My Top 5 Los Lobos Songs

So I just got the newest "Saucido Slant" from Paul Saucido in my e-mail box and he runs down his favorite 5 tracks from Los Angeles legends Los Lobos, who are playing two shows at One World Theatre tomorrow. You may have seen his interview with Steve Berlin from Los Lobos in the April issue of INsite. (If not.. go to http://www.insiteaustin.com right now, download the issue, or see the "photo" below.)

He inspired me to write about by own personal top 5. I'll be at the 7:00 show. Woot!

So... here goes:

My personal top 5 from Los Lobos:
1. "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" - The one that started everything for me. Such a multi-layered sound. So complex and entrancing. Opened the door for me to begin to look outside Top40 radio for my music fix



Off - Kiko (1992) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiko_(album)

2. "One Time One Night" - Reminds me of my "hometown" of Laredo, Texas. I had a few "wise men" who helped me learn about life. "A wise man was telling stories to me / About the places he had been to / And the things that he had seen." Yeah.. memories.



Off By the Light of the Moon (1987) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_the_Light_of_the_Moon_(album)

3. "Sabor A Mi" - I know.. it's a cover.. but it's a beautiful ballad and I sang it to my wife on our wedding night.



Off Just Another Band from East L.A. - A Collection (1993)- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Another_Band_From_East_L.A._-_A_Collection

4. "Manny's Bones" - One of those stripped down songs that I envision sitting around a fire and singing with a bunch of people con cervesa.



Off Colossal Head (1996) (http://www.amazon.com/Colossal-Head-Los-Lobos/dp/B000002N51)

5. "Good Morning Aztlán" - Sadly, this is the newest Los Lobos CD I own. This is one of those songs that I listen to that centers me. Los Lobos has always made storytelling an art form, and this song is one of the best examples of this mastery. "A red rooster crows / A little Mexican tune / On the chain link fence by the gate / Somebody's daddy's out there / Honkin' on the horn / Hurry up, we're gonna make him late"



Off Good Morning Aztlán (2002) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning_Aztl%C3%A1n_(album)

When Zombies Attack... Zlam Dunk

(From the Austin-American Statesman Blog... linked below)

So.. the big news in Austin today is... a sign hacker putting up Warnings of Zombies

That made us think... of Austin band Zlam Dunk and their zombie song... "Scum." So we thought that we'd share. This video is from a November 2008 INsite Night. It was recorded by 'Nites owner Ajay Miranda.




Zlam Dunk @ INsite Night [part 1] from INsite Magazine on Vimeo.

Lost Camera @ Stubb's in Austin 1/16 - Please read

5/21/09 - UPDATE: CAMERA WAS FOUND AND HAS BEEN RETURNED. THANKS TO ALL WHO POSTED BULLETINS AND ASKED/LOOKED AROUND. IT WORKED.

Please let as many people as possible know about this... especially if you know people who attended the sold-out INsite Night at Stubb's on Friday, January 16, 2009.

Last night I was taking photos at the show (Zlam Dunk, Downsiid, Driver F, Spin Alley) and after shooting Driver F, I must have set my camera down, and someone else found it. I thought I'd put it back in my bag, and since I was carrying my bag around, I thought it was with me. But when Spin Alley began playing and I went to take photos, my camera wasn't inside the bag.

Between talking to folks and playing "host" of the INsite Night, I must have set the camera down somewhere.

So, if anyone has seen it (or know somoene who found a FujiFilm S9000 digital camera at Stubb's last night), please let me know. You can message me on MySpace, Facebook, or e-mail me at sean@insiteaustin.com

Below you'll find a photo of the camera.

(But mine is about 2 years old)

Thanks.
- Sean

Painting for INsite December Issue

Painting for INsite December Issue
Originally uploaded by seanclaes

This painting, by absolutezeroproject.com artist Russ Freeland is going to be the cover of INsite. On stands December 5, 2008.

July 27 INsite Night @ Hanovers

 

 

Freebleeder:

Go to the corner store, buy the cheapest beer you can find, shake the Hell out of it, then pop the top. What comes out is Freebleeder from Austin Texas. One part punk, one part rock, and one part metal, and three parts drunk. Catchy songs and an energetic live set have begun to provide a buzz throughout the mighty State of Texas. Drink and Destroy. (From http://myspace.com/freebleeder)

 

 

 FULL SERVICE

Full Service refers to the fact that at any given show you go from soothing rhythm to hard rock to heavy funk to . . . well, a combination of all three. The brilliance is in how it is all woven together in a way that nobody has done before. . . The more I've listened to the band the more I've come to realize that the riveting guitars and the catchy baseline are strangely melodic in ways unlike any other band has mastered. Everything is upbeat without feeling forced. The music seems to echo Full Service's outlook on life with the integrity that is lacking in most of today's music. To listen is to appreciate their perspective on life. (From INsite Magazine)

 

BENT EYE BOLT

Allow me to introduce the band. I'm David Harrod from the band Bent Eye Bolt. Stephen Haas is the drummer/back up vocals/ producer/ owner of Addison Studio's. There is also two other guys in the band Todd Hiebert (bass), and Brian Carney (Hammond C3, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, synthesizer, piano samples) A side from the music we’re just regular dudes trying to have a good time.  (From: http://www.benteyeboltmusic.com

 

 

This is a CD Release show for this Compilation - $5 will get you this beauty:

 

 Featuring:

