For the second straight week the show will feature fewer new songs than usual, in part due to the fact that fewer packages than usual (by about half -- I wonder if my last "480 Minutes" post offended some folks?!) arrived this week. Maybe it's just the pre-turkey slow down. Speaking of which, next Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, and since pretty much no one in the US works in offices on that day (and those that do are consumed with coming up cruel and brutish ways to murder the person who forced them to be in the office), so next week there will be a re-run. For those that do tune in, you will be treated to a classic episode, perhaps the Best Music of 2007 show? We'll see.

New music today from Maus Haus (San Francisco, CA), Belle and Sebastian (Glasgow, Scotland), Eagles Of Death Metal (Palm Desert, CA), Hush Arbors (Virginia), Listing Ship (Los Angeles, CA), The Loom (Brooklyn, NY), Mount Eerie (Anacortes, WA), and Quitzow (Hudson Valley, NY).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

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

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Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

The Breeders @ Slim's 11/15/08

Kim Deal of The Breeders

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

O'Death/ Hillstomp/ The Theater Fire @ Bottom of the Hill 11/21

Little Dragon/ Anomie Belle/ *Manuok @ Cafe du Nord 11/23

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs/ Sassy!/ Delaney Davidson @ Bottom of the Hill 11/28

BAGeL Radio Presents...

The Rumble indie rock dance night featuring guest DJ Golden Gram of Rogue Wave @ Harlot 12/3

Joe Strummer Tribute featuring The Armagideons/ Eric McFadden/ The Hooks/ RubberSideDown/ Dead Ringers/ The Ferocious Few @ Bottom of the Hill 12/7

Leopold & His Fiction/ Excuses For Skipping/ Man-Miracle/ Maus Haus @ The Uptown (Oakland) 12/9

Wilderness/ San Serac/ Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Bottom of the Hill 12/11

18th Dye @ Bottom of the Hill 12/12

*X @ Slim's 12/26 & 12/27

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists: http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

Gratuitous political content: Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (R-Slimeball) lost his re-election bid, closing the door on Sarah Palin's quick route to Washington D.C. One door closes for Sarah, another opens: Yahoo! Boss Yang To Step Down -- what better job for America's newly crowned queen of the yahoos than the head of Yahoo!?

Labels: "480 Minutes"

Today "480 Minutes" features quite a bit less new music than usual because certain radio promo companies are failing in their capacity as "filter." Instead of choosing good badns with good records these shady companies are simply promoting anything that people pay them to promote. While this might sound like good business, it is not -- every crap record they send out makes them less of a "trusted source," which hurts the good acts they promote. There was a time when I would get packages from promo company X and think, "Cool!" and look forward to listening to the contents. Now when I get packages from promo company X, they go to the bottom of my pile. For every strong release they send me, they send five things that are either inappropriate for an indie rock station or just plain crap, and for that reason those plummet on my list of priorities. Weeding through all of thatHot Topic faux-punk rock and boring, bland generic Coldplay/ Jack Johnson wastes hours and hours of music directors' time. It's almost criminal.

Over-booked promo companies -- you know who you are. Take a look in the mirror, give a listen to the stuff you are promoting, and remember you have a reputation to maintain. Or perhaps, by this point, a reputation to rehabilitate.

Bands & labels - check out the current roster (and overall amount of stuff) on the plates of the the radio promo companies you are considering using before you decide to throw your business their way.

New music today from The Decemberists (Portland, OR), A Block Of Yellow (London, Canada), Chop Chop (Cambridge, MA), Neil Gaiman (Minneapolis, MN), Red Wire Black Wire (Brooklyn, NY), Religious Knives (Brooklyn, NY), and The Rollo Treadway (Brooklyn, NY).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

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Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

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

*John Doe/ Kathleen Edwards @ The Great American 11/14 tickets (hope to see you there!)
*The Breeders @ Slim's 11/14 & 11/15
Impossible Shapes/ Devon Williams @ The Hemlock 11/15

The Ruby Howl (CD Release)/ Virgil Shaw @ The Cyclone Warehouse 11/15

The (International) Noise Conspiracy/ Night Horse/ Maldroid @ Bottom of the Hill 11/16
Rachael Yamagata/ Meiko/ Thao Nguyen @ The Great American 11/17

Love Is All/ *Vivian Girls/ Nodzzz @ Bottom of the Hill 11/20

O'Death/ Hillstomp/ The Theater Fire @ Bottom of the Hill 11/21

Little Dragon/ Anomie Belle/ *Manuok @ Cafe du Nord 11/23

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs/ Sassy!/ Delaney Davidson @ Bottom of the Hill 11/28

BAGeL Radio Presents...

The Rumble indie rock dance night featuring guest DJ Golden Gram of Rogue Wave @ Harlot 12/3

Joe Strummer Tribute featuring The Armagideons/ Eric McFadden/ The Hooks/ RubberSideDown/ Dead Ringers/ The Ferocious Few @ Bottom of the Hill 12/7

Wilderness/ San Serac/ Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Bottom of the Hill 12/11

18th Dye @ Bottom of the Hill 12/12

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists: http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

Labels: "480 Minutes"

Thanks for coming out the Rumble on Wednesday, that was fun Special thanks to guest DJ Mario Muse who thrilled several of the old fogies in attendance (including yours truly) by digging out The Lords Of The New Church. Nice, Mario, nice.

