If you are heading to Coachella or know anyone who is, do not miss our indispensable Coachella Tips list.

Today will be an atypical edition of 480 Minutes -- usually this show highlights all of the latest playlist additions being added to the station rotation next week. Today, however, we will unveil no new music and instead focus on recent playlist additions plus some all-time great songs.

Also today we will be giving away tickets to the show we are promoting tonight with our friends at Soma FM -- Love Is All (Gothenberg, Sweden), Princeton (Eagle Rock, CA), and Butterfly Bones (SF, CA) @ The Rickshaw Stop. Get in touch when you hear a song by any of those bands during today's 480 Minutes program for chance to win a pair of tickets to the show, or buy tix in advance. April is a little ridiculous for shows in the Bay Area, but I'm going to bite the bullet and try to see every last one. Or at least the ones listed below in the Bay Area Gig eList.

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Today's 480 Minutes features a SF Bay Area ticket giveaway -- win tickets to see a special BAGeL Radio Presents... screening of the new White Stripes documentary, Under Great White Northern Lights, at the Roxie Theater by getting in touch whenever you hear a White Stripes song on BAGeL Radio between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time today. The screening will be held on Monday, March 15th.

Many thanks to everyone who came out to the Rumble on Wednesday at Cafe du Nord, particularly those with Noise Pop hangovers. Hoodie hoods off to you! What a great set by Twin Tigers of Athens, GA. Awesome, including their cover of "Quiet" by Smashing Pumpkins. Twin Tigers are playing multiple shows around LA this weekend, so if you are in the area, go see them.

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Today is the day we award those Treasure Island Music Festival 2009 tickets between 12 and 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time. If you entered to win during one or more recent episodes of the award-winning 480 Minutes program, make sure to tune in then to find out if you've won.

Today on BAGeL Radio look for new songs by The Big Pink (London, England), Echo & The Bunnymen (Manchester, England), Final Spins (Seattle, WA), Girls (San Francisco, CA), Islands (Montreal, Canada), Lou Barlow (Los Angeles/Sebadoh/ Dinosaur Jr.), Monsters Of Folk (Omaha, NE), Owen (Chicago, IL), Panther (Portland OR), The Raveonettes (NY & LA), Rykarda Parasol (San Francisco, CA), Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (Chicago, IL), Silver Starling (Montreal, Canada), and Sissy Wish (Bergen, Norway). As always, we'd love to hear your feedback on the latest playlist additions and everything else about the station. Write to us at feedback@bagelradio.com.

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

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Hello! For a plain old .mp3 stream, try clicking the yellow on black 480 Minutes logo to the left. Let me know if it works for you and what you think.

It is my duty to inform you that today will be your last chance to throw your hat in the ring to win Treasure Island Music Festival tickets. Listen to the award-winning 480 Minutes program and when you hear a song by a Treasure Island band during the show (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pacific Time), send an e-mail to feedback@bagelradio.com with the subject line "Treasure Island 2009" along with your full name, the name of the band, and the name of the song for a chance to win. We'll be awarding the tickets during next Friday's (9/25) program.

Tune in to 480 Minutes (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pacific Time, only on BAGeL Radio) for new songs by Birdmonster (San Francisco, CA), Drummer (Akron, OH), The Ettes (Nashville, TN), Frank Turner (Winchester, England), Le Loup (Washington, DC), The Pastels/Tenniscoats (Glasgow Scotland/Tokyo, Japan), Polite Sleeper (Brooklyn, NY), Princeton (Los Angeles, CA), The Rifles (London, England), and Why? (Oakland, CA) .


TIMF 2009, by the way, is scheduled for October 17th & 18th, and will feature Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Brazilian Girls, Yo La Tengo, Bob Mould, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Sleepy Sun, and many others.

Please tune in today and every Friday to 480 Minutes.

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

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Today's program will be a rerun of a previously broadcast edition of 480 Minutes.

480 Minutes will be back with an all-new edition next Friday, 9/18.

The Treasure Island Music Festival 2009 ticket contest continues, however -- win yourself a pair of tickets to both days by listening to BAGeL Radio. Any time you hear a Treasure Island 2009 band on BAGeL Radio this week, send us an e-mail containing your name, the name of the band and song, and put "Treasure Island 2009" in the subject line.

