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| From | "Cathy Gale" <cat_pop@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: IPO--SF |
| Date | Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:41:52 -0700 |
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> From: "Stephen Thorn" <youngthorn@earthlink.net>
>
> As IPO makes its way up the West Coast, kudos to David Bash and staff for
> another great year in LA.
>
> Is there anyone willing to post thoughts on IPO--SF? Thank you.
Well I decided to get out of LA for a couple days and venture on up to SF.
The weather was nice and cool...felt good to be away from the summer heat.
I attended the 2 shows on Weds and Thurs. Hey Damian....it was nice meeting
you
Both shows were held at The Red Devil Lounge which was a quick walk from my
hotel. Weds. night was well attended with many folks showing up to see Sal
Valentino and Freddie Steady. Cyril Jordan was even in attendance. This a
was good pop night for me, since 3 of my favorite artist were on the bill,
Chris Von Sneidern, Phamous Phaces and Jeremy. Chris Von Sneidern did his
set with a full band. Nothng like getting to see CVS twice within 2 weeks
:-). Phamous Phaces put a on really good set as well. They have a new cd
out and it's full of catchy tunes. Jeremy put on a total rocking set,
including stage dives. Lots of fun.
Sorry to have missed Chris Brown's set. His set at IPO LA was quite good.
And as I have mentioned earlier, his tune "All My Rivals" on the IPO disc
is my favorite.
On Thursday night the standout bands for me were The Smallgoods from from
Melbourne and Danny Scherr. Danny's album is due out later this year. Morty
Shallman did nice solo set. I liked one of his new tunes. I think it was
called "Dead Rock Star" His for this inspiration came from Material
Issue. So he dedicated the song to IPO. Jill Olson and JR and the Randogs
put on fun set but that had definte country influences.
What's a trip to SF without hitting Amoeba? My big
find.......International Pop Overthrow nah, not the festival cd but
Material Issue for $1.99!
I tried to do that 49 mile scenic driving tour of the city but about 15
miles into it, I lost track of the signs and kind of gave up. I did
discover a full sized windmill in Golden Gate Park. It was impressive.
If you travel on interstate 5 (between LA and SF) in the lovely town of
Shafter, stop at Mike's Roadhouse Cafe. This place is like a museum to
pedal cars. They had any and every kind of pedal car you could think of,
police cars, ambulances, model-t's, tractors, mustangs, the list goes on.
Plus at each table, they had funny books for the patrons to read. The book
at my table was something about how to tell if you are an old geezer.
Back to music..................
Cathy
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