Power to the Peaceful – Spinning Platters

Show Review: Michael Franti & Spearhead, Alanis Morissette (Power To The Peaceful 2009), Speedway Meadow at Golden Gate Park, 9/12/2009

Michael Franti has been putting on the Power To The Peaceful festival every year since 1999, and it has always been the middle weekend in September. It’s a fun event that combines social activism and music, and is headlined by Franti every year. It’s also free. And seems to get bigger every year. This year gave us The Honey Brothers, Sly & Robbie, Alanis Morissette, and, of course, Franti and his band Spearhead.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide To Bay Area Concerts: September 8th-14th

Opening for Flogging Molly at The Fox on Friday Night!

Now that Labor Day has come & gone, and the bridge is fully functioning again, here’s another guide to a week’s worth of rock & roll that you might enjoy:

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Spinning Platters Podcast: Episode 4 – Outside Lands Festival

Episode 4 of the Spinning Platters podcast is now available below, and in iTunes. Dakin, Gordon and D.P. are joined on this episode by Carlos Rodela of Mevio. You can see him weekly on Rad on the Web and Press Pause, or hear him below. This week’s topics are:

What we’ve been listening to
Outside Lands Festival Cage Match — We put bands playing at the same time up against each other to decide who you should be seeing
Rad on the Web, and what other joy you’ll find on the Mevio Tech channel

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