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest):

*9/15 & 9/16 Bad Brains @ Slim's
9/16 Arctic Monkeys @ Fox Theatre (Oakland)
9/17 Monotonix/ Triclops/ Anavan @ The Independent
9/17 Psychedelic Furs/ Happy Mondays/ Amusement Parks On Fire @ The Regency Grand
9/17 Throw Me The Statue/ The Brunettes/ My First Earthquake @ Rickshaw
9/17 Rademacher/ Young Hunting/ Gold Medalists @ Hemlock Tavern
9/18 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Great American
9/18 Crosby Stills & Nash @ San Jose Civic Auditorium
9/18 Frightened Rabbit/ Twilight Sad/ We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Independent
9/19 Meat Puppets/ Dead Confederate @ Slim's
9/20 Gaslight Anthem/ Murder By Death/ The Loved Ones/ Frank Turner @ Fillmore
9/21 Get Up Kids/ Youth Group/ Pretty & Nice @ The Fillmore
9/23 Titus Andronicus/ The So So Glos/ The Relatives @ Bottom of the Hill
9/23 Goh Nakamura/ Doug Paisley/ Lesser Lights @ Rickshaw Stop
9/23 Revolting Cocks @ The Fillmore
*9/23 The Do @ Great American
9/24 B-52s @ The Regency Grand
9/24 Mark Eitzel/ Victor Krummenacher @ Red Devil Lounge

*9/26 Birdmonster/ A, B, & The Sea @ Bottom of the Hill (afternoon benefit show for new Potrero Hill Library)


9/26 !!!/ Indian Jewelry @ The Independent
9/27 Darker My Love @ Bottom of the Hill
9/27 Sondre Lerche @ Great American
9/28 Dead Meadow/ Spindrift @ Great American
9/30 Ida Maria/ Ladyhawke @ The Fillmore

More upcoming shows: http://bagelradio.com/shows

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It's that time of year again: Back To School, Burning Man, Labor Day, September call-ups, and the rapid escalation of new musical releases as the summer slumber comes to an end. Can you believe that it's September already? I tell you what. My #2 pencils are not yet sharp.

Tune in to 480 Minutes (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pacific Time, only on BAGeL Radio) for new songs by Arctic Monkeys (Sheffield, England), Blind Man's Colour (St. Petersburg, FL), Explode Into Colors (Portland, OR), Hornet Leg (Portland, OR), Jay Rea... (Memphis, TN), Mist And Mast (Oakland, CA), Richie And The Curious Proclivities (San Francisco, CA), Sea Wolf (Los Angeles, CA), and The Slew (Montreal, Canada).

More chances to win Treasure Island Music Festival tickets today if you listen to the award-winning 480 Minutes program. When you hear a song by a Treasure Island band during the show (9a.m. - 5p.m. Pacific Time), send an e-mail to feedback@bagelradio.com with the subject line "Treasure Island 2009" along with your full name, the name of the band, and the name of the song for a chance to win. We'll be awarding the tickets later this month.

TIMF 2009, scheduled for October 17th & 18th, will feature Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Brazilian Girls, Yo La Tengo, Bob Mould, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Sleepy Sun, and many others.

Please tune in today and every Friday to 480 Minutes.

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

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

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Today the contest continues for Treasure Island Music Festival tickets. Enter for your chance to win free tickets for the festival right here on BAGeL Radio. Listening to the award-winning 480 Minutes program and when you hear a song by a Treasure Island band during the show (9a.m.-5p.m. Pacific Time), send an e-mail to feedback@bagelradio.com with the subject line "Treasure Island 2009" along with your full name, the name of the band, and the name of the song for a chance to win. TIMF 2009, scheduled for October 17th & 18th, will feature Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Brazilian Girls, Yo La Tengo, Bob Mould, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, and many others.

Today's edition of 480 Minutes will feature another huge batch of never-before-heard on BAGeL Radio songs. 25 of them. Mmmm hmmm.

Tune in for new songs by Arctic Monkeys (Sheffield, England) The Cave Singers (Seattle, WA), Chores (Portland, OR), The Clean (Dunedin, New Zealand), Darlings (New York, NY), Desolation Wilderness (Olympia, WA), The Dodos (San Francisco, CA), Elliott Brood (Toronto, Canada), The Happy Hollows (Los Angeles, CA), The Flaming Lips (Norman, OK), The Heavy (Bath, England), Jamie T. (London, England), The Penelopes (Paris, France), Rainbow Arabia (Echo Park, CA), Sleepy Sun (San Francisco, CA), and Wild Beasts (Leeds, England).

