tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242207792012-01-20T13:52:06.142-08:00This is an attempt to evaluate and document the jukeboxes of San Francisco's bar world, and the shows that occur at our venues. Consider it a study in San Francisco music appreciation.aGreatNotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902859181463184522noreply@blogger.comBlogger651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-19905718280806530222011-04-24T03:08:00.000-07:002011-04-24T03:24:18.935-07:00

Jonathan Koshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894371587045527327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-60683122825790014182011-03-09T14:49:00.001-08:002011-03-09T14:50:22.002-08:00

So yeaaaah... it's been a while. But we're headed to SXSW Interactive and plan to stick around for enough of Music that we hope to catch some free daytime shows. Any suggestions?

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Pub Quiz Night 5: Mad Dog in the FogQuiz Master: PeterResult: SECOND out of ~10Team Name: Dolf Lungrin's Kill Count [we know it's spelled wrong]Team: Kenji, Minal, Angela, Alison, Joel, Seth, Jason, Martin, Koshi, Jess, very brief appearance by AricThis was it: the last night of my ridiculous week-long mission and our last chance to win some free beer. If we didn't win anything, my week would

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Dolf Lungrin's Kill Count (yes, we know)UR MOM & I AR FACEBOOK FRIENDS W/BENEFITSAt Least the Beer is ColdDelta's Burkas (for the Six Degrees of Dixie Carter)FU OUTSIDE LANDS (winner: Best Team Name)

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Pub Quiz Night 4: Napper TandyQuiz Master: Irish girl who says "tree" instead of "three" reading Brainstormer questionsResult: 4th out of ~10+Team Name: UR Mom & I are Facebook Friends with BenefitsTeam: Meg, Marc, Kenji, Kayan, Angela, Alex, Koshi, JessI really thought that Wednesday was going to be the night. We started out incredibly strong, and spent the first 5 rounds in the top 3. I don't

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Pub Quiz Night 3: Edinburgh CastleQuiz Master: CarlResult: no free beer, does anything else matter?Team Name: At Least the Beer's ColdTeam: Kenji, Dave, Corey, Jason, Martin, Angela, Meghan, Dana, Jess, guest appearance by KoshiTrivia at Edinburgh starts at 8:30. I thought it would be nice to grab some dinner and get there around 8, until Dana told me she'd been there once and it was full by 7:15

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Pub Quiz Night 2: LookOutQuiz Master: Pollo Del MaResult: 4th out of 6Team Name: Delta's BurkasTeam: Peter, Corey, Laura, Kimra, Pete, Angela, Koshi, JessYou know that bar on 16th and Market where, on a warmish night, it looks like Falling Water but with dudes in black clothing spilling over the balconies instead of water? As it turns out, they have pub quiz every Monday. This is where we spent

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Pub Quiz Night 1: 540 ClubQuiz Master: ScottTeam Name: FUUUUUU Outside LandsTeam: Cas, Jason, Martin, Sean-Michael, Koshi, JessThe TeamWe meant to arrive at 9 but got there at 8:30, delayed by drinks at Elixir (don't ask). Trivia usually starts at 9 but apparently the owner asked the quiz master to start early because of Outside Lands, which makes little sense for a Richmond bar. But Scott was a

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With the school year a week away, I decided to end the summer with a very nerdy bang. So, for the next week, SF Jukebox is SF Pub Quiz. We are doing a trivia night every weekday this week, beginning with last night's quiz at 540 Club in the Richmond. The schedule looks like this:Sun - 540 Club (Richmond) [Recap]Mon - LookOut (Castro) [Recap]Tues - Edinburgh Castle (Tenderloin) [Recap]Wed - Napper

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We're going to see Pavement tonight at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. Apparently the Stockton show was awesome, so let's hope they don't phone it in tonight.

