http://www.bohemian.com/citysound Gabe Meline and his all-too-cluttered world of music. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:33:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The name Too Much Joy might not ring any bells, or, if it does, it's a tiny bell also sounded flatly by forgotten major-label bands like Dog's Eye View, Cry of Love or Butt Trumpet. Being forgotten by the public is manageable—maudlin drinking can provide acceptance of failure for most ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2631 December always puts me in a pop music state of mind. Maybe it’s the spirit of the month, a time when everyone’s united by different ways of carrying out the same ideal. Maybe it’s the incessant making of year-end lists, with knee-jerks toward the obscure and reactionary moves against said ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2621 I have laughed out loud for protracted moments over rap lyrics twice in the last month, and you probably have, too, if you've seen this collection of ridiculous rap lyrics that's been going around. My friend Brian, who tutors at a high school in San Francisco, sends something even better—a ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2611 Everyone who's considering buying a live album has the same burning question: "Does it have a bunch of cheering and clapping? I hate that." Kiss Alive, Frampton Comes Alive and other inexplicably cheer-heavy double LPs totally ruined live albums until around the 1990s, when record companies finally got wise and realized that ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2601 Nomo - Invisible Cities: Dean played this for me on the way home from seeing Ornette Coleman in San Francisco, and it was one of those moments when everything made sense. Nomo take the Fela Kuti thing many steps further than most of Fela's acolytes who frustratingly seem stuck in ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2591 Al Quint, publisher of Suburban Voice 'zine and host of Sonic Overload Radio, posts this downloadable "Tribute" to Ronald Reagan. Originally aired in 2004 the week of Reagan's death, the show undertakes the mammoth task of compiling definitive punk songs about how much Reagan sucks. There must have been two ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2581 Ornette Coleman, a slow, frail-looking figure at age 79, shuffled onto the Davies Symphony Hall stage last night. Slowly making his way to the bandstand, he bowed, remarked that it was good to be able to get to know the audience, and picked up his alto saxophone. He and his ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2571 On a night when a single Republican voting for the House healthcare reform bill is hailed as "bipartisan," I realize just how much there's a gap in our lives. You're either one thing or the other, especially around these parts. I spent part of my day yesterday at the St. ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2561 (Found today, on a pole downtown.) http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2551 When I talked to Reggie Workman on the phone last week, I asked him how it felt to go from playing large theaters in Europe to playing small coffee shops in America. “The music is not embraced enough in this country so that you can have an ideal situation every ... http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=2541