Tag Archives: COVID-19
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Bay Area indy music clubs still struggling as national alliance reports many may close without federal help
Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. Courtesy: Wikicommons A wave of independent concert venue closures swept through Texas this month, including the well-known Barracuda and four others in Austin and several in Dallas—all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows the closure of other clubs like the Great…
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First Bay Area drive-in concerts to include three tribute bands in Pleasanton tonight, Saturday
German Rapper Sido performs in Dusseldorf, Germany on April 26, 2020. Courtesy: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images. The Alameda County Fair will host the Bay Area’s first drive-in concerts tonight and tomorrow. For $100, you can bring a carload of family members and watch three tribute bands: Journey Revisited (Journey), Hot…
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OFFICIAL: October 2020 Coachella and Stagecoach canceled, Outside Lands producers mum
Art installations at Coachella 2014, Courtesy: Sam Howzit/Wikiicommons. The rescheduled Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals, which had been postponed from April to October, have again been postponed. “Under the continuing health guidance of the County of Riverside, Coachella and Stagecoach 2020 will not take place this October as previously…
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Insert Foot: What KISS trading cards, the Beatles and cockroaches have in common
Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. I no longer like cockroaches. I never really did like them, but they had their uses. For example, as a young guy, my former roommate and I used to play the lights out game, where we’d sneak into our kitchen after the light was out for…
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San Francisco lays out reopening timeline, again ruling out Outside Lands in August
Judah & the Lion perform at Outside Lands, San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday laid out the city’s reopening timeline, which varies in some ways from California four-phase return outlined previously by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Something both have in common…
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Insert Foot: Terrible things still not as horrible as more ‘We Are the World’
Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. I heard Lionel Richie was talking about redoing “We Are the World.” Awesome, I immediately thought. The COVID has officially dried up the world’s supply of creativity (as I, ironically, desperately searched for a topic two hours before deadline). As you know, there are too many…
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The Mother Hips’ Tim Bluhm to play first Bay Area on-stage performance since March
The Mother Hips perform during Bear Music Fest at the Gold Campfire stage in Pinecrest, Calif. on Sept. 10, 2016. FILE photo. The first Bay Area on-stage performance of the COVID-19 era will take place on Friday—with an audience of one. Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips will perform…
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INTERVIEW: Lindsey Stirling learning to slow down in a pandemic, show love with her wallet
Lindsey Stirling, Courtesy. Lindsey Stirling is proud to show off the makeshift recording and video studio that she’s concocted for herself in her guestroom at her sister’s Missouri horse ranch. She’s sitting on her bed, to which she’s attached a tall standing shoe rack with her dog Luna’s leash.…
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Insert Foot: Coronalists and hating just about everything right now
Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. Nope … I don’t want you to nominate me to list my 10 most influential brands of granola in 10 days while nominating someone else each day to do same, thereby dragging them into my own personal hell. I’ve come to hate the coronalists. This COVID-19…
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North America’s first “drive-in festival” to take place next month in Orlando
The Road Rave Heavy-hitter DJs Carnage, Riot Ten, Blunts & Blondes, Nitti Gritti and Gravedgr have joined forces for a concert that’s being called the first-ever drive-in festival of the COVID-19 era in North America. “ROAD RAVE” will be held on June 6 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando .…