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Er yeah we haven't been going to many shows lately. The last one was Thao for the 3rd time, I guess. BUT this Friday night is the Great American's annual Sleepless Nights tribute to Gram Parsons, and a local country band I absolutely love, The Real Sippin' Whiskeys, will be playing. I think I first saw them play at El Rio for Shit-Kickin' Memorial Day and I swore I had pictures but can't seem to

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Johnny White's733 St. Peter St., New Orleans [Map]Total Spent: $? (It's difficult to say after my 10th beer.)Post by KoshiIn most bars on Bourbon Street you'll readily find a fine selection of cheap shitty beer, rancid well booze, drunk frat boys, and the ever-present smell of puke. You'll also find the latest and greatest digital jukebox bringing you, on demand, every cliché song about Bourbon

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San Francisco chef Ryan Farr, of 4505 Meats, is the master of the pig roast. We had the honor of chowing down on our second Farr pig this past weekend at the wedding of two friends. Ryan's iPod dock is worth sharing (photo courtesy of the bride, Jenny Oh):

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Thao with the Get Down Stay Down have a new album coming out next week and I did a quick Q&A interview with her for 7x7. Check it out: TI Exclusive: We Get Down with Thao. This is me awkwardly saying hello to me after a show at the Independent.Buy the album. It's good.

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3 August 2009Sonic YouthThe Independent628 Divisadero St (btwn Hayes & Grove) [MapThanks to Koshi, we were able to snag 4 of the 500 tickets that sold out within 2 minutes of going on sale. Writing a coherent review of this show can be done using two words: fucking awesome. San Francisco's Sic Alps opened and, while they weren't horrible, they also weren't that interesting. All three band

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SF indie pop darling John Vanderslice's latest album, Romanian Names, is out today and he and the band will throw their album release party tonight at Rickshaw Stop with the Morning Benders at 7:30 ($16). NPR is streaming the album here and I found this clip of him playing the title track in the studio for KEXP's Bay Area Broadcast. Here's my post about it over at 7x7's Clamour blog, where I've

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I'm completely obsessed with Daptones Records, an indie soul label cranking out amazing new music from modern-day soul acts, most notably Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. I was looking for some pics of the outside their studio, an old brick house in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and came across a video tour of the studio posted on Wire to the Ear.No, it's not in San Francisco, but it is awesome.

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25 February 2009Stephen MalkmusGreat American Music Hall859 O'Farrell Street (btwn Polk & Larkin) [Map]I went into this show with low expectations, not because I thought it wouldn't be good, but because I'm a huge Pavement fan and Malkmus has long moved on to his Jicks material. Going to a Malkmus show hoping to hear a set riddled with Pavement's greatest hits is a great way to set yourself up

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11 February 2009Gutter Twins w/Dave RosserThe Independent628 Divisadero St (btwn Hayes & Grove) [Map]Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers) and Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) have been playing together as the Gutter Twins since 2003, but they've collaborated on various projects since 2000. I didn't expect it to be sold out but I should have known better. Dulli has a following of very loyal

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When I'm not going to shows and drinking too much, I have an actual day job working at Institute for the Future. Part of my job is to track social media use, and since I'm obsessed with music, I try to leverage that in my work as much as possible. Today I came across this Google spreadsheet of artists using Twitter. As with many major artist MySpace pages or blogs, the "big" ones are more likely

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I recently interviewed Thao (of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down) for this year's Noise Pop Festival. It was one of the most fun conversations I've had with an interviewee. The piece is up on Thao's profile page on the Noise Pop site here. [Band's official site and their MySpace page.] This is the super edited version of the interview. We talked for a half an hour and got into a discussion of

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Koshi and I went to the Sketchfest tribute to The State yesterday at Herbst Theater, and while it wasn't "music" per se, it was on MTV long enough that I think I can justify posting about it here. And as the cast pointed out, the Spin Doctors came up at least once every episode. While many think The State is one of the stupidest shows on MTV in a time when MTV still showed music videos, I liked

aGreatNotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902859181463184522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-72062913465339992162008-12-03T01:10:00.000-08:002009-02-17T13:03:51.427-08:00

Best Expected Best Show of 20082 December 2008The Sea & CakeGreat American Music Hall859 O'Farrell Street (btwn Polk & Larkin) [Map]We've seen Sea and Cake play twice here in SF and we learned the first time around that they always mix their new songs with songs the long-time fans want to hear. As far as many people are concerned it all sounds the same, but most of them admit it all sounds good.

