with weeks like these

sd: dialed in has the massive listings for this week, but since matt called me yesterday as i was in the frozen aisle of vons (ben n jerry's Neopolitan Dynamite is like Half Baked 2.awesome), i figured i'd post the ones i had picked out, and make the claim that this is a highly Modlin-recommended week.

wed 7/9 : Exfriends CD Release @ the Belly Up w/ Escalera, Stripes and Lines
thur 7/10 : by now you should be able to be in two places at once (sidenote, not sure if that sounds more like an album name, or a shoegaze-y band) : Sayvinyl / Swedish Models (cd release) / sideproject from Apes of Wrath @ the Beauty Bar, and Calico Horse / Silverbird / Japanese Sunday / The Focus Group - fundraiser for Demetrius Antuna @ the Casbah
fri 7/11 : Vision of a Dying World / Scarlet Symphony / Thin Man @ casbah
sat 7/12 : maybe not 4 out of 4 modlin recommended, but hey, i'll be there: Stay Classy tailgate gets you into the padres game as well. gotta do what you gotta do.
sun 7/13 : Red Pony Clock / The Donkeys / Shearwater @ the casbah
mon 7/14 : Joanie Mendenhall CD Release anti monday league + The Fascination, The Feeling's Mutual, The Valley Arena @ the casbah
tues 7/15 : The Modlins @ Cafe La Maze . word.
wed 7/16 : Frantic Romantic + more @ u31 ?

grand total : 8 days, 8 concerts. as eric said last practice, maybe we can just get some sort of week-long pass for the casbah...

brought to you by the letter B

i'm not sure why, but in followup to my apparently-letter-A-sponsored Art Around Adams post, this one is brought to you by the letter B. seems like the letter B is, um, the bee's knees right about now. Beer starts with the letter B. Beards start with the letter B, and even though eric shaved his a bit ago, i'd say that the ghost of it still lingers (ha). at the Beauty Bar last thursday, following our Frantic Romantic buddies, Sayvinyl was sporting at least a couple of nice beards themselves, even if they only got 5 songs before Marshall made them clear out to keep the Annuals on schedule. but thats another story, one in which i got their God Forbid and am not regretting that purchase, but still, back to the letter B.

while eric has a few posts for the beloved Broken Social Scene, i'll attempt to hold my own with the B's. First: Beck! If you haven't heard/seen/read, there is a July 8th release date for Modern Guilt, and still lots of anticipation (by me) for him at SF Outside Lands (with tons more awesome) and the Hollywood Bowl (with Spoon and MGMT) in the upcoming months. useless me trivia : Beck, on his Midnite Vultures -era tour, was the first show i saw in ucsd's RIMAC arena, 8 years ago, two years prior to my move down to America's Finest City.

and more letter B news : tonight, our Boyish Charms friends are set to play back to back nights, tonight at the Beauty Bar, opening for The Submarines, and tomorrow at the Habitat, with Manuok, which could make for one heck of a double-header, with Apes of Wrath and Scarlet Symphony also at the Beauty Bar later tomorrow night.

and, speaking of the Apes of Wrath, and not the letter B, but now, the letter C, i'll take this time to announce the exciting Modlins news : mark your calendars : Monday July 28th : The Modlins return to The Casbah as part of Tim Pyles' Anti-Monday League, along with The Apes of Wrath, and our friends in The Happy Hollows. word.

where i'm going this week

oh, i know what you are thinking. can it be true? a whole week without any modlins shows? i know, i know. i'd claim time off for good behavior, but it's more that eric has had to put overtime in on work behavior, shipped up to the bay area. anyways, with no shows from us to you, it leaves plenty of opportunity for me to plug other shows featuring great friends of ours, that you should go to, because that's where i'm going, and it will undoubtedly be a most excellent thursday-friday 1-2 punch. or something. anyways, with friends like these, your weeknights need not remain un-rocked:

thursday @ the beauty bar : the annuals / sayvinyl / the frantic romantic . i can't remember if ryan still has his mustache, but either way, yes. also, a reminder mostly only to myself, if you don't smoke cigarettes, don't wear clothes to the beauty bar with the intention of wearing them the next day as well, because they will smell as though you personally chain-smoked a pack and a half while watching the bands. i wonder if that is like a well-known rule anyways : don't wear clothes to the beauty bar that you plan on wearing the next day as well?

and, friday @ the casbah : calico horse has a cd release party (flyer) to kick off their 2-week loop through most major cities west of the mississippi, joined by swim party and the donkeys.
also, the red feathers' 'space picture is a flyer for their LAST SHOW (ever?), with a vision of a dying world and the growlers @ the tower bar. last show?! i wonder if i can be at two places at once...

update: reposting from show details off the vision's page :
Marco (of Red Feathers) is moving to New York so this will be his farewell show! Please come out and help us send him off right!