Today "480 Minutes" features the usual truckload of new music plus a ticket giveaway. We have pairs of free tickets to see BAGeL Radio faves Darker My Love next Thursday at the Independent in San Francisco along with The Strange Boys.

For those of you who missed it because they were distracted by some silliness involving the democratic process, Cory Brown returned to BAGeL Radio in fine form this past Tuesday. Tune in for his show every Tuesday from 10a.m.-1p.m. Pacific Time.

New music today from Her Space Holiday (San Mateo, CA), Edie Sedgwick (New York, NY), Cut Off Your Hands (New Zealand), Mascott (New York, NY), The Points (Washington, D.C.), Gringo Starr (Atlanta, GA), Decomposure (St. Jacobs, Canada), That Handsome Devil (New York, NY), French Miami (San Francisco), David Byrne & Brian Eno (Mars), Manuok (San Diego, CA), Longwave (New York, NY), The Dears (Montreal, Canada), Tigers Can Bite You (Los Angeles, CA), Past Lives (Seattle, WA), Autodrone (New York, NY), Super XX Man (Portland, OR), Wintersleep (Halifax, Canada), Origami Ghosts (Seattle, WA), Quintron (New Orleans, LA), Star Fucking Hipsters (New York, NY), and The 88 (Los Angeles, CA).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

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Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos

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

We Is Shore Dedicated/ El Ten Eleven @ The Make-Out Room 11/7

*Starfucker/ Master-Slave/ Man-Miracle @ The Hemlock Tavern 11/7
*Loquat/ The Frail/ Mist And Mast @ Bottom of the Hill 11/8
Heartless Bastards/ The Broken West @ The Independent 11/8
TV On The Radio/ Dirtbombs @ The Warfield 11/9
Dungen/ Women/ Social Studies @ Bottom of the Hill 11/10
Crooked Fingers/ Port O'Brien @ The Great American 11/11
Vic Chestnut/ Elf Power @ Bottom of the Hill 11/11
Bishop Allen/ An Horse/ Electric Owls @ The Independent 11/12

Ludo/ The Higher/ Eye Alaska/ The Graduate @ Bottom of the Hill 11/12

Polysics/ Jaguar Love/ Black Gold @ Bottom of the Hill 11/13
Darker My Love @ The Independent 11/13

John Doe/ Kathleen Edwards @ The Great American 11/14 tickets

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists: http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

Labels: "480 Minutes", bay area ticket giveaway

Today "480 Minutes" returns with tons of new music plus a ticket giveaway. We have pairs of free tickets to go see the brand spanking new Flaming Lips movie, Christmas On Mars, at the Roxie Theater on 16th Street in San Francisco. The movie opens tonight with daily showings at 7pm and 9pm, along with weekend matinees at 3pm and 5pm. Recommended if you like: The Flaming Lips, copious amounts of marijuana, silliness, sci-fi, hallucinogens, eating dinner in the Mission.

In other news, Cory Brown is returning to BAGeL Radio. It's true, the loveable and talented macher behind Absolutely Kosher and Misra Records will be back with a show every Tuesday from 11a.m.-2p.m. Pacific Time. Make sure to tune in for Cory on Tuesdays from 11-1 and/or from 10p.m.-12 midnight each Tuesday.

One more thing before we get to the music -- our friends at SonicLiving are giving away a gift card from Live Nation to a lucky winner who uploads a photo of themselves wearing an "I Voted!" sticker. The gift card will be good for any Live Nation show in the U.S. Details can be found here.

New music today from Cold War Kids (Long Beach, CA), Gangi (Los Angeles, CA), Crystal Stilts (Brooklyn, NY), Boy Eats Drum Machine (Portland, OR), Lukestar (Oslo, Sweden), School Of Seven Bells (Brooklyn, NY), 18th Dye (Berlin, Germany), Joel Plaskett Emergency (Halifax, CA), Bambara (Athens, GA), O'Death (New York, NY), ohGr (Los Angeles, CA), Michael Zapruder (Oakland, CA), Fight Bite (Denton, TX), The End Of The World (Brooklyn, NY), Glasvegas (Glasgow, Scotland), The Hush Now (Boston, MA), The Kindness Kind (Seattle, WA), The Dead Trees (Portland, OR), Ryan Auffenberg (San Francisco, CA), Jay Reatard (Memphis, TN), The Organ (Toronto, Canada), Coolie Pool (Boston, MA), +/- (Plus/Minus) (Brooklyn, NY), and The Cure (London, England).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

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

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Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest)

No Use For A Name/ Company Car/ Mud @ Bottom of the Hill 10/31
Parts & Labor @ The Hemlock 10/31
Scissors For Lefty/ White Lies/ Japanese Motors @ The Rickshaw 11/1
The Lovemakers/ The Heavenly States/ Minipop @ The Uptown (Oakland) 11/1
*Spinto Band/ Frightened Rabbit/ Half-Handed Cloud @ Bottom of the Hill 11/1 & 2
Secret Machines/ The Dears @ The Independent 11/3

Crystal Stilts/ Cause Co-Motion/ Brilliant Colors @ Bottom of the Hill 11/4

Election Day: vote, vote for Obama, vote NO on props 8 and 4, get more endorsements here. 11/4

BAGeL Radio Presents...