Please tune in today and every Friday to 480 Minutes. The show runs from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

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

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

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First of all, we've got tickets to give away to the upcoming Treasure Island Music Festival. No airfare will be provided, but if you can get yourself to the Bay Area on October 17th & 18th, try to win free tickets for the festival today, right here on BAGeL Radio, by listening to the award-winning 480 Minutes program. This year the TIMF lineup features Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Brazilian Girls, Yo La Tengo, Bob Mould, and many others. Tune in and when you hear a song by a Treasure Island band, send an e-mail to feedback@bagelradio.com with the subject line "Treasure Island 2009" along with your full name, the name of the band, and the name of the song for a chance to win.

Today's edition of 480 Minutes will feature more new music than we've had in months -- over 20 new never-before-heard on BAGeL Radio songs, in fact. Get out your back to school #2 pencils, boys and girls, so you can take notes. Your homework is to buy some of these albums, listen to them incessantly until school starts, then turn all of your friends on to them.

Tune in for new songs by Anna Ternheim (Sweden), The Antlers (Brooklyn, NY), Fanfarlo (London, England), Firs (Cincinnati, OH), Heroes Of Popular Wars (Los Angeles, CA), Lightning Dust (East Vancouver, Canada), My First Earthquake (San Francisco, CA), Park Avenue Music (Sacramento, CA), Ramona Falls (Portland, OR), The Receiver (Columbus, OH), Reigning Sound (Ashville, NC), Sondre Lerche (Bergen, Norway), and YACHT (Portland, OR).

Please tune in today and every Friday to 480 Minutes. The show runs from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

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

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

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One last reminder that tomorrow (Saturday, February 7th, 2009) is the BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party at Bottom of the Hill featuring Birdmonster, Railcars, and Ricky Lee Robinson. The show is 18+. Get in touch when you hear any of those 3 bands during today's program and you might just win yourself a pair of free tickets.Purchase low-fee advance tickets here. It would mean much to me to see many of you there.

Today's show will feature new music from Eleni Mandell (Los Angeles, CA), Vitamin Party (Berkeley, CA), Phantom Band (Glasgow, Scotland), Iran (Brooklyn, NY), The Vox Jaguars (Santa Cruz, CA), Faunts (Edmonton, Canada), Eagle Winged Palace (Los Angeles, CA), The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (New York, NY), Fol Chen (Highland Park, CA), This Town Needs Guns (Oxford, England), The Bird And The Bee (Los Angeles, CA), Sholi (San Francisco, CA), Trouble Andrew (New York), and Franz Ferdinand (Glasgow, Scotland).

Please tune in this and every Friday to "480 Minutes," which runs live from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific. You can reach me with requests, comments, corrections, criticisms, praise, etc. via:

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

Today's show will also include the return of the BAGeL Radio studio cam, complete with accompanying chat room:

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Looking for a way to take BAGeL Radio with you? Like, on your commute? Well, it's actually quite easy with an app called Pocket Tunes, which is available for Windows Mobile smartphones, Palm OS smartphones, as well as the iPhone and iPod touch. The fidelity is surprisingly good! Check it out here. It will be even easier to use when BAGeL Radio appears in their tuner, but for now all you have to do is use the Pocket Tunes browser to navigate to http://bagelradio.com and click the yellow play button to get the station streaming right through your phone. Don't forget to bookmark it so you don't have to search for it again.

Today we will have our first round of giveaways for the BAGeL Radio Half Dozenth Birthday Party at Bottom of the Hill featuring Birdmonster, Railcars, and Ricky Lee Robinson. The 18+ show is on Saturday, February 7th, just a week from this Saturday, so get in touch when you hear any of those 3 bands during today's program and you might just win yourself a pair of free tickets. Alternately, buy some no-fee advance tickets here.

Today's show will feature new music from Hot Panda (Edmonton, Canada), Elusive Parallelograms (Milwaukee, WI), The So So Glos (Brooklyn, NY), We Is Shore Dedicated (Berkeley, CA), Cotton Jones (Cumberland, MD), Broken Spindles (Omaha, NE), Hunters, Run! (New York, NY), Cactus's (Nashville, TN), The BPA (Brighton, England), Latvian Radio (Westchester, NY), The Love Language (Raleigh, NC), Mi Ami (San Francisco, CA), Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat (Austin, TX), The Naked Hearts (New York, NY), Robyn Hitchcock (London, England), and Peter Bjorn and John (Stockholm, Sweden).

