It's that time again, The Rumble SF is just around the corner on Wednesday May 5th 2010 at Cafe du Nord. The event will feature live sets from The Ferocious Few (San Francisco, CA, CD Release Party), Mississippi Man (Los Angeles CA), and The Sermon (San Francisco, CA), and as always since we started this thing back in 2007, Ted from BAGeL Radio will be there DJing between bands.

RSVP here for free admission

It also happens to be Cinco de Mayo, which to some translates to Drink-0 de Mayo. I'm not naming names, but I will say it's going to be a party. See you there.

Labels: The RUMBLE

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)

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It's summertime. It's a short week. Thursday is the new Friday. Wednesday is the new Thursday. Come out to Harlot tonight (Wednesday, July 1st) for the monthly indie rock extravaganza we call The Rumble.

Tonight we are proud to feature live intimate mini-sets by Local Natives (from LA) and Oona (from Oakland), plus I'll be sharing the booth with guest DJ Eddy Bauer of KALX.

Admission is free if you RSVP before 6p.m. -- visit bagelradio.com/rumble to find the RSVP link.

Labels: harlot, Indie Rock, kalx dj eddy bauer, local natives, oona, ro, The RUMBLE

...Let's get ready to BAGeL!

First there's The Rumble on Wednesday, then there's the BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party on Saturday.

February 4th is the first Wednesday of the month and that means THE RUMBLE: SAN FRANCISCO at Harlot.

This month we have a lot of special guests such as THE BAY AREA ROLLER GIRLS, who will kick off their season at The Rumble. Equally out of control and dangerous will be the live performance by LA's THE RINGERS, a band that throws furniture out of hotel room windows because their M&M's aren't the right colors. Think "Panama" era VAN HALEN meets IGGY & THE STOOGES and you're getting close.

On the flip side of the bill is the infectious, fun, San Francisco band that dares-you-to-not-dance, MUSIC FOR ANIMALS.

DJ OMAR of POPSCENE will join me (BAGeL Radio) on the turntables.

We'll also be giving away FREE VESTALIFE "Ladybug" iPod docking stations to select lucky party goers.

Even more Free stuff - Free Pilsner for the first 40 SonicLiving RSVPs that come thru. And, $1 Pilsners from 8pm to 10pm.

All of this for $5, or FREE if you RSVP at SONICLIVING here:
http://www.sonicliving.com/theowlmag/rumble

HARLOT is at 46 Minna Street in San Francisco.

Then on Saturday February 7th the little station that could turns six years old -- join us at BOTTOM OF THE HILL (1233 17th Street @ Missouri, SF) to celebrate. The show will feature live performances by BAGeL Radio faves BIRDMONSTER (who are always awesome live), the SF music export that's about to conquer Europe and then quite naturally the world: RAILCARS, and one-man band extraordinaire, RICKY LEE ROBINSON (think garage rock with Motown seasoning), plus guest DJ Cory of ABSOLUTELY KOSHER RECORDS and free cupcakes.

The birthday event is 18+, tickets are $10 (and you can buy them in advance without incurring any fees HERE), and you can win tickets by getting in touch when you hear BIRDMONSTER, RAILCARS, or RICKY LEE ROBINSON during this Friday's edition of "480 Minutes" on BAGeL Radio. No presents, please, only your presence is requested.

Did I mention there will be free cupcakes?

See you Wednesday & Saturday!

Ted

Labels: absolutely kosher records, BAGeL Radio Presents..., birdmonster, bottom of the hill, railcars, ricky lee robinson, The RUMBLE

First of all, tomorrow is Election Day, so go out and VOTE. For those of you in the Bay Area, here is an excellent Election Guide. Please make sure to check out the recommendations therein, print them out, and bring them to the voting booth with you -- this election is about more than kicking the national Republican Party to the curb.

Here at BAGeL Radio we'll be keeping our election anxiety at bay by concentrating on the return of DJ Cory Brown. Cory runs Absolutely Kosher Records and MISRA Records and DJed on BAGeL Radio regularly in 2006 and 2007. After 13 months in the wilderness his show returns tomorrow, Tuesday November 4th, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. The show is rebroadcast at 10 p.m. Pacific Time.

On Wednesday night 11/5 come out to celebrate the Obama victory with a Rumble party for the ages. Bringing their dirty, dark brand of night music into Harlot this month are The Blacks from New York City.

On the turntables this week is special guest DJ Mario Muse of Susperia as well as resident DJ, BAGeL Ted (BAGeL Radio).

It's FREE if you bother to RSVP at

Labels: The RUMBLE

While I forgot to post about it here, the word still got out and there were plenty of fine-looking folks out at The Rumble last night -- thanks for coming! That was a fun one. Thanks to Shawn of The Matches for a fun DJ set, and for dressing up as Heath Ledger's Joker (photos coming!) in a nurse uniform, that was awesome. So were DJ Omar's rock sets -- I'm used to hearing his excellent electronic-heavy sets, so last night's guitar-heavy sets were a most pleasant surprise.

