Labels: "BAGeL Radio Airplay", CMJ Chart

Good morning!

Many many thanks to everyone who came out to Cafe du Nord on Wednesday specifically for the BAGeL Radio 7th birthday party. I really appreciate it. It makes me giddy to look back at the more than 300 (!) episodes of 480 Minutes, plus interviews and BAGeL Radio on-air acoustic performances. Who knew the little independent station that could...would...reach so many people? Not I, my friends. Not I.

Thanks also to everyone who came out to see the bands, the event co-sponsors (The Owl Mag and Future Sounds), my co-DJ (Carlton), and of course the bands (Jaguar Love, My First Earthquake, and Butterfly Bones).

Due in part to that party, which also celebrated the 5th anniversary of The Owl Mag and our first Rumble at Cafe du Nord, I didn't get nearly enough sleep this week nor have nearly enough time to compile a new episode of 480 Minutes, so today's program will be a rerun of a previously broadcast show. Next Friday (2/12) we'll have a new show featuring new stuff from Malachai (Bristol, England), Polysics (Japan), Seth Augustus (San Francisco, CA), and Cold War Kids (Long Beach, CA). See you then!

Oh, and if you are on Facebook please join the BAGeL Radio group. Just search for "bagelradio" in the search window, or click this link. Thanks!

Bay Area Gig eList

*The Thermals/ Thao and the Get Down Stay Down @ Great American Music Hall 2/5
Daedelus/ Jogger/ Nosaj Thing @ Mighty 2/6
Rhett Miller/ Leslie And The Badgers @ The Independent 2/6
The Lonely H./ Leopold And His Fiction/ The Blank Tapes @ Bottom fo the Hill 2/6
Nouvelle Vague @ Regency Grand 2/7
Editors/ Antlers @ The Warfield 2/8
St. Vincent/ Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Great American 2/8
Vivian Girls/ Best Coast @ Bottom of the Hill 2/9
Alice In Chains @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 2/11
*Wild Beasts/ Still Life Still/ Magic Bullets @ The Independent 2/11
Van Dyke Parks/ Clare And THe Reasons @ SWedish American Hall 2/12
*Alec Ounsworth @ Cafe du Nord 2/12
De La Soul @ Yoshi's SF 2/13
Billy Joel/ Elton John @ Oracle Arena 2/13
Blowoff (hosted & DJed by Mob Mould and Rich Morel) @ Slim's 2/13
Girls/ Magic Kids @ Great American Music Hall 2/14
The Damned @ Slim's 2/14

further listings at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Labels: "480 Minutes", rerun

Happy February!

Looking for something to do in SF tonight (Wednesday 2/3)? Make the descent into the one-time Speakeasy depths of Cafe du Nord (2174 Market Street near Sanchez) for The Rumble, the monthly indie rock party for which I am the resident DJ. The event is co-hosted by The Owl Mag and FutureSounds. and tonight guest DJ Carltone will rock with me. It's only $5 to get in, or RSVP for FREE admission here:

http://sonicliving.com/rumble26

As mentioned above, Wednesday February 3rd also happens to mark 7 years to the day since BAGeL Radio debuted on the webwaves. At first it was fun diversion that allowed me and some friends listen to my music collection whilst at work. By the end of 2003 I noticed that people had tuned in from over 100 countries and over 150 U.S. municipalities. BAGeL Radio began getting noticed by music blogs and other media, and it dawned on me that I needed to pay more attention to the station as listenership ballooned. In 2004 we began the BAGeL Radio Presents... series of live gigs around San Francisco, followed by the California Homegrown Music Series, and, since 2007, The Rumble. In between were remote interviews, coverage in the New York Times, ABC News, KCRW,Wired Magazine, and Chris Anderson's book The Long Tail, awards, plus memorable remote broadcasts from Los Angeles (Venice Beach and Eagle Rock), New York (Manhattan and Queens), Austin, TX. during SXSW, poolside in Palm Springs, CA., Japan (Nagano), Freeport, IL., Roscoe, IL., Boston, MA., Guerneville, CA., and Norway (Oslo).

The party tonight also celebrates 5 years since the launch of premiere Bay Area music resource The Owl Mag. The official pitch from The Owl Folks:


Hope to see you there.

Ted




The BAGeL Radio 7th/Owl Mag 5th
celebrated at THE RUMBLE
@ Café du Nord (2174 Market Street near Sanchez)
Doors 8
Show 9
DJs BAGeL Ted and Carltone
live sets by

Jaguar Love (Portland, OR)

My First Earthquake (SF)

and Butterfly Bones(SF)

Labels: The RUMBLE

Labels: "BAGeL Radio Airplay", CMJ Chart

Having seen chaotic Tel Aviv band Monotonix perform on more than one occassion (I took the photo to the left at a Monotonix show at CMJ in NY in 2008), it is shocking that they have never seriously injured themselves while performing. The first time I saw them was at the Jackalope at SXSW in Austin in 2007, and that was the first time since the 1980s that I felt in danger of physical injury at a gig.

It was awesome.

Well, singer Ami Shalev finally broke Monotonix string of "Days Without An Accident" when he broke his leg at a show in West Palm Beach, FL. last week.

Read more at The Tripwire.

Labels: monotonix

Hello and happy Friday.

This week I'd like to call your attention to an anti Karl Rove project by bands who are pissed off about the idea of the man behind Dubyah's political career cashing in further on his destruction of the country by publishing a book. It's called Project: Courage and Consequence. Remember when a couple of editors of The Nation published a book called Going Rouge the same day that Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, hit the newsstands? This is the same idea, only with noisy rock bands instead of a collection of essays.