Please tune in this and every Friday to "480 Minutes," which runs live from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific. You can reach me with requests, comments, corrections, criticisms, praise, etc. via:

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

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

The Knitters/ Dead Rock West
@ Slim', SF, CA 1/23/09

The Knitters


Dead Rock West

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

1/30 John Vanderslice/ Magik*Magik Orchestra/ DJ Aesop Rock (Tiny Telephone 10th Anniversary) @ Great American
1/30 Fruit Bats/ Sera Cahoone @ Bottom of the Hill
1/30 The Music Lovers/ Harbours @ The Hemlock Tavern
1/30 & 1/31 DeVotchKa @ The Fillmore
1/30 -2/1 Bobby Hutcherson @ Yoshi’s Oakland
1/31 West Indian Girl/ Loquat @ Bottom of the Hill
1/31 Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) @ Slim’s
2/2 Matt & Kim/ Hawnay Troof @ Cafe du Nord
2/2 Nickel Eye (Nikolai of the Strokes)/ Low Vs Diamond @ The Independent
2/3 Dean & Britta (Luna) "13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests" 13 silent film tests (including Nico, Lou Reed, Dennis Hopper and Edie Sedgwick) with live performance from Dean & Britta presented by SF Film Society @ Palace of Fine Arts

2/4 BAGeL Radio Presents...The Rumble @ Harlot (RSVP here for free admission or $5 at the door) featuring The Ringers/ Music For Animals/ DJ Omar (Popscene)/ DJ Ted (BAGeL Radio)

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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:

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

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


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.

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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.

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The Treasure Island Music Festival is less than a week away now -- Saturday 9/20 and Sunday 9/21 -- and we've got one more pair of tickets to give away.

The TIMF 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 hearany of those bands on the station through Friday, send an e-mail with your full name and the name of the band that is playing to feedback-at-bagelradio.com and your name will be entered into the drawing. The winner's name will be drawn from a hat (literally) at 2pm Pacific Time on Friday, 9/19, during the "480 Minutes" program, so tune in!

TIMF is a 2-day music festival in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, and we're giving away a pair of tickets for the entire festival. Each pair is a $230 value, so tune in and listen up for the bands listed above for your chance to win Treasure Island Music Festival tickets.

Labels: 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) @ The Knockout 10/29

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

more upcoming shows

News: Sarah Palin, John McCain's choice to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, has international relations experience because (get this) she's from Alaska, which is the closest state to Russia. This according to FOX News. If her expertise on Russia is so great, why didn't she warn us about the recent invasion of Georgia? I wonder if one of Palin's aids presented her with a "Putin Determined To Strike Georgia" memo and she decided it was not as worthy of her attention as trying to get books banned. I mean, I know that whole Russia thing is The Secretary of State's job and supposed area of expertise, but Condoleeza Rice houses her shoe collection all the way over there in D.C., right? How could she have known?

During their RNC speeches Mike Huckabee and John McCain talked about change so much you'd think it had been other party in the White House destroying the country these last eight long years. Pious Mike finished up by relating the story of a high school teacher explaining to her class that their classroom desks were paid for by the sacrifices of war veterans. Gee, Mike, I hate to nitpick, but I'm pretty sure that those desks and books and school buildings and teacher salaries and roads and bridges are all paid for by those things that you demonize: taxes. The AP also did some fact-checking of the claims made in some RNC speeches and found that they "stretched the truth" and Minister Huckabee actually let loose with a "whopper" (which Merriam Webster defines as "an extravagant or monstrous lie"). I know, shocking, Right?

Read more at StateOfTheDay.com.

Labels: "480 Minutes", bay area ticket giveaway

I am looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow (8/30) at the BAGeL Radio rockshowdancepartyhybrid event featuring Scissors For Lefty, Head Like A Kite, and DJ Ted from BAGeL Radio DJing at The Rickshaw Stop. Tune into "480 Minutes" today from 9a.m to 5p.m. Pacific Time to win tickets, or buy them from the Rickshaw website.

And if that's not enough dancing for you, next Wednesday (9/2) is The Rumble, and this one will feature an intimate mini-set by one of BAGeL Radio's favorite local bands, Magic Bullets, and a guest DJ set by the awesome Omar of Popscene.

Today's show will feature an afternoon visit from Birdmonster who may or may not play an in-studio acoustic mini-set, that has (still!) yet to be confirmed, but they are always fun to have on the show to chat with and help pick songs. I expect they will be on the air beginning around 12:30 pm Pacific Time.

