Happy Friday, folks.

I will be in transit today, so today's episode of "480 Minutes" will be a re-broadcast of a previously recorded show for the first time this whole year. The one we're going with happens to be a fan favorite, the 2007 Best Music of The Year episode, so please tune in and compare your 2007 year-end lists with mine.

No IMs or webcam today, but feel free to send in any comments or questions via e-mail and I will get back to you.

Tune in next Friday for multiple chances to win tickets for The Download Festival at the Shoreline Ampitheatre. The event is on July 19th featuring bands including Atmosphere & Brother Ali, Brand New, Mute Math, Yeasayer, Sia, M83, Mates of State, The Whigs, William Fitzsimmons, Cut Copy, Datarock, Flosstradamus, RJD2, Duke Spirit, Tapes n Tapes, Blitzen Trapper, Louis XIV, Airborne Toxic Event, and De Novo Dahl, amongst others, for just $20. . Tune in to win tickets this week and for the next several weeks. Buy tickets here.

Have a lovely weekend!

Labels: "480 Minutes", bay area ticket giveaway, rerun

Happy Friday, folks.

I will be in transit today, so today's episode of "480 Minutes" will be a re-broadcast of a previously recorded show. It happens to be a really good one, featuring Seattle band Smile Brigade stopping by the studio for a chat and an acoustic mini-set, so do tune in.

Don't forget that next Friday is that special, once-a-year show that features the unveiling of the BAGeL Radio top albums of the year, top songs of the year, and top Bay Area albums of the year. You'll want to tune in with pen & paper at hand so you can jot down those ever-so-perfect gift items for your music-loving loved ones.

No IMs today, but feel free to send in any comments or questions via e-mail and I will do my best to get back to you.

Oh, and thanks to everyone who came out to Bottom of the Hill last night for Ex-Boyfriends, Audio Out Send, and 20 Minute Loop -- how fun was that?!

Finally, some breaking news: BAGeL Radio will be broadcasting from the MacWorld Expo in January thanks to the good folks at San Francisco State University,where I teach a class in Blogs, Podcasts, and Internet Radio (next class starts 3/1/08). More details on the MacWorld broadcast(s) to follow.

Labels: "480 Minutes", rerun

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

In solidarity with our striking brethren, the Hollywood writers,, this week "480 Minutes" will be a 'Rerun' of a previously recorded show. The film and television industries are going through massive changes due to new technologies including digital distribution over the internet. The big studios are barely sharing these new revenue streams with the folks who create the basis of what they sell, the writers, hence the writer's strike that began last week.

Stand with the writers, help them get the pennies per download the studios are denying them. Thanks.

OK, while we really do agree with the writers and hope that you help them in their just fight, that's not really why today's show is a rerun. The real reason is that it's the day after Thanksgiving, and historically "Black Friday" is a very slow day for listenership. Over 75% of BAGeL Radio listeners are right here in the U.S., and about 80% of those U.S. listeners tune in from work. Since almost none of those folks are at work today, it makes sense for "480 Minutes" to take this Friday off. Perhaps that will change if someday I get a barrage of angry mail from overseas, or from the unfortunate souls forced to work in offices on Black Friday, but until then...reruns.

Hopefully this particular rerun will whet your whistle for the 12/21/07 edition of "480 Minutes" which will feature the BAGeL Radio picks for the top songs, albums, local songs, local albums, and whathaveyou for 2007. (That's a hint about today's show).

Please tune in from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, but no IMs or e-mails today...well, at least not ones that require answers before next Friday. Thanks, and have a lovely weekend.

Recent Gig Photos

Upcoming Bay Area Gigs of Interest:

Band of Horses/ Tyler Ramsey @ The Fillmore 11/23

Catholic Comb/ Maxeen @ Bottom of the Hill 11/25

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 12/1Soulsavers 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
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

Queens of the Stone Age/ Jaguar Love @ The Warfield 12/20

Blackalicious @ The Fillmore 12/22

Division Day @ 330 Ritch 12/27

X @Slim's 12/28 & 12/29

Psychedelic Furs @ Mezzanine 12/29

#**Indie Rock Dance Night "The Rumble" @ Harlot 1/2/08 featuring resident DJ Ted from BAGeL Radio

Howard Jones @ Great American Music Hall 1/24/08

Au Revoir Simone @ The Independent 1/26

Black Lips @ Great American Music Hall 2/8/07

Siouxsie Sioux @ The Fillmore 2/12 & 2/13

Magnetic Fields @ The Herbst Theatre 2/28 & 2/29

Ministry @ The Fillmore 4/1 & 4/2

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

# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

Labels: "480 Minutes", rerun

This week "480 Minutes" is a 'Rerun' of a previously recorded show. Next week may be a re-broadcast as well, although my WIGM suggested that we co-host a remote broadcast from our honeymoon destination, so there may be a live edition after all. (This is not why I am marrying her, but a fine example of her greatness). It will depend on whether we can get a wired ethernet connection. If we cannot, 10/26 will be another rebroadcast of a previously recorded edition of "480 Minutes."

Please tune in from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, but no IMs or e-mails today...well, at least not ones that require answers before November. Thanks, and have a lovely weekend.

Recent Gig Photos

Upcoming Bay Area Gigs of Interest:

* Go! Team @ Mezzanine 10/19

Silversun Pickups @ The Fillmore 10/19

Big Star/ Oranger @ The Fillmore 10/20

Interpol @ Gill Graham Civic Auditorium 10/20

Blonde Redhead @ The Warfield 10/24

Pinback/ Frightened Rabbit @ Bimbo's 10/25 & 26

Jesus and Mary Chain/ Evan Dando/ Soulsavers (Mark Lanegan) @ The Fillmore 10/26

Caribou/ Born Ruffians @ Slim's 10/27

Enon/ Deadly Finns @ Bottom of the Hill 11/1

The Gossip/ The Long Blondes/ Panther @ Bimbo's 11/5

The Hold Steady/ Art Brut/ Blood Arm @ The Warfield 11/6

BAGeL Radio Presents...