**The Rumble indie rock dance night featuring The Blacks and guest DJ Mario Muse

@ Harlot 11/5

Mother Mother/ The Henry Clay People @ Hotel Utah 11/5
Jeans Team/ French Disco/ The Whispertown2000 @ Bottom of the Hill 11/6
We Is Shore Dedicated/ El Ten Eleven @ The Make-Out Room 11/7
Rogue Wave @ The Independent 11/7
Loquat/ The Frail/ Mist And Mast @ Bottom of the Hill 11/8
Heartless Bastards/ The Broken West @ The Independent 11/8
TV On The Radio/ Dirtbombs @ The Warfield 11/9
Dungen/ Women/ Social Studies @ Bottom of the Hill 11/10
Crooked Fingers/ Port O'Brien @ The Great American 11/11
Vic Chestnut/ Elf Power @ Bottom of the Hill 11/11
Bishop Allen/ An Horse/ Electric Owls @ The Independent 11/12

Ludo/ The Higher/ Eye Alaska/ The Graduate @ Bottom of the Hill 11/12

Polysics/ Jaguar Love/ Black Gold @ Bottom of the Hill 11/13
Darker My Love @ The Independent 11/13

John Doe/ Kathleen Edwards @ The Great American 11/14 tickets

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

More Upcoming Shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Recent Friday playlists: http://bagelradio.com/radio/playlists

Don't watch FOX News or CNN...read State of the Day, Barry Crimmins, and Margaret & Helen's blog instead.

Labels: "480 Minutes", bay area ticket giveaway

The CMJ New Music Marathon folks asked me to be on a panel discussing the impact of digital music on radio stations, so there will be no 480 Minutes program today. The show will be back next week, in the meantime below are a few photos taken this week here in my hometown:


CMJ Registration


Pabst Blue Ribbon and Brooklyn Lager


Elise and Misty


Sebastien Grainger and a Mountain


Takka Takka


Other Lives


42nd Street


A Room With A View


Hot Lava

Labels: "480 Minutes", CMJ

Thanks to everyone who came out to the BarackNRoll event, to Big Light, These United States, and the great John Doe for entertaining everyone who came out, the Independent for bending over backwards to help, and to the event organizers who made it all happen. Bravo on a huge success -- the event raised over $10,000 that will be used to help peel back the "he's a terrorist" blinders from the eyes of FOX News viewers in swing states.

Check out Peter Elenby's event photos at BarackNRoll.com.

Quick heads up -- next Friday "480 Minutes" will be a re-run while I am in New York at the CMJ New Music Marathon.

Please participate in our Radiohead favorite album poll.

New music today from 20 Minute Loop (San Francisco, CA), Baby Guts (Minneapolis, MN), The Major Labels (LA/Boston), James (Manchester, England England), Frances (Brooklyn, NY), Cause Co-Motion (Brooklyn, NY), Pelle Carlberg (Stockhold, Sweden), Solid Gold (Minneapolis, MN), Parts And Labor (Brooklyn, NY), Like A Fox (New Jersey/Philadelphia), Josh Martinez (Portland, OR), Francois Virot (Rhône-Alpes, France), and a San Francisco band that does not yet have a name, so I am calling them The Great Crash Oh Eight.

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

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

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Recent Gig Photos: http://bagelradio.com/photos


Ted, John Doe, and Misty @ BarackNRoll 10/15/08

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest)

Kings of Leon/ We Are Scientists/ The Stills @ The Warfield 10/17 & 18
Ladyhawke/ Bumblebeez @ Popscene 10/17
Say Hi/ Jukebox The Ghost/ The Ian Fays/ Princeton @ Bottom of the Hill 10/18
Pinback @ Bimbo's 10/19
Stereolab/ Richard Swift @ The Fillmore 10/21
The Acorn/ Shaky Hands @ The Hemlock 10/21
Stereolab/ Monade @ The Fillmore 10/22
We Is Shore Dedicated @ Uptown Nightclub (Oakland) 10/22
Mountain Goats/ Kaki King @ The Independent 10/23
Evangelicals/ Catfish Haven/ The Old Fashioned Way @ The Hemlock 10/23
Mountain Goats/ Kaki King @ The Fillmore 10/24
Ex-Boyfriends/ Mount Vicious/ The Re-Volts @ Thee Parkside 10/25
The Notwist/ Jel/ Odd Nosdam @ Bimbo's 10/27
*Fujiya & Miyagi/ Prototypes @ The Independent 10/28
Jenny Lewis/ Beachwood Sparks @ The Herbst Theatre 10/28
The Damned @ Slim's 10/28
No Use For A Name/ Company Car/ Mud @ Bottom of the Hill 10/31
Parts & Labor @ The Hemlock 10/31
Scissors For Lefty/ White Lies/ Japanese Motors @ The Rickshaw 11/1
The Lovemakers/ The Heavenly States/ Minipop @ The Uptown (Oakland) 11/1
*Spinto Band/ Frightened Rabbit/ Chop @ Bottom of the Hill 11/1 & 2
Secret Machines/ The Dears @ The Independent 11/3

