just reminds me of why I steal don’t often buy music these days… so I have money in the bank for occasions like this.

Check out Butch’s Myspace blog here for more!

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Edited: September 28th, 2009

Live Nation Club Passport: Promoter offers $50 season pass at club-level concerts

Los Angeles-based concert promoter Live Nation is introducing a sort of season pass for club-level concerts, allowing fans to reserve a spot at non sold-out shows for the rest of the year by purchasing a “passport” for $49.99.

LA fans will probably benefit most, as Live Nation runs 5 area clubs – the Wiltern, the Hollywood Palladium, the Avalon and the House of Blues clubs in West Hollywood and Anaheim. Most cities may only have one.

Here’s a current list of participating LA Live Nation club shows (more will be announced each Monday pending availability):

The Wiltern:
Snow Patrol (Oct. 19 only)
Moby (Oct. 14)
Billy Squier (Sept. 26)
Los Enanitos Verdes (Oct. 3)

The Hollywood Palladium:
Brand New (Oct. 18 only)

Avalon:
Brazilian Girls (Oct. 19)
Ladyhawke — Perez Hilton Presents Tour (Oct. 3)
The Get Up Kids (Sept. 24)
White Tie Affair (Oct. 13)

House Of Blues — Sunset Strip:
Dinosaur Jr. (Nov. 5)
Dragonforce (Friday)
Saosin (Nov. 6)
Caspa (Saturday)
DJ Quik (Sept. 25)
BET’S 106 & Park Tour (Sept. 29)
— with Trey Songz & Mario
Better Than Ezra (Sept. 24)
Revolting Cocks (Sept. 27)
– with Jim Rose Circus & more
Tech N9NE & Slaughterhouse (Oct. 23)
Sippy Cups (Nov. 7)
KC & the Sunshine Band (Dec. 30)

House of Blues — Anaheim:
The Psychedelic Furs & Happy Mondays (Saturday)
Motorhead (Oct. 7)
Gov’t Mule (Sunday)
Citizen Cope (Sept. 23)
Murs (Oct. 9)
Los Lobos (Oct. 16)
Randy Travis (Oct. 1)
State Radio (Oct. 8)
Lights – A Premier Tribute to Journey (Sept. 26)

Edited: September 17th, 2009

Why New York Is So Cool

Back in the summer of 2004, “New York Is So Cool” (or “N.Y.I.S.C.”) by a short lived musical experiment called X-1 was all the rage. Well, in LA at least. It was played all the time on this brand new LA radio station called Indie 103.1… a station all the hipsters knew would last forever (it didn’t) and change the radio business (it didn’t).

But anyway, this isn’t about LA. “N.Y.I.S.C” is a hipster’s account of “a month long visit/bender” in NYC written by Brian O’Keeffe (check out his comment on Stereogum). And on 9/11, after all the sadness and remembrance, it just seems like a nice time to post this old gem and celebrate some things that make NY so cool. To hipsters on vacay, at least.

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Edited: September 11th, 2009