louise on the left (coast)

Late last night I watched a funny link  of the Muppets singing a cover of LCD Soundsystem's Dance Yrself Clean .   It's an  amusing clip, to be sure, but not as truly great as some of their other work. Below is another clip of LCD Soundsystem singing Losing My Edge, which reminded me of how great they were this past fall at Hollywood Bowl last October.  And they were great.  Absolutely great. Sorry, but I simply cannot fathom that I'm going to miss their farewell concert in April in New York later this year.  The last concert, ever for this group?  - No.

I just feel like posting some Beck videos because other than freaking out about the news these days, his work's really haunted me since his concert -- I guess it was very evocative since so many images from the show keep playing in my mind, both musically and visually. One moment in particular, one tune from last week I just can't get out of my head was his "Where It's At." I'm so happy someone caught it for posterity for me -- Enjoy. *Seriously. I have to tell you, this really was the tune that moved into the harddrive of my brain faster than a lower eastside tenement squatter. Also, just now found someone else's upload of some cool moments from last week's super fine concert at the Hollywood Bowl Concert 9/20/08. Enjoy. I just saw his video of Guess I'm Doing Fine and was struck by how much he reminds me of Gram Parsons. Especially the way he shot this particular video. Hm. At one point I wondered if it would be too far a musical stretch

Last night's concert featured not one, but three astonishing artists under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl. It was, trust me, a great night of music . But, I am no critic. No reviewer. I'm just a grateful tag-along as another reviewer's "date." Don't expect any great musical insights from me, for anything along those lines you'll have to see what you think of my husband's review of the show today in The Orange County Register. Anyhow -- This is just my own take in my remedial, amature blog which sports about 20 hits a day. Max. So, here's the micro-amateur-review. It was dazzling. We had amazing seats. MGMT, who opened, was terrific. (I'm a huge fan of this group, so I was walking on air from their first familiar notes.) Following their set, Spoon came out played a really mesmerizing, lengthy set, as well. They were really great, too. I finally heard more of their work, last night, meaning that now I need to seek and devour

Hollywood Bowl, here we come! Whooooo, hoooooooo!

Gnarls Barkley rocked the Hollywood Bowl last night. Great concert. Lot's of dancing. (Some of it gratuitous. I mean, to start one's ethnic dance routine before the show starts is kind of over-kill, but, that's MHO.) Loved the show. Great audience. I included some of my digital photos from the show last night. None are stellar, but it was a fantastic show. To read more about it, check out Pete's review here:

Sharon Jones and Feist! Fiest Okay, I'm done bitching about the summer. It really has turned into one of the best "staycations" ever. (Thanks to a variety of unforeseen lucky breaks. Like husband getting to review fun things for The Orange County Register .) Last night we drove up to the Hollywood Bowl to the Feist Concert , which was so, so cool. More on that later. But, she was opened by an amazing musical group, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings . Wow. She totally knocked our socks off. She's this fabulous funky soul sister who can only be described as the long lost sister of James Brown and Tina Turner. She ROCKED the bowl. Opening act: Standing ovation. Almost felt sorry for poor Feist. Not sure I'd want to follow such an amazing opening group. Here she is below doing 100 Days, 100 Nights. Let me tell you, if you're ever lucky enough to see Sharon Jones live, don't walk: Run. (And get her to take off those sexy shoes so can show you how to da