Wed 2/2/2005
Dim Sum & Trouble Presents:
http://www.mochipet.com/trouble/
Plug Research 2005 Tour
http://www.plugresearch.com
Mia Doi Todd
http://www.miadoitodd.com/
Languis
http://www.furious.com/perfect/languis.html
With DJ Mochipet
http://www.mochipet.com/
@ Madrone Lounge
500 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117
(at the corner of Fell)
Phone: 415 241 0202
$4 @ the door
More about the Artists:
Mia Doi Todd:
I signed a contract with Sony/Columbia, home to some
of my idols (or at least their masters), and we
recorded ?The Golden State,? culling songs from my
previous albums. Mitchell Froom and Yves Beauvais
helped me produce it. We recorded at the Sunset Sound
Factory, a beautiful old studio, all analog. Many
people played on it, including my friends K raig Grady
and the guitar-virtuoso Nels Cline. ?The Golden State
? came out in the fall of 2002 and was generally well
received, though one writer did call me
?jaw-droppingly pretentious?. For a year, I toured the
US and Europe , on my own and then with Alaska ! and
Lou Barlow's Folk Implosion. Alas, Sony chose not to
renew my contract. But it was time to write songs
again. I looked inside myself, drank lots of water.
Out came the buds; some turned to flowers.
Languis:
I've run Languis by some musically less adventurous
folks with disappointing results. But hey, there's
just no accounting for the tastes of the masses. It's
just a shame that in this complex world, such a gem as
Languis is marginalized. We all know why certain hacks
get the respect and that the best never really do.
Languis is one of the best--and I hope the situation
changes, even if it is just a little, for them. But in
this climate of 'extreme' bullshit-- extreme music and
extreme chicken fingers and extreme soft drinks--
something as artful as understatement tends to get
squashed. But, I suppose, if you're Languis that
doesn't matter. I doesn't affect you. It shouldn't.
Just keep up the excellent work.
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