The Rumble: Indie Rock Dance Night @ Harlot 11/7 (RSVP here for free entry)

Redd Kross @ Slim's 11/9

Of Montreal/ Grand Buffet/ MGMT @ Great American Music Hall 11/12

The Walkmen @ The Independent 11/13

Magnet @ Cafe du Nord 11/13

BAGeL Radio Presents...

#**Warlocks/ Darker My Love/ The Otherside @ Bottom of the Hill 11/16 buy tickets

Travis/ Maximo Park @ The Warfield 11/20

BAGeL Radio Presents...

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

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

# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

Labels: "480 Minutes", rerun

This week "480 Minutes" is a 'Rerun' of a previously recorded show because I will be out of town. It's a good one, though, so tune in for new music from Gentleman Auction House, Billy Harvey, and Diamond Jim along with classics from Jane's Addiction, Renegade Soundwave, and Nine Inch Nails.

Please tune in to today's edition of "480 Minutes" which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time every Friday, but no IMs or e-mails today...well, at least not ones that require answers before next week. Thanks, and have a lovely weekend.

Recent Gig Photos:
Birdmonster/Eulogies @ Cafe du Nord 8/18/07

Peter, Justin, and David of Birdmonster

Upcoming Bay Area Gigs of Interest:

Psychic TV @ Independent 8/24

Beastie Boys @ The Warfield 8/24

Beastie Boys @ The Greek Theatre 8/25

Mickey Avalon @ Slim's 8/28

Gogol Bordello @ The Fillmore 8/29

Crowded House @ Mountain Winery 8/29

BAGeL Radio and The Bay Bridged Present...

**Music For Animals/ Magic Bullets/ Dreamdate/ Transfer @ Great American Music Hall 9/1/07

Brian Jonestown Massacre/ Dimmer @ The Independent 9/3

*Okkervil River/ Damien Jurado @ The Independent 9/5

*Devendra Banhart @ Palace of Fine Arts 9/7

*Dinosaur Jr./ Band of Horses @ Mezzanine 9/9

Wolf Parade/ Holy Fuck @ Great American Music Hall 9/12

Editors @ The Fillmore 9/20

The White Stripes/ Cold War Kids @ The Greek Theatre 9/21

Low @ Great American Music Hall 9/25 & 26

Bye Bye Blackbirds/ Statuesque @ Starry Plough 9/29

They Might Be Giants @ The Fillmore 9/30

**Division Day (release party) @ Bottom of the Hill 10/4

Interpol @ Gill Graham Civic Auditorium 10/20

Of Montreal/ Grand Buffet/ MGMT @ Great American Music Hall 11/12

more upcoming shows

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

Labels: "480 Minutes", rerun

I was called out of town unexpectedly, so today's show will be a rebroadcast of an episode of "480 Minutes" from April, 2007. If I remember correctly it was a pretty good one, so please tune in. The program runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time, but no requests this week as I will not be available to chat. Please feel free to send any and all comments, corrections, criticisms, or whathaveyou to feedback @ bagelradio.com. I will reply to those as soon as I can.

Recent Gig Photos:

I have some great ones of Magic Bullets, The Morning Benders, and Rescue Me from this week's BAGeL Radio Presents... event at Cafe du Nord (thanks to everyone who came out, that was a great one!), I will post those when I am back in the office next week.

Upcoming Bay Area Gigs of Interest:

The Arcade Fire @ The Greek Theatre (Berkeley) 6/1 & 2*
Matt & Kim/ The Mall / TBA @ Bottom of the Hill 6/2
The Raveonettes/ Electric Duo/ Midnight Movies @ Cafe du Nord 6/2
The Cliks @ Cafe du Nord 6/4
Young Galaxy/ Bellavista / From Bubble Gum To Sky @ Bottom of the Hill 6/6
*Gliss/ The Otherside / Tremble Low @ Bottom of the Hill 6/7
Mice Parade/ Tom Brosseau/ Kim Kira @ Bottom of the Hill 6/8
Menomena @ Independent 6/8
Mystery Jets/ White Rabbit @ Cafe du Nord 6/11
*Hot Chip/ The Boggs @ The Fillmore 6/12
*Noisettes/ The Maccabees @ Popscene 6/14
Dan Deacon/ Video Hippos @ Bottom of the Hill 6/19
Low @ Great American 6/19 & 6/20
Shearwater/ Jamie Stewart / Minus Story @ Bottom of the Hill 6/20
*Tarwater @ Bottom of the Hill 6/22
*The National @ Bimbo's 6/27
*The Veils @ Cafe du Nord 6/28

BAGeL Radio Presents...
Bears (from Cleveland)/ TBA/ TBA @ TBA 7/6/07

more upcoming shows

Labels: "480 Minutes", rerun

Apologies for the lack of BAGeL Radio live broadcasts in recent weeks -- I have been traveling and unable to get the stars to align in such a way that allowed for a remote broadcast. I am sad to say there will be none again this week as I am in New York for CMJ. Normally I love to do remote broadcasts, but this week I am busy with CMJ activities, so no live shows. Next week, however, there will be live shows on Thursday 11/9 (featuring a live acoustic set with The Heavenly States), and the return of "480 Minutes" on Friday 11/10.

You can find some of my CMJ photos here.

Labels: "480 Minutes", rerun