The Rumble @ Harlot 11/5 (indie rock dance night with resident DJ BAGeL Ted)

Mother Mother/ The Henry Clay People @ Hotel Utah 11/5
Jeans Team/ French Disco/ Battlehooch @ Bottom of the Hill 11/6
We Is Shore Dedicated/ El Ten Eleven @ The Make-Out Room 11/7
Rogue Wave @ The Independent 11/7
Loquat/ Mist And Mast @ Bottom of the Hill 11/8
Heartless Bastards/ The Broken West @ The Independent 11/8
TV On The Radio/ Dirtbombs @ The Warfield 11/9
Dungen @ Bottom of the Hill 11/10
Crooked Fingers/ Port O'Brien @ The Great American 11/11
Vic Chestnut/ Elf Power @ Bottom of the Hill 11/11
Bishop Allen/ An Horse/ Electric Owls @ The Independent 11/12
Darker My Love @ The Independent 11/13

John Doe/ Kathleen Edwards @ The Great American 11/14 tickets

The Breeders @ Slim's 11/14 & 11/15
Impossible Shapes/ Devon Williams @ The Hemlock 11/15
Rachael Yamagata/ Meiko/ Thao Nguyen @ The Great American 11/17

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Why is John McCain protecting the richest of the rich using as a human shield a non-licensed plumber? Some 40% of Americans will buy whatever McLiar is selling simply because he claims to be anti-choice. Well, that, plus rejecting the Republican party now would mean admitting that their votes for Dim Son these past couple of elections are largely responsible for the quickest imperial collapse in the history of great world powers. StateOfTheDay.com has more, and Barry Crimmins has the complete analysis.

Labels: "480 Minutes"

Happy Friday. Today I have a show to pimp and it's not even mine -- it's Mrs. BAGeL's. She is one of the organizers of Barack 'N Roll at the Independent this coming Wednesday, October 15th -- please buy a ticket. The event will feature BAGeL Radio favorites These United States (Lexington, KY), Big Light (San Francisco, CA), and an X-tra Special Guest who also just happens to be a BAGeL Radio all-time favorite. Even more importantly, the event is a benefit for ObamaTravel.org, and organization that matches up folks willing to travel to swing states with folks who have air miles, hotel points, and/or cash to contribute towards their canvassing efforts. It's a great way to get folks involved in the election while making sure that our next President was the President of the Harvard Law Review and chose a running-mate of deep knowledge, instead of the fellow who graduated 894th out of 899 at Annapolis and thinks Sarah "spectacularly ill-informed" Palin is the best choice to be one 72 year-old heart beat from the presidency. I have a feeling it's going to take a person who is good at math and economics to get us through the next eight years, don't you?

Anyway, please buy a ticket to the event, whether or not you can attend. All of the door money is going towards the cause, so think of it as a donation.

New music today will include songs by Margo And The Nuclear So And So's (Indiannapolis, IN), The Sea And Cake (Chicago, IL), Fucked Up (Toronto, Canada), Oasis (Manchester, England), Other Lives (Stillwater, OK), Crooked Fingers (Denver, CO), International Jetsetters (Oxford, England), Pit Er Pat (Chicago, IL), I'm From Barcelona (Jönköping, Sweden), Wax Fang (Lexington, KY), Boo And Boo Too (Lawrence, KS), PH10 (Brooklyn, NY), The Standard (Portland, OR), and Vivian Girls (Brooklyn, NY).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

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

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Still haven't had time to go back through all the photos from late August through...well, through now. Some day...when the stock market rebounds, perhaps. In the meantime, every once in a while I get good ones using the iPhone, so I'll post those.

Recent Gig Photos at http://bagelradio.com/photos



Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest)

PacificUV/ Junior Panthers/ Dream Tiger @ Hotel Utah 10/11
Weezer/ Angels and Airwaves/ Tokyo Police Club @ SJ State 10/13

Barack 'n Roll SF fundrasier featuring These United States/ Big Light/ X-tra Special Guest 10/15 -- Mrs. BAGeL is one of the organizers so buy a ticket! even if you can't attend! seriously!