Jonathan Koshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894371587045527327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-71122431421030321382008-11-04T11:33:00.000-08:002008-11-04T11:36:32.850-08:00

In honor of this historic Election Day, I've made a digital mixtape. Play it from the embedded player or the regular page player here.

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27 September 2008Silver Jews @ (((folkYEAH!)))Fernwood Big SurHighway 1, Big Sur [Map]Drinks consumed: It was a weekend of camping. There's no such thing as counting.I wasn't sure what to expect from this festival. Surely we assumed there would be hippies, freak folk people, and city hipsters, but we weren't sure if it would be extremely crowded or just weird. Fortunately, it was one of the most

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Koshi and I have returned to the US after a really incredible time in South Africa. On one hand, we couldn't wait to come home. On the other, our time there was not long enough. I have a ton of music-related things to write about, but after 24 hours of planes and airports I'm not in a position to write about much of anything. For now, enjoy this kwaito video. Kwaito is a South African brand of

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Early tomorrow morning, Koshi and I will depart for what is guaranteed to be an adventure to a continent that neither of us have visited before: Africa. Granted, we'll be going to what is arguably the most civilized of nations on the continent, South Africa, but given the country's history and its present state, it's certainly no San Francisco (although Cape Town seems to have a lot in common

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We went to the US Air Guitar National Championship a few weeks ago and I'm horribly behind on my freelance stuff so I still haven't written the recap. But the National Champion, Hot Lixx Hulahan, was crowned in San Francisco that evening, and he kicked ass in Finland and came out on top as the Air Guitar World Champion. I'm not terribly patriotic, but USA! USA! USA!Way to go Hot Lixx!Real recap

aGreatNotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902859181463184522noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-24437562737810443882008-07-17T17:13:00.000-07:002008-07-23T10:27:01.424-07:00

Dry Creek General Store3495 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA [Map]Total Spent: $0, I just passed it on the way to the bathroomTucked among the wineries of Sonoma County, Dry Creek General Store is a popular rest stop for wine connoisseurs and cyclists alike. They have a deli with sandwiches and a little store of presumably handmade goods. It's overpriced and the sad amount of pastrami on my

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25 June 2008US Air Guitar: San Francisco Regional ChampionshipThe Independent628 Divisadero St (btwn Hayes & Grove) [Map]Drinks consumed: too busy taking notes in the dark to countReview at the OwlMag*** Now with videos!Thanks to the madmen behind US Air Guitar, a show consisting entirely of performers playing invisible guitars can sell out the Independent. For those unfamiliar with the magic and

aGreatNotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902859181463184522noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-46878018198867497692008-05-14T17:07:00.001-07:002008-09-04T09:21:45.351-07:00

I posted this on Institute for the Future's Future Now blog the other day and think it's worth a repost over here.Online playlists are huge right now, and some services are much better than others. As with most things that come in multiple forms on the web, I've messed around with many of them and have found a few favorites. (iMeem is not one of them.) Half of the fun is just browsing and

aGreatNotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902859181463184522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-86750333789353554352008-04-10T11:47:00.000-07:002008-04-17T10:18:02.552-07:00

8 April 2008Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFOBottom of the Hill1233 17th Street (@ Missouri) [Map]Drinks consumed: 3 beersThe smashing of a guitar is an iconic rock and roll action, but who has ever actually seen it done live?Thanks to Acid Mothers Temple, I have!AMT's merch tableAcid Mothers Temple is one of the loudest, most hardcore rock and roll bands I've ever seen. The four

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Martuni's4 Valencia St. (@ Market) [Map]Drinks consumed: 2 perfectly made Beefeater martinis (dirty, of course)I enjoy karaoke, but what I enjoy more than karaoke is a good piano bar—and not even in an ironic way. My brain contains the melodies and lyrics to tons of show tunes and jazz standards, a secret I have kept from most people for years. Karaoke doesn't really satisfy this inner cheese;