And as usual, Magic Bullets had the crowd (myself included) smiling and dancing around like fools -- so good. So, so good.

Thanks also to Rumble co-conspirators The Owl Mag, TankFarm/FutureSounds, SonicLiving, and, of course our wonderful venue, Harlot.

Looking forward to the next one (Wednesday 10/1/08) which will feature an intimate mini-set from The Ettes plus surprise guest DJs who may or may not dress up like super villains.

Labels: The RUMBLE

It's the first Wendesday of the month which means it's time for The Rumble FREE indie dance party @ Harlot (46 Minna St) w/ Minipop and BAGeL Ted on the decks and an intimate mini set from The May Fire

*FREE Red Bull vodka (8 to 9p)

June 4th. Brought to you by your friends at BAGeL Radio, The Owl Mag, SonicLiving, Atlas Clothing, and TankFarmFutureSounds.

Taking turns with me on the decks will be Tricia, Lauren and Matt of Minipop, then The May Fire perform an intimate mini set at 11 followed by dancing 'til they shut us down. There will also be giveaways from TankFarm Clothing.

As if all that's not enough, it's FREE if you RSVP here, and there is FREE Red Bull & Vodkas from 8 to 9p (while vodka lasts)!!!

Hope to see you there.

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Is it really the end of March already? Seriously?
Well, the one good thing about another month ending is that the first Wednesday of the next month is coming up soon, and that means it's time for The Rumble. The next one is this coming Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 at Harlot and will feature guest DJ Omar of Popscene plus free vodka Red Bulls from 8-9:30. RSVP here for free admission, or click the cassette image.

Today's "480 Minutes" show will feature new songs from The Breeders (Dayton, OH), The Wombats (1st US release, Liverpool, UK), Tapes 'n Tapes (Minneapolis, MN), The Black Keys (Akron, OH), The Black Box Rebellion (Brussels, Belgium), R.E.M. (Athens, GA), Finest Dearest (San Francisco, CA), Doctors & Dealers (Stockholm, Sweden), Foals (Oxford, UK), Mono Taxi (London, UK), Cut Copy (Melbourne, Australia), Eric Avery (of Jane's Addiction, Los Angeles, CA), Moby (New York, NY), Neva Dinova (Omaha, NE), The Parlor Mob (NJ), plus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (UK) and The Raconteurs (Detroit, MI).

By the way, the new R.E.M. album does not suck. In fact, it's really quite good. Many echoes of and nods to their glory days (which for me ended in 1992 with Automatic For the People, and my favorite R.E.M. albums remain Reckoning and Murmur), both musically and lyrically (the words "end of the world" are featured prominantly and repeatedly in the track "I'm Gonna DJ," while Michael Stipe sings something about "feel gravity's pull" in "Sing For The Sumbarine"), yet somehow it doesn't sound like R.E.M. during the Reagan years. I can see some folks, the ones who don't listen closely enough, thinking that R.E.M. is simply returning to safe ground it has already covered. To my ears it's all too urgent and rocking and raw to charge them with such a crime -- on most of the songs it's possible they were actually recorded live, with the band in the same room together, without massive overdubs.

I can't believe I may soon (after several more listens, of course) be able say I love an R.E.M. album again. It's nice that the chance exists.

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, the is rebroadcast starting at 7p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

Reach out and e-touch me during the show via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
MSN Msgr: bagelradio@hotmail.com
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

or send an instant message directly through the BAGeL Radio site on the bottom right of the window where is says "click here to chat."

Recent photos:

nothing that great this week

Upcoming Bay Area Gigs of Interest:

The Rumble @ Harlot 4/2 featuring guest DJ Omar of Popscene RSVP here for free admission

Ministry @ The Fillmore 4/1 & 4/2
Cribs @ Popscene 4/3

# Oranger/ Parker Brothers/ Blank Stares/ B'Cups @ 12 Galaxies 4/4

Ministry @ The Fillmore 4/1 & 4/2
French Miami/ The New Centuries/ The Special Goodbye @ The Elbo Room 4/2
Cribs @ Popscene 4/3
Birds & Batteries/ Telegraph Canyon/ Social Studies@ Cafe du Nord 4/3
Light FM/ Ted from Music Lovers/ AM Magic @ The Hotel Utah 4/6
* Les Sans Culottes/ The Cuban Cowboys/ The Gun & Doll Show @ Cafe du Nord 4/8
Cult of Sue Todd/ Minmae/ Chase Frank @ The Hemlock Tavern 4/10 �
Enon @ Bottom of the Hill 4/13

BAGeL Radio Presents... buy tickets here!

#** Handsome Furs/ Aria C. Jalali @ Bottom of the Hil 4/15

Simian Mobile Disco/ Cut Copy @ Mezzanine 4/26
Islands @ Bimbo's 4/30
Peter (Bjorn and John) Moren @ Swedish American Hall 5/1
Death To Anders @ The Make-Out Room 6/8 �

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing

# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

Reminder: there's a new start date for my Blogs, Podcasts, and Internet Radio class at San Francisco State University's College of Extended Learning, and it's coming up fast. It's a week from tomorrow, Saturday April 5th. The class meets Saturdays at the downtown SFSU campus, and you can sign up right now for the Spring semester.

