road to nowhere

if you see me at your show, know that i may be recording some music to share with the world. monday evening, i went to an almost acoustic show and saw rademacher frontman malcom sosa doing a few songs. it was a nice set, even though i missed part of it. here's one of the last songs of the evening, maybe even the last one

it's malcom sosa live - road to nowhere.

you can see, and hear malcom sosa live & solo on april 18th at tokyo garden. or, there's always a chance you can randomly catch him @ one of the local open mikes, but that's less likely than seeing him for sure on the 18th.

post art hop show - malcom sosa, brian kenney fresno, blake jones & the trike shop

what are you doing after 9:30 this thurday? i think i'll have actually gone to some art hop stops (shocking, i'm lazy) and will be heading to the post art hop show @ tokyo garden. this month's show features malcom sosa of rademacher, brian kenney fresno, and blake jones & the trike shop.

$5, 9:30 - and they're getting better @ starting then.

quiet show review

so, i was excited to see malcom sosa and david dondero play last night. i knew they would both be enjoyable, and neither disappointed. in fact, dondero played over an hour, joked with the audience, told stories about the songs, and was great on stage.

as good as these gents were, the show was stolen by travis vick. he went on first, hailing from manteca, ca. i was really impressed by the emotion that came through his songs. they were well written, funny at times, sad at others, and were all well crafted art. another thing about vick was that he was a tremendous guitar player. many singer/song writers aren't that great at playing their instrument. they may be good writers, or singers, but many are just functional guitar players. or, maybe they're great guitarists and marginal singers or writers. not travis vick. he brings the whole package. he had some serious chops on the guitar but it wasn't like he played to show off. he just played that well so that the songs would be musically layered as the lyrics were.

i wonder if manteca knows what they've got in travis vick? i also wonder when he'll be playing in fresno again?

if you're interested in another review, check out what famous whitewater had to say about the show.

david dondero & malcom sosa thursday

i received a phone call yesterday (monday) evening. it was malcom sosa of rademacher. he and some friends were going to be hanging out later and he wanted to know if i wanted to come. i thought, 'why not? i like malcom, i like his friends, i like my friends, and i like hanging out.'

as i thought a little more, it crossed my mind that maybe, just maybe malcom might hook me up with a pre-release copy of the upcoming rademacher ep. i could blog it up, get some early internets hype going. this seemed plausible because malcom is playing this thursday night with david dondero. what better way to stir up some interest on the blogs?

sadly, i did not receive a pre-release copy. but, malcom, if you're reading this, you can still feel free to hook me up. and this is how good a guy (and rademacher fan) i am, i'm still promo-ing the show.

thursday night you need to be @ tokyo garden to see david dondero and malcom sosa kick it quietly.

rademacher valentine

lonely? don't have a valentine's date? tired of the internet? still waiting for new tv shows? slightly insomniac?


well, rademacher has the answer for you!


they're playing a free show @ club fred on valentine's day. starts @ 10. free! and, malcom will be spinning tunes after their set is over.

art hop + post art hop plans

a couple of photos to share before i...


(photos may or may not be added later. blogger is quirky and won't let me upload photos.)



tell you all to go out and see some art tonight. we're headed out to tower mosaic, then over to broadway studios, and then corridor (i forgot the numbers). nick potter has a show over @ corridor, which i'm excited to see. if you're interested, we're meeting up @ tower mosaic @ 6:30.

then, i'll head home, watch survivor & an office rerun. then, off to the post art hop show @ tokyo garden. malcom sosa solo set, el olio wolof, good times, great music.