The Rumble Strips/ Birdmonster @ Popscene 10/16
Elephone/ Hundred Days/ Parker Street Cinema @ Bottom of the Hill 10/16
Kings of Leon/ We Are Scientists/ The Stills @ The Warfield 10/17 & 18
Ladyhawke/ Bumblebeez @ Popscene 10/17
Say Hi/ Jukebox The Ghost/ The Ian Fays/ Princeton @ Bottom of the Hill 10/18
Pinback @ Bimbo's 10/19
Stereolab/ Richard Swift @ The Fillmore 10/21
The Acorn/ Shaky Hands @ The Hemlock 10/21
Stereolab/ Monade @ The Fillmore 10/22
We Is Shore Dedicated @ Uptown Nightclub (Oakland) 10/22
Mountain Goats/ Kaki King @ The Independent 10/23
Evangelicals/ Catfish Haven/ The Old Fashioned Way @ The Hemlock 10/23
Mountain Goats/ Kaki King @ The Fillmore 10/24
Ex-Boyfriends/ Mount Vicious/ The Re-Volts @ Thee Parkside 10/25
The Notwist/ Jel/ Odd Nosdam @ Bimbo's 10/27
*Fujiya & Miyagi/ Prototypes @ The Independent 10/28
Jenny Lewis/ Beachwood Sparks @ The Herbst Theatre 10/28
The Damned @ Slim's 10/28
No Use For A Name/ Company Car/ Mud @ Bottom of the Hill 10/31
Parts & Labor @ The Hemlock 10/31
Scissors For Lefty/ White Lies/ Japanese Motors @ The Rickshaw 11/1
The Lovemakers/ The Heavenly States/ Minipop @ The Uptown (Oakland) 11/1
*Spinto Band/ Frightened Rabbit/ Chop @ Bottom of the Hill 11/1 & 2
Secret Machines/ The Dears @ The Independent 11/3

The Rumble @ Harlot 11/5 (indie rock dance night with resident DJ BAGeL Ted)

Mother Mother/ The Henry Clay People @ Hotel Utah 11/5
Jeans Team/ French Disco/ Battlehooch @ Bottom of the Hill 11/6
We Is Shore Dedicated/ El Ten Eleven @ The Make-Out Room 11/7
Rogue Wave @ The Independent 11/7
Loquat/ Mist And Mast @ Bottom of the Hill 11/8
Heartless Bastards/ The Broken West @ The Independent 11/8
TV On The Radio/ Dirtbombs @ The Warfield 11/9
Dungen @ Bottom of the Hill 11/10
Crooked Fingers/ Port O'Brien @ The Great American 11/11
Vic Chestnut/ Elf Power @ Bottom of the Hill 11/11
Bishop Allen/ An Horse/ Electric Owls @ The Independent 11/12
Darker My Love @ The Independent 11/13

John Doe/ Kathleen Edwards @ The Great American 11/14 tickets

The Breeders @ Slim's 11/14 & 11/15
Impossible Shapes/ Devon Williams @ The Hemlock 11/15
Rachael Yamagata/ Meiko/ Thao Nguyen @ The Great American 11/17

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Just where is Rifleshotistan? StateOfTheDay.com has the answer.

Why A BAGeL??

Labels: "480 Minutes"

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the Rumble's first anniversary (photos), and for Jason Jurgens of The Owl Mag and Larry Little of TankFarm-FutureSounds for making it happen. I had a great time, as always, sharing "the decks" with DJ Aaron Axelsen of Popscene and Live105.

New music today will include songs by Loquat (San Francisco, CA), Sebastien Grainger (Toronto, Canada), Pretty & Nice (Boston, MA), Shiloe (Los Angeles, CA), Peel (Austin, TX), The Knew (Denver, CO), McCarthy Trenching (Omaha, NE), Women (Alberta, Canada), Sleeping In The Aviary (Madison, WI), The Rosebuds (Raleigh, NC), Seabear (Reykjavik, Iceland), and our beloved Frank Turner (Winchester, England).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

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

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I have been unable to keep up with my photo-taking lately. This week I forced myself to sift through my recent pix so I could participate in a friendly theme photo project. Man, there were a lot of photos to go through! Nearly 800 that were tagged "music" in September. I selected 20 for upload, including some of Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery and some from the Treasure Island Music Festival. See samples from that group of photos below, and click on any to go to the set of 20. Hopefully this weekend I will find the time to edit and upload full sets of each band.

Recent Gig Photos at http://bagelradio.com/photos


Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze at The Mountain Winery


The Morning Benders at the Treasure Island Music Festival


TV On The Radio at the Treasure Island Music Festival


The Kills at the Treasure Island Music Festival


Okkervil River at the Treasure Island Music Festival

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest)

Artists Ball featuring Mos Def/ Hercules & Love Affair/ Rogue Wave @ Yerba Buena Center 10/3
Sigur Ros @ The Greek Theatre (Berkeley) 10/3
Moggs/ Goliath Bird Eater/ Highlands @ The Hemlock 10/3
Dandy Warhols/ Helio Sequence/ The Upside Down @ The Warfield 10/4
Deerhoof/ Okay/ Happy Hollows @ The Great American 10/4
Gogol Bordello @ Slim's 10/5
Cut Copy/ The Presets/ Heartbreak @ Mezzanine 10/5
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's/ David Vandervelde/ Judgement Day @ The Independent 10/5
Black Lips/ Grand Ole Party/ Mika Miko @ The Great American 10/6 & 10/7
David Byrne @ Davies Symphony Hall 10/6
Rachel Yamagata/ Kevin Devine @ Cafe du Nord 10/6
Santogold/ Mates of State/ Alice Smith/ Low vs. Diamond @ The Fillmore 10/7
Awesome Colour/ Kayo Dot/ New Thrill Parade @ The Hemlock 10/8
High Places/ Ponytail/ Hawnay Troof @ Bottom of the Hill 10/8
PacificUV/ Junior Panthers/ Dream Tiger @ Hotel Utah 10/11
Weezer/ Angels and Airwaves/ Tokyo Police Club @ SJ State 10/13