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I realize that February 2008 is almost over but we never did a best of 2007. Everyone does a best of 2007, but they usually do it in December. Better late than never. Here are our five favorite shows of 2007. The Sea and Cake at Bimbo'sWhy? We love this band.Sam Prekop personally handed Koshi his photopass.Sam Prekop pretended to be overcome by the awesomeness of his own guitar solo and rolled

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13 November 2007The WalkmenThe Independent628 Divisadero St (btwn Hayes & Grove) [Map]Drinks consumed: 3 or 4 beers.I haven't listened to the Walkmen's latest albums—A Hundred Miles Off and the remake of Harry Nilsson and John Lennon's Pussy Cats—so that probably excludes me from claiming that I am a "fan." However, I loved the first two full Walkmen albums and their various EPs, and am

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26 October 2007Two Gallants w/Blitzen TrapperThe Independent628 Divisadero St (btwn Hayes & Grove) [Map]Drinks consumed: lost count but thanks for that shot, Jason!Those who claim rock and roll is dead—or at least not "vibrant" these days—haven't seen Blitzen Trapper or Two Gallants play live to a drunk and rowdy crowd at the Independent. (They also aren't paying attention to music in general,

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25 September 2007LowGreat American Music Hall859 O'Farrell Street (btwn Polk & Larkin) [Map]Drinks Consumed: It was my birthday, I didn't count.Review at the Owl MagLow was originally scheduled to play San Francisco in July, on dates I couldn't make. Then they decided to go on tour with Wilco and postpone part of the tour until the fall. Coincidentally, they rescheduled the Great American Music

aGreatNotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902859181463184522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-71116601364194716062007-09-18T15:29:00.000-07:002007-09-18T15:55:40.562-07:00

6 Sept 2007Stereo TotalBimbo's 365 Club1025 Columbus Ave (btwn Francisco & Chestnut) [Map]Drinks Consumed: Believe it or not, zero. Zip. Nil. Nada. None. Review at the Owl MagThe Berlin-based duo Stereo Total, consisting of French singer/drummer Françoise Cactus and German guitarist/synth madman Brezel Göring, is what you would end up with if you crossed France Gall with Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori

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13 Sept 2007ForeignerMountain Winery14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga, CA [Map]Drinks consumed: Not sure, our guest reviewers didn't give a count.We didn't go to this one ourselves, but three of our friends went and they came back with a full report on the MILFtastic experience. Here's the review I got as an email from the one who calls himself Faceword:It was amazing.Mountain Winery is a smallish

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19 July 2007Sonic YouthBerkeley Community Theater1930 Allston Way, Berkeley [Map]Drinks consumed: NONE, the theater is dry, and you don't need to know how many Jameson shots I had between BART and the show.I only have one awful cameraphone picture from this show because I went without Koshi. But if you know Sonic Youth, and you know Daydream Nation, you will recognize the blurry image on the

aGreatNotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902859181463184522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220779.post-501766325914466202007-07-06T10:23:00.000-07:002007-09-18T15:51:15.651-07:00

13 June 2007The AudiophilesElbo Room647 Valencia Street (@ Sycamore) [Map]Review at the Owl MagFor music-loving teenagers, forming a band with friends is a rite of passage. Most of these bands never get much farther than friends' birthday parties or the high school auditorium stage, but every once in a while something unusually good emerges from the world of lockers, lunch money, and late

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18 May 2007The Sea and CakeBimbo's 365 Club1025 Columbus Ave (btwn Francisco & Chestnut) [Map]Drinks consumed: 2-3 cheap Bud Lights eachReview at The Owl MagChicago's Sea and Cake have been making sweet, jazz-influenced soft rock melodies since their self-titled debut album in 1994. The lineup has not changed, with Archer Prewitt and Sam Prekop in the front on guitars and vocals, Jim McEntire on

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28 June 2007US Air Guitar: Bay Area Regional ChampionshipThe Independent628 Divisadero St (btwn Hayes & Grove) [Map]Drinks consumed: not enough We all have things we do when nobody is looking, in the privacy of our bathrooms and living rooms and bedrooms. Sometimes, we catch ourselves doing them in public. Embarrassed, we stick our hands in our pockets or adjust our hair so as pretend we weren't