New music today will include songs by The Verve (Manchester, England), TV On The Radio (New York, NY), Bound Stems (Chicago, IL), The Pack A.D. (British Columbia, Canada), The Rumble Strips (London, England), Javelins (Detroit, MI), The Upsidedown (Portland, OR), Tricky (Bristol, England), Bears (Cleveland, OH), Chad VanGaalen (Calgary, Canada), The Broken West (Lost Angeles, CA), and The Mommyheads (New York, 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:

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)

BAGeL Radio Presents...
Darker My Love/ The Lumerians @ The Independent 8/5/08

Darker My Love


Rob Barbato of Darker My Love


The Lumerians

My Outside Lands photos, including Beck, The Coup, Radiohead, Liars, and Lupe Fiasco will be online next week. I hope.

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

BAGeL Radio Presents...

Scissors For Lefty/ Head Like A Kite/ DJ BAGeL Ted @ The Rickshaw Stop 8/30 - this one's 2 parts rock show 1 part dance party and it's all ages -- buy tickets now!

*Oxford Collapse/ Love As Laughter/ Willow Willow @ The Rickshaw Stop 9/2

Matt And Kim @ Bottom of the Hill 9/2

**The (September) Rumble @ Harlot 9/3

Nine Inch Nails/ Deerhunter @ Oracle Arena 9/5

Walter Meego/ School of Seven Bells/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 9/8

The Lower Class Revolt presents...

All Smiles/ The Aimless Never Miss/ Harbours @ Cafe du Nord 9/10

*Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery 9/13

*Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff) @ Cafe du Nord 9/16

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20

*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21

Spoon @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24

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: Former President Bill Clinton nailed it in his Democratic Convention speech: in 1992 the Republicans branded brash Bill too young and inexperienced for the job, and what followed his election were 8 years of peace and prosperity. Now the Republicans are saying that Barack Obama is too young and inexperienced for the job. I hope they are as accurate this time as they were 16 years ago. Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden's speech was pretty good, too, as were those of Al Gore and even John Kerry. The line of the week, however, went to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer who quipped, "We simply can't drill our way to energy independence. If you drilled everywhere, if you drilled in all of John McCain's backyards, even the ones he doesn't know he has."

Labels: "480 Minutes", acoustic mini-set, bay area ticket giveaway, birdmonster

Next Saturday (8/30) is The BAGeL Radio rockshowdancepartyhybrid featuring Scissors For Lefty, Head Like A Kite, and DJ Ted from BAGeL Radio DJing. Are you ready? I'm not. I've got The Outside Lands Festival this weekend, then I can start to prepare for the booty shaking madness happening Saturday August 30th at The Rickshaw Stop. Tune into "480 Minutes" on Fridays from 9a.m to 5p.m. Pacific Time to win tickets, or buy them from the venue website.

New music today will include songs by Okkervil River (Austin, TX), Woven (Los Angeles, CA), Ezra Furman & The Harpoons (Chicago, IL), Beck (Los Angeles, CA), The Born Again Floozies (Indiannapolis, IN), Lykke Li (Stockholm, Sweden), ModoFac (Glencoe, IL), Pop Levi (Los Angeles, CA), The Stills (Montreal, Canada), Plushgun (Brooklyn, NY), Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY), and Amanda Palmer (Boston, MA). Oh, yeah, and a new Oasis (Manchester, England) song, too.

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 7 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

Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming shows of interest):

Outside Lands Festival @ Golden Gate Park 8/22, 23, 24

The Union Trade/ Elephone/ One Becomes One Hundred @ Bottom of the Hill 8/27

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

BAGeL Radio Presents...

Scissors For Lefty/ Head Like A Kite/ DJ BAGeL Ted @ The Rickshaw Stop 8/30 - this one's 2 parts rock show 1 part dance party and it's all ages -- buy tickets now!

*Oxford Collapse/ Love As Laughter/ Willow Willow @ The Rickshaw Stop 9/2

Matt And Kim @ Bottom of the Hill 9/2

**The (September) Rumble @ Harlot 9/3

Nine Inch Nails/ Deerhunter @ Oracle Arena 9/5

Walter Meego/ School of Seven Bells/ TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 9/8

The Lower Class Revolt presents...

All Smiles/ The Aimless Never Miss/ Harbours @ Cafe du Nord 9/10

*Squeeze @ The Mountain Winery 9/13

*Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff) @ Cafe du Nord 9/16

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Warfield 9/20

*The Wedding Present/ Earlimart @ The Great American Music Hall 9/21

Spoon @ The Fillmore 9/22, 23, & 24

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:

hat tip to The Punk Guy

Labels: "480 Minutes", bay area ticket giveaway