Barack 'n Roll SF fundrasier featuring These United States/ X-tra Special Guests 10/15

The Rumble Strips/ Birdmonster @ Popscene 10/16
Elephone/ Hundred Days/ Parker Street Cinema @ Bottom of the Hill 10/16
Kings of Leon/ We Are Scientists/ The Stills @ The Warfield 10/17 & 18
Ladyhawke/ Bumblebeez @ Popscene 10/17
Say Hi/ Jukebox The Ghost/ The Ian Fays/ Princeton @ Bottom of the Hill 10/18
Pinback @ Bimbo's 10/19
Stereolab/ Richard Swift @ The Fillmore 10/21
The Acorn/ Shaky Hands @ The Hemlock 10/21
Stereolab/ Monade @ The Fillmore 10/22
We Is Shore Dedicated @ Uptown Nightclub (Oakland) 10/22
Mountain Goats/ Kaki King @ The Independent 10/23
Evangelicals/ Catfish Haven/ The Old Fashioned Way @ The Hemlock 10/23
Mountain Goats/ Kaki King @ The Fillmore 10/24
Ex-Boyfriends/ Mount Vicious/ The Re-Volts @ Thee Parkside 10/25
The Notwist/ Jel/ Odd Nosdam @ Bimbo's 10/27
*Fujiya & Miyagi/ Prototypes @ The Independent 10/28
Jenny Lewis/ Beachwood Sparks @ The Herbst Theatre 10/28
The Damned @ Slim's 10/28
No Use For A Name/ Company Car/ Mud @ Bottom of the Hill 10/31
Parts & Labor @ The Hemlock 10/31
Scissors For Lefty/ White Lies/ Japanese Motors @ The Rickshaw 11/1
The Lovemakers/ The Heavenly States/ Minipop @ The Uptown (Oakland) 11/1
*Spinto Band/ Frightened Rabbit/ Chop @ Bottom of the Hill 11/1 & 2
Secret Machines/ The Dears @ The Independent 11/3

The Rumble @ Harlot 11/5 (indie rock dance night with resident DJ BAGeL Ted)

Mother Mother/ The Henry Clay People @ Hotel Utah 11/5
Jeans Team/ French Disco/ Battlehooch @ Bottom of the Hill 11/6
We Is Shore Dedicated/ El Ten Eleven @ The Make-Out Room 11/7
Rogue Wave @ The Independent 11/7
Loquat/ Mist And Mast @ Bottom of the Hill 11/8
Heartless Bastards/ The Broken West @ The Independent 11/8
TV On The Radio/ Dirtbombs @ The Warfield 11/9
Dungen @ Bottom of the Hill 11/10
Crooked Fingers/ Port O'Brien @ The Great American 11/11
Vic Chestnut/ Elf Power @ Bottom of the Hill 11/11
Bishop Allen/ An Horse/ Electric Owls @ The Independent 11/12
Darker My Love @ The Independent 11/13

John Doe/ Kathleen Edwards @ The Great American 11/14 tickets

The Breeders @ Slim's 11/14 & 11/15
Impossible Shapes/ Devon Williams @ The Hemlock 11/15
Rachael Yamagata/ Meiko/ Thao Nguyen @ The Great American 11/17

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows (seriously updated!) at http://bagelradio.com/shows

Question: if you didn't play Palin Bingo during the Vice Presidential debate last night, you missed out. If you did play Palin Bingo and turned it into a drinking game, you are totally hung over.

Read more at StateOfTheDay.com.

Why A BAGeL??

Labels: "480 Minutes"

This one's going to suck. Don't even bother tuning in.

Kidding.

New music today will include songs by Wire (England), Hot Lava (Richmond, VA), Pale Young Gentlemen (Madison, WI), Novillero (Winnepeg, Canada), Pidgeon (San Francisco, CA), The Spinto Band (Wilmington, DE), Herman Dune (Dalarna, Sweden), Deerhoof (Oakland, CA), Kings Of Leon (Nashville, TN), Eddie Current Supression Ring (Melbourne, Australia), Restavrant (Los Angeles, CA), Land Of Talk (Montreal, Canada), Mercury Rev (Catskills, NY), of Montreal (Athens, GA), Roots Manuva (England), Team Genius (Brooklyn, NY), and  XX Teens (London, England).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

Reach out and e-touch us 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," or, give the StudioCam chatroom at http://live.yahoo.com/bagelradio a try:




Recent Gig Photos at http://bagelradio.com/photos

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

The Rumble (1st Anniversary Party!) @ Harlot featuring guest DJ Aaron Axelson 10/1 RSVP here for free admission
Born Ruffians/ Plants And Animals/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 10/15
Light FM (CD release) @ The Knockout 10/29

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

Question: if Sarah Palin flunks another interview but the media is distracted by a mythical "campaign suspension," does anyone hear it? Answer: apparently not. I only heard about the interview the next day...and I'm kinda paying attention to this circus!
Read more at StateOfTheDay.com.