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Last night's US Air Guitar San Francisco Regional Championship did not bring the quality of contestants we saw last year but it was sure as hell entertaining. Beer was thrown, rock fists were raised high in the air, and bad contestants were deservingly ridiculed. Congratulations to Ricky Stinkfingers who will represent the Bay Area at the US Air Guitar Championships in New York City. He will

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11 May 2007Bustle In Your Hedgerow (The Led Zeppelin Experience)The Independent628 Divisadero St (btwn Hayes & Grove) [Map]Drinks consumed: many beersReview at The Owl MagThe music world has no shortage of Led Zeppelin cover bands. From the all-female Zepparella to cheesy, wig-wearing tributes like Led Zepplica and Whole Lotta Led, the music of Led Zeppelin remains alive in bars and venues around

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1 May 2007Explosions In The SkySlim's333 11th Street (btwn Folsom & Harrison) [Map]Drinks Consumed: 3 beers eachReview at The Owl MagI've looked forward to seeing Explosions In The Sky live for a long time. Unfortunately, I think I waited too long. First of all, the more I go to Slim's, the less I like it. Considering the unfavorable opinion I started with, I'm amazed at my capacity to dislike

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SF Weekly's "Best Of" issue is out. The honor of "Best Jukebox" goes to... Hemlock Tavern. From SF Weekly:Yeah, yeah, a great jukebox is eclectic, something for everyone, blah blah blah. But trying to choose the "best" jukebox in a city as full of great bars and amateur music critics like San Francisco is just inviting some hard-drinking know-it-all to say you're full of it. Fortunately,

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20 April 2007Tea Leaf GreenThe Fillmore1805 Geary Boulevard (@ Fillmore) [Map]Drinks Consumed: 3 or 4 Maker's on the rocks, 1 or 2 beersReview at The Owl MagAs most people under the age of 35 know by now, April 20th has been co-opted by marijuana lovers around the globe as "Four-twenty," a day to celebrate weed in its various forms. It's clearly no accident that jam band scene darlings Tea Leaf

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Dovre Club1498 Valencia St. (@ 26th St.) [Map]Total Spent: $2Dovre Club is subtly an Irish bar and certainly less terrifying than the Irish-by-name bar down the street, Clooney's. On a regular weeknight, picking music from the jukebox at Dovre Club can be a daunting task if you're the kind of person who doesn't want to alienate everyone else in the bar with your song selections. The bar is a

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(O')Greenberg's1600 Dolores Street (between 29th St & Day St) [Map]Total Spent: $5 Let's get this out of the way: the jukebox at (O')Greenberg's sucks. It is certainly not the worst in the city—that title is reserved for Trad'r Sam in the Richmond—but it's far from the best.The jukebox situation is unfortunate mainly because they have one of the best dart setups in the Mission/Noe area and I'm

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I know that this blog is called SF Jukebox but I've been doing these show reviews on the side for some time now and I like them. The wonderful editor of the Owl Mag allows his writers to retain rights to their work and repost it so that's what I'm going to do. (I swear I'm not kissing ass, he's great, and I did ask for permission before moving ahead with this.) This does NOT mean that I am going

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9 March 2007Do Make Say ThinkSlim's333 11th Street (btwn Folsom & Harrison) [Map]Drinks Consumed: 3+ beers each plus whiskey.Review at the Owl MagThe all-ages policy at Slim's strikes again, this time in the form of teenagers on ecstasy. We took our usual spot in front of the stage (stage left) and realized high school kids surrounded us. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of them pop a blue

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This blog is not dead, I promise. It has just fallen a bit low on my list of priorities. In the meantime, check out my live show reviews for The Owl Mag, an Oakland-based Bay Area music zine of sorts. I link to them here, along with the various other stuff I'm working on. The photos for the live reviews are by SF Jukebox's very own jkoshi, of course.Stay tuned, I swear I'm going to revive this

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19 December 2006Joanna NewsomGreat American Music Hall859 O'Farrell Street (btwn Polk & Larkin) [Map]Drinks Consumed: 1 beer and a shot; a bottle of water when I almost passed out on the floorReview at the Owl MagJoanna Newsom's sold out show at the Great American Music Hall on December 19 marks the first time I've been shushed at a show since I yelled, "Fuck yeah!" at a Kings of Convenience show

