Friday 5th:
Zero Gravity Circus and Spyn Reset at ToST, Doors at 9 p.m., 21+, $5

Wednesday 17th:
Zero Gravity Circus and The Special Purpose at Eastlake Zoo Tavern, show at 9 p.m., 21+, $2

Saturday 20th:
Library Science, Madly in Dub and Selecta Gro at ToST, Doors at 9 p.m., 21+, $5

Wednesday 24th:
Billy the Fridge, Southside, People Within and Apostropheus show at 8 p.m., 21+, $3

Thursday 25th:
Death*Star, Taybot and Hello Square at Skylark Cafe, 9 p.m., 21+, free

So the first part of this post is about the updates on my sidebar. The first is the “Posters” widget. This will be just of the shows that I did end up going to, but you are free to explore the poster folder for other posters. The second update is my last.fm feed. Pretty simple which is what I like. The same can be said for my late update, my Twitter feed. I have also been thinking about adding a Calendar Event widget, but I can’t seem to find one that works for me.

Another big update is the addition of a mp3 player (located below). I have thought about adding this for most of my recordings that have mp3s. I may also add a widget at some point that would have random “singles” for each show.

Now for the discussion part. This is mostly about quality of my recordings. For the last several years I have recorded at 24 bit with either 96 or 48khz. Usually I would release both the 16 and 24 bit recordings on the live music archive, but lately I have been releasing just the 16 bit versions. Should I continue to just release the 16 bit or should I upload the 24 bit flacs too? The other part of the quality is my youtube videos. I started uploading videos to youtube when the video restraints on uploading were so different then what they are now. Most of my old videos can look so much better and even the ones I have released in the last year could be better if I were to reupload them now. The only issue is that I would have to delete all the videos and the comments. If I do end up doing this, it would probably be in a month or two when I get my new computer.

Anyways that is it for now. If you have any other things you think I need to add go ahead and let me know. I look forward to the feedback.

11-20-09:
Heatwarmer

Them Hills

We Wrote the Book on Connectors

M. Bison

The Lo_Fi in Seattle, WA

12-03-09:
Justin Klump, Northern Pacific Coffee Company, Tacoma, WA

12-13-09:
Ultraklystron


Death*Star


Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater, Seattle, WA

2010-01-17:
Howie Day, The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA

Saturday 6th:
Eyedea & Abilities, Dosh and Sadistik at the Nectar, Doors at 5:30 p.m., Show at 6 p.m., All Ages + Bar with ID, $10 adv/dos

Friday 12th:
P.O.S., Grieves and Dessa at the Nectar, 9 p.m., 21+, $12 adv/dos

Thursday 18th:
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at the Eastside Club Tavern, Doors at 8 p.m., 21+, price TBA

Saturday 20th:
Sound Tribe Sector 9 and St Andrew at the Showbox (Market), Doors at 8 p.m., All Ages + Bar with ID, $22.50 adv, $25.00 dos

Sunday 21st:
Sound Tribe Sector 9 and Virtual Boy at the Showbox (Market), Doors at 7 p.m., All Ages + Bar with ID, $22.50 adv, $25.00 dos

Saturday 27th:
Eclectic Approach, Southside and People Within at High Dive, 9:30 p.m., 21+, $7

Saturday 16th Nefarious Jones and Below Blackstar at ToST:
Below Blackstar started off the night and did a great job. They have a very rock/alternative sound and I really enjoyed it. I hope I get the chance to see them again. This was my third time seeing Nefarious Jones and I am starting to like them more and more. They played some great covers like Phish’s “Back on the Train” and Camper Van Beethoven’s “Take The Skinheads Bowling”, while playing great original songs like “Top Secret!” and “Slide”.

Sunday 17th Howie Day and Serena Ryder at The Crocodile:
Serena Ryder shocked me. I heard one song of hers before the show and I wasn’t sure what to expect. It turns out she is awesome live and has a great voice and stage presence. Howie Day’s set was one of the best sets I have seen of his if not the best. I am an old school fan of his starting back in 2001 when I saw him open for Vertical Horizon. Of course at the time I didn’t know who he was but I found out about him and got huge into his music. Then around the time he got big with his hit “Collide”, I started to listen to his less and less (it wasn’t cause he was popular, I just was into other music). When his new album “Sound the Alarm” came out last year, I started to get back into him. That album has some great songs and reminds me of some old school Howie but at the same time shows how much he has matured. The set from this night was a solo acoustic set and I was so happy just to see him onstage with just his acoustic guitar and pedals. He played many of his old songs like “Bunnies”, “Ghost” and “She Says” while playing some of the new songs “Be There” and “Weightless”.

