Aren't you glad the Grammys are over? Me too! Nothing like parading a bunch of old fogies who haven't been a creative force in music for decades out in front of the kids to show off the irrelevance of your "industry."

For those of you in the Bay Area, if you are interested in blogging, podcasting, and/or internet radio, have I got the class for you. It's called Blogs, Podcasts, and Internet Radio, and I teach it. It meets Saturdays at the downtown SFSU campus , and you can sign up right now for the Spring semester, which begins on 3/1.

Also of interest to locals, the next BAGeL Radio Presents... event is just a week away. We'll be hosting the CD release party for the excellent new Love Is Chemicals album at Bottom of the Hill on Friday February 22nd. Come out early for The Fall meets angry Devo vibe of The Dont's and the always excellent HIJK.

Today's "480 Minutes" show will feature new music from 17 artists including Beach House (Baltimore, MD), The Billionaires (Los Angeles, CA), Born Ruffians (Toronto, Canada), Cult of Sue Todd (San Francisco, CA), Darla Farmer (Nashville, TN), Dawn Landes (New York, NY), Dirt Dress (Los Angeles, CA), The Duke Spirit (Cheltenham, UK), Empty Rooms (San Francisco, CA), Handsome Furs, (Montreal, Canada), Heat From A Dead Star (London, England), Jeffrey Lewis (New York, NY), The Mae Shi (Los Angeles, CA), Solid Gold (Minneapolis, MN), Speaker Speaker (Seattle, WA), These United States (Washington, DC), and Axel Wolph (Vienna, Austria).

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

You should reach out and e-touch me during the show via:

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

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

Recent photos:
Super Furry Animals
@ Great American Music Hall 2/10/08

Gryff Rhys of Super Furry Animals

Raised By Robots/ The Aimless Never Miss
@ Cafe du Nord 2/12/08

Raised By Robots

Upcoming Bay Area Gigs of Interest:

BAGeL Radio Presents... a Love Is Chemicals CD Release Party buy tickets here!

** # Love Is Chemicals/ HIJK/ The Dont's @ Bottom of the Hill 2/22

Built To Spill @ The Fillmore 2/24 & 25
Lightspeed Champion @ Popscene 2/28
Blitzen Trapper/ Fleet Foxes @ Bottom of the Hill 2/28
Magnetic Fields @ The Herbst Theatre 2/28 & 2/29
Cursive @ Great American Music Hall 2/29
Rykarda Parasol and the Tower Ravens @ Red Devil Lounge 2/29
The Mountain Goats/ Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters @ Bimbo's 2/29
Holy Fuck/ A Place To Bury Strangers @ Bottom of the Hill 2/29

Mountain Goats/ David Dondero @ The Independent 3/1
Mountain Goats @ Bottom of the Hill 3/2
Tilly & The Wall/ Capgun Coup @ The Rickshaw Stop 3/2

#** Indie Rock Dance Night "The Rumble" @ Harlot 3/5 /08 featuring guest DJs The Raveonettes!

* Minmae/ Cult Of Sue Todd/ Warren Teagarden @ Hotel Utah 3/6

Travis Morrison/ Facing New York/ Social Studies @ Rickshaw Stop 3/20

* Evangelicals/ Headlights @ The Hemlock Tavern 3/21

Loquat/ The Prids/ Black Kites @ Cafe du Nord 3/21
Explosions In The Sky @ Great American Music Hall 3/21 & 22
Bob Mould @ Great American Music Hall 3/26

Bell X1 @ Cafe du Nord 3/26
Ministry @ The Fillmore 4/1 & 4/2
Cribs @ Popscene 4/3

* Les Sans Culottes/ The Cuban Cowboys/ The Gun & Doll Show @ Cafe du Nord 4/8
Enon @ Bottom of the Hill 4/13

BAGeL Radio Presents... buy tickets here!

#** Handsome Furs/ Dragons of Zynth/ tba @ Bottom of the Hil 4/15

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

# = win tickets during "480 Minutes"

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