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Image Of The Day-“List-Show”

Posted on April 4, 2009

This CD is easily my favorite disc that came out this year. I am betting that it will stay that way till December. I had SOOOO much fun at this show…

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…We Came In!

Posted on April 3, 2009

I started this blog 365 days ago. This is post #300. Thank you Pittsburgh…

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Image Of The Day-“Beneath The Sky”

Posted on April 2, 2009

This band brought the country to MOIP’s CD Release show. I love discovering new talent in the city. Nice harmonies going on…

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Image Of The Day-“Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer”

Posted on March 31, 2009

I have to confess, I was way excited to see openers The Broken West play. Headliner A.C. Newman? Not so much. His new music wasn’t grabbing as much as The New Pornos ‘Challengers’ did a couple years ago and I was WAY more into getting to the Brillobox for MOIP’s CD release show (which was unbelievably awesome…more soon). I did catch a good half hour of Newman’s set before I bailed and I can say I didn’t miss THAT much. More Tomorrow…

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Image Of The Day-“Detox & The Devil”

Posted on March 28, 2009

Larryville These three guys opened for Hallelujah The Hills and unfortunately were totally forgettable. One of them seemed extremely amateurish and I kinda felt I could have played a better set…

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Image Of The Day-“Song For The Weary”

Posted on March 27, 2009

I was way geeked to see The Swimmers on this night. I never heard of openers Spanish Prisoners and through a little investigating found out that they backed up…

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Image Of The Day-“Union Hall”

Posted on March 26, 2009

Foreign Born Monday February 25. 2008 The Andy Warhol MuseumNorthside Totally decent band who opened for St. Vincent.

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Image Of The Day-“Strange Bird”

Posted on March 24, 2009

This was a strange show as I have already commented on in one of my year end posts. I saw Bobby play Pittsburgh three times and on each occasion he seems more pissed about being booked here. I guess I will never see him perform again but if I do I wish he would treat the fans that actually came to see him a little better than pieces of crap as he usually does…

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Image Of The Day-“She Ain’t Me”

Posted on March 22, 2009

I like bluegrass music, although for me, any specific genre of music (Reggae, Classical) is more enjoyable in small doses. While her background is fiddlin’ with the good ole boys, I got the feeling tonight that she is attempting to break out of that mold and go somewhat mainstream. I believe she will be able to with the talent she has. Highly enjoyable set. More tomorrow.

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Image Of The Day-“Oh No”

Posted on March 21, 2009

This band took me totally by surprise. I am usually hip to who’s playing when I go to a show. WYEP was offering free tickets to members for Carrie Rodriguez and as hard as I tried, I couldn’t find out who was opening. In fact, I didn’t even realize there was an opener. ..

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Image Of The Day-“I Think I Like You”

Posted on March 17, 2009

It’s cool to be able to see bands play different venues. Each time I have seen Donora it’s been in a different place. Same band, same songs, totally different vibe. This was one fun night. Crowded beyond belief but still fun…

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Image Of The Day-“Your Control”

Posted on March 15, 2009

Since I won’t be attending any shows for a few weeks, I will be going through my archives to bring you pics that for some reason or another never were shown. Here’s Crooked Fingers who opened for Okkervil River at Smalls in October…

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Posted on March 14, 2009

There is a reason Local Honey has been my #1 Top friend on myspace since I joined, they have been my favorite band in town for awhile now. Playing the ‘quiet room’ on a Sunday afternoon was a great place to see them. Lovely set in front of an ALL ages crowd. They definitely should […]

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