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Sol

Mucho, mucho, mucho

About Me

I am La Rondalla on the inside.

My Interests

Maudlin Elegance

I'd like to meet:

NOT YOUR CRAPPY BAND!!! If we haven't met in the real world at least send me a message or prepare to be deleted!

Music:

Mr. Waits, Decemberists, Lhasa, Bjork, Nick Cave, Iron & Wine, Fanfare Ciocarla, Goran Bregovic, White Stripes, Iggy, Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, PJ Harvey, Kurt Weill, Leadbelly, Marc Ribot, Django Reinhardt, Bird, Charles Mingus, Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel, Cat Power, ExtraActionMarchingBand, Rube Waddell, Carlos Gardel, Mistinguette, 20's & 30's hot jazz such as Sydney Bechet, Bessie Smith, Bing Crosby, King Oliver, Duke Ellington, Charles Trenet, Son House, Black Keys, Sean Hayes, Jolie Holland, Blonde Redhead, The Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, The Birthday Party, !!!, Prince, Bowie, The Magnetic Fields, Portishead, Modern Lovers, F'n Zeppelin, R. Crumb, too much more!

Movies:

Rembetiko, Dangerous Liasons, Betty Blue, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Barton Fink, All Kusterica esp. Underground & Black Cat White Cat, Lotcha Drom / Gadjo Dillo, Henry and June, In the Mood for Love, 8 1/2, Royal Tannenbaums, Top Secret, Henry Fool & Truth, All About My Mother, The Thin Red Line, ALL LYNCH, Amelie, Cabaret, Jacob's Ladder, Big Fish, Sin City, Edward Scrissorhands, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, The Corporation, Down By Law & Mystery Train, The Big Sleep, Delicatesson, Les Enfants Du Paradise, Night of the Iguana, on a bit of a noir kick now

Books:

Delillo, Fonseca, Miller & Nin, James Baldwin, Kafka, Raymond Chandler, Shakespeare, Foucalt, Neil Postman, Marquez, Brecht, Voluptous Panic, Herbert Asbury, Rimbaud, P.K. Dick, Nabokov, Carver, Paul Auster, the OED, Dostoesvsky, anything with paintings by Egon Schiele will do

Heroes:

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My Blog

Quinn Deveaux Let’s it loose with Porchsteps and Ash Reiter

This Sunday at Amnesia, a distinctly non-horn related fine evening ofmusic with as Quinn Deveaux (formerly of the Blue Roots) releases hisnewest recording joined by folk rockin' pals Porchsteps and As...
Posted by Sol on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:32:00 PST

The biggest horniest week of 2008

This is it! (drumroll ,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,.Ladies and Gentlemen the most epic and horny week of 2008!We've put up the poste...
Posted by Sol on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:22:00 PST

The heady smoke, the roses, the Rembtika and Rachel Brice

When I was in Athens a few summers ago, my local tour guide despaired that in the summer months there were no Rembetes in Athens. Theories ranged from their involvement in the illicit opium trade to t...
Posted by Sol on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:03:00 PST

Honey Drops and Paper Dollies

Ladies and gentleman this weekend we have another two pops in the hopper to keep your springs wound and feets pounding out the sweet rythms of summertime.San Francisco. Come on down to Amnesia this we...
Posted by Sol on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:58:00 PST

Trapeeze in a bar? With a circus? And a band too? Yes!

This Sunday, we're taking the whole circus in a bar to new heights, literally. Come see a full on trapeeze-flying, machete juggling, slack rope walking, circus band playing, bingo slinging 7 foot blue...
Posted by Sol on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:31:00 PST

A Weekend to Wow You

Who said nothing good happens in the Mission on weekends? You may want to reexamine whatever plans you had for this stellar SF weekend when you see these three ways to wowza at Amnesia.Let's start wit...
Posted by Sol on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:40:00 PST

Music at the Crossroutes

This Sunday at Amnesia promises to be a thoroughly gorgeous and stimulating evening of music. Birthed by Meklit Hedero nd Todd Brown of the Red Poppy, NAFASHA AYER's beautiful melodies and rhythms int...
Posted by Sol on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:03:00 PST

Anyone give a damn about music, art, NOLA, Momo Cheeskos?

Listen up musicians, poets, dancers, lovers of the arts! If you give adamn you will read these words:Belief. Service. Support. Joy. Gratitude. Love.Are these not few of the most important qualities th...
Posted by Sol on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:53:00 PST

Goddamnit! Fahgetaboutit and get down!

It's carnival weekend and this city's abuzz with almost more to shakeyour tailfeathers at than there are tailfeathers to be shaken. Butdon't you think for a minute about packing it up early this weeke...
Posted by Sol on Fri, 23 May 2008 02:30:00 PST

Goddamnit! Fahgetaboutit and get down!

It's carnival weekend and this city's abuzz with almost more to shakeyour tailfeathers at than there are tailfeathers to be shaken. Butdon't you think for a minute about packing it up early this weeke...
Posted by Sol on Fri, 23 May 2008 02:30:00 PST