Labels: "480 Minutes"

The Treasure Island Music Festival is this weekend! Saturday 9/20 and Sunday 9/21 come on out for this killer 2-day music festival in the middle of the San Francisco Bay (literally), and we've got one last pairs of tickets for the entire festival to give away today. Each pair is a $230 value, so tune in and listen closely during today's show for your chance to win Treasure Island Music Festival tickets. The final winner names will be drawn from a hat at 2pm Pacific Time, so all entries must be in by 12 noon.

Check out the lineup here, and when you hear those bands during "480 Minutes" today, get in touch (contact info below) and your name will become eligible to win.

New music today will include songs by TV On The Radio (album) (Brooklyn, NY), The Safes (Chicago, IL), The Gutter Twins (The Gutter), Thievery Corporation (Washington, DC), Minisnap (Christchurch, New Zealand), Pica Beats (Seattle, WA), Manhattan Love Suicides (Leeds, England), Sleep Out (Chicago, IL), Hearts Of Palm UK (Echo Park, CA), Tracy Shedd (Tucson, AZ), School Of Seven Bells (Brooklyn, NY), Bryn Christopher (England), IfIHadAHiFi (Milwaukee, WI), Teitur (Copenhagen, Sweden), Dead Heart Bloom (New York, NY), CAW! CAW! (Chicago, IL), Koufax (Lawrence, KS), Karl Blau (Anacortes, WA), and Jenny "Rilo Kiley" Lewis (Los Angeles, CA).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

Today's show will feature and afternoon visit by The Grey Race from Brooklyn, NY.

Reach out and e-touch us 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," or, give the StudioCam chatroom at http://live.yahoo.com/bagelradio a try:


StudioCam will again serve a purpose today -- it will allow you to watch the Treasure Island Music Festival ticket winner's name being pulled out of a hat!

Recent Gig Photos at http://bagelradio.com/photos

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

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20
*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21
*Liam Finn/ The Veils/ Dominant Legs @ Bottom of the Hill 9/23
Spoon/ The Heavenly States @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24

The Rumble (1st Anniversary Party!) @ Harlot featuring a rocking mini-set by The Ettes and guest DJ Aaron Axelson 10/1 RSVP here for free admission
Born Ruffians/ Plants And Animals/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 10/15
Light FM (CD release) @ The Knockout 10/29

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

News: The Myth of The Free Market Crashed. Again.
Read more at StateOfTheDay.com.

Labels: "480 Minutes", bay area ticket giveaway

The Treasure Island Music Festival is just a week away now -- Saturday 9/20 and Sunday 9/21. TIMF is a 2-day music festival in the middle of the San Francisco Bay (literally), and we've got pairs of tickets for the entire festival to give away. Each pair is a $230 value, so tune in and listen closely during today's show for your chance to win Treasure Island Music Festival tickets.

The lineup includes BAGeL Radio faves Okkervil River, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, The Kills, Foals, CSS, John Vanderslice, Loquat, The Morning Benders, Port O'Brien, and The Raconteurs. When you hear those bands during "480 Minutes" today, get in touch (contact info below) and your name will become eligible to win. All entrants' names will be scribbled onto pieces of paper, folded up, and tossed into a hat. Winners names will be drawn from the hat at 2pm Pacific Time, and all entries need to be in by 12 noon.

New music today will include songs by Dressy Bessy (Denver, CO), Brown Shoe (Folsom, CA), Dungen (Vastergotland, Sweden), Grampall Jookabox (Indianapolis, IN), Dylan Champagne (Oakland, CA), Miniature Tigers (Phoenix, AZ), Jared Mees & The Grown Children (Portland, OR), The Mojomatics (Venice, Italy), Marianne Dissard (Tucson, AZ), Mother Mother (Vancouver, Canada), Noah And The Whale (London, England), Portugal. The Man (Wasilla, AK), The Secret Machines (New York, NY), Smile Smile (Dallas, TX), and These United States (Lexington, KY).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

Next week's show will feature and afternoon visit by The Grey Race from Brooklyn, NY. I need to ask them to bring me a jar of my favorite Brooklyn mustard.

Reach out and e-touch us 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," or, give the StudioCam chatroom at http://live.yahoo.com/bagelradio a try:


StudioCam will serve an actual purpose today -- it will allow you to watch the Treasure Island Music Festival ticket winners names being pulled out of the hat!