Today 480 Minutes will debut new songs as well a few that have been around for a while but have not yet had their BAGeL Radio debut. The show will feature music from Beach House (Baltimore, MD), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Paris, France), Eels (Los Angeles, CA), The Films (Charleston, SC), Four Tet (London England), Galactic (New Orleans, LA), Nouvelle Vague (Paris, France), Spoon (Austin, TX), Surfer Blood (West Palm Beach, FL), Vampire Weekend (New York, NY), and Yawn (Chicago, IL).

Please tune in today and every Friday to 480 Minutes between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest): http://bagelradio.com/shows

Mates of State/ Rubles @ Cafe du Nord 2/1

BAGeL Radio Presents... The February Rumble including The BAGeL Radio 7th Birthday plus The Owl Mag's 5th plus Noise Pop Warm Up @ Cafe du Nord 2/3
featuring Jaguar Love/ My First Earthquake/ Butterfly Bones/ DJ BAGeL Ted. RSVP here for free admission

Vanessa Fighting Cancer Bitchass Benefit
featuring members of Yard Dogs Road Show/ Extra Action Marching Band and more @ Oakland Metro Operahouse 2/5

*The Thermals/ Thao and the Get Down Stay Down @ Great American Music Hall 2/5
Daedelus/ Jogger/ Nosaj Thing @ Mighty 2/6
Rhett Miller/ Leslie And The Badgers @ The Independent 2/6
The Lonely H./ Leopold And His Fiction/ The Blank Tapes @ Bottom fo the Hill 2/6
Nouvelle Vague @ Regency Grand 2/7
Editors/ Antlers @ The Warfield 2/8
St. Vincent/ Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Great American 2/8
Vivian Girls/ Best Coast @ Bottom of the Hill 2/9
Alice In Chains @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 2/11
*Wild Beasts/ Still Life Still/ Magic Bullets @ The Independent 2/11
Van Dyke Parks/ Clare And The Reasons @ SWedish American Hall 2/12
*Alec Ounsworth @ Cafe du Nord 2/12
Billy Joel/ Elton John @ Oracle Arena 2/13
Blowoff (hosted & DJed by Mob Mould and Rich Morel) @ Slim's 2/13
Girls/ Magic Kids @ Great American Music Hall 2/14
The Damned @ Slim's 2/14

Labels: "480 Minutes"

Labels: "BAGeL Radio Airplay", CMJ Chart

Hello and happy Friday.

Are you ready for some classic rock, some classic Alternative Rock (what indie rock used to be called before Nirvana changed all that), and a bunch of brand new music? If so, do tune in.

Today 480 Minutes will debut new songs as well a few that have been around for a while but have not yet had their BAGeL Radio debut. Are you ready? The show will feature music from Amores Vigilantes (San Francisco, CA), The Golden Boys (Austin, TX), Lost Controls (Austin, TX), Los Campesinos (Cardiff, Wales, UK), The Magnetic Fields (New York, NY), The Minor Leagues (Cininnati, OH), The Stuffies (Austin, TX), The Superions (Orlando, FL), Them Crooked Vultures (Led Zeppelin-Nirvana-Queens of the Stone Age).

Please tune in today and every Friday to 480 Minutes between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest): http://bagelradio.com/shows

*West Indian Girl/ Birdmonster/ Orange Peels @ Bottom of the Hill 1/22
Cold War Kids/ Alec Ounsworth/ Flashy Python @ The Fillmore 1/23
Phoneix @ The Fillmore 1/26
Cribs @ Bimbo's 365 Club 1/27
Horse Feathers/ TV Mike And The Scarecrowes/ Liquid Indian @ Bottom of the Hill 1/27
The Soft Pack plus Popscene DJs@ Rickshaw Stop 1/28
Polysics/ The Okmoniks/ The Chop @ Bottom of the Hill 1/28
Mates of State/ Rubles @ Cafe du Nord 2/1

BAGeL Radio Presents... The February Rumble including The BAGeL Radio 7th Birthday plus The Owl Mag's 5th plus Noise Pop Warm Up @ Cafe du Nord 2/3
featuring Jaguar Love/ My First Earthquake/ Butterfly Bones/ DJ BAGeL Ted. RSVP here for free admission

Vanessa Fighting Cancer Bitchass Benefit
featuring members of Yard Dogs Road Show/ Extra Action Marching Band and more @ Oakland Metro Operahouse 2/5

*The Thermals/ Thao and the Get Down Stay Down @ Great American Music Hall 2/5
Daedelus/ Jogger/ Nosaj Thing @ Mighty 2/6
Rhett Miller/ Leslie And The Badgers @ The Independent 2/6
The Lonely H./ Leopold And His Fiction/ The Blank Tapes @ Bottom fo the Hill 2/6
Nouvelle Vague @ Regency Grand 2/7
Editors/ Antlers @ The Warfield 2/8
St. Vincent/ Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Great American 2/8
Vivian Girls/ Best Coast @ Bottom of the Hill 2/9
Alice In Chains @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 2/11
*Wild Beasts/ Still Life Still/ Magic Bullets @ The Independent 2/11
Van Dyke Parks/ Clare And THe Reasons @ SWedish American Hall 2/12
*Alec Ounsworth @ Cafe du Nord 2/12
Billy Joel/ Elton John @ Oracle Arena 2/13
Blowoff (hosted & DJed by Mob Mould and Rich Morel) @ Slim's 2/13
Girls/ Magic Kids @ Great American Music Hall 2/14
The Damned @ Slim's 2/14

Labels: "480 Minutes"