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Doc's Clock2575 Mission Street (@ 22nd) [Map]Total Spent: $2 for 9 songsDoc's Clock is known for its shuffleboard table, but don't be too distracted: the jukebox is great too. While the bar tends to get crowded on weekend nights, it is almost always empty early, making it easy to find a seat and monopolize the jukebox. According to something (I can't remember if it was a sign or a conversation

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23 September 2006Phoenix with La RoccaSlim's333 11th Street (btwn Folsom & Harrison) [Map]Drinks Consumed: Numerous beers, too numerous to count.Review at the Owl MagWatching Phoenix with La Rocca at Slim's marks the first time I felt like I was among the oldest people at a show, and I'm only 25. The place was packed with teenagers, which was puzzling considering Phoenix has been around since

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The Phone Booth1398 South Van Ness Ave (@ 25th St.) [Map]415-648-4683Sadie's Flying Elephant491 Potrero (@ Mariposa) [Map]415-551-7988Running a good neighborhood bar means more than stocking the Jack Daniels, cleaning the taps, and offering cheap cans of Tecate. It's also about making the bar a place the patrons can call "home." And what better way to create an environment than by filling the

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Wild Side West425 Cortland Avenue (at Wool St) [Map]Total Spent: $1 (but it could easily have been much more)Tucked away in homey Bernal Heights, the rule at Wild Side West is ladies first. The Salvation Army decorations inside are reminiscent of a kitschy saloon, complete with a sad hobo leaning on a little streetlamp next to the ancient cash register (which still works). The true greatness of

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Back in the day, jukeboxes were the talk of the town. Patrons lined up to play their favorite songs in packed bars and restaurants while record labels capitalized on the promotional possibilities. Eighty years and a few format shifts later, technology is rapidly changing the way people listen to music. Enter Ecast, a San Francisco-based company of die-hard music fans that has returned the jukebox

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500 Club500 Guerrero Street (Guerrero @ 17th) [Map]Total Spent: $8+This is always the place to go at 1:23 a.m. when you need one more glass of booze to quench the grinding loneliness, and you've slept with most of the bartenders so they have to serve you. A right fine place to stagger around in hoping that this time, you're gonna find 'The One' and not some alcoholic grease-ape who will leave you

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The Valley Tavern4054 24th St. (btwn Noe and Castro) [Map]Total spent: $0Noe Valley’s population contains a much larger working class faction than the yuppies flocking to 24th Street’s bourgeois eateries, bars, and boutiques would like to acknowledge. But neighborhood watering holes like the Valley Tavern (on 24th between Noe and Castro) still find their bar stools occupied by construction

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Mission Bar2695 Mission St. (@ 23rd) [Map]Total spent: $7Known to me for a long time simply as "BAR" because of the giant red sign above the door, Mission Bar on Mission at 23rd is just far enough from the 16th Street nexus that it is never crowded on week nights and is usually navigable on the weekends, even with a crowd. Since the throngs stay away, there is plenty of opportunity to control

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I was sitting in a bar in North Beach one night, killing some time before meeting a friend for a show at Bimbo’s, and the place was full of tourists—tourists who could not keep their hands off of the jukebox. Naturally, since the bar is in North Beach, the jukebox is well stocked with all of those songs about San Francisco that I would prefer to get through a few beers without hearing several

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Jukeboxes Reviewed (by Neighborhood)Bernal HeightsWild Side West (5/3/06)The MissionMartuni's (3/26/08)O'Greenberg's (4/5/07)Mission Bar (4/7/06)500 Club (4/19/06)Doc's Clock (9/20/06)Dovre Club (5/8/07)Noe ValleyThe Valley Tavern (4/10/06)Show Reviews (by Venue)Berkeley Community TheaterSonic Youth, Daydream Nation Tour (7/19/07)Bimbo's 365 ClubThe Sea and Cake (5/18/07)Stereo Total (9/6/07)

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