Sunday 10th:
Death*Star, Go Slowpoke and Hurricane Lanterns at the Skylark Cafe & Club, 7 p.m., All Ages, Free

Theoretics, 10th & Commerce (EP Release), Evergreen One and DJ Hanibal at Nectar, 8 p.m., All Ages + Bar with ID, $6

Saturday 16th:
Nefarious Jones and Below Blackstar at ToST, 9 p.m., 21+, $5

Sunday 17th:
Howie Day and Serena Ryder at The Crocodile, 8 p.m., 21+, $20 adv

Saturday 23rd:
Rock Opera at The Crocodile starring Discs of Fury and We Wrote the Book on Connectors, 9 p.m., 21+, $12 adv, $15 dos

Sunday 24th:
Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard with John Roderick of the Long Winters at the Showbox (Market), Doors at 7 p.m., All Ages + Bar with ID, $25 Adv, $28 DOS

Friday 29th:
TapWater, Lazybones and Nefarious Jones at Nectar, Doors at 9 p.m., 21+, $7

Death*Star, Billy the Fridge and All-Purpose at the Blue Moon Tavern, 9 p.m., 21+, $5

05-29-08:
Shinigami


RevBadger


Mercury in Seattle, WA

06-12-08:
Ultraklystron


Beefy

YTCracker

Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater in Seattle, WA

10-30-09:
Justin Finch-Fletchley

Lake Hills Club House in Bellevue, WA

11-07-09:
Zero Gravity Circus

M. Bison

Blue Moon Tavern in Seattle, WA

11-12-09:
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Neumos in Seattle, WA

11-13-09:
Zero Gravity Circus

Nectar in Seattle, WA

Friday 4th:
Son Volt and Massy Ferguson at Neumos, Doors at 8 p.m., 21+, $17.50

Friday 11th:
Eli Porter, Eclectic Approach and Shotty at the Showbox SoDo Lounge, Doors at 8 p.m., 21+, $8 adv., $10 at door

Saturday 12th:
Pink Gorilla presents a Child’s Play Charity event Pinkapalooza 3 with music by Beefy, KGHB and Robotronica at Nectar, 7 p.m., 21+, $10 suggested donation

Sunday 13th:
Death*Star, The Mages Guild (canceled), Hi-Fi Reset and Ultraklystron at the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater, 10 p.m., 21+, $7

Friday 18th:
BoozeGrass at Sage’s Brunch House in Olympia, WA, 8 p.m.

Luc and the Lovingtons at WAIDS Haitian Cuisine and Lounge, 9 p.m.

Saturday 26th:
Nectar presents The Jokes on You 3! with music by Type, Gran Rapids, Mr. Xquisit and Eli Porter and comedy by Robo Comic, Jeremy Whitman, Nick McCord and Jen Seaman, 9 p.m., 21+, Free

Tuesday 29th:
Beefy, Ultraklystron, Death*Star and Billy the Fridge present Nerdcore Rising: A Movie and A Concert at the Nectar, door at 7 p.m., movie at 8, 21+, $3

Thursday 31st:
Zero Gravity Circus and Nefarious Jones at the Eastlake Zoo Tavern

Thursday 12th:
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables and A Gun That Shoots Knives at Neumos, doors @ 8 p.m., 21+, $13.50 adv.

Friday 13th:
Zero Gravity Circus, Luc and the Lovingtons and The JB Quartet at Nectar, 9 p.m,, 21+, $6

Friday 20th:
M. Bison (Album Release Party), Heatwarmer, Them Hills and We Wrote the Book on Connectors at the Lo_Fi, 9 p.m., 21+, Free/Donate

Saturday 28th:
Zero Gravity Circus and Snug Harbor at ToST, 10 p.m., 21+, $5

Opti-Grab Danksgiving Celebration with The Special Purpose, High Ceiling, Olde Growth, The Zoo Keepers and Kindler at the Wallingford Studio (the Wherehouse) in Seattle, 8 p.m., 21+ (?), $15 at door