1. Dryland- Freebleeder
2. Beneath the Velvet Bridge- Freebleeder
3. Thorn- Bent Eye Bolt
4. 7 Come 11- Bent Eye Bolt
5. Oh Kill Me- Full Service
6. Hi-Ho- Full Service

 

 

PLUS a FREE INsite Compilation CD :

 

Featuring:

1. Move On- Vallejo (vallejomusic.com)
2. Propaganda - One Trick Monkey (onetrickmonkey.net)
3. Need Me - She Craves (shecraves.com)
4. Twilight - Dexter Freebish (dexterfreebish.com/)
5. Look Up, Look Down - This Life Electric (thislifeelectric.com/)
6. Rufus - Patrice Pike (patricepike.com/)
7. Goldmines - David Newbould (davidnewbould.com/)
8. Poetry and Prozac - Twilight Broadcast (twilightbroadcast.com/)
9. Easy - Wendy Colonna (wendycolonna.com/)
10. Photographs - Dave Madden (davemaddenmusic.com/)
11. Marcia Martian – Jabarvy (jabarvy.com/)
12. Useless Cause - Loss Rayne (lossrayne.com/)
13. Specialer - Escort Service (escortserviceband.com/)
14. ...And The Band Played On – DAX (dax.org/)
15. In Love With Your Sound - Acoustic Spoken Groove (spokengroove.com/)

 

Free Music - Live in Austin this week

Follow this link to a bunch of free shows this week (downloads a PDF).
Thanks New Music Tipsheet.

http://www.newmusictipsheet.com/sxswpartylist2007.pdf

AND here's Austin, TX Showlist's stuff:
http://www.showlistaustin.com/

AND Donewaiting.com's stuff:
http://www.donewaiting.com...

So... if you know of any other free shows... list them below.

Here's a few:





Of course... don't forget to check out the March issue of INsite... tons of free show information in there.

March 2007 Editor Letter

March 2007 Letter From The Editor

3/9/07

In the 27 months I’ve been the Managing Editor of INsite Magazine, I have never taken the Letter From The Editor spot to step on my soapbox. I always thought that was entirely self-serving and petty. So, please know that as you read on.

I have been one of SXSW’s biggest cheerleaders in the last few years. If there was someone saying something negative about the event, I always replied with something like “as soon as people stop lining up around the block to purchase a wristband, maybe they’ll consider a change” or “If I was running a festival that was THAT big I’d do the same thing.” I’m done being a supporter. Simply because, it seems to me they have forgotten where they came from.

After doing my best to showcase the best coming to town for the last two years, this year INsite has decided to largely ignore the event. Seems after all of the hard work and dedication we’ve put into promoting this event, we were treated like we weren’t allowed at the same water fountain. So, let the other magazines suck that teat. No offense.

In reality, this festival is working on borrowed time. Just like MySpace, YouTube and iTunes are hurting the music sales industry, technological advances like Flapdaddy.com and Culture Catch (which you can read about in this month’s issue) will make this label and publicist frat party an antique soon enough.

People can now see the next big thing from their home. They don’t have to wait until the band comes to their town… and definitely they won’t have to spend a lot of money in Austin, Texas to see a bunch of bands who are spending a lot of money in order to spend 30 minutes to an hour playing in front of a studio rep and 5 people who’d rather be somewhere else.

Now, as a music fan, I do recommend you go out and do all you can to have a good time. It doesn’t have to cost you much at all. There are plenty of free events. The 8th Annual Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass Festival at Wave, Spill, Treasure Island and Fuel (texasrockfest.com), 7th Annual Invasion of the GoGirls at Trophy’s (gogirlsmusic.com), 4th Annual Austin Indie Alliance March Music Madness at Dizzy Rooster (austinindiealliance.com) are just three. Pop into any search engine and you’ll likely find more. Hell, just head to the party sans the bracelet and the only things you’re going to miss are the lines. Heck, even the MusicGorilla.com showcase at Nuno’s Upstairs is only $3.

Louis Black said in the interview we decided not to run in this issue (it’s on our MySpace and FlapDaddy as an INsite Extra – myspace/insiteaustin, flapdaddy.com/insiteaustinDOTcom):
“If you go to Park City the week after Sundance [Film Festival], it’s just a ski resort. You go the weeks before Sundance it’s just a ski resort. Being in Toronto at the Toronto Film Festival, it’s a great community and a great film community – but it’s not the same great community it is during the film festival. You come to Austin any week of the year, any day of the year, a lot of what makes SXSW work is going on just on a small proportion.”

That’s the thing. Austin is awesome the other 51 weeks out of the year. It’s not a city you should come in, transform into a blood-letting socialite scene for a week and leave and think that it will be the same. You’ve become the elephant in the room nobody wants to acknowledge. You became the problem and not the solution.

I applaud the bands who are playing this year. We included some mentions of bands playing in town during the third week… including some playing the “big one.” I included them to be fair to the artists and local club owners who are participating. At the end of the day it’s all about promoting good music and musicians who deserve to be heard in Austin. You just can’t put a price tag on that.

I know I haven’t. Thanks for reading.

Next month I’ll actually write a letter from the editor. Big things are happening in April… INsite will be putting out a Compilation CD at a live show at Stubb’s on April 21. Details next month.

As the Biscuit Brothers say... "Go Make Music."
- Sean

p.s. The New Music TipSheet has released their "Free List" of shows during that 3rd week in March.
http://www.newmusictipsheet.com/sxswpartylist2007.pdf