Labels: "480 Minutes", sfsu, The RUMBLE

It's a new month, which means it's time for another round of The Rumble. Round 3 is tonight (Wednesday, December 5th) at Harlot (46 Minna St. @ 1st St.).

It's $5 to get in, or RSVP here for free admission.

A few bullet points explaining why you should attend:

• helping me out with DJ duties this time will be DJ Omar of Popscene!
• sponsored bar from 8-9:30 serving FREE Raspberry Lemon Drops (thanks, Chambord!)
• happy hour drink prices all night!
• it's the official after party for the Film School/A Place To Bury Strangers show @ Mezzanine!
• it's the unofficial after party for the Yelp! holiday party!
• giveaways from TankFarm Clothing and Atlas!
• Jason from The Owl Magazine will be there!
  
• Wombats, Les Savy Fav, MGMT, LCD Soundsytem, plus future faves you'll hear here first!

Don't forget to RSVP for free admission.

See you tomorrrow!

Labels: The RUMBLE

After today only 3 new episodes of "480 Minutes" remain for 2007. I will be in-transit on 12/14, so that Friday will be a re-run, which leaves us with new shows on 12/7, 12/21 (best songs/albums of the year countdown, always fun!), and 12/28. Make the most of these shows -- tune in early!

Next week is the first
Wednesday of the month, which means: Round 3 of The RUMBLE, the indie rock dance party at Harlot. Joining me spinning the tunes next Wednesday, December 5th, is the fantastic DJ Omar of Popscene. The event doubles as the official after-party for the Film School show at Mezzanine and triples as the unofficial after-party for the the Yelp! holiday party at the Yerba Buena Center. RSVP here for free admission to The RUMBLE.

Finally, The SF Bay Guardian has extended voting for their Best DJs of the Bay reader's poll due to fierce competition. IF you have not yet voted for Ted as Best Internet/Satellite Radio (BAGeL Radio) DJ and Best Bar/Lounge (Harlot, Bottom of the Hill) DJ, please do so by sending an e-mail to promos@sfbg.com with the subject BEST DJs 2007. If you only voted in one category previously, please vote again! More details here. Thanks!

Today's show will feature new stuff from AM Syndicate (Austin, TX), Coin Opera (New York, NY), Dead Confederate (Athens, GA), Jared Micah and Hats (Nashville, TN), Katy Perry (Santa Barbara, CA), Pattern Is Movement (Philadelphia, PA), Rademacher (Fresno, CA), and a few bands covering Madonna songs.

Please tune in to today's edition of "480 Minutes" which runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time every Friday. Today you can request songs via:

e-mail: feedback@bagelradio.com
Yahoo IM: bagelradio
AOL/iChat: bagelradiolive
MSN Msgr: bagelradio@hotmail.com
GoogleTalk: bagelradio@gmail.com

Recent Photos...

Jetta attacks!


Magilla zzzzzzzzzzz

Upcoming Bay Area Gigs of Interest:

Iron & Wine @ The Paramount (Oakland) 11/30

Cold Hot Crash/ Elephone/ Built For The Sea/ The Hundred Days @ Bottom of the Hill 11/30

The Lemonheads @ Slim's 11/30

Voxtrot/ Division Day @ Bimbo's 11/30

VHS or Beta/ Moving Units @ Harlow's Night Club 11/30

The Heavenly States/ The Morning Benders/ The Dilettantes @ Rickshaw Stop 12/1

Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan/ Great Northern @ The Independent 12/1

VHS or Beta @ Slim's 12/1

Suicidal Tendencies @ Slim's 12/2

Detroit Cobras @ Slim's 12/3

#**Indie Rock Dance Night "The Rumble" @ Harlot 12/5 featuring resident DJ Ted from BAGeL Radio RSVP here for free admission

The Thermals/ The Big Sleep @ Slim's 12/5
Vampire Weekend/ Grand Ole Party/ Still Flyin' @ The Independent 12/5
Film School/ A Place To Bury Strangers/ Here Here @ Mezzanine 12/5
Jonathan Richman @ Great American Music Hall 12/6
Rykarda Parasol/ Bella Vista/ Off Campus @ Bottom of the Hill 12/6
The Cult/ Vietnam/ The Clicks @ The Warfield 12/7
Andrew Bird @ The Warfield 12/8
Shonen Knife @ Slim's 12/11
BAGeL Radio Presents...

#**Ex-Boyfriends (CD release)/ Audio Out Send (CD release)/ 20 Minute Loop @ Bottom of the Hill 12/13 buy tickets

Office @ 330 Ritch 12/13

The Coup @ The Independent 12/15

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing

# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

Labels: "480 Minutes", BAGeL Radio Presents..., bay area ticket giveaway, The RUMBLE