Flying Skulls at F8

I am incredibly lucky to have such amazingly talented friends. If we are going with cliched things, the one I truly believe is surround yourself with people smarter and more talented than yourself, and your own growth is nearly guaranteed. This Saturday a good friend of mine, who is one half of Flying Skulls, had a show at F8 here in San Francisco. I admittedly know little about electronic music, but there is a great divide to the laptop dj’s and then what these guys are doing, which is performing totally live. We work together, and I have watched him …

Old Man Gloom at Bottom of the Hill

Supergroups are interesting things. When a band is comprised of members from a few pretty big bands, getting time where they all can tour never seems to work out. Old Man Gloom is one of those bands I wrote off as just never being able to see live. With a short west coast tour, that all changed. Just a small hiccup where my car got broken into the night before at the American Nightmare show, and is now in the shop. I still managed to make it out there, and I am very glad I did. On record, they use …