Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 12/02/10-12/08/10

At Mezzanine, 12/02/10

Another wildly eclectic week of amazing live music here in the Bay Area! Check out the awesomeness!

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Show Review: Gil Mantera’s Party Dream with Triple Cobra and Go Going Gone Girls at Bottom of the Hill, 5/15/10

It's not just a dream. It's a party.

So-called novelty bands tend to have a short shelf life. The progression tends to go something like this: you see the band open for someone else and you immediately tell your friends, then you see them again with your friends and have a great time, and then you keep going but your friends are over them. Meanwhile you’re telling the friends who have stopped going that the band is special; it’s not just a shtick. Sometimes you’re wrong, but sometimes you’re right. So am I right about Gil Mantera’s Party Dream? Continue reading “Show Review: Gil Mantera’s Party Dream with Triple Cobra and Go Going Gone Girls at Bottom of the Hill, 5/15/10”

Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/13/10-5/19/10

Hello loyal readers… Lotsa good stuff this week… Not a lot of creative thinking on my part, though… So just enjoy the list!

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide To Bay Area Concerts: August 4th-10th

Reunited & playing the Shoreline on Wednesday!!!
Reunited and playing the Shoreline on Wednesday!!!

Here we go again… Make sure you take public transit or car pool!

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