Recent Gig Photos at http://bagelradio.com/photos

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest):

Desa/ Judgement Day/ 187 Calm @ Bottom of the Hill 9/12
Squeeze @ The Regency Grand 9/12
*Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery 9/13
Xui Xiu/ Evangelista/ Prurient/ Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone @ Bottom of the Hill 9/13
The Flatliners/ Broadway Calls/ Nothington @ Bottom of the Hill 9/14
KAV/ The Otherside/ Gliss @ Bottom of the Hill 9/16
*Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff) @ Cafe du Nord 9/16
These Arms Are Snakes/ sBach/ The Catholic Comb @ Bottom of the Hill 9/17
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20
*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21
*Liam Finn/ The Veils/ Dominant Legs @ Bottom of the Hill 9/23
Spoon @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24

The Rumble (1st Anniversary Party!) @ Harlot featuring a rocking mini-set by The Ettes and guest DJ Aaron Axelson 10/1 RSVP here for free admission
Born Ruffians/ Plants And Animals/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 10/15
Light FM (CD release) @ The Knockout 10/29

* = I'm there
** = I'm DJing
# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

more upcoming shows

News: There's a reason Karl Rove has been keeping his candidates from talking with the press -- they are lousy at it! Even when simply sticking to the same canned answers they've been fed in their scripted speeches they look uncomfortable and unconvincing. Truly embarrassing performances by both yesterday.

Still, there are Americans out there who believe recycled, discredited rumors about "reparations" that have been floating against black politicians for decades. These closet racists are going to accept those lies as truth and use them as an excuse to vote for the old white guy who wants to continue the Bush policies that have decimated the country from coast to coast.

Read more at StateOfTheDay.com.

Labels: "480 Minutes", bay area ticket giveaway

Bay Area friends, please listen up -- we have 2-day tickets to give away for the Treasure Island Music Festival happening in the middle of the San Francisco Bay a couple of weeks from now, Saturday 9/20 and Sunday 9/21. A 2-day pair is a $230 value, so tune in and listen closely during today's show for your chance to win Treasure Island Music Festival tickets.

The lineup includes BAGeL Radio faves Okkervil River, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, The Kills, Foals, CSS, John Vanderslice, Loquat, The Morning Benders, Port O'Brien, and The Raconteurs.

New music today will include songs by Blackblack (Los Angeles, CA), Captain of Industry (Dayton, OH), Passion Pit (Cambridge, MA), Björk (Deep Space), The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra (Los Angeles, CA), Musee Mecanique (Portland, OR), Three Fantastic (Houston, TX), Universe Narrows (Concord, MA), Low Red Land (San Francisco, CA), Mugison (Iceland), Mason Proper (Alpena, Michigan), The Low Lows (Austin, TX), of Montreal (Athens, GA), Starfucker (Portland, OR), Pontiak (Blue Ridge, VA), The Ugly Suit (Oklahoma City, OK), and , ( Reykjavík, Iceland).

Please tune in to "480 Minutes" today and every Friday. The show runs live from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, is rebroadcast starting at 8 p.m., then twice more on Saturday. On Saturday night at midnight we return to regular BAGeL Radio programming.

Reach out and e-touch us 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," or, give the StudioCam chatroom at http://live.yahoo.com/bagelradio a try:



Recent Gig Photos (click photos to view more from that set)

Outside Lands Music Festival
Golden Gate Park, SF, CA 8/22 & 8/23

Silk E and Boots Riley of The Coup


Lupe Fiasco


Beck


Cold War Kids


Radiohead


Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest):

Vin Rouge/ The New Up/ Excuses For Skipping @ Bottom of the Hill 8/29
Dead Ringers/ American Professionals/ Reaction/ Master Volume @ Stork Club (Oak) 8/29
Nine Inch Nails/ Deerhunter @ Oracle Arena 9/5
Michael Hurley/ Tara Jane O'Neil @ Bottom of the Hill 9/5
Death Vessel/ Micah Blue Smaldone/ Dame Satan @ Bottom of the Hill 9/6
Bodies Of Water/ Throw Me The Statue/ Pale Hoarse @ Bottom of the Hill 9/7
Plastic Fantastic Lover/ Jugtown Pirates/ Ralph Dungeon Family Orchestra & Jazzman James/ Honeybody Moonbee @ Bottom of the Hill 9/8
Love Is Chemicals/ The Gold Medalists/ Sweetie 9/9
The Lower Class Revolt presents...
All Smiles/ The Aimless Never Miss/ Harbours @ Cafe du Nord 9/10
Boxcar Saints/ Odessa Chen/ The Revealers @ Bottom of the Hill 9/10
The Cute Lepers/ Druglords Of The Avenues/ Avenue Rose @ Bottom of the Hill 9/11
Desa/ Judgement Day/ 187 Calm @ Bottom of the Hill 9/12
Squeeze @ The Regency Grand 9/12
*Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery 9/13
Xui Xiu/ Evangelista/ Prurient/ Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone @ Bottom of the Hill 9/13
The Flatliners/ Broadway Calls/ Nothington @ Bottom of the Hill 9/14
KAV/ The Otherside/ Gliss @ Bottom of the Hill 9/16
*Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff) @ Cafe du Nord 9/16
These Arms Are Snakes/ sBach/ The Catholic Comb @ Bottom of the Hill 9/17
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20
*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21
*Liam Finn/ The Veils/ Dominant Legs @ Bottom of the Hill 9/23
Spoon @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24
Born Ruffians/ Plants And Animals/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 10/15
